The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-10-02
Great Republican Rally at
Cleveland.
Speeches by Senator Wilson and
Speaker Blaine.

Mr.. BLAINE v1NDlcATRs HIMSELF FROM
THE CHARGES OF CORRUPTION IN TnE
MATTER OF THE PACIFIC RAILROAD.
CLEVELAND, October 1.-The Republi
cans held large mass meeting in thil
city to-day. The weatber-rainy ant
and Observation-Disclosures somewhat
with the proceedings. This morning
there was q large procession composed
Of different political organizations, mill.
tary companies, bands and representatives
Of the different trades at work at their
respective vocations, sc. This after
noon the crowd assembled on the public
square, where they were addressed by
Senator Henry Wilson in q lengthy speech
which was enthusiastically received.
After Senator Wilson's speech o meeting
in the Central Rink was organized, which
was addressed by General Garfield and
r, G. Parsons this afternoon. There was
a fine torchlight procession, and
many Of the residences and public
buildings throughout the city brilliantly
Illuminated. A large crowd gathered at
the public square and were addressed by
Speaker Blaine. The following Is an ex.
tract Of his remarks:
This campaign will remain memorable
as a campaign oi lies. The most mon.
strous, the most malicious, and at the
same time the most silly Of the leaders in
this wild carnival Of defamation and Sian.
dcrs is the New York Tribune, the per.
sonal organ and mouthpiece OF the Demo.
cratic candidate for the Presidency. To
show you how reckless and how senseless
this mania for talsehood will become let me
make personal allusion 10 myself. In the
New York Tribune oi Saturday last. and
also Of yesterday, l am charged not only
as representative in Congress but as a
Speaker Of the House, with having re.
ceiVed one million nine hundred
and thirty thousand dollars Of the
stock Of the Eastern Division of the
Union Pacific railroad company, for nv
services and influence in procuring tho
passage OF the original Pacific railroad
bill oil 1869. The Tribune gives the date
Of the act in the same article in which it
makes the charge, not seeming to notice
in its blind desire TO assail, that it was
simply convlcting itself Of falsehood and
folly. Now gentlemen, please observe
that in 1862, when this act was passed, l
had not taken my seat in Congress; had
not been elected to Congress; indeed l
had not been nominated. When the act
to which the Tribune refers became a
law, was member Of the Maine Legis.
lature, and speaker Of the lower House,
and had no more 10 do with Congressional
legislation than the fish maidens and tide.
waters on the Kennebec river, and vet the
New York Tribune asserts and re-
peats that for my services and influ-
ence in Congress at the time,
was member OF the Maine Legislature l
received nearly two millions OF dollars in
stock Of the great corporation, and now
gentlemen, II were TO stop here after
demonstrating the utter absurditY of this
charge, the Tribune would come out and
cody say Speaker Blaine had not denied
1t. Let me then deny it in the presence
OF this vast assemblage, and deny it in
the most emphatic manner that neither in
1862 nor in any subsequent year did l re.
ceive or own single dollar of stock in
the Eastern Division OF the U. P. Rail
Road Co. or any other division OF the U.
P. Rail Road Company, nor did ever
receive dollar directly or indirectly, for
sale Of any stock Of that company. In
short, gentlemen, l 1denounce the whole
as not only false on It's face, but
absurd and ridiculous. But don't ex.
pect to make denial that will satisfy the
Tribune. A few weeks since, when the
story was started that Secretary Bout.
well, Vice President Coliax, Senator Will
son, MIR. Garfield, Mr.. Dawes, myself and
others, had been bribed by presents Of
stock in the Credit Mobilier, I published
q card, on the eve of the Maine election,
saying had never owned, directly or in.
directly, through myself or through an.
other, single dollar of stock In the
Credit Mobllier. The New York Tribune
pronounced this denial evasive and un-
satisfactory, and said l did not deny
that l had received dividends or
profits. thereIrom. Any candid man
would see that my card was intended
to be exhaustive and exclude all such DO.
sitions Of ownership. Let me say now,
however, that not only did I never own q
share in the Credit Mobilier, but l never
received, directly or indirectly, q single
penny thcreirom In any manner or shape
whatever. But this manner of bearing
false witness against your neighbor has
seized Mr.. Greeley, personally, as well as
the New York Tribune, for I observe
that in recent speech in Pennsylvania
he states that more than 100000 had
been expended by the Republicans Of
Maine in the purchase Of votes at the re.
cent election Now, in the very nature
Of things it would be impossible for MIR.
Greeley to know this even if it was
true, but l know 1t 10 be absolutely
untrue, am Chairman of the State
Central Committe and on my order every
dollar OF the funds ot that Committee
was disbursed, and from first to last We
did not have In all, the control OF but little
more than $1,000. And l further assert
that every dollar of this amount was cx.
pended either In the payment of speakers,
the distribution Of documents OF papers
or bringing home Of absent voters. These
accounts Of the State Committee are kept
with rigid exactness and the entire Com.
mittee Of sixteen men, will testify to the
truth Of what state. l Iarraign Greeley,
therefore, as the slanderer ofthe Republi.
cans Of Maine, party Of as gallant and
true men as ever cast an unpurchased
and unpurchasble vote.
eaa. ID CLEVELAND.