The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-10-12

mus and furnaces and glass houses, l
tAke Il there Is no man, certainly no busi.
nesS man, b this city, who has any other
views on this subject than thnse enteF-
tanned BY the Republican party; that pro-
lection u our iron and GAS interests
here on both sides Of the river
s question in which We are
deeply interested. Take this district Of
country here, from Martins FerTy TO
BellAtre, on both sides Of the river, and
We have, perhaps, dozen glass houses in
successful operation now, besides your
iUundries, and mills, and furnaces. In
this Development Of iron and glass later.
ests here yon ind the strongest reasons
In favor Of the policy Of the Republican
party in this direction. lean appeal to
the lGboring man in this cSmpAien,
wherever l meet him, in favor Of The
policy Of the Republican party, and in
defence Of Grants administration.
eOnTersed few days ago with an
lrishmAn 81 BellAire, who told he came 70
that place in 1855, and for some years
aitrEard be could not get but 80 cents
q day for work, AAd could not get steady
work even a that ptice, and could not
elothe his children O. send them 70 school
But he said, in the last few yeals things
have changed He has been able TO buy
himself little home; be sends his child.
rel 70 school nine months in the year,
and for common labor be can now get a
dollar and half day. He said his peo-
pie generally voted against the Rep1bli-
can party, but this fall he intended 10 vote
for Gen. Grant Applause He did not
want change Hundreds OF thousands
o. lkboriDg men all over the country
have come 10 the CONCLUSION O. this
lrishm1n, that it would be bad Tor them
TO change this policy When speaking
Al BellAire last Saturday night on this
question, q gentleman arose in the audi.
ence and desired TO make few remAIks
De said that they lnaning some company
OF which be was q member wanted 10
employ f1ty labOrers, and would pay them
s. per day, 70 report to them next Mon
day morning. said 70 him that wss 8
better speech in favor Of the policy Of the
Republican party and Grants admiuistra.
ton than could make. And 50 il Is
Take the skilled hbOreT, the men that
work 81 skilled employnents in your city,
AAd see the wages your glass house men
and non men are geiting-making toy
TUNES for themselves year atter year. Why
should there be h. in this valley or in this
city any one to oppose the Republican par.
y and join in this cry Of anything 10 beat
Grant? See the investments OF capital
here in the last tew years In every line
Of business in every trade and profession,
save perhaps that Of law, there is encour.
agement Tor the policy Of the Republican
party and for the administration o! Grsnt
know on our side Of the river there is
notmuch collecting for lsEyers. We don't
torecIose many mortgages or collect many
Claims. The people s-e able and re4dy 70
meet the demands made on them ard the
contracts they have entered into. Bat all
other classes OF business, everything Ia
the country, speak volumes in favor 81
the policy Of the Republican party. In
every town and hamlet in the land busi-
ness Is developing and wealth increasing
hsve been riding through the 10Th Dis
trict across the tiysr, principally An sgEi.
cultural district, and there are more Dex
farm houses and barns built in the las;
three or four years than ever before in the
history OF that community. Everything
shows thrift throughout the whole lGnd
In the home OF the labOring nan, wherev.
er he may be, there are comfort and plenty
plenty OF work and remuner4tive wages
If the country was going to destruc-
tion-if the constable was in the
pOoc mans house, executing his
property Tor the taxes and debts
he could not psy-iI the sheriff was
hunting down your people for judgments
they could not meet-then there might Be
some sense in this clamor OF anything
70 beat Grant" Bot there IS prosperity in
the COUNT ~ in every branch Of business
Had We not better pause before re join in
this CRY aAd ask ourselves seriously wha,
are We TO gain BY it a Liberal Repub.
licA1 on the other side Of the river ssid
70 me the other dsy that he hsd beea
reading the Tribune fiiteen years, and he
hsd 8 curiosity 10 see what Horace Gree
ley would do il elected President Laugh.
Ia. ThSt Is curiosity we hSd bette, no,
indulge. We don; know what Greeley
would do if he were President. The old
sd2sc lei well enough slone' applies with
peculiar force 10 this people ii this time
Are We not doing well enough BOW for all
classes q men and for all interests in TIL;
country-Unless it be that class Of office
seekers who propose 10 succeed if Greeley
shall be elected! Applause And hi:
Is the grand argument in IaYor Of the sd
ministrAiiOo Of Gen. Grant and the poljcy
Of the Republican party.
Al few months ago il looked IS If this
Greeley movement might possibly sue
coed, but the business Interests Of the
country perceived the danger and al once
the tide was turned. They cannot afford
70 make the change. 1.-The way TO re,
sumo specie payments" says this philos-
opber Of the Tribune, this finAncicr and
tAiesmau, sjust tOresume!" Laughter.
That IS the financial policy OF Horace
Greeley. Just hang up on the Treasury
door a notice that on the 9Th oi
March 1873, al IL o'clock, noon, specie
payment Is to be resumed and the work
is done! That would be resuming on
the part Of the Government. bu,
how long they would stay resumed
would depend on the confidence of
the people Of the country in the ability
and integrity OF the American people il
regard 10 this public debt. But suppose
the general Government would resume
how about the creditor and debtor CLASSES
Of our community? We have been tray-
cling toward resumption the past four
and a half years, when under Grant We
have gone from 3el per cent premium or
gold up TO within ten per cent OF par
That Is the way to resume. Applause.
We resume, too, without q financial crisis
by resuming gradually. This is the pol
icy OF the Republican party. l repcat,
the business interests Of the country can.
moi afford TO elect Horace Greeley Presi,
dent OF the United States, even Il it was
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