The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-01-03

Speaking Of the present stagnation IN the
city, lie said when one went away To 9th.
er cities and came back here II seemed like
Sunday. lie closed by cntrcating his
hearers to come to the polls Wednesday,
and bring somebody with them who
would not otherwise come.
SPEECH OF A. j. SWEENEY.
Mr.. ANDREW J. SWEENEY was call.
cd for and responded briefly. lie was cor.
daily for this subscription; thought II n
matter Of very great moment and should
be gratiiicd and delighted If 1t should be
ratified, Ns he believed It would DO. lie
did not believe it was IL donation to the
extent Of one dollar. One, two or three
years the county might be called on to
pay the interest, lie was fully satisfied
Mr.. Scott and the gentlemen who co.
operated with them would not invest n
dollar in m enterprise unless they be-.
lievei i would pay them well. lie be-.
lieved 1t was simply loaning the credit of
the county. There was hardly q county
or city in the United States whose credit
stood higher than that Of Ohio county
anu Wheeling. lie thought long before
~ ycars-thG usual lifetime Of such
Donds-not only willwc be indirectly re.
muneratcd by the growth and prosperity
oI the city, but the stock can then be
SOLD ut u pr ice that will pay all the intc-
rest and redeem the principal, and there
WIN be no possible loss on any portion Of
inc subscription, and the road will be
here, with all the growth and develop.
ment II will have stimulated. But even il
thought there WIS to be q loss of the
stock, would he willing to pay that
Tor the sake Of having the increased
population, &c, that increased rail.
road facilities would bring the city.
lie believed the matter OF serious i'm.
p0rtancc, and II 1t fails Wheeling will
have received blow from which she will
not recover for many years. Referring
to the communication in Mondays len.
!Ster, opposing the subscription and call.
ing upon lAborlng men to oppose il, he
ventured to say the writer was not IL
Iaborcr, but was somebody who never in.
vested n dollar in any enterprise in the
city, who had never been of any use to
the community in any form, who did not
give work to la6Oring men unless very
rarely 10 patch up some old house, and
who caring nothing for the prosperity of
the community or tho welfare OF others,
was solicitous only for the reduction of
his own taxes. II the labOring men would
look around on the manufacturers and
prominent men Of the city they would sec
they had II community Of interest with
them. Nearly every one Of them had at
some time in his life belonged to one OF
the classes appealed to by this anony.
nous writer Taxpayer" 10 vote against
their own interests. They had been hoL.
carriers, laborCrs, mechanics, and il they
had worked their way up to means or
position, every working man had the
same opportunities, by the same means,
To arrive ut the same cmincncc. lie
hoped that on the day of election the hOd.
carriers and laborcrs would show TAX.
payer that he was mistaken.
A HIT HY j. =. GILCHRIsT.
Mr.. J. p. GHCuusr said "Tax.
payer had expressed IL wish that there
should be u meeting Of the labOring men
for an expression OF their views. lie be-.
licvcd there were n good many laboring
men here tonight, and he hoped il TAX.
payer was here he would come forward
and be heard
Loud and dcrisivc cries for "Tax.
payer followed, but the unknown not
responding To the invitation, tho meeting
adjourned, in excellent and enthusiastic