The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-09-06

lands gold2 They tell you that Repub-
lican contraction depreCiates your labor,
but their policy would wipe It out,
MR., THURMAN
may not now be considered good Demo-
cratic authority, but he said that the PAN
ic was not the result Of contraction, but
Of over trade, and say that the money Of
the country would have been in active
business, II 1t had not been for the insane
efforts Of the Democratic party to destroy
the faith Of the people in the Government.
DEMOCRATIC RECORD.
l ask any honest Democrat to point to
anything In the record OF the party for
the last twenty years, OF which he can say
he is proud, Mr.. Allen in his record has
only as yet got down to the administra-
ton Of the elder Adams, and in fact none
OF the Democratic orators OF the present
campaign have come down TO any later
period in the history OF their party. Es-
pecially have they let alone with great
severity the reform record OF the last
Legislature OF Ohio.
That Legislature, in the interests Of re-
form, struck out the imprisonment and
property restoration clause in the gamb-
ling act, but they did pass q law to pro-
tect Democratic gamblers from marked
cards. They don't mention anything Of
the measure by which the Toledo Ring
were to pocket 100000 Of the peoples
money, nor yet Of the Potter bill, For
tunately for Toledo, the legislation that
was designed to destroy her municipal
council would alSo have had similar
effect upon Cincinnati, in which latter
the Robber Ring had full control, The re.
form Legislature was therefore obliged to
retrace lis steps, and Toledo was saved,
They have studiously avoided the Wood
county matter, and have not told
how that honorable body Of reformers
yclept the Ohio Legislature were willing
TO sell out their votes for hundred dol
lars apiece, and thought 1t a good price.
Massachusetts Democrats sell for twenty
ave dollars a head). They do not tell
you Of the farcical investigation Of the
Wood county bribery, with Gordon as
chairman. Il is true that in their late
convention they left Mr.. Gordon 10 his
own reflections, but they renominated
Geghan, thereby approving his bill.
THE SCHOOLS.
| am not here to arraign the Catholic
religion, but in relation to the schools |
am utterly opposed to all prlcstly inter.
ference, either Catholic or otherwise.
The Geghan bill, II for nothing else, Is
Objectionable because 1t introduced Sec
tarianism into legislation. The manner
Of It's passage was highly Objectionable.
The speaker here read the famous
Geghan letter, together with the warn.
Ing article OF the Catholic Telegraph,
and said, under this whip and spur the
was put through the Legislature.
Every Democrat voted for II and but cne
in either house. Is 1t safe
then to trust the legislation OF the country
to an organization ruled by Rectarian
party who are opposed to our free schools.
The passage Of the Geghan bill Ia but one i.
Of the evidences that the Democratic or.
ganization puts party subServience above
all else. Even Thurman at Its iron
behest stultifes lifes record and is
dragged at the wheel OF the Allen chariot.
the Hurculean effort Of
the Democratic leaders everything augurs
we'll for Republican victory In Ohio, and
II is but fitting that the Republican or.
ganizution which has preserved the ma
ton In its integrity should sit In power
and majesty in the daysof the Centennial.