The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-10-26

Hayes does not attract that class oil men
around him. No reformer should attract
such class Of men. No reiormer should
rely on such men to give him the vote ot
a great city. Gov. Tilden is under sus.
picion by the country by reason Of his
associations. He is known as great
iobber in broken down corpora.
tions. His familiar reputation is
that Of Railroad Wrecker. He il co.
partner in immense jobs that have re.
suited in litigating business enterprises
out Of the hands Of the original stock.
holders into the hands Of Samuel ]. Til
den & Go. In this way he has piled up
his millions. He was at this sort Of work
when Hayes was in the army during the
war. He divided his time between this
sort OF work and the still more suspicious
business Of undermining the confidence Of
the people in the success Of the Union
cause. With all his property and all his
ability he said nothing and did nothing
for the country. And this is the man
whom the Democracy have set up as
their choice for the Presidency.
Mr.. Scott then passed on to review Of
so.called financial reform" He took
up the credit OF the government where
the Democracy left it at the close Of Bu.
chanan's administration, showing that
the revenues Of the government had fall
en- below its expenditures, and that we
were compelled to 20 into the markets OF
the world and borrow money to keep the
wheels Of government in motion ateleven
per cent interest. The governments pa.
per went begging in'th6 streets OF New
York At less than ninety cents on the
dollar. Behold the contrast with the
present excellent status OF the gov
ernment credit after fifteen years Of
Republican rule! Notwithstanding
still remaining debt OF over two thousand
millions of dollars, imposed on us by q
Democratic rebellion, the Secretary Of
the Treasury is calling in the 0 per cent
bonds OF the government and replacing
them by bonds bearing only A per cent
interest. The Republican party had
carried the country through the most gi'
gantic civil war the world ever saw, and
had SO managed its finances, by steadily
reducing the principal OF the debt and at
the same time reducing the taxes upon
the people, that the capitalists OF Europe
were to-day willing to pay more for its
bonds than during the closing days Of
Democratic rule. The world has thus
proclaimed its faith not only in the ca
pacity but in the honor and good faith OF
the Republican party.
Mr.. Scott thought this was the kind Of
financial reform" that the country need.
ed. All we have TO do is hold fast to the
confidence that has been won for the
country by the Republican party, and
we shall be able to save millions Of mon
ey to the people by soon placing all our
debt at lower rate OF interest. What
more could the Democratic party do,
even supposiny it had the same DISPOSE
ton to rigidIy uphold the public credit? !?
Whoever administers the Government
must pay its debt or else repudiate 1t.
Great fears were felt that the Democratic
party Of the South was not we'll affected
toward the public credit. There was
cloud hanging over the threatened aces
sion of that party to power, in the shape
Of vast multitudes Of claims for dam
ages. Many of these claims had been
already introduced, but they were only as
wave OF the ocean Of those that might
be expected to follow. Some Of them
were in Congress from West Virginia,
and there too under the patronage and
guardianship Of his friend Col. Wilson,
his competitor for Congress in this can.
yass. He was afraid that the Colonel's
sympathies were little too Southern for
the good Of his constituents, just "a they
were in the days Of 1851. he therefore
believed that the wise course 10 pursue
was, without reference 10 his own candi.
dacy was to elect men to Congress, and also
to the Presidency Of the United States,
who could be trusted to stand by all that
had been accomplished for the country,
financially and otherwise, and who would
never for moment think Of paying these
Southern claims,
At the close Of his speech Mr.. Scott
was the recipien. OF handsome bouquet
from some fair lady--to the writer here.
Of unknown-and slso Of round Of ap-
pluuse from the audience. He speaks to.
night in Hancock, tomorrow in Brooke,
and so on at the various points announced
at the head OF our columns. He brings
words of good cheer with him from
points below. We trust that the friends
of the Republican cause throughout this
Congressional District will work Jealous.
ly for his election from now until the
setting OF the sun on November 7th.
HOW NEW YORK Is GOING TO
VOTE.
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