The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-10-07
tContinued from FSsst Page.l

to be bribed, and in their
turn. deliberately bribed others TO vote
az thew desired. He showed how Cakes
Ames bought that Radical Christian
statesman, Schuyler Coliax, then Speaker
of the House, so that he would appoint sueh
an N vestigsting committee as would
conceal the truth regarding that cele-
brsted swindle. Also how he bought
with credit moblier. stock, John A.
Bingham, of the Judiciary Committee
30 as to keep him from being too par
,iculsr in his construction OF the law re-
garding Credit Moblier transactions,
Many others might also be named; but
the history Of the affair had been heralded
over the world. Yet Morton said wo
had the purest Government
ever seen. Laughter. He then
proceeded to show up the Pacific Mail
Steamship Compsny's subsidies. how
in that CAGE hundreds of thousands OF
dollars had been expended on matter
of legitimate legislation which ought not
to have cost a cent and all for what? To
buy up congressman. Yet Senator Nor
ton declared We had the purest govern
ment the world egsr saw. Laughter.
He showed up ~ rapid succession the
New York Custom Bouse frauds, the
crooked whisky roDberIes, and how the
money thus wrung from the people was
usedfor campaign purposes to keep the
Radical party in power. How all THESE
things were done by Grants friends, and
how he had kicked out OF position
every man who was ever suspected
of honesty. He showed up all the swim
ding of the Freedman's Bank when poor
negroes, whom the Radicals profess to
love 50 dearly, were swindled out either
little earnings bv Radical leaders to the
amount OF tWn ulilion dollars. he OK
posed the wor. ngs of the Indian Bureau
and the sale OF post traderships; alluded
toBelknap's stealings of millions. and his
acauittal by Radical Senate. and, SAID
he, ali YOU complain tnat we have only
caught small fish, that is one oig enough
for YOU. If any man wants bigger
whale than that, he must catch 1t him.
self"
Thus be went on making a telling ar
gument, showing how it would be I'M
possible tor Hayes, the kind and amlable
man. 10 ever effect reform. He would be
SIMPLY puppet IN the hands OF Morton,
Cameron and such creatures, and could
do nothing, for he would be completely
vanquished by the strong rascals OF his
party. We want man Of iron will and
,inf1exible purpose to erect Reform. ouch
u man as ne who throttled Tweed In MS
infsmy and sent him to the penitentiary.
Such an one as made warfare upon the
thieving Canal ring of his own party,
and saved his State in taxes. IN one
wear. seven million dollars. Such man,
in short, as Samuel }. Ti!den.
At the conclusion of the Senator'S
speech, he was greeted with round alter
round of applause. In fact he met with
a perfect ovation, They not only cheered,
but crowded aiulmd the stand to shake
his hand. 1t mast have been very graf
flying to the .terling old statesman's
heart, MS well -as encouraging to him,
and TO the Democracy generally, to see
how the public pulse among US here IS
beating. He will be still more rejOlced
when he hears the news next Tuesday,
and sees the good fruit the seed he has
helped to SOW has brought forth.
1t having been announced that there
would be a meeting at the Opera House,
in the evening, at the conclusion OF
Senator Thurman's address, the meeting
adjourned till I o'clock, to meet at the
Opera House, AID nj the appointed time
the throng that crowded their way to
the appointed place was great indeed
The building was densely packed from
pit to dome, there not being sufficient
space in the vast auditory to accpmmo-
date the masses clamoring for NIT
lance. On the stage were many I.dies,
and the fact Of their prgsrhce sude1 3D.
ditional lustre to The success of the Oh.S
county Democracy yesterday.
About 1870 o'clock, Senator Thurman
and Hon. r. It. Merrick came upon the
stage, and the Senator was loudly called
for. He responded in brief speech of a
few minutes duration, and gave way TO
MIR. Merrick, the orator of the evening
closing his remarks by saying, Unless
all signs fail, We are going to carry Ohio
for Tilden."
The. Honorable Mayor, Mr.. A. j.
Sweeney. then introduced the
Hon. r. T. MERRICK,
whose address was replete with hard nnts
Tor the Republicans TO crack. In open
ing his address he made happy allusion
TO the ladies, and spoke of their claims
to suffrage, to which some OF them as
pired. He referred to Eve being tempt
ed BY the serpent, and warned them OF
the fact that the same serpent was Turk
ing in the ranks o:the Republican party,
which was the persOniticalion Cf
the reptile which led TO the
downfall of Eve; enLreated them
10 Suun u. hLu laUOE LOl tuC
party that was endeavoring to crush it
out OF existence. In speaking of the
great strides this nation had taken in the
past towards. lmpr,vcm in the arts and
sciences, of which We so proudly boast, he
asked If there was no shame? No con.
sciousness of q skeleton at homer In the
presence of all these glories there was
the grim skeleton of corruption stalking
throughout the land, a"d the injection
had been spreading siLce the Republican
party had controlled the affairs OF State,
until now, and the very air WIS pregnated
with the stencil that arose from the
putrld carcass Of Repubhcaaism. Do
You not feel, as an illustrious Republican
Senator, the Hon. Mr.. Hoar, expressed
himself of the exl osltlon at the capitol OF
Austria: America was there. well repre-
sented. but excelled in nothing, IN COM
parison, except in corruption He
gave the name of the honorable
Senator, he said, because, he
being Republican and conversant with
the workings of his party, knew more of
- -,