The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-11-06

dollars by the National Govern.
ment alone in the way of taxation
Yet, what had become OF 1t. II
had gone, or the greater portion OF
it had gone into the pockets of the Radi-
cal office.holders. Tbe Radicals had
promised reform, but will they give itl
If they really had desired it, they would
have nominated Mr.. Bristow. But they
threw him aside, and their promises now
reminded him of the old couplet
"when the Devil was sick, the Devil a
But %Gnn %hen SSe sSs Devil SS was well, the devil
monk was he"
He next cited Tildens record as q re.
formers record which cannot be do1bt-
ed. Hayes may be personally honest,
but he cannot go contrary to his party.
Grant, the man of nerve, could not resist
his associates. So Hayes, the weak, good
natured man, would be compelled to
yield to the will of his leaders. But
on the 7th of November victory
will be ours. The Radicals must give
way, and an honest and skilltul pilot
must take the helm OF the ship of State.
Mr.. Travers concluded with most elo-
quent appeal to the people to stand fitm,
and come out on election day in solid
phalsnx, and cast every vote, so that an
increased majority for rildeD, Hendricks
and Wilson would be rolled up TO the
credit of West VIrg MIA, and the citizens
of Wheeling, the Capita City of the
State.
Senator DAVIS was next introduced.
The chairman stated regarding him, that
he WAS the man to wnom belonged the
honor of having discovered the frauds in
the Treasury Department, and thereby
called attention to the peculations
OF the Babcocks, the Belknaps the
Blaincs, the Conklings and all the
rest of them. Mr.. Davis said that this
was the first time he had ever had the
honor ofssddressing Wheeling audi
ence. Next Tuesday the people had to
decide the question oi honesty, purity
and reform Us. thievery, corruption, and
continuance of the crooked ways Of the
past. will you do it" Cries of 1--WE
will" 1--WE willW] He alluded briefly to
the Treasury balances which have not
been accounted for, and stated the i'm.
mense sums which were missing from the
books. and of which the people had no
account whatever. He regretted that he
could not give the figures IN de-
tai, but he had official docu-
ments to prove all that he had
ever asserted. Two hundred million dol
lars remained unaccounted for in the
treasury vaults TO day, and last year
when he offered in the Senate resolu
tion to examine into the matter. all the
radicals voted no, and all the Democrats
voted aye. Had these radicals been
honest they would have voted yes; but
they wanted no examination. His reso.
luton was referred to MIR. Boutwell,, the
very 1nan who made the false returns,
and though Secretary BrisLow acknowl-
edged they were wrong, no Investigation
into them could be had. In one single
instance which he cited, there had been
change in the figures of over ten million
dollars, and the people were left in utter
ignorance of what had become Of the
money. From this, some idea of the
gigantic frauds which had been perpe-
trated might be gathered The indus
tries Of the country are paralyzed, and
this brought on hard times; yet with it
all, we had the most extravagant govern
ment in the world. The Democrats, up
to 1861, had expended $4,O07, 5000 from
the foundation of the government, yet in
six wears of Grsntism there had been
spent $2,230OOO,000 We were the most
heavily taxed people on the globe, and
our liberties were IN danger. 1t was the
duty of every man to go to the polls and
work, and he hoped 10 see Wheeling, the
Capital of the State, give the largest
majority of any city IN the State.
The people Of West Virginia alone
paid last year S50S,O00 to the National
in the way of taxes, which
was more than was paid by Maine, New
Hampshire and Vermont combined. The
system of taxation was most unjust. By
1t the West and South were taxed for the
ben eft, of the North and East. We
were taxed heavily on sugar and to-
bacco, and there were 1000 articles now
on the tax list. He then alluded 10 the
Office holders of the country, which had
been increased from $4,000 under Lin.
coin to 100000 under Grant. If you
should elect Hayes said the speaker,
'the Radical party would say you had en-
dorsed all their actions, and the
same thing would be continued
The speaker proceeded to show
how every office holder under the radicals
had gotten rich all living on the people
Grant went into Office q poor man.
He was now rich. Belknap was once
poor, now he was also rich.
Robson, Boss Sheppard and all the
balance oi.he Grant isvorites were few
years ago poor men, but to-day they
all had big bank accounts. Every Re-
publican otfice-holder had grown rich,
and how different was this spectacle
from the olden days of Jefferson,
Monroe, Andrew jackson and these
sterling patriots, all OF whom though
hey held offices all their lives, yet retir-
Ell poor, and died poor. He
believed that when Tilden and the
Democratic party came into power, they
would find out, not only what he had
discovered of fraud, and improper bal
ances, but msny.million dollars unac-
counted for, of which the people yet had
no knowledge or suspicion. Yet OF these
things. It Was already known that there
WAS over two hundred million dollars Of
which no knowledge could be obtained.
He alluded in rapid succession, to the bad
financial legislation Of the country, to
the injustice of not taxing government
bonds, to the dark days which would yet
come if the specie resumption act OF the
Radical Congress went unrepesled. In
dustries were everywhere at 3 stand still;
wages were everywhere reduced, hard
times prevailed, and all because the
Radical party had tsmpered with the
currency, and thereby had unsettled
and contracted the circulating
medium 70 ruinous extent. Every man
and woman had 8 duty TO perform The
men must turn out at the pols and vote
for change and the women must make
them vote. Go to the polls and css! your
ballots tor the whole Democratic ticket.
Don't trade votes. Don't be beguiled
into exchanging Col. Ben Wilson for
Tilden. The State was sure for Tilden,