The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-10-05
THE OHIO CAMPAIGN.
Taft at Martins Ferry
A Sickly Republican Gather
MARTINS FERRY, o, Oct. 4.

VI JdS NcklSIeI.
A wonderful attempt was made yes
terday by the Republicans 10 get out u
crowd to hear Grand N other TAFT crate.
Letters were sent and special messengers
dispatched to notify all the Republicans
within q distance of five or ten miles
around, aud the brass band of Professor
Schofeld trailed about town blowing out
the people till near eight o'clock P. M,
when the hall had filled nearly to the
number who heard the Hon. Converse in
the opening speech TOR the Democrats at
:his place some weeks ago. A goodly
number o. women had been sum-
moned in, and no doubt their atten
ton had been drawn TO the meeting
from the fact that they had heard OF Mr..
rstt before as Grandmother Taft and
had curiosity to hear what he might
have TO say about female suffrage, they
of course not knowing from whence be
derived the name of Grandmother, and
perhaps expected him to speak upon the
subject OF female suffrage.
But Grandmother started out by say
ing that he came here TO persuade people
to vote the Republican ticket. (That Is,
teach the young idea how to shoot). He
resurrected the slavery question, unfold
ed the bloody shirt ut the outset and sc-
knowledged James Buchsnan's inability
TO check slavery on account OF
the great opposition he met with In Con-
gress and gave him credit for trying to
prevent it. Now we are astonished at
this for we had often been told by our
Republican friends here that the Demo
cratic party were responsible for the
war, because Jim Buchanan had aided
slavery and refused to check its spread
ing throughout the United States. He
SAID the Republican party freed the
negro, conquered the South and the bad
opinion OF the Democrats and established
the Union, (by the way, he didn't seem
willing at ali to give the Democrats
any credit tor the very active part they
took in behalt of the ssme,l and in fact
you would not know from his speech that
mere ever was single Democrat who
snouIdered his musket and stood
shoulder to shoulder with the Repubh-
cans in battling for his country.
On, no, it would not do just now TO
glve Democrats credit for that much
GOOD. 1t is 200 important just now TO
carry the election in this State tor the
money changers. Grandmother would
not stop al this time to commend Dem
Ocrats.
He SAID amendments 10 the Constitu-
tioa of the United States were made by
the Republican party promoting and pro-
tecting these good things the Republican
party fought for. And, again, Grand
mother didn't take time to give Demo-
Gratis credit for their declarations and
support to those amendments which Is set
out Ifs their platform (the very first
thing they mention): "The Democratic
party OF Ohio in State Convention as
sembled. renews its pledges of devotion
TO the Union and the Constitution, with
the amendments, and declares as
essential to the preservation OF
our free government faithful
adherence to the following principles:
The equality of all citizens before the
law, etc"
He insisted on it that the Democratic
party is not fit to be trusted with power
IN this country.
He had the audscity to claim for his
party that il alone can be trusted with
power in this country. He does this too
right in the face of the facts, and the de-
clarations of all of the other parties, Iour
in number, which denounce the Repuo-
lican party, and attribute to 1t the cause
of the great prevailing distress through
out our country. All OF these, the Green
back-fusion party, the Workingmen's
party, the Prohibition party and the
Democratic party, say SO,
He saws that the Democratic party
have not appreciated the great necessity
of preserving the purity OF elections,
and SAYS that il this country is ever over
turned it will be by fraud, and makes out
that it was an oversight IN the law makers
that they provided in the registry act
that the judges shall be freeholders In
cities-says it is invidions and can be
amended. Oh, come now, grandmother,
you certainly know that the registry law
can and in carrying the elections tor yeur
party, had it not so appeared the
Republican party would never have
devised it. 1t will disfranchise thous-
ands of the brswny-handed hard
working Germans and lrishmen who
are obliged to move about from
place to place, and who do not take the
time required to register, or perhaps
would not think of registering unless
looked after, and the consequence will be
that YOU get rid OF goodly portion OF
that vote which Republican politicians
hereabouts bestow their curses upon, VIZ:
the Scotch and Irish vote, for 1t Is always
aimed at the right and against your high
toned, expensive, aristocrstic and ex-
travagant party. He went on to COM
mend the coin next, and talked about Its
relative values, and claimed that silver
would never have been demonetzed, but
thatlt was out of use. He said if we remon-
etize silver it will come to par
Immediately, and declared himself
in favor OF the remonetlZatlon of
silver. He said that the Secretary
OF the Treasury has said that he would
execute the law on resumption and re-
sumo specie paymeot in 1879, and that
he was in favor of that, and that we
ought to resume, and said that the money
which pays interest to bondholders ought
to be paid TO the laboring man for his
labor. Well, then, how will it do,
Granny, TO reverse this and say that the
bondholder should be paid in the same
kind OF money that the lsborer ard SOL
dier were paid. lGreenbacks), He in-
sisted on il that the National bank sys-.
tenn is the best bank system in the world
Altogether his speech was hard
monied and had very little effect in this
community, where from 300 to 500 Ia
boring men have 10 work or meals of
sustaining their families or to provide Tor