Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-10-03
"GENTLEMAN GEORGE. "
OHlO'S HON0REO SON, AND THUR
MANS COLLEAGUE.
His Speech at Commercial Hall, Martins
Ferry, Ohio, Last Night, to
Large Acknowledged
and fOrcible.

speak at Martins Ferry last night, drew
together one OF the finest audiences ever
congregated in Commercial Hal for any
purpose. The room vas denscly packed
too densely, indeed, for comfort, and
for this reason the speaker was COM
PEELED 10 make his address somewhat
shorter than he otherwise would have
done. In spite of the inconvenience
under which they labored, however,
the audience were silent and attentive
throughout the entire meeting, the or
der being wonderfully good when It Is
taken into consideration that many OF
the gentlemen were Obliged to stand.
There was liberal sprinkling Of
the fair sex among the assembly, and
the ushers, with exceeding good taste,
pu, the best looking ones in front,
where their charming faces, one and
all expressing the most thorough ap-
probation, must have inspired man OF
much inferior geniuS JO Mr.. Prndle-
tons ~ that ne could not have been
ANYTHING but brilliant and happy in his
discourse.
MR.. PENDLETOS
isa handsome and pOrtly gentleman OF
about fifty. He comes honestly by the
title by which his friends speak OF him
in honor of his culture and learning,
and his opponents In playful alluslOu 10
the same qualities. His style Is chaste
AMI elegant. vet frequently iorclole, and
al times eloquent I'm a high degree. In
his most impIsSioned periods he ls
singularly free from any trace oi oblurSa
ton OF the opposition, and Tor this reason,
asweU a. ON account of the strength
of the arguments adduced. his
speech last night did much good for the
cause of Ohio democracy, and for those
gallant opponents Oi lt,
EWING AND RICE.
Mr.. Richard Schwartz called the meet
inc to order, and nominated Hon. X. j..
Alexander ior chairman, which nOmina-
tiop Was unanimously approved. The
following named gentlemen We're then
appnintel Nicc Presidents DR.. G.. w.
Cook. David Park, ST., Henry llel''ng'
ar Chas. Seabright, ST., David Nennum,
sr., Joseph Mrdlll, ChaS. Swartz, l.. W.
Jonas John Pennington, John COch-
ran. ST, Joseph Finney, samuel louns,
sr Thos. Mitchell and j. q. Mitchell.
Mr.. Alexander returned thanks Tor
the honor conferred upon him by the
meeting. AMI with neat eulogy, intro
dur.d the distinguished speaker, whose
coming forward was the signal for 4
round of enthusiastic applause.
After expressing his appreciation for
the compliment paid him by the very
lar,e attendance upon such an evening.
and his especial appreciation Tor the
presence Of the ladies, he alluded 20 the
iact that i'm the audience We're large
number Of Republicans, saying that ne
was GLAD that such was the c,yse, and as
suring them that ii he should not be
able % convince them by his reasoning
OF the Justice u: his cause, he would at
least not wound their reasonable suScep-
tibilitieS by v.-upcNJlJa or abuse Oi
their party.
ruE QUESTIONS INVOLVED.
F-Wuw-citizruS. nm tuls canvass we are
confronted bv questions As great rs ever
stirred parties in this Government.
They touch not only good admlnlStrd-
ton, wise, honest execution ot the laws,
bur they touch the very groundwork OF
our entire system. These questions m
vO,ye elections, free from military and
governmental Interference, and currcn-
cy and trade, tree from the control OF
gigantic monici corporations.
The Republican party claims the night
% use the army 40 the polls. ! viii DO
them no injustice They dO not claim
the right 70 alter the result 10y the use
of troops. They say 10 - only to keep
the peace. We demonstrate that the
use of armed force 40 the polls Tor any
purpose Is dangerous; that It drsener-
ates iutos effort to control results; that
IL il Of itself a menace ami coercion, that
IL subvrrt, public liberty. AMI these
gentlemen all iuChoru~, but IN different
KEYS, following the brilliant conception
of senator Blaine, who showed that our
army, II distributed pro rT'f, would give
only one soldier % many thousand Pco-
pie, eXrllim, "Oh, it Is such a little
thing
We show that a people Jealous Of lib-
erty will resist the very beginning OF
danger, will permit neither great nor
little armies % interfere with Tree bal
lots. and thcryupOu they answer that We
Democrats desire that election day-the
day which above all others should be
CJSsECRArEp ro rEACE AND HARMONY
shall bee given over 70 turbulence and
violence. We Democrats, who repre-
sent more than hall the people ol the
lanl-lrss of the money, 10 i true, but
hall the virtue and honor and patriot
ism and intelligence, and more than halt
OF the bone and siucw, more than halt
of the poor and lowly and lahoriug and
aspiring whose all tor themselves and
their families throughout all their lives
depends upon the peace aut urter oi
the industries and the qulcsudr Oi civil
society, who have the largest stake in
the well-Ordered community de
sire that violence and intimidation and
lawlessuesS should riot i'm the land. IL
would be an OltuSe % our manhood
and patriotism il 10 were not 50 pJlpIOle
a confession of the weakness OF their
cause and the impOSsibllIfv O- an argu-
ment. Ii would bc au OHcuSc to public
intelligence ii IL were not So transparent
an outrage on public deccu'v.
We show that for two hundred years
Great Britain has permitted no armed
HbA.at' - NAAAN'' eAtAf 'Ne'' nv ~ Z
the polls; that no nation has ever per-
mitted il and preserved popular govern
meut, and they cry out following IN
this the example of the President, that
the Administration does not now IN
tend. and never has intended, to use,
never has used, and never will use, the
army at the polls.
We put 70 them this question: Why,
II vou never Intended, dn not now in
tend, never did, and never will, Use the
army al the polls, have You So strenu-
ouslv resisted the repeal OF the law?
How can treat this question:
Must / argue il seriously Must l
show by theory and reason that II Is
entirely incompatible with the freedom
of elections? Must | 90 into history
and sustain the theory 10y the example
of every free government which has
ever lived and died? Must show
that nearly every State in the Union has
prohibited even the mastering OF the