Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-10-06

OUR CHARLIE IS COMING!
which provoked enthusiastic cheers.
prolonged while the robust candidate
mounted the platform, followed by a
gentleman bearing handsome bouquet
| about three feet in height, gilt to MT:
Foster from Mr.. J. +. Richardson, oil
/ this city.
Charlie" Foster is a portly, rather
handsome, full faced, jolly-looking man,
| apparently somewhat over forty years
OF age, but with jet black hair and
! whisksrs. He has, withal, the air OF
being zone OF the boys" he was pre-
sented bv the chairman as the next
| Governor OF Ohio" and received with
applause. in the midst OF which several
| voices, whose owners were probably ac-
/ tuated by a desire TO give convincing
| evidence that the audience was not solid
| for Foster, were head to shout "Hurrah
for EWING" "Give us Ewing" and the
/ like.
Che speaker was so boarse that it was
almost painful to listen to him, and
must have been exceedingly painful for
him TO speak. He, however, pluckily
persevered for some little time. His
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became evident that in one respect he
bid fair TO become the rival of Gen.
John A. Logan His pronunciation OF
the words Get, "are not, "can,
against" and several others, would
have been remarked as creditable to the
great Logan in his palmiest days. The
words instanced he called 'git, ""haint,"
"kin" and "agaynst," respectively, and
these are only isolated instances OF his
tendency to do violence to the Queens
English.
FOSTERS REMARKS.
Mr.. Foster complimented the Repub-
leans of Bridgeport on their generous
turn out, and thanked them for the
greeting extended to him and the other
speakers. He apOlOgized for his hOarse-
ness. but assured the audience that he
had "a man with him who could make
them hear just as long as they cared TO
listen To him."
Gen. Ewing and the Democratic party
pretend 20 be the friends OF the work
ingman, but | do not know one thing
they have done in the interests OF the
labOring man. am not here to dema-
gogue about the achievements of the
party to which am proud to belong In
behalf OF labor and the poor. | am not
here to promise that We intend to legls-
late for one class. 1t is the aim and the
interest of the Republican party to leg
islate for ail classes, TO do justice TO all,
and we have done il. But in doing this
we have become the benefactors OF
the great race OF working
men in this country. | would
point YOU to that one great act OF the
Republican party which gave land to
the landlesS and honest to the homeless,
without money and without price,
TIE HOMESTEAD ACT.
Applause 1t was the purpose OF that
act not only to benefit and elevate the
poor and downtrOdden, but to make of
them a substantial part of the common
wealth, 10 make them contribute to the
grandeur and the glory of the country,
and to perpetuate its fame.
point YOU TO another act. Without
the protection the Republican party has
extended 10 the industries of the land,
these manufactures here in your busy
valley could not exist to-day. This pol
icy of protection developed the mineral !
wealth Of our country, fOstered its man
uiacturing interests, and cast in its favor
the balance of trade with foreign peO-
Piles. 1t has, moreover, given employ
ment 10 thousands of idle hands, and
brought prosperity into hundreds of
thousands of homes.
The Wood tariff bill received the
usual amount OF attention, and the
GREENBACEs
were handled with some originality.
The speaker said: | am not here to
show YOU any royal road to fortune, or
any easy way to make your living
You know and know there is no such
thing. There is no way to prosperity
but by honest toll and il any man tells
me the contrary point him to that old
law enacted six thousand years ago.
The soft money lunatiCs cant repeal
that, for it Is the decree OF the Almighty
Ruler Of the Universe: "ln the sweat
of thy brow shalt thou eat bread
Applause. Ii you would prosper you
must do three things: BE honest, be
industrious, be economical. And ii you
desire to be perfectly happy, get re-
ligion and vote the Republican ticket
Laughter.
There is not one prediction of the soft
moneyites that has come true. Ewing
said four years ago no man
would ever live to see silver ten cent
piece in circulation. He Ewing had
had an expert in Wall street to procure
for him silver quarter Of 4 dollar, and
had il framed and hung up IN his par
lor 10 show 10 his children. He said
That resumption could never take place
till the greenbaCkS were all burnt. He
sai dii resumption should come at all it
would stalk over the ruins of our manu-
factories In spite of his gloomy for
bOdlngs, gold and silver circTlates to-
day. Resumption has come, and it has
come 10 stay. Did it come in the ruins
Of our industries? Nay, verify. The
moment IL was COnsummated, even in
anticipation Ofits coming the wheels OF
your factories began to hum, YOUR mills
aroused rs from slumber, your furnaces
began 10 glow. Why, there are so many
Cf them YOU can almost travel by night
bv the glow from their flaming chin
MES. No one is out OF employment but
the commercial travellers, and every
body has SO much To DO they can't fill
the orders they get without soliciting
them.
A COMPARISON OF RECORDS
was instituted from his standpoint be-
tween the two parties. The speaker
propounded the query: Has the Demo-
cratic party proposed one good measure
in the last eight years? Ii did not de-
sire 10 be courteous should ask, have
they advocated one measure of which
they are not now ashamed? Senator
Morton once happily said the DemOc-
racy was like a man in railroad car
riding backwards. He never sees any
thing till il is passed.
When We issued greenbacks TO save
the life of the country the Democrats
said they were unconstitutional. PEN
dleton said they would be vagabonds on
the face OF the earth. St Nalandigham
used To hold up a twenty dollar gold
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