The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-12

table was pfetnef ana neater OF neWly
dressed pine than many q costly one Of
walnut OF mahogany decorated with mean.
ipgless holdings or carving. Three wood.
en- buckets filled with water andthree or
four pilesof sliced bread comprised all the
visible eatables, and each banqueter was
supplied with q tin plate and q tin cup,
but not with knives or forks, There were
about one hundred lookers-on and listen.
ere. There were seven toasts, each OF
which had q respondent, and oil had
some reference to the Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher or to the 't$l q day and bread and
water" remarks attributed TO him. We
here print
THE ToAsrs,
Which will indicate the general tenor Of
the speeches, which on the average were
toward moderation in their tone. There
were some exceptions, however, which we
shall note further along.
First Toast "a man can live on bread
and water, and 81 per day wages will en-
able alaborer 10 have good bread and wa
ter for breakfast, good water and bread Tor
dinner, and bread and water for supper,
and on this he can live long and grow fat"
Henry Ward BeeCher.
Proposed by Milton spohn. r. Homes
responded.
Second Toast-'Beecher in his bread.
and.water sermon in Plymouth Church
vs. BeeCher in Exeter Hall, where he
defended the honor and dignity Of labor"
Read by Bader and responded TO BY
VIM. Haller.
Third Toast-"Beecher abusing Iaborers
Is a disgrace to Rifle Beecher Of 1855 Sand
Offered by Eheman and response by Hal.
Ter.
Fourth Toast-"Laborers,th the foundation
OF all that is good and great, should not be
housed like felois, clothed as beggars and
led on q diettoo low for the lower animals
to subsist on"
Proposed by spohn. Respose by vaa
Patten.
Fifth Toast-"Why should the dogs oil
the rich be fed on meat while laborers are
not allowed to freely enjoy the sameP"
Proposed by Van Patten, response by
Spohn.
duced to the beggarly mode Of life recon.
mended by Beecher their e%nslayement Is
not far distant"
Proposedby Hood, response by Eheman.
Seventh Toast-"When the life OF the
nation was endangered laborers rushed to
its rescue, not the rich BeeClers."
Proposed by Rice, response by Haines,
A stranger in the midst of the audience,
which stayed and looked and listened
while the eating, drinking aud speaking
went on, arose in the defense OF Beecher
and said he didn't believe BeeCher had
made the u~tteranCes objected to quite in
the shape in which they had been put be-
fore the w%orkingmen. This speaker was
very promptly squelched, chiefly by the
audience, however. To their honor, be il
said, the bauqueters tried to get this man
a hearing, though one Of them remarked:
This is not the place for you to speak,"
RESOLUTIONS.
The following preamble and resolutions
were unanimously adopted. Mr.. Van Pat
ten offered them:
WHEREAS, The Children's Home Of Gin.
cinpati, is a public institution, and is sup.
ported by the charitable contributions Of
our citizens. Its management is at all
times properly subject to public criticism
WHEREAS, The managers Of that insLitu'
ton have invited, to lecture for its sup,
port, the Rev. Henry Ward beecher, a per,
son whose u~tteranGes d~erogatory OF the Ia,
boring classes, and whose action as Q
Chaplain Of New York regiment Of mill
tia, o o about TO visit Canada, and ceIs,
brate the English Queens birthday. are
deserving OF contempt from all true Re,
publicans- and Democrats; therefore be il
ResOtred, That this meeting hereby elm.
phatically censure the managers OF the
Children's Home, and hope that men
more considerateof the dignity and honor
OF Cincinnati may soon be installed in
their place.
VIM. Haller's remarks were remarkably
and exceptionally conservative. Milton
Spohn and W. G. Haines made remarks
that come within the class generally styled
inhammatory, il not incendiary. Neither
OF them, however, was as hot as is their
won't Haines went for the w%orkingmen
who had not the spunk to unite and make
themselves felt. He said but little about
Beecher, except that he was the mouth.
piece for such capitalists as Tom Scott,
Belmont, Jewettand the Vanderbilts. Mil.
ton Spohn abused Beecher roundly as an
immoral idler who did notiusuy earn the
Injuries he enjoyed.
William Halter pitied Beecher as the
"frail child OF awicked system,n and hon.
ored him for his stand for labor in lS55-6-7,
Dir. Van Patten said that Mr.. L. q, Hop.
kins had called on Mr.. Charles Thompson
during the day, and said that he had been
given TO understand that the Socialists
were going to mob Beecher At Music Hall
last night. Mr.. Thompson's reply was
that MIR. Hopkins did not at all under
stand the temper Of the Socialists; that
they were not rioters, and that Beecher
was perfectly safe from any harm from
any OF them.
Alter the meeting was over, the plates,
cups and buckets were sold.
.[NoTE.-In the course Of his lecture at
Music Hall, Saturday night, while the
banquet was in progress, Beecher made
the following a~llusion to it'll
II understand thereisa banquet going
on at this time in this city where bread
and water are the victuals., l am to be in
vited. Assertions are made that | have
salu Dread and water were good enough
for the workingman. l have repeatedly
c~ontradicted it, but they don't want to un.
derstand II. | never did say it. On the
contrary, l did say that on account OF con.
traction every class OF the community
must suffer; rich men must suffer; middle
men must suffer, and the w%orklnymen
must suffer, and it was not becoming to
the manllness Of the laborerto say that he
alone should suffer; but that it was neces.
sary for them to tide erthe time, aud II
o man had 10 come down to bread and
water 1t was better than to shirk his hi,
Perhaps this denial will be republished in
one or two papers, but they will keep ON
saying: 'Beecher says bread and water ara
good enough for the workingman.' NV
own impression is, ii they would drink
more water they would have more bread.
Laughter" a
Extraordinary Observation-Disclosures q Ohio