Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-09-18
"aIS GREATEST EFFORT"
The Great New York Third Termer a
Last Consents to Spout for Garfield

envy oil Music was crowded to overflow
ing tonight on the occasion of the Re-
publican mass meeting, and the police
were obliged to close the doors to keep
the throng from overcrowding the cor
unable to gain admittance to the build
ing.
On the stage among the prominent
men were Hon. Edwards Pierrepont,
Judge Cowan, Gen. Anson McCook,
Postmaster James, Collector Merritt,
Gen. Graham, Gen. Carr, Hon. Thurlow
Weed and others. About seven o'clock
Gov. Cornell entered the Academy aud
was escorted to private box amid cheers.
Gen. Arthur and Hon. j. w. Nannum
accompanied the Governor. Shortly
before O'Clock Senator Conkling arriy-
ed, accompanied by Hon. Hamilton
Fish, Hon. Lloyd Aspinwall, Hon. John
Jay, ex.Governor Dennison OF Ohio, and
Hon. Levi p. Morton, and as the party
advanced upon the stage simultaneous
cheer arose from every part Of the
house and handkerchieis and hats were
waived in the air. Hon. Hamilton Fish
was elected chairman, and in a brief
speech introduced Senator Conkling,
who was greeted with cheer upon cheer
as he came forward.
The Speech.
After an eloquent allusion to the
grandeur and blessing of the republic,
Conkling SAID: The Democratic party
is the Democratic candidate, and | am
against the ticket and all its work, The
general issue confronting us is in itself
and its bearings sectiOnal-would that
it were not so, but it is so. In twelve
States of the Union the approaching
election is to be no more than farce,
unless, as it sometimes happens, it is to
be turned into tragedy. In several OF
the Southern States there are large
Republican majOrities, but all Southern
State are alike, without exception or
doubt, are relied on to count on the
Democratic side, and to score one hun
dred and thirtv-eight electoral votes.
There is to be no free debate, no equal
rights, no true expression in these
States, and vet he who discusses these
discussions must be told in the course OF
parlance OF the day that he waves
'the bloody shirt"
Quotes From Grant.
The Senator denounced the proposed
count in some OF the Southern States
founded on the last census, and then
read General Grants recent letter, in
which he SAYS that the democratic
party, as now constituted and controlled,
ia not a fit party to trust with the con-
troll OF the general government" and
went on to say that the South controls
the Democratic party, and that in Con-
gresa the Southern members held abso-
lutte sway. Should controversy arise
regarding the Presidential election, and
| the election be thrown into the House,
| the vote being taken by States, the
| South would cast nearly all the Demo
cratic votes, and in the Senate the vote
| for Vice President would come from the
same course. In any event OF Demo
cratic success the Southern end
OF the Democratic party must be
to the Northern end as locomotive
| is to the tender, as horse is to the cart.
This is as plain as any truth in gravita-
ton or arithmetic. The South has con-
troll OF all the working committees OF the
Senate. On every committee there is a
majority OF Democrats, and of these a
majority in all cases consists of Southern
| Senator'S. The same conditions prevail
| in the House, where there are forty-two
committees. The chairmen OF twenty
two OF these are from the South. All
! the committees are so constituted that
| the majority is Democratic, and OF that
majority more than half is Southern.
Effect of Hayes Vetoes
Tie existence of the veto power and
the approach OF the presidential canvass
have suggested urgent reasons for go
| inc slow" Many expected bills have
not been introduced; many that have
been introduced have not been pressed.
Some that have been pressed" have
run against such obstinate opposition as
to secure present postponement or
some modification, but whenever the
| hour strikes that the veto power Is In
the Democratic hands, put there by
| Southern votes, whatever the solid eau
ems decress will be written. That eau.
Gus will be controlled by those who rep
resent less than one-seventh OF the peo-
nile of the Union, and not more than
one fourteenth OF the producing, COM
mercial, industrial, tax paying and pro-
perty interests OF the country.
Conkling continued in this strain at
great length, and concluded by referring
10 Garfield as a man having intelligence,
experience and habits OF mind which
eminently fit him for the Presidential
| office. and alluding to Mr.. Arthur as a
| I,;ob .Soulad and honorable gentleman.