The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-09-01
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Attorney General white Says HIS speeeh.
A.meetin4 was announced for last nightin
the Fourth ward, and Attorney 5enefs
White was announced to address u
The meeting was one Of those very
ANAL but yery select affairs that you read
abont occasionally, only this one was SUI
smaller than any one yet described. while
as 10 the "selectness" we don't care 10
Tnhn ". Boring and small number Of
b;s drum corps furnished the music, and
Alter The music the Captain stuck bis file In
III nocket and called the few together.
Ge "a White was introduced with much
ssiat by President Boring, and after the
crowd had become settled on the front
benches, the orator began: 80
WThe canvass is open. Our Republican
friends have organized themselves. We
have seen the result Of this organization
In the last few days. It's. therefore, neces-
sary for US TO organize, and go 10 work
vigorously, and make our Republican
friends understand, II 1t is possible for
them to understand, the truth, as 1t Is
little hard to make them understand some
times. Five parties have nominated can
didates, and 1t Is singular fact oil these
candidates have been Union Generals"
(This was said with significant emphasis
on the word Union.
The General then for few moments
turned his attention to the speech OF Gen:
Stewart L. Woodford, which was delivered
last Saturday night in this city. That
speech evidently was sownin good ground,
AZ il frightened all Democrats, and filled
them with admiration OF the man and fear
Of his utterances. Mr.. White is evidently
one Of The above, as he praised the man
and his speech Tor few moments, and
i then took certain portions Of II for Q text
and went to work upon the text. he In
the first place tackled the assertion that
II Gen. Woodford made in regard to the ulil.
ity Of the National Bank Notes which the
Republican party gave 10 the country.
dThe Republican party gave you these
notes" said Mr.. White. "To do this they
'ldemonetixed silver, forced resumption. II
the original intention Of this act had been
carried out worse times than you saw In
| 1873 40 would have resulted. II this law
had been carried out your mills, which
were stopped SO long, would be still stop
: ned. but In the Providence OF God these
catastfophes were ayerted. The Demo
cratic party came into power in the Ma
tionaI Legislature and stopped the ruin
GUS effects OF the Resumption act. Silver
was remonetized, and greenbacks kept In
! circulation, and your prosperity to-day IS
the result OF Democratic financiering and
not Radical"
The speaker then turned his attention
Ia National Banks and bonds, and gave o
, rtsickentng picture Of the injury they
do the poor man, the toiling man, the
Ilaboring man, but forgot TO illustrate his
4 points BY holdingup W. II. English, DEM
, ecratic candidate for Vice President, as q
a National banker and bondholder.
After this brilliant effort the General
got down to his stronghold, his rodemec,tni,
, the DeGolyer paving business, and the
Credit Mobilier yarn. On these subjects
. the General Is dl fat, and when he strikes
an attitude and portrays the horrors OF
these oliiru1es, he Is only inferior TO Hans.
Good or Bridge Cracraft when they shake
: their hair loose and exclaim, Good God,
gentlemen, can these thing be true2"
1Winfieid Scott Hancock" is q sweet
morsel under the tongue Of the speaker, II
!, one can Judge from the number OF chan
u ges General White rings on 1t, but this
prolific subject finally became exhausted.
!, was summariy disposed OF with the ex:
bortation. Textend the hand OF love and
. brotherhood to these loving people who
. are pining for return OF their love and
!. affection; help them to build up their fac
a tories and their work shops, and improve
their country"
! The tariff question was then taken up
and the speaker said the subject was one
OF merely local interest "You down here
. ought to have q tariff, as you work in iron,
! but ifyou can getyour calico, broad cioth,
! and other articles ut arednced and very
! low price would 1t not be better for you II
! you could? Gen. Jas. Garfield has voted
. to keep a high tax on coffee. tea, DC, and
to reduce the tax or duty on iron and steel.
He belongs 10 the Golden Club Of Eng
! land, an avowed Free Trade organization,
j and is pledged II elected to carry. out It's
J: principles The General was assisted IN
i his speech by an old German who asked
Questions, and another fellow. whose ma
Itionality we could not determine, who
7 answered them. The answers and ques-
tons were often irrelevant and obscure,
2 but they stood in place Of enthusiasm,
The Electoral Commission was next tax
o en- up, and handled in q style peculiar to
9 the speaker, but II was up to the compre-
Z hension OF his auditors and TO those on
: the front seat, who nearly went wild over
% the narration Of It's horrors. The Green
back party was passipgly alluded TO as an
ignis tat.tts, a "jnck.ma.lantern" party. He
2 then said that Ben Butler had said that
four.filths OF the soldiers he had led dur
ing the war, and nearly all the soldiers he
had met during the war were Democratic.
3 ',Ben's slippery" called out the front seat
. man, and the speaker hastened to explain
3 "That's Ben says that, not me"
z Other points which the gentleman Is up
|; on, were handled by him in his usual
3 fresh and entertaining manner, and when
z he concluded the front seats were fairly
conyulsed. The Fourth ward will have to
come out stronger next time.
A Dv1DED FAMrLY.-Last night tele-
g phonic message was received at police
! ! Headquarters from the Eighth ward to
l the effect that man named Lemmons
and two children had eloped from the
/; wife and mother, who is resident Of the
! ward. Major Sweeney detailed officer
Rutherford to work up the case, and In a
few minutes Lemons, the two children
and their baggage were in the City Build.
ing. Shortly afterwards the woman ar
rived and demanded her children but the
: ,,an na,annntor;ly rafnaad IN DIVA than