The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-07-20
Che 4nteliatner
AN IRISH MINERS SPEECH.
WHY WORKING MEN SUPPORT TIE
REPUBLICANS.
a Plain natter.oGfaet Address by a
LaborInE Man TO Laboring
sen-where Their Real
Friends Are
Pound.
AN IRISH MINERS SPEECH.


1900 people being in attendance upon thu
impromptu meeting at which members o
the Irish-American Republican Conven
ton were announced to speak. The pro
ceedings throughout were characterized
by an unbounded enthusiasm, every
point made by the speakers being greeted
with loud and spontaneous applause. The
meeting was called to order by Thomas
Mcsheeny, and Frank Ryan, Of Evans
vile, who was called to the chair, was
making the opening speech when Hon
Albert G. Porter entered the hall. The
arrival Of Mr.. Porter was hailed with great
applause, and there were calls from all
parts Of the ball for speech from "the peo'
pies candidate for Governor. Mr.. Porter
had, however, come to the meeting simply
as listener, and after gracefully thanking
the audience for the hearty reception &C.
corded him, stated that it would give him
much greater pleasure and be of greater
service to the Republican party for the
gentlemen in charge. Of the meeting to
carry out the original programme. The
speakers of the evening were Messrs.
Ryan, Of Evansville; Mathew Gray, oil
Bsinbnidge; Morrison, OF Illinois; Woods,
OF Warrick county, and Masterson, OF St.
Louis. The feature of the evening was
the speech OF Mr.. Woods. He was in
troduced by the chair as Jim Woods, the
Irish Hoosier, Of Bonneville, in Warrick
county, and his remarks, geographically
reported, were as follows:
81 have been lifelong Democrat. !
have worked faithfully for the party. But
/ Just want TO say right here to you labor
ing men, for it's you l want TO talk to
more SPECIALIZATION mechanics, that
have been working in the foundries here
the last two or three days when the heat
has been enough to kill yOu-we're no
bankers nor bondholders, you know
Laughter THAT the question you have to
think about is whether the -lsboring men
and the Irishmen should vote for the Re.
publican party or the Democratic party.
fCries Of That's it, and cheers And |
nave come to the conclusion within the
last two weeks, that we ought to vote the
Republican ticket, loud cheers, and am
going TO tell you why. Now, what tell
you is this: That It is for every honest
man, no matter where he comes from, or
who he Is, TO see that he does not %
wrong on this matter, aud that other PEG.
pie do not go wrong. feel that l have
got little honor and manhood left, al.
though / know the Democratic papers will
give me fits, laughter,] for am known
everywhere down in my part Of this State.
Four years ago l was interested in the
election OF Tilden and Hendricks. They
told US that their election meant economy
aud reform. Laughter. But one even
ing began to look at II and think about
it, and when began to look at 1t Ibegan TO
get weakened, great laughter and hav-
emit got strongyet. Renewed laughterand
uproarious cheers Can't you keep those
people quiet, Mr.. Chairman? Laugh.
Ter. II they don't mind-ehey'll get my
Irish spunk up. Renewed laughter.
Now, about this economy the Democrats
are speaking about SO much all over the
land. They tell you they have saved over
$40, 100000. They say they are the party
saved any amount OF money. | tell you
what l thought about it when had read
a little about it at home. read what they
were doing in Congress, and ! found that
there were vessels OF the Navy that we're
built during the war, and that cost the
country millions, that were allowed to be-
come useless just for want OF a little re.
pairs; and yet there were hundreds. oil
aborers who were scarcely able 10 get
bread for their families, and many man
was hardly able to keep life in his wife and
children, because they had to be discharged
from the navy.yard Just because there was
no money TO pay. Just because OF this
economy, in another part OF the Govern.
ment departments, the clerks, even q lot
Of poor girls, had 10 be discharged; and
so the laboring men had to be discharged
and thrown out OF the employment 30
that the Democratic party might go before
the country and show what they had
done. This was what they called economy
and reform.
"There are two parties that are asking
US for their votes, and the question
asked myself was, which party am going
TO take stock in? Which Of these two sec.
tions will help the laboring men? have
come to the conclusion that II there is TO
be solid South, l will vote with the solid
North. Loud cheers. You remember,
II you read about the Cincinnati Conven.
ton, that several gentlemen got up and
promised the solid South. These Demo.
? Gratis claimed right along that they would
have solid South, and the Chairman ap-
i pointed as Chairmen OF all the important
committees some OF the Southern men.
: These are facts that cannot be denied.
/ Now have this question TO ask you, and
whether you have been Republicans OF
Democrats, want you to lay your preiu'
dices aside. II speak the truth, give me
credit for 1t; II tell you-a lie, don't
I want you to believe anything Just because
1 say It, but read all about it for yourselves
l Where are the emigrants that have come
: from the oppressed peoples OF Europei
Where are they gone? To the South? OIL
Q are they not in the North and Northwest
4 ern States? Ninety per cent Of them are
in the North. Cheers. And which wa
the party that got these Homestead laws
!, under which they eau come here and ge
: along in life? They came from the Repub
: lican party. This is one reason why | an
+ going to vote the Republican ticket
loud cheers Now, l have another
Two years ago ] was delegate
TO the Democratic Convention from
J. my county, and the Committee OF
" Resolutions reported platform in which
they said they we're in favor OF the repea
Of the Resumption act That was anothe
thing began to get shaky about. Laugh
Ter. Iknew Just as we'll sc possible ina
sherman was going 10 come ont all right
[Cheers.l The Democrats said then tina
when the Resumption act went in torc
they were going to take out every DIT Q
gold there was in the Treasury But the!
= never did It. Laughter and cheers. Nov
innA lnnk a littIa a. lhasa thinua can,