The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-08-14
A SECOND spEEcH

~ the Next Congressman from this
District In the Eighth ward Last Night.
~ am n High Tariff Man, MY Party IL
N TariT Party" said John A. Huiehin.
son Last NIght.-Speeeh by Dr. Todd,
etc.
Fully twelve hundred people were pres
ant on the river front OF the old Washing
ON Mill lots last night. Beside the very
arye number which the Eighth ward had
turned out, there were large delegations
from the Fifth and the Sixth wards,
headed by a drum corps, which was pro
yided with splendid new drums. There
were also smaller delegations from all the
other wards. The Wheeling City Band
headed the Eighth ward club, which
paraded through the streets, before the
meeting. On the river front Of the Wash
ington Mill, at the foot OF Thirty'Ninth
street, speaking stand had been erected
and this stand was festooned with flags
and lighted by locomotive headlights and
Chinese lanterns.
About s o'clock Hon. John A. Hutchln'
son arrived and was almost immediately
introduced to his audience by John ID.
Brown, the Chairman,
snred that this was only small ward
meeting. but II that was 30 he hoped to
ramain long enough here 10 see . large
one He was somewhat hoarse, and this
ior a while was an inconvenience 10 him.
He began his address by saying that he
aid moi intend to abuse any oil his adyer.
saries, as abuse was not his weapon.
~ address, think, only tonight, the
architects OF capital, men who are grand
nv their own efforts, who toll in mills,
in work shops, for their sustenance, and
that Of those dependant upon them. |
address myself 10 those who toll and delve
| in wonder hills for black diamonds; to
those who work over the heated furnaces
| in the mills. These l say are called upon to
support the Democratic party, that party
across whose banner Free Trade is written
| in black and damning letters. Will you
support that party? Can you afford to do
40? What does Free Trade meanP Il
means ship loads OF cheap English goods
brought into this country to be sold IN
competition with the proceeds OF your
labor. It means a wholesale redue'
lion OF your wages, and suf.
ering and want oil those who
depend upon you. Take away tariff and
Won nut out your furnace fires, stop your
mills, your factories, check progress, and
Iimpoyerish yourselves. This is what the
Democratic party proposes to do, and 1t Is
with YOU 10 say whether 1t shall be done
Ior not. Hancock, by his letter Ci accep'
tance saysso. Garfield in hislettersays he
will protect you. Which shall you choose!
LII expect to maintain good times and
national prosperity / shall ever vote &c
support the principles OF the Republican
party. British gold and the British pres
are engaged in disseminating free trade
principles all over this country in aid O.
The cause OF the Democratic party. This
is The party which appeals to you, 1t is tht
party Of monopoly; 1t fills this land will
, british literature for the purpose OF in
ducing a reduction of your wages.
The speaker here read from the Cincin
natl Enquirer OF the 9Th inst to show tina
pamphlet printed in England, in behsl
OF Free Trade, was being sent to this coun
; try for gratuitous circulation by the man
. ayers OF the Democratic party. Thu
. pamphlet was written by Augustus Mon
-, eredien, and is entitled "The Western
Farmer in America" also author OF ERE,
. Trade and English Commerce.
The Junior Garfield Club drum corp
and another delegation came up at thi
moment, and speaking was suspended un
D ill its members took their places in tn
crowd.
"Let u.s." resumed the speaker, "lool
on the political menagerie that Deacon
Hearne exhibited at Washington Hall tn
other day. Look at the animals. DAME
/ from Long Reach in the lions den, AM
, there was also the Campbell, OF Brook
!, county, but then there was the lion Q
Harrison county, who had been in train
] ing by Deacon Hearne, and he came tn
! giraffe over the rest OF them. This maj
|, came before you at Benwood some week
! ago and said he was a tariff man. He
D not the representative oil the tariff party
0 | mean the Democratic party. That party
| tell you, is engaged in circulating fire.
trade literature all over this county, an,
!. which. il 1t becomes dominant
will ruin you and your families
The convention which nominated Col
, Wilson reatfirmed and endorsed the Gin
cinnati platform, and is that tariff plat
form? He may gull you by saying he is
tariff man, but the Democracy assemble
in Washington Hall said in its wisdom
"We are free trade party" and Wilso
was put up to represent this idea. Wilso
at Benwood is.atarif man, but at Wash
ineton Hall he was free trade man an
7 says so by his acceptance OF the nomini
ton. What Is to be said OF that man VIII
v is tariff man Saturday night and fire.
trader Wednesday night? Are you pre-
pared to trust man.who speaks TO yo
with two tongues? There is only on
thing In Gods creation which has fork
ed tongue, and that is snake in the grass
Col. Wilson will find what darkens tn
}, hole next November when these hard
8 working men come up and say that the
will vote for the high protective tariff an,
!. security for their homes and little ones
D The man who made speech at Benwood
and the man who spoke at Washington
: Hall, are entirely different men,"
"You may" said he, "love Democracy
Your fathers and iorefathers may have beer
Democrats, but the time has come wher
you must say whether the mills must q
on, or, whether some day you will go L
work aud see, closed written across thu
door Of your mill or workshop. repeal
it. you must say, byyour vote, whether
this thing shall be or not"
The fallacies OF the Democratic platforms
from 1910 down, were next taken up and
exposed by the speaker in most caustiC
manner, and in style that induced
the greatest applause.
"What party elevated the laboring
classes? What party gave them Western
homsteads il they would only 20 there
aud settle it?" asked the speaker. "Jim
Buchanan vetoed Ben Wade's bill for the
granting Of homesteads TO all who would
avail themselves Of the gift" 1t was the
Republican party which said to the thrifty
German come over. and settle among us,
and we will give you homes; to the Irish.
man leave British oppression and come
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