The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-22

Nau0ual PLATFORMS tuCdWpeu every IOuI
years where the Republicans had en-
camped for years before. He was
frequently interrupted by Messrs. Reagan.
Warner, Finley, Bland and others, and
his replies To- them were received with
laughter on the Republican side.
Mr.. Reagan defended the Democratic
party from the charge Of inconsistency
and retaliated that charge on Weaver and
the Green back party.
Mr.. Bland asked for what Presidential
candidate Weaver had voted in 1875.
Mr.. Weaver-For Rutherford B. Hayes;
and am sorry for 1t.
Mr.. Bland-And you have good reason
to be sorry. Laughter
The discussion, which was very noisy
and Irregular, drifted into the question IS TO
the responsibility for the demonetization,
and the credit for the reconciliation OF sill.
yer, the Democrats casting discredit on the
Republicans for the former, and claiming
for themselves the credit OF the latter.
Mr.. Reagan asked Weaver to state cate.
gorically whether he was in favor OF pay.
ing the public debt In greenbacks.
Mr.. Weather replied that the Green.
back party proposed not to violate any
contract existing between the Govern
ment aud bondholders.
Mr.. Resgan-That is exactly what the
Democratic party said alter the passage OF
the law OF 1859.
Mr.. BuCkner asked Mr. Weaver
WHEN He HAD LEFT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
Mr.. Weaver replied that he had left it in
1875 frat, when the gentleman (Buckner)
was stumping his district in favor OF sub.
stituting greenbacks for national bank
notes.
Mr.. Warner sent TO the Clerk and had
read paragraph from the Independent
Republican platform in 1868, in favor OF a
greenback currency aud OF paying the in
terest on bonds in legal money where the
bonds so provided.
Mr.. Reed suggested that all parties acted
foolishly then, but that the Republicans
had the good sense to get right.
Mr.. Bland replied to General Weaver's
speech in which he ssid the gentleman
had shown his animus in attacking the
Democrats, the only friends which that
gentleman had had in the House. Loud
laughter on the Republican side He re.
ferredto the charge made against General
Weaver in the lasE campaign that he was
acting in the interest of the Republicans,
and said his action then corresponded with
his speech to-day.
General Weaver tried to interrupt Mr.
Bland by asserting that his statement wss
not true.
Mr.. Bland declined to yield, and went
on charging Weaver with inconsistency
and bad faith. He asserted that all the
reforms that had taken place recently in
financial matters had come from the Dem.
ocratic party. TIE Republican party
might, by It's assessment OF officehoIders,
and by corruption and fraud, succeed in
putting down the grand old Democratic
party which stood for the rights and lib.
critics OF the people, but sooner or later
several Republicans-later1 reform would
come, not through the Republicans or
Greenbackers, but through the Democrats.
I[Applause on the Democratic side OF the
House
Mr.. Weaver replied to Bland, and chal-
leuged him TO quote one word that he
(Weaver) had said in the last campaign ia
favor Of the Republican party. Until he
could do go
he SHOULD SHUT Up"
[Laughter.l He had in that campaign
arraigned the Republican party, and he
arraigued it to-day. He repudisted the
idea OF having received sympathy from the
Democratic party during the campaign,
and said the only evidence he had OF 1t
was in the shape OF q forged letter pub
Ilished in the New York Star, and which
he believed was in the same handwriting
as the Morey letter. daughter.
Mr.. Bland asked Mr.. Weaver about his
reputed interview during the Campaign
with Jay Hubbell, Chairman OF the Con-
gressional Republican Committee.
Mr.. Weaver denied that any such an in
teryiew had taken place, and charged the
lalsehood OF that story on D. D. Lum, who,
he said, had sold out to both the Republi.
can and Democratic parties; both parties
were cheated when they bought him.
[Laughter.1 He did not charge incousist-
eucy on the Democratic party itself, hut
on It's leaders on the men who
RAN WITH THE HOUNDS AND HELD WITH THE
|
There were men whom he desired to
hold up to public condemnation as being
unworthy to lead the opposition to the
Republican party, which sought to iasten
on the country the British system OF per.
petual debt.
Mr.. Sparks got the floor, and alluded TO
. circumstance which occurred during
the Interruptions between Messrs.
Weaver, Bland and others, in which Mr..
Weaver had used an offensive term to him
that he was crazy" He went on in q
good natured manner to excuse the Of.
iensive remark as arising from misunder.
standing on Mr.. Weaver's part Of what he
(Sparksl had said to call 1t out.
Mr.. Weaver replied IN the same tone Of
pleasantly and good humor, declining to
take eifsnss at what Sparks had said. In
timGting that no one could venture to in.
suit him Intentionally by ascriblng false.
hood to him without feeling the force OF
his (Weaver'O right arm. daughter and
uproar.
Mr.. Sparks on hearing the latter re-.
mark changed his tone from one ol
pleasantly to one OF anger, and said:
''l sPuRy WITH coSrExPr
the reach Of his arm. The reach Of his arm
would affect one as little as 1t affected the
last Presidential election"
Mr.. weaver-[still in iocular tOne.l
Well that was sufficient, Does not the
gentleman soc that he ought never "a
open his mouth at all when he Is excited
Never! Neverl Hespurns the reach oI
my arm? he can do SO In the temper
am in now. he eau do 90. / would moi
, hurt q hair OF his head. Laughter.1 Hi.
Ipology was ample, and accept Il, but !
. caution him against the further use OF the
| term "ialsehood" or "lie." That In
: Kentucky is regarded, l believe, as equa
I To a ilicin or \ blov. and even n / wa,