The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-10-30
fnEREroRD,S SPEECH
A. Washington Hail Last Night-APool
knsSah and "a hnnr Crowd. .-.

~ VhsutnRtOn hhll Last NlkhS-Atoo E
speech aud Poor Crowd.
4 very indiferen, crowd assembled at
Washington Hall, last night, to hear tho
speech that had been promised for the last
fortnight from Frank Hereford, the junior
member Of the United States Senate from
this State. J. II. Good, Esq, presided and
introduced Mr.. Hereford as follows: ~
l have the honor oil introducing 10 you
a gentleman whose name Is familiar to
YOU all. He Is n member, of the United
States Senate, and during his membership
he has always stood up for human rights
and popular liberty.
lie will explain TO you how West Wiz.
piuia will give 10000 majority instead Of
II, 600, and how the old Hoosier State will
give majority Tor aud cast her vote for
". s. Hancock for President next Tues
day. now introduce to you Senator Hore.
lord. rlI27'g 1872, 'rII
Mr.. Hereford said: ,..sA. Z
have used tho expression Fellow Gilt
zens many times and upon many a field,
upon the coast Of the boislerous Atlantic,
upon the coast OF the placid Pacific, upon
the plains Of the West and upon the
summit Of the Rocky Mountains, aud God
forbid that the time should ever arrive that
the term could not be used by inc. II we
have not a good government and good
officers 1t Is tho fault Of the people. |
do not believe that any party is
entirely corrupt or l would begin to
think that the end Of my country was
near at hand. was elected as the Seaa.
tor Of the whole people, aud not OF q party,
aud as such have tried to discharge my
duties The keynote OF the Republicans
in this campaign Is: 1"We want no
change They say that the good times,
or rather the co paratively good times oil
to DAY, are attributable to that purity and as
such, are an argument against d change;
but say that the comparatively good
times OF to-day ore attributable entirely to
the legislation OF the Democratic party.
: The speaker then took up the public debt
, question which he handled In his pecul 81
manner, which is after the same style;
! indeed 1t might be called poor imitation
of the style Of Gen. j. B. Weaver, Green.
back candidate Tor President.
The candidates Garfield, Weaver and
Hancock, were next discussed, and the
description Of each aud all of them con.
cluded with this sentence, III you vote
ON principle you can not vote for any
other but ", S. Hancock. Pensioners
upon the Government; consider that Gar.
field voted to pay the bondholders in
coin, and also to pay you greenbacks; re-.
member that when you vote. ,.i ii
The resumption act is all folderol. We
! have no resumption OF specie payments
to-day nor CAL We have as long as we have
this burden Of q public debt upon us. We
have only an equivalency OF currency, and
the only plenti,ude Of coin We have to.
day is due to Democratic legisla,
ton. If that resumption act
had remained in force as originally passed
not single dollar of Greenbacks would
, be in existence at the present time. The
object OF the Republican party is to call
the Greenbacks all in. II you want the
currency contracted vote for Garfield, who
voted for |, before, but II you want plenty
Of money vote for Hancock and the Dem.
cratic party, who voted TO increase the vol
ume OF the currency. 1901 7aE
) There is but one country in the world
that has as much money as we have, and
! that is the Republic Of France. All the
hard times were brought about by the pas.
sage OF a law contracting the currency, the
resumption act and the decentralization OF
silver. We want to elect Gen. Hancock in
order that peace, quiet and rest may COME
into this country 4,--s tdg1.' i17s.
The Democratic party reenfran chised
the DISTINGUISHED confederates. No man
can be President Of the United States who
has not the confidence Of the whole coun.
try, from Maine to Florida and from New
York to California. II Hancock Is elected
we shall have season OF rest and q uies. i
II the Democratic party is successful in
this election the country will take atep
forward that it has not for tho last one
hundred years. We have redeemed all
the Southern States. We had nearly re.
deemed Indiana too, and but for that little
mishap Of a lew weeks ago, which ! have
not time to explain just now, we would
have had her solid. Maine, after, ioty
J years absence, has again taken her place,
as will Nevada, Colorado and California.
| My word for it, II you elect Hancock he
will be to this country like the shadow OF
a great rock. have done. az tsHf-a
Hans. Good being called out, said a'
l will not make speech, but will
promise you on mex! Tuesday night 10
make you q speech, and l think against
thar time l shall have the material for the
best speech ever made you. 1t will be
the occasion OF the celebration Of the
election OF VS.. Hancock. 80 - ..-7
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