Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-10-30
SENATOR HEREFORD .
At THE ACADEMY or MUSIC LAST
-.l NIGH.
An Arrangement Of the Radical Party on
Its Manifold Mis-Doings in II.
nancial Legislation.

estness for and enthusiasm in the strife
and in this community is certainly
most favorable omen. Therefore, when
we saw the audience last night was large.
IL made up Of Wheeling's bone and
sipev il is significant circumstance.
There were slso quite number OF coun-
trymen present, who bad come IN 10 To-
DAVIS markets. Such was the audience.
with a sprinkling Of ladies, who gathered
to hear Senator Frank Hereford discuss
the issues OF to-day. -,
Kramer's band, stationed on the side
walk. attracted crowds OF people during
the continuance OF the music, and at Its
close they fiocked into the building.
Inc meeting Was called to order by
J. III. Good. ESQ who introduced the
Senator. lie said he introduced a man
who had aiways maintained the cause OF
the people and the popular liberty oil
the country. He had Travelled through
West Virginia extensively, and would
tell how our majority will. on Tuesday,
increase from 5000 to 10000. And
would al 20 tell how the Hoosier State
of Indiana would, on the same day, re-
deem herself and cast her vote for Han.
cock and English. Applause.
With q very prettily woried enlogy
on the term, Fellow citizens,
with which he began, he opened
upon the subject matter o! his speech.
He referred, first; to thecoming election,
i'm which the people were called upon
to again use their highest right They
should be careful how they exercised
il, for there was, il would seem, a power
at Washington above the government
and independent OF the people. And
when the citizens Oi the United States
permit this power To- pass IRON Them,
then the government will 20, az others
have decayed ard fallen before 1t.
The keynote OF the Republican party
campaign is I'VE want no change" be.
cause they are enjoying prosperity anu
because they think TO their party this Is
due, but the speaker proceeded to show
that to Republican legislation was due
the hard times oil lew years ago, while
the season oi comparative prosperity We
are now enjoying, is the logical result oil
Democratic legislation. But afew years
ago everything in Wheeling was at a
s;andstill and so everywhere. Business
was paralyzed and depressed and thou
sands of men were out OF employment.
SO large an army did these men form,
that the great State OF New York was
compelled To- adopt a law Furnishing
"tramps" by one years imprisonment
in the penitentiary. Compare these
times, workingmen Of Wheeling, with
the season We are ENJOYING to-day. Rea-
son out to which party this prosperity
is due and with it cast your vote next
Tuesday. Applause.
The course OF Radical financial legis-
lat,on was then reviewed, to the full.
First, the act strengthening the public
credit, as IT was misnamed, making the
bonds, which were redeemab!e in green
backs, payable in coin, and adding
10 their original value, five hun
bred million OF dollars. Both
Garfield and Weaver voted for this al d
il was the first law TO which GRAM
affixed his signature. Was this act
right? Was il necessary To thus
strengthen" the public credit. No.
Then how can you vote Tor Garfield
And YOU, Greenbackers, who were
original Democrats, how can you vote
for Weaver? [Applause.l What, then,
are you going to do about 1t on next
Tuesday? That law Was passed by Re-
publicans and opposed by Democrats.
Garfield voted for it and Weaver as
sisted in its passage. Ii YOU vote on
principle you cannot vote for Garfield,
YOU cannot vote for Weaver, and the
only man for whom you can vote Tor is
Gen. Hancock. [Applause.
So much for the first chapter. Hav-
ing made the bonds redeemable in
coin, they proceeded to take its value
from silver. They dec,are,lnO more silver
should be coined and that it shoul not
be a tender for public and private
debts. Every Republican IN the House
voted for this bill and every Democrat
against il. Was it right tina. the people
should be debarred iiom paying the ma
tional debt in silver? Then the
bill went to the Senate and there
the Republicans voted for 1t and
the Democrats against it, and it went to
a Republican President and he signed il
and il became a law. Here was more
legislation in favor OF the. bOndhOld'
holder. We had this immense debt to
paw in gold, when there was no gold in
the country. And Garfield voted fol
his bill. Will YOU support him fol
his
And then came the presumption act
declaring we must resume specie pay
ments on January l, 1879; and it furth
er declared that the Secretary OF the
Treasury should issue interest bearing
bonds and call in the greenbacks. Thus
in a comparatively short time two hun
dred thousand dollars OF green
backs were called in and thus the dis.
aster fell upon the business interests oI
the country. Had that contraction con-
tinued until today, there would not
have been one greenback note afloat in
the country. Against that resumption
act, every Democrat voted and every
Republican in Congress voted for it,and
among these was James A. Garfield.
The iniquities OF the resumption act
were enlarged upon, at some length, by
the Senator.
Then the Radical ascendency in Con-
gress began 10 decline The Democrats
assumed control Of the House OF Rep
resentatiyes and began at once TO COR
rect the errors OF Republican legislation.
The course OF the "silver bill' was
thoroughly explained and its effect so
clearly set forth that it was sent home
to his auditors, who greeted the concur
sion with rounds of applause.
But say some people, this Democratic
marty is q rebel party and'when they get
i'm power they will adopt rebel measures.
Yes, even Hancock is rebel, now, but
when he fought at Gettysburg he was no
r,bel. Applause Then, Longstreet,
who was opposed to him, was n rebel,
hut now he has been taken into grace
and Hancock is the rebel. Applause ]
Bat, to show what measures OF this
nature the Democracy wo' undertake,
the speaker compared the ielatiye values
of the greenback dollar. When he
reached the fact that gold settled at par
under Democratic administration, a
hearty round OF applause went up.
At some length, and with good effect,
the Senator dwelled upon the probable
success IF Hancock. At every mention
OF this gallant name, perfect storm OF