The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-10-04
COL, PooRMAN,

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and at once set about proving that tie
sdage about prophet not having honor
| in his own land did not apply in the Col.
onels case. After they had called repeat.
edly and urgently for speech from him
he was compelled TO respond.
Col. Poorman paid some attention to the
arguments OF Speaker Randall and others
who spoke In Bellaire. Randall had, the
night before, said Gen. Garfield in all bis
long career had never uttered word in
favor OF protective tariff. Col. Poorman
showed
THE MENDAciTY, THR MOST RECKLESS FALsiTY
OF this assertion by quotations from the
speeches OF Garfield on various tariff pro-
positions when they were pending in the
House of Representatives. These quota.
tons provoked repeated and enthusiastic
applause. Some OF these speeches, the
Colonel showed, were made while Mr..
Randall was presiding officer OF
the House, and that speaker must
have known that bis statement was
untrue. He said Randall himself had been
Obliged to abandon his party on this
is3ue because his constituents demanded
protective tariff; and just 80 the gentle
man in the district across the river ben
Wilson had never voted for PROPOSE.
ton which favored protection without
cutting loose from his party and acting
with the Republicans.
Mr.. Converse, on the same occasion,
said the Republican campaigns were all
fought with the public monies. The re-
liculousness OF this charge was shown by
the fact that for ak years past all the pub
lie money spent was appropriated by q
Democratic Congress. "And l want 10
know" said the speaker, III there Is in
Bellairea Democrat who is egregious ass
enough TO believe that Democratic Con.
gress wouldappropriate money to conduct
a campaign for the Republicans" Laugh.
teri The Supervisors law received some
attention, but the Colonel, recognizing
the importance OF that issue in this cam
paign, confined his remarks pretty closely
to consideration Of the tariff question.
HIS explanation OF the true meaning
and effects OF
TARIFF FOR REVENUE ONLY
was very clear aud iorcible. He showed
that II tariff were levied for the collec.
ton OF revenue and not for protection, Il
would be necessary to lay 1t upon those
commodities not produced in this country.
as tea and coffee. With q duty Of $40 per
ton on iron no iron can be imported With
profit. Even with tariff oil So, iron eau
be manufactured here cheaper than II can
he imported; 80 that the only way In
which revenue sufficient for the expenses
OF the Government can be collected from
tariff Is either to lay au excessive duty on
imports not produced here, or to reduce
the tariff so low on manufactures produced
by our own country that the production
here must cease, and all the goods con-
sumed beimported, Otherwise they would
be manufactured here, and there would
be no imports; and without imports there
could be no revenue collected by tariff.
When Col Poorman finished the crowd
amused themselves for some time by |
calling for different prominent persons in |
the assembly. Finally Mr., Putnam, from
Cleveland, was moved 10 take the stand
and nArrate
A LITTLE STORY WITH A MORAL.
He said that Just prior to the war there