The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-09-23


dent, how did he voter Voice in the
Democratic audience, in imitation Of Mr..
Hntchinson's sarcastic tone, "He didn't
vote at alli''l you've guessed it right,
my Democratic friend, and now commit
that sentence TO memory and sing 1t all
over the district" Laughter and ap-
Along list oithe votes which the Colonel
had lodged was given, all being accom-
panied by the date OF the vote, the year,
aud the page Of the record where II could
be found. Some OF these we're: SIS. Co1's
resolution for the coinage Of additional
silver; Landers' amendment TO the silver
bill, providing for the coinage ofsilver dol.
lars OF 1851; Reagan's amendment limit
ing the legal tender capacity oil silver; the
Kelly silver bill; Holman's bill TO repeal
the Resumption act; Randall's report on
the change OF the rulein regard 70 reports
concerning the currency and banking;
the bill OF the Democratic caucus
providing for the gradual resumption Of
specie payments; the bill to repeal
the Federal registration act, and do away
with supervisors, &c. j; the Mills resolution
to direct the Committee on Ways and
Means 10 bring in bill TO provide q tar
iff for revenue only; Bands silver bill, 10
restore to silver It's legal tender quality,
and provide for the free coinage Of silver;
Springer's motion looking 10 the placing
Of gold and silver on an equal footingi
Goods bill for universal amnesty oil all
persons engaged on the side OF the South
in the recent rebellion; both army appro-
priation bills Of 1878; resolution to make
Wood tariff bill the special order for q
certain time; aud the arrears oil Pensions
bill, of February Sd, 1880; Whithorn's
resolution providing for the interchang-
ability Of gold and silver; the Geneva
Award bill; n bill to appropriate 5000
to William and Mary College to compen.
safe II for property alleged TO have been
DESTROYED In the late war; Proctor Knots
bin to prevent troops being stationed at
polls; behring's Army Appropriation bill
ior 1880; Clymer's report on the Second
Army Appropriation bill Of 1880; and the
first Legislative and Judiciary Appropria.
ton bill Of 1873.
HGentlemen, there is the list. Why did
he not vote on these questions, nearly all
OF which were OF absorbing and peculiar
interest to the people OF his own district2
He may say he was not thereI
"uE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE"
Ihaye showed that he did not vote on
these propositions. What does he do2
What Is he for2 am not here to quote
Abraham Lincoln's opinions upon the
subject OF strong government, although
| / hope the gentlemen doesn't advocate q
weak one. am here 10 question him as TO
why he eyaded these vital issues? What
has he done in your interest? How has
he kept faith with his constituency?
What Is he doing TO earn the liberal salary
he Is paid out OF the United States
Treasury for representing your interests In
the Congress OF the Nation?
But, my friends, he did vote sometimes.
He voted against the nti,subsidy resolu.
ton OF Mr.. Baker, OF Indiana, which
declared against the granting oil special
privileges TO corporations. In 1873 be
Evoted against this resolution; and in 1876
he voted for the identical resolution
offered by another member.
NE VOTED TO REPEAL THE RESUMPTION Ac1
When greenbacks were worth 81 cents
on the dollar. The disastrous conse.
quences, had the bill been adopted, were
WILDLY portrayed.
He voted for q bill to make It legal to
try United States Marshals in State Courts,
Think OF trying one Of those useful
officials for o busy career suppressing
moonshiners and ku.kluxing. Think OIL
bringing them up TO answer before ku.
Klux Judge and moonshining Jury.
A bill was introduced looking TO pro
hibition by constitutional amendment OIL
the payment OF claims Of disloyal persons
for compensation for damages alleged to
have been done during the war. On this
proposition the Colonel voted No, thus
saying, so far as his vote went TO say any.
thing, that he favored the payment oil
such claims,
My competitor explains that he voted
No on proposition to make greenbackf
receivable for customs because It also
would refund le bOnds-di a lotper rae Of IN
terea Poor excuse that for such vote.
Garfield was always In favor oil receiving
greenbacks in payment Of customs pro-
vidsd thea were the equal oil gold. They
are the equal Of gold to-day because the
Republican party kept the faith OF the
Government and made them so.
| On January II, 1880, the Colonel voted
"No" on proposition TO admit salt to
this country duty free. That was all right,
and thank him for 1t, for 1t was Re-
publican vote; but on the 22d OF March
he voted for the same measure, including
paper, ink and other printing materials.
The Democracy has for forty years OPP
posed tariff for the protection OF Amer.
can industries. The first tariff law was
framed by Alexander Hamilton, who has
been referred TO here 30 unfavorably 10.
night. The next was the production Of
John c. Calhoun, and the next Of Cal.
houn,, Clay aud Webster. The old Wing
party and the Abolition party always
favored a tariff for protection, and
the Republican party Is in favor
of It to-day. The Republican
party elected Lincoln to prevent the spread
OF slavery in the territories, and they did
as we'll. That act digniied American
labor. When the people demanded home.
steads on the public domain the Demo.
Cracy denied them. One Of the first bills
Lincoln approved was TO give homesteads
to actual settlers. They gave you your
free schools. These four acts have been
the main steps OF American progress. Let
the dead past bury It's dead. We intend
to march forward. We intend to have
every man vote as he pleases and have his
vote counted as he casts 1t.
The speaker was here admonished by the
| flight OF time 10 draw his remarks to q
close. In doing so he referred to Garfield,
saying that Col. Wilson could not be in.
dnced TO say that he was not a man Of
great ability, and Of high character. He
Is stainless and pure, also, asa man, and
could not be better described than by
those lines Of Tennyson:
Dlyinely gifted man,
| Whose life IN low estate began,
/ And on Iimple village green
Who breaks bis births inTl iiouI bar,
And gr'Sps the skirts Of happy chance,
And breasts the blows Of circumstance,
And grapples with his evil star.
| Who makes by force his merit known,
Andliyes TO clutch the golden keys,
TIC mold mighty states DEGREES,
And shape the whisper Of the thTune,