The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-10-09
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sr Goo.l's speech hatur'lny Night.
,lon, j. II, Good made his long ex
,,,pl speech on the tariff question satur
I,v uirlt, lie Ind large audience tt
t.., him-no,, however, M large nor n.
,nis nor as stable Ms General Golf had OF
TO,.,lav night. Nor did his spcccl, pro
ln,p he sn,ne assuring effect on the popu
"a, mind. Say what Mr.. Good may abou
Mo impression Of the public in reference
,oli, ,os,ion OIL the tariff question, there
s,sR, impression that his position very
rr,h needed definition and explanation,
AVID for this impression he and
n. political friends arc RESPONSE
NJ. Mr.. Good las made many
,pcechcs in Wheeling year by year, and
I'ce ought not to have been any misun
l,r,,andiug or misgiving touching his posi-
,ion on this question. lie has had ire.
gecn, opportunity to define himself fully
and exhaustively on the subject. lIe could
mn, have been unaware Of this misgiving
Mr. Good is Il gentleman Of too much in
,rgence Tor that, Why was not the i'm
r,rssiou long ago removed? AS We have
s,i,A il was not for lAck OF abundant oppor.
upi,v. II Mr.. Good failed to improve his
opportunity it must have been because
he did no, choose 10 embrace 1t.
This misyiving in regard TO Mr.. Good
rrrw out, in large part, OF tho fact that he
was member Of the famous committee nj
Cincinnati 10 which was assigned the duty
Of constructing platform for the Demo.
cratic party in 1850. That committee re,
por,ed The well,known declaration in favor
Of a tariff for revenue oniy." Mr.. Good
explains this by saying that this was the
work Of II subcommittee Of his committee
and that the subcommittee never reported
10 the full committee, and hence he was
no, aware Of what report had been agreed
upon until he saw it in print next day after
The conyra;;on. Knowing III we do how
much Of the work OF political conventions
il done in this cut and dried way, we are
not inclined to ilnpngn his statement. II
hls been understood that the tariff planl,
at Cincinnati WAS the work OF David A.
Wells All! Henry Watterson, two noted
anti.lariiT men, although Mr.. Goods state
msnt is new ttmt the plank, when manu-
i4ctnre,l. was never submitted TO the com.
mjttee who were called upon to father il
their own. 1t certainly went out to the
world with The endorsement OF that com.
mit,ce, and without minority report OF
dissen, Of my kind. And more than
this, all through the campaign that fol-
loved We never heard OF Mr.. Good
in all his speeches for Hancock,
taking any exception to the platform on
which he stood Jas the: Candidate OF the
Democratic party.
This is an explanation III part OF the
m,eving that has arisen in regard TO Mr.
Goods position on the tariff. Certainly
then siapoli'ical opponents are not respon.
slble iorany impression derived from this
state Of facts hostile TO Mr.. Goods sound.
ness Oh the tariff. Bat more than this
the Convention TIM. nominated Mr.. Good
at Weston pnrposely refrained from max.
iH.any declaration whnleyer on the tariff,
Why dil ii DO SO? 1t must have had
some reason for deliberately avoiding so
prominent 4 question.
We say deliberately avoiding it, for the
notorious reason that the committee ap
poin'edby that convention to draft plat
'Orm OF principles deliberatcd for hours or
this very question, and at the end, ant
almost at the very close Of q very long day
deliberately squelched it. Why did it aitel
this tong and most deliberate considera
ton and discussion OF this most prominent
f'es'ion, deliberately strangle it? To asl
A!s question il to answer ii. The reaso,
apparent to the most unsophisticatet
mind.
Again, Mr.. Good made speech ut tha
Weston convention. lie had m opportu
altylI he desired one, TO say something
Oh this subject. Did he do so? There i
no hintof any remarks from him on ,hi
subject. Why was it thus passed by b.
The convention and its candidate? Echt
asks why. And the public ask why.
Now We submit in view Of this plai,
Statement Of facts whether Mr., Good ha.
any inst grounds Of complaint agains
any body but himself and his own politica
friends for his mistrusted position oil tn
@''lI question. Does not the case strikingl,
audmost iorcibly call TO mind the follow
iusliucs:
This truth, my licyc. I've ever found. u
AM NHu yonr rpyAl kinsn,an :.shoull,
ol"II lie men within your empires bound,
MARX those not understood"
Nr. Good may claim that his position
should now be understood. We are will
'"stt@s he shall have the benefit OF his
statements Saturday night. The report o.
mem will be found in our local columns
"eannot willing, however, ,hat he shal
Complain OF being misrepresented by this
paper us to his position i'll the past. Mr.
noOd could have set himself right at any
a'ae III the past. The fact that he has
V0osen this late hour Mt the close OF hiE
'1OSaSs to make deliverance OH this i'm
R''aAl subject in our midst, is Il circum
Save that will not escape attention, ant
~ eScites adverse criticism among his
sNsea' opponents or leaves apprehension
Mltpnbiic mind, lie himself is respon
siAIe!orn.
orcnins OF the Polls.