Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-09-27
REPUBLICAN, THUNDER.
General Goff Crates on Tarif
Theories.
In Response to a Serenade, Last Night
The Reception 70 the Republican
Candidate for Congress.

General Nathan Goff, Jr., the Republican
candidate Tor Congress in the First district.
arrived here yesterday afternoon on his
way to the northern end OF the Pan Han
die. He took rooms at the Mcclure House,
and immediately became the centre OF an
.dmiring circle OF friends. Last night he
was serenaded. Eleven o'clock was the
hour decided upon. but at haif-past 10 the
Opera House orchestra was placed in the
side walk in front Of the hotel anu pro-
ceeded TO breath out several soul stirring
melodies. When a heterogeneous crowd
Of about two hundred had collected, the
hand was marshallei INTO the office, whe re
two more selections were melodiously
given and a voice or two mildly demanded
Golf. But the General had been anticipa-
ted II had been prearrInged that eleven
o'clock should find the band, candidate
and crowd all assembled. and the hall hour
nervousness gave the crowd time TO test
Finally Col. Robert Marshall. the Green
back candidate, appeared over the balcony
railing, but ne HAD come merely re spec
tator. and unostentltiously as became his
unofficial state At length General Coil
came out and was received with round OF
applause In his softest accent and with
his smo0thest eloquence he delivered
short address. lie was gratihed at his ceceP-
usvs treated him with the
same generous kindness, whether by
her citizens or ia the convention, but he
took il as most favorable omen that now
such gorgeous reception should be ten,
dered him in the home OF his distinguished
connection 1t was scarcely expected OF
him to make a campaign speech on this &C.
cssion, and he would not attempt 1t, but
would only mention one OF the great prin-
ciples of that party OF which he was an
humble exponent.
The RLGIsrER, he began, had said that as
he had been born and bred in the county
of Harrison, which was all agricultural
county, he could not be expected to be
familiar with the wants of the commercial
metropolis. To the charge of having eeen
born and bread in Harrison, he would plead
guilty, and he loved Harrison with Flor
entine fourtecnth-ccntury frenzy. He lad
wondered why Harrison, upon whom nature
had lavished her choicest blessings, should
not echo with the hum of industry and
bloom and blossom as the rose, and the
early dawn of his ripening man
hood had been devoted TO reading
the finger posts of the times, to
ascertain the cause He had found it in
the practice of free trade. But when that
great and glorious party, which he so
idolized, and of which he was an lnte-
grail part, had en- acted the great protection
law of 1861, he saw change coming. He
saw the waste places beautify, aud the va.
can't ones fill up; industries sprang up aud
q change for The better came at once. This
was due t. tn principle Of protective
tariff, upon which rock he built his castle
and only hoped his opponents IN the CAN
yass would be as free and frank.
Such policy would develop our grea;
State. He had lately been over it, crossed
its mountains, ranged down its valleys and
traversed its streams, and the history OF
the Mountain State had never been writ.
ten 1t was tale never yet told. Here
was a country burdened down and groan-
ing with mineral wealth which paled the
riches of India. 1t was land flowing with
milk and with honey aud to develop it,
Oh, We men of Wheeling, was the duty OF
the hour.
For the music, Gen. Golf returned thanks.
Music hath charms to soOthe the savage
breast. still the troubled stream and bow
the rugged oak and he hoped it would have
the effect of charming away any bitterness
from the canvass For himself he had
come without an epithet to hurl and he
trusted the sine had come when a cam
paign would be characterized only by open,
fair and free discussion.
With a preitily rounded conclusion, he
bowed himself away and the crowd, with
three mild.eyed cheers, dispersed.