The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-08
LANCASTER.
Correspondence Of the Herald.

LANCASTER, september v, ln&.-lnt
Methodist camp-meeting NJ Oyilla, Just
closed, was grand success, resulting in 70
converts, GO of whom united with the
Methodist church and - with the Cumber-
land Presbyterian.
The Baptist revival now in progress at
this place, under the auspices of the Rev
Mr.. JAMES, of London, England, is draw
ing immense crowds, and beginning toI
awaken an interest in religion such as has
not been felt in this community since the
memorable campaign of the Rev Mr.. VIII
burn, who, alter forty two days of incessant
preaching, fasting and praying, silently
folded his tent like the Arab, in the night
time, and without so much as bidding his
wife and five children goodbye" ran
away with one of the juiciest lambs In his
flock, and the sweetest singer in his choir.
Professor d. NJ. Keel Of the Lancaster
Masonic institute, opened his school on
yesterday. Professor Keel is a scholarly
and accomplished gentleman, aud has en-
gagged the services of several competent
assistants, and rs he Is every way worthy Of
generous public patronage, we confidently
preaict that he will have large aud Hour
ishing school.
'On Yesterday Colonel Oin Wclborn, our
distinguished representative in congress,
was here, and delivered two hours
speech of great cloquenoe and power TO
his delighted constituents. The audience
was large and composed of the best men in
the community and the address was lis,
tened to throughout with marked attcn-
ton. After brief and appropriate cNor-
dunn Colonel WelbOrne took NJ and dis
cusscd the great question OF monopoies.
He gave his own definition Of the term and
explained II philosophically He said that
monopolies were corporations which abused
their privileges and transcribed their pow
ers, and while all of them should be
watched, there were three kinds which cx-
listed In our country, and were so powerful
that unless restricted by iudicious legisla-
ton, might at any time destroy the llbcr-
ties OF the people, There We're. first, the
railroads; second, the national banks and |
third, discrimination through the tariff IN |
favor of the manufacturers. lie discussed |
all three OF these topics ut considerable
length, and at the same time vlndiIated
MS DEMOCRATIC ORTHODOXY
and the consistency of his course rs the
peoples representative IN the
hall of congress On the subject OF
railroads, he said, "let the citizens be pro-
tected but give to the roads fair margin
of profit for their labor" Encourage cont
petition for this is the life OF the trade and
the only sure remedy against evil OF rail-
road consolidation. Colonel Wellbom next
devoted some time to reiutntion of the
charges which his enemies had brought
against him while he was absent and at his
most of duty in the city of Washington, lie
showed from the record that so far from
being a monopolst he had been the cham.
pion of the people whenever their rights
had been threatened or assaled, and ON
more occasions than one had thrown him
self into the brecch to repel the cncroach-
ment OF corporate power. lie referred to
his position on the Federal judiciary bill
and showed how he had resisted it,
regarding II, rs he did, ~ n
silent, yet terrible engine OF
OPPRESSION which, il once fastened upon
the people, would 30 CA until 1t had ground
them into powder, lie called attention to
the charge that when elected to congress he
was the paid attorney ola railroad In reply
to this he said that for severa!
years before his election b. congress he had
been employed by railroad company to
attend to its business in the courts, and he
accepted the position lust rs any other SON
siblc lawyer wCuld have done, had il been
rendered him, but after his election he ut
once surrendered his position, and from
that day until now had never received from
any railroad one dollar IN the way of re
Enumeration. And here the eloquent ora.
tor grew almost fierce in his dcnunciation
Of
THE rlTIruL MENNNESs
ofthose who sought to bring rcproach upon
him Tor accepting position which any
OF them would have jumped at had IL been
offered, MS greedily as n cat at II piece of
cheese.
lie said the question had been asked,
what has WellDofn done since he became
u member of congress- In answer to
this question he referred them to his
speech on the Thurman sinking fund bill,
relating to the Central and Union Pacific
roads, and said he had done his utmost in
behalf Of the government, in other words,
in behalf of the $1,000, 600 OF people who
constituted the government to obtain for IL
the security, which the roads were trying
to evadc.
Henext directed attention to his efforts IN
behalf OF the passage OF the bill granting
the right'ot,wnv through the Indian Terri
tory to the st. Louis n San Francisco road,
and how he succeeded by reminding tho
government OF its right of eminent domain,
and the duty which dcyolvcd upon it to
exercise II In such an cmergcnCy
He then asked his fellow citizens il any
of them had seen his speech On the reap.
portionmsnt bill, and whether he had not
IN that instance struck blow In bch0lro of
Justice aud right and made an honest en-.
deavorto save the country from the crosses,
shame and dishOnor
Again he called attention to what he had
done In the way OF securing protection to
our frontier, and declared that Governor
Roberts had admitted that the passage OF
the frontier protection bill was worth $50.
900 year TO the state of Texas,
Colonel Wellbom spoke OF many other
things he had done and very thoroughly
satisfied the people that he had been sadly
slandered aud abused, and that so far from
being q monopolist he was an anti.
monopolist of the deepest dye, and so far
from being plant tool of corporate power
he was one of its most dangerous foes, and
50 lar from inchning towards cen tralism in
his views hc was the fearless
CHAMPION or POPULAR Liberty,
anu so fur from being an idle locker on in
Venice, hc was rs busy worker rs any bee
IN the congregational hive and as true TO
his trust aud as faithful q representative as
any In the American congress
Ho gave his views with much ieryor and
vigor upon the Morrill, tariff bill which we
arc now living under, and national banks,
and said they were both hostile to the
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