Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-23
LOOKING. AHEAD.
Impressions Received Before the
Convention.
RESUME OF Mr.. F0GG'S SPEECH
The Picnic at the Buckhannon Republican
Greenback COnVention---0pinions
ndViews of Leading Men
Ofthe Organization.
SGF Correspondence.


the day before an important political con-
vention. There was nothing in the usual
quiet and business methods of this pretty
little town to indicate the approaching storm
of Wednesday. All day long ex-Gov.
Farnsworth was the only Greenback repre-
sentative to be seen on the streets, and he
was unusually retieent The brass band
had declined to turn out TO welcome the
coming delegations with music. In fact the
impression had somehow gone abroad that
there would be no delegates worth talking
about and that the convention was to be a
fzzle. Not single member of the Execu-
tive Committee had put in his appearance
and no preliminary arrangements had been
made for holding or accommodating the
convention.
When the train rolled into the depot at
halfpast four in the afternoon people were
surprised to see the large number
of delegates on board As they filed out in
a long line and took up their march toward
the hotel, it began to be realized that the
Grccnback Convention was going TO be a
success, SO far as number was concerned
And j; took but few minutes Of intercourse
with the delegates to learn that the Convcn-
ton would likewise be success in the way
Of had blood and the usual amount of hair
pulling. The FusioniStS and anti-FusioniSts
hud tLrir lines well drawn and the prclim
nary skirmiShing had begun before the
scere Of battle was reached The Fusion
lenders, Barbee, Thompson and Frecr were
well hacked by corps Of Boss Atkinson:
!icu.lu0nt:, including Mccormick, of Graf
;or' Deputy Marshal Liggett, Charlie Gof
brother of the First district Congre>smcn,
and editors Hughes and Morris.
The Anti.Fusion
leaders were Goshorn, Farnsworth and Pie.
.on. and while they appeared 10 be in the
minority it soon became apparent that they
were superior in brains and were gettiny
their work in most successfully. They took
the high ground that they were fighting for
principle, while the Ants were thrown upon
The single argument of expcdiency, and that
,poiIs was the only thing in view
The local public sentiment of the town
is strongly for Blaine and it looked with
suspicion on any movement that was engin-
rpred by Boss Atkinson. So there was not
much comfort for the fuSionistS derived
from outside pressure
In the face of these facts, GofP and
Barlcr Mccormick and Thompson, Liggett
md Morris, all working in double teams
lid q great deal of solid caucuSlng during
he night Talk on the streets and in the
hotels was loud. earnest and often angry.
The fusion schemes worked more quietly
while the GrccnhackcrS who were so from
principle denounced the coalition movement
in Ecrcest language
The meeting at the court house at night
was brilliant assemblagc composed very
largely of ladies, and Democratic and Re-
publican gentlemen from the town. The
band rot in better humor and ,,i,cour-rd
some excellent music.
\ Michigandrr.
Gen. T. ). Fogg the eminent Anti-MO-
nopoly orator from Michigan. was intro
duccd by Spencer W. Sturm. \ very slight
applause greeted Gen. Fogg, but nothing
dauutcd. he launched out into a forcible
and eloquent speech He lis square built
vong man Of probably forty years, has a
full open fecc. handsome features, lookinga |
good deal ike the late Henry Winter Davis, |
of MARYLAND, and is fluent talkcr. He |
gave himself away, however, at the outset, |
by stating that the Greenback party |
was now in more nourshing condition
than ever in its history. He urged the party |
to stand to its princip les and in an eloquent
manner gave Fusion TO a black eye
He next announced that The party could |
afford to stand by the charge Of Commun-
ism made against it, He was a com
nunst as he understood it, and his party |
was a PARTY of communism. He regarded |
I. ,,l Tln,nar / "a
communists in the same sense. He was
proud to stand alongside of such eminent
communists as Ireland and France had |
given 10 the world They fought the bat
lie OF communism with the swOrl The
Grecnback party is fighting the same battle
with pen and tongue. while Democrats were
shooting negroes in the South Republicans
were ensaving white laborers in the North |
and
RrmonPtizing silver.
He regarded the policy of rcmonctizing
silver and paving off government bonds as
the outgrow,h of the Grcrnback agitation
He criticised the Republican scheme Of re-
SUMPTION q, a fraud. and denounced the Re
publcnn party as the worst enemy the la.
boring men had His arraignmcnt of John
Sherman and Secretary Folger was crisp |
and incisiyr He regarded the Repujli-
can and Democratic parties as twin brothers,
and fusion with either by Grcenbackers was
an absuriiiy. If they had to fuse with
either the Democracy was rather |
more respectable But Judge Field and |
Bayard and Hewitt stood in the way of
Grecnbackers uniting with Democrats. He
thought the masses Of both parties were hon
est but blinded by party zeal. Party spirit
was the banc Of free government. General
Forr then gave an earnest Of his commun. |
ism by asserting that unless the policy o. |
the Grcenback party was accomplished by |
the ballot il would be- bv the sword. the can
non and by dynamite III, hopc Of peace
ful woman was through woman suffaagc. |
When women vOt" virtue viii reign He I
believed that he coaid take thousand /
Wet Virginia women. drrSs them in proper /
garments and ,hey could Ehip aHy thousand /
men in the world. 4 voice: "Tbcy can d. |
il in retticoats.
Fotu continued with bis silycr-tonge1 ora /
;or fDT nearly two hoars and was respect I
fully listened by the large crowd Of Demo |
c-7.fs and Republicans and hundred or s. !
Of Greenbackers While wild in his p0liti- !
cal ideas - tine stump speaker. 1
aud Is be- said 10 have turned |
jim Blaine down several years !
ago in JOINT discussion up in Maine. He !
closed with happy hint on the Grant and /!
Ward class Of Republican leaders.
Fogg SAID in his remarks that the system I
of White slavery In the Republican pens of I
New England wss a Thousand fold more /
cr1eI and debasiDg than ever existed under !
thr negro slave system Of the Democratic |
Sggth. And be couldn't see how any labor |
Ing man Who respected his manhood could |
Join hands with a party that impc-ci ,this |
ysssalsgs upon him as the Republicans have /
dL1c.
4 pretty girl dropped to the floor in |
faiut the o;her dsy while she was p'aying
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