The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-11-03
A F0RCIBLE SPEECH.
GEN. eorr AT CAPITOL SQUARE
Saturday Afternoon--A Good Crowd md q
Better Ailhress-Thc Audience Stand aud
Listen for Two Iiours-Gcn. COTS
Oppunent aud the rarln Question.

The meeting ut Capitol Square Saturday
afternoon was q lifting close to n some
campaign. The audi.
pncc, while not so large as that Mt some
former meetings, was larger. than was ex'
pecled whcntlc unfavorabte circumstances
Of MI outdoor meeting in the daytime
with rather chilly breeze blowing, and
the large number Of Republicans who had
left town for the aay, arc taken into con.
sidcmtion. Better attention could not
haze been given 10 speech than General
Coils received. #s
General Coli was escorted from the Me-
Lure House to the speakers stand by
kramer's band, which also rendered some
attractive music at the meeting.
Colonel C;eorgc i. Caldwell called the
assembly to order In neat and appropr.
ate little speech, and named Mr. Georse
MUM us Chairman. This nomination
was heartily ratified BY the audience.
A TIMELY MANNING. ,,7-' 4
Mr.. MUM thanked the meeting for the
honor conferred upon him, and cautioned
them to weigh well the situation and the
claims Of the opposing candidates before
they east their ballots next Tuesday. 10
his fellow work,Aen, especially, he nd.
dressed a warning, 10 beware how they
endangered their own prosperity by an Ill
advised vote. ~ ~
General Goif'w received with cheers.
lie made speech Of two hours, which
WIS listened to throughout by an undi.
ninished audience with the closest attcn-
ton and frequent bursts OF enthusiasm.
lie dwell upon the importance Of the
canvass now drawing to close, and said
that in discussing its dominant issues he
would not descend to abuse. He did not
believe in epitlets nor appeals to passion
or prejudice. II he could not win on the
strength Of the principles he represented,
he preferred defeat. [Applause.] He
| would win by honorable means, or he
would 60 down to political defeat aud per-
sonal disaster. Cheers.] There is no
Argument in vititication Of m opponent.
JUDGE EfASSoS.
lie had heard his opponent speak in
this campaign. Most OF his time was
spent in appealing to the political preju'
dices OF the people Of the interior. \ por'
ton Of his speech was devoted to an argn.
mens which might be summed up in four
words, "rurn the ltascals out" Laugh.
teri Still another portion was devoted to
the extraordinary surplus in the National
treasury; another to land grants and "the
squandering Of the Public Domain" and
he usually winds up with very brief
reference 10 the taritl question.
1t was not Necessary to discIss the
Judges points before an audience which
probably knewbetter their Just value than
the Judge himeif. As to the surplus,
never until this campaign had he heard a
great nation arraigned because it was Il
happy and prosperous nation. [Cheers
and laughter. 1t would be very agree.
able to have slight surplus across the
way Renewed l:lushter.l OF this alleged
surplus over $40 900, 700 represented de-
posts for which there had been issued
gold aud silver certificates, which were in
the pockets Of the people all over the
country, and this money was no more the
money OF the Government than money
deposited IN bank belongs to the bank.
Fifty million dollars more is there ms Il
pension ginking fund, and the rest is i'll
the Treasury, excepting 2 small proper
ton, for specific and needed purposes.
THE FREE TRADE DEMOCRACY.
AS soon MS the Forty-eighth Congress
assembled the Democratic majority was
called on to choose speaker, and
they rejected Randall, II known protec-
ZIONIST, and eleGscl Carlisle, an arowed
t..''tariii for revenue only" man, The issue
was squarely made and s4pasrly met, and
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. WIS chosen BY 4 de-
cided minority OF the Democratic mem
hers. Morrison, OF Illinois, wus made
chairman Of the Ways and Means COM
mittee because lie was a progressive free
trader. The G,st thing be did was to pre-
sent bill proposing 10 maize 4 horizontal
reduction OF % percent on the tarH, and
this was openly declared To be but an Ell
term. wedge, and it was announced that
other frnp.trade Democrats would intro
duce more sYeoping bills. These facts
we're referred TO befa9se the speaker had
been accused OF raising ti's tariff issue
himself. Really 1t was the only issu,
raised by the last Congress.
Gen. Gotf SAID he voted against the
Morrison bill. A voice; "That's right
He voted to strike out the enacting clause,
"a voice: ''Thats true. aud everybody
knows it'll and he would not apologize
for that vote for life seat In Congress.
[Applause.l This was the peoples fight,
not his. [Renewed applause ri
nlAsS0s's TARIFF VIEWS.