The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-10-13

tel to tho place Of meeting by the commits
tee Of arrangements, the carriages being
preceded by kramer's band which excited
considerable enthusiasm along the way by
playing to lively time "rhe Wearing of
tho Green"
MIR. LARHlN rltEsIDEs.
The meeting was called TO order by Mr..
Anthony Laliy, who nominated Mr.. Ed.
Larkin rs Chairman. In accepting this
position Mr.. l.arkin briefly addressed the
meeting, expressing his appreciation OF
the honor conferred upon him, and con-
tnuing: ~
While was among the first Of my race
In this city TO rcnounce allegiance to the
Democracy and declare in favor Of the
nominees Of the Republican party, l al.
ways desired to keep in the background,
and take no active par. III the campaign.
AS much us desired other Irishmen to
follow in my footsteps and endorse the
course had marked out for myself, did
not desire to publicly urge them to come
over to the Republicans. My action has
called down upon my head much abuse,
and tradncers without number, many Of
them old friends and acquaintance, hive
been nnccasing i'll maligning mo; but
did whit | did from conscientious
feeling, and without any hope OF peeti.
MARY reward. did it only us u patri
OF Applausc] seeking TO benefit my coun'
trymen. / ut first declined to. take any
prominent part in this meeting, but OIL
second thought determined to accept the
chairmanship and in so doing to publicly
avow my hearty support for Blaine and
Logan. LChccrs. | nm not orator enough
to hope 10 interest you in the questions Of
this campaign, but there is Il gentleman
present who will cniiglitcd you fully on
those subjects. There is no race which
should be more free from prejudice than
the Irish, yetfor years We have been bound
down asthe slaves OF the Democratic party.
"A voice, "That's sol Cast off those
letters and vote only for the best interests
OF yourself and country, rs revealed to
you by men whom you all know and trust.
Mr.. LALLy.
Mr.. Larkin then introduced Mr.. An
thony Lally, saying that Mr.. Sullivan was
suffering from sore throat and desired Il
brief rest. In the meantime Mr.. Lally
| would address the crowd in Celtic. This
Mr.. I4ally declined 10 do, but he made
some very pertinent remarks in English.
lie explained the Irish detection from the
Democracy in this campaign by saying
they had become satisfied that the Demo.
cratic party was opposed to protective
tariH, and they had seen so much OF the
effects Of free trade in their own native
isle that they knew it would BIO q poison
Gus dose for this prosperous land, APP
plausc] The Irish people have too long
been hewers Of wood and darwers of VA.
ter, and in these vocations it takes a long
time to make fortune. 0he-third OF the
wage workers Of this country are shown by
the census to be Irish, yet only one-tholi.
sandth part Of the wealth OF the land is in
Irish lands. This is because the Irish,
once great commercial race, have by the
operations OF free trade been made incap.
able OF conducting any business OF q prof
table nature. Under these circumstances
it does notrcQuire much nerve for for.
mer Democrat who comes out OH the side
Of protection and national prosperity to
submit to being called Irish tloppers."
Laughter and applauso,]
mr.. suLLlyAS's SPEECH.
Mr.. Sullivan was next introduced, and
received with hearty cheers and applause.
He is 4 smooth-iaced, scholarly, rather
boyish looking gentleman, whose fea-
lures and expression, graceful attitude
on the stand and easy, pleasing utterance,
at once impress hearers! in bis favor.
He said he had recently been Demo
crat But before that he was an original
Abolitionist, seeking to strike the chains
Of serfdom from every man. Cheers
The Irish people all came here to escape
from bondage, Where is the consistency
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