Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-10-31
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Something Every wheeling worixingma
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Something Every wheeling worixingnan
Should Read
Gen. Nathan Gof, Jr., our late Repre-
sentative in Congress, made an appeal. last
night, in the Eighth ward, to a hall full Of
people, to be allowed to continue as such.
Westwood's Hall was the theatre of the ap-
peal and as it is not overly large, il was
reasonably full of people. On the stage. sat
a coterie Of distinguished Republicans,
engaged in. leaving samples of variegated
hair oil on the Blaine and Logan
bunting with which the stage was
backed John Devine made the highest
marks, then Spaulding Wallace, then c. B.
Hart, and last, George B. Caldwell Prot
Crago sat little forward, while Gen. Gof,
with his handsome figure and pretty, boyish
face, squared himself and delivered his
pleasing, though ancient. platitudes from the
right side of tie stage Handsome portraits
of the gallant General were literally be-
slowed about the hall and whenever he
called upon the Almighty which he fire.
quently did, he raised his arms and eyes to
the printed pictures Of himself.
The speech was the same, familiar one
of two years ago, with additions and emen-
dations 10 suit the occasion, and with refer
ences to Judge Brannon, many of which
were misleading if not actually untrue. He
declared himself in favor of protection
to American labor, and always referred to
it as that grand, magnificent man, the
American laborer," rolling it under his
tongue as loath to lose it. He entered into
none of the great questions of the day. He
told those men nothing about burdensome
taxation, nothing about administrative re-
form. He only told them to anchor their
faith in . the grand old party and
all would be we'll. He said he had known
Judge Brannon from his boyhood and knew
he was clever gentleman and an intelh:
gent one. vet in the same breath accused
him of the silly trick of talking protection
in Wheeling and tariff for revenue aRly in
the interior counties.
Another glaring misstatement he made
was to accuse Judge Brannon of SAYING the
present depression in business, idieness IN
industry and thousands of men out of work
we're due to protection. What Judge Bran
non did say was that it was due to mis-
legislation by the Republican party. Gen
Golf admitted that an unfortunate state
of affairs does exist in the
manufacturing world of the United States,
which is an admission that after twenty-four
years of undisputed control and experience
Republican methods are failure! But
depression and these closed factories and
banked furnaces and thousands of idle men
are all caused, said General Goff, mot by
over-production, but because the protective
wall is not high enough, and he would put
it little higher.
But how was it two years ago? At that
time Gen Golf went among the worhmen
and invited them to join him at the table
he had spread with Bourbon juice of indus
try and the brown bread of protection.
He told them to vote for him and good
times and high wages and they did 50. Now
where are the good times and the high
wages he promised?
1t is useless to pursue the speech any
further. 1t was made up entirely Of plati-
,udes on the tariff. He pictured the Re
publican party as everything that is good
and desirable, and himself as an humble
fragment of that party. He said many
true things-things that have been proved
by Democratic speakers time and again,
and made very pretty appeal to his hear
ers to vote for the King of the Lobby, the
hero of the Mulligan letters.