The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-19
never need any defense for any Of its acts
us long rs II Us the Republican party that

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never need any defense for any Of its acts |
rs long rs It Us the Republican party that
makes tho charge. lliit}, ts..HsaJ
:, First they charge US with extravaganza.
We m,lst meet this charge. I shall meet
It not for the purpose OF defending the
Democratic party, but to demonstrate tho
insincerty and hypocrisy OF those making
It. do It 10 show the ignorance OF those
who made the Parkersburg platform. You
cannot pick up n paper, even this little |
two.pcnny paper Of yours here, but Il will |
DO filed with this stuff and you can cot
no Moro sense out OF II than from tho |
head OF jackass. l say there has not
been paper but what Inns tecmcd with
abuse Of Inc and my party. Join issue
with them md mean TO say that their
platform and everything In It Is fulsc.
They make no special charges OF ex-
travagance md therefore wc must meet
them generally. When the Republican
party came into power tn 1863, Which was
three years after the census OF 1860 there
were probably 100000 people in this State,
having been $40, 6SS In 1850. In 1870 We
had442, 0linndinl 1880, 0lS,457. Takingthc
population OF 1860 as basis the popula-
ton Of the State In tic ten years following
only increased Gj,0O0. In the ten years
succeeding the population increased 49,.
S43. Now my fellow citizens It takes more
money to run a state government with
u large population than with Il small ono.
1t takcs moro money 10 run state than It
does to run II county. Now, let me call
attention to the vast increase OF popula.
ton under Democratic rule. Think OF It;
under the Republican administration the
increase was only G5,O0O, while under Our
regime it was 10000, or three to one."
The distinguished o.nsor forgot TO remind
hisaudieacethat iuringscven.tenthsofthe
decade under which tho Republicans were
in power the State was erected, the States
expenses Of the war pail and other expcn-
sive measures carried out. VIZ. 's.5.
"Takc for instance" he resumed, ''tthe
levy for State purposes only. In 1903 It
was forty cents on the 500. In 1854, and
tho three succeeding years, Ii was thirty
cents; In 1862, 1t WINS twenty cents; in
1870, when they saddIcd i'll II hospital tax,
it was twenty-five cents. The Democrats
started out with twenty cents and keptit
mp till 1889, when 1t wontup 10 twenty
five cents. In 1868 and again in 1870
Mr.. Borgess., the Republican Auditor, in
his report notified the Legislature that the
levy was not sufficient to pay the States
expenses and tho fact that they left u
deficit OF $4,000 when they went out OF
power, shows that it WIS not enough.
During the eight years Of Republican
rule the average levy was twenty.eight
and hal cents on the one hundred dol
lars. During the thirteen years that the
Democratic party has had control the ay-
cmge levy has been twcnty.onc and sew
en-tliirteenths cents OH the one hundred
dollars;- showinga difference in our favor
OF over thirty percent There is no get
ting around this showing. Figures won't
lie, and don't you forget it. You can't of:
set it by twaadle. There it stands 10
launch into utter oblivion the declarations
OF the Republican platform. II is pat.
cnti that they charged you thirty per
cent more while in SSpowcr with
a population oil only four hundred thou
sand than We have with population
nearly twice as large. We have paid'ou,
since ISL on account of the Insane
Asylum, S2S5,72l 81; the pcnitcntiary
Sl37,alB; the Asylum for the Deaf, Dumb
and blind, S4l,O00; the University, ST..
$50 "a; ior the Capitol ut Charleston over
one hundred thousand dollars, and on &c.
count OF other buildings, interest, &C., Il
sum sufficient to bring the aggregate up
to SS2e,2 G 81. Every dollar OF this was
paid out Of the levy OF 81 7-l3 cents. 1t is
true criminal charges lave increased, bu,
this is simply accounted for by the i'll.
crease in population. f,5.5
Now, all our buildings are completed
and will be no further tax to, lis, 1 mean
Tor building. The Charleston building is
substantially done. The Republicans arc
going around and stirring up the people
by the assertion that tllese things are NIL
to be paid for. They are classifying the
records: They are trying to get the Offices
by false pretenses. They are training
their batteries upon me. l can stand it,
and don't you forget it. RI
can stand any kind OF batteries they
choose TO turn upon me, and don't you
forget It. I'll stay here till the last day.
Why, il we had kept up the Republican
average OF twenty-eight and n half cents
on the one hundred dollars we by this
time would have paid of all OF our debts,
including the S250,C00 We now owe and
would have had over one million and 4
quarter in the treasury. Why,
they have money down in their
pockets that the State Of West Virgini,.
has never been able TO reach. They
have made all these charges against our
party without the ability 10 substuntiatc
them. They shall not abuse Democratic
State official or the party il I can help it,
not ut least without hearing from one Of
the candidates. They are trying TO ride
into power by 4 deception rs bald-faccd as
was ever pacticed upon any people. I
should like to know the par
tlculars OF some instance OF . cx-
travagancc on our part. Who has been
corrupt We ought to know who he is,
and upon them is the crime OF conccaling
his name. The fact Is that for thirteen
years not one single Democratic official
has anlawfully uscda dollarofy our money.
The old saying is: ."'.rhc proof OF the pud-
ding is the chawing OF the bag" We have
been chawin. the bag and now let them
chaw il awhile and let us know where any
thing wrong Is. =
MIR. Wilson for nearly an hour went
into q very lame defense OF the rape OF
the school fund. Another half hour WIS
spent in 4 grossly indecent attack upon
Judge Maxwell and Judge Brown. s. Mn
| I. TARIFF TALK.
"licrc is party that sets itself up us a
tariff party. It plumcs itself upon its
friendship Tor the laboring man. 1t calls
| itself n nrotnritvn ro,iv JJora Nv lV;1