The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-15

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Nall Association and other similar com.
binations OF manufacturers were rountlly
denounced as Responsible iors all the MS
the iron workers suffer, and the Repub.
lican party and Its tariff system, was iac.
cused Of making this possible. q II WINS
labor organizations, which Mr.. Caldwell
apparently supposes not TO exist beyond
the sea, that kept wages in this country
above those In Europe. The introduction,
OF steel nails WINS referred 10, and the
speaker said: "My pudding friends,
there you see what tho tariff hns
done for you." Machinery was declared
the bane Of the workingmen and for this,
too, tho Republican party was held 70.
sponsiblc. The La Belle mill company
WINS inyeighed against Tor disclarpine tho
boilers, and this, too, was ono Of tho effects
Of q high Republican tariff; Mr.. Caldwell
said That the convention whicl, met In
This city 10 choose delegates to tho Mar.
tinsburg Convention was composed almost
exclusively OF wealthy manufacturers,
and that the leader OF that convention
was the head of the Top mill. This con.
vcntion demanded that nii revision Of tho
tariff should be loft 10 tho friends md not
The enemies OF protection. From this was
drawn tho Inference that the "wcalthy
manufacturers were the only friends Of
the tariff. Mr.. Caldwell forgot Tint such
wealthy manufacturer" us Nlessrs, Lynch.
Thompson, Otto, Travis and others were
In the convention referred to. The specc)l
wasall OF u piece with this. II was inter.
ruptcd by tho arrival OF Mr.. Wilson ut
$3.50. IL M d'S5 Ep"ia'
at5I WILSON'S SPEECH " ~
Mr.. Wilson explained that lie Ind been
delayed bya misunderstanding about the
trims, and had finally hired i buggy and
driven down. He was rejoiccd 10 see
acres OF people, here. As matter OF
fact there were certainly less than 500,
probably less than 400 in the crowd. Mr..
Wilson was introduced by Mr.: Joseph
Gal!as,er of Moundsvillc,, who presided
over the meeting, ms the '"best friend oi
tho workingman." 4 A sonorous voice in
the back OF the crowd sangout, "God heir
the poor workingman!' \, b ~
MIR. Wilson scarcely had "a fair show
He began late and was Obliged 10 out
early. e However; he managed to call o
good manypeoplo "liars" and things ,andh,
crowded about rs much misrep
into his speech Ms it could wcll.hold. M,
turally he began by accusing the Repuhli
can party, OF Misrepresentation. 10 prove
this, he pretended to quote from tho Re,
publican platform the following sentence
which is not in it: ".We demand that
the imposition OF duties on foreign import.
shall be be made not for revenue only.
but to raise the requisite revenues for The
government" This, he said, was intended
to favor protection in one locality and fire.,
trade in another, and was Intended TO dc
ceivc workingrnen in the interests Of mono
polsts. g7a.. 4, I2.I5 ~
AT this juncture voice out in the stree
sang out, give 'em hell, Windy" ".
"l'm going to give 'em he'll, nv friend. ;
said Wilson. "That's what I've beer
doin' for five weeks past, and I'm goin' tt
do it till October. I'm goin' to do it il,
wheeling Monday night, an don't yot
iorgit i'll ~ 3..,
.'This is the kind OF talk tile lying ras
calls call abuse! This is tho kind OF talk
the liars say is abusive This is the kinl
OF talk the lying Wheeling INrELLiGEScER
with its scoundrclly editor and its lyinl
reporters call abuse! The sneakins hypo
critical rascals ~ q 5i.5s. &. - =
Then he went on to compare the ex.
pense OF the Government under Demo.
cratic rule in the past and under Republi.
can rule at present. He said the grealcs,
sum ever appropriated in any year by q
Democratic Congress was $50 100000, while
the present average is S50O,OOO,OOO. lie
did not compare the population OF the
country then and now, or 20 into the ex.
traordlnary events which have demanded
large revenues in recent years. lie dc.
clared the Republicans all stole them.
selves rich, and besides had locked I'D
heavy surplus in the treasury, amounting
to 50 q person all over the country. etc
keep up this surplus" he said, "you pay
81 annually for every member Of your
A POINTER. - ....!i,f
Just here somebody on the, platform
gave Mr.: Wilson u pointer which could not
be heard BY the reporter, but the answer
could. 1t was: II don't know enough
about steel nails to talk about it,"
He ascribed the panic Of 1873 to Rcpub.
lican contraction, and drew dismal pic
turo Of the effects, Now, he says, the Re.
publicaps arc contracting the currency in
another way, by piling It up in the Treas.
ury; and signs Of another panic arc not
inlrequent It is coming, and it Is being
purposely brought about by the l!epubli.
cans in the interests OF tho mjllionaircs. =
He ridiculed the pictures Of Maxwell
and Golf that have been printed, but soon
returned TO finances, saying that a system
that allows lahn fortunes to grow up in
twenty years is u yillainoqs mo: ss.}
Tbs Alien and Sedition laws Of the last
century, Alexander Hamilton and the old
Federal party came in fop the usual share
Of abuse, and the speaker closed amid a
din Of drums and voices, with an audience
Of less than 100 persons. ~.
The best feature about the meeting was
the very good music OF the Denwood CITY
band. Il did what it could to entertain
the crowd, and deserves credit for this
well meant effort. III Al f8.fi5
Hsasno nnI sch0Held Mt shorrard.
A Republican meeting held at sherard
Saturday evening was well attended, and
the speakers were listened to with tho
strictest attention. Mr.. Nicholas bowler
called the meeting to order and called Mr..
john B, Turner to the Chair. The Shcr-
rard band furnished excellent music for
the occasion. W. II. Hearno, ECO, OF this
city, was first introduced. lie Spoke for
ONnr IN hour nllIroce;n1. L; .neo1f .,.a.L