Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-10-11
MAXWELL AND BEAVER SPEAK.
ABLE AND roRcIBI.E ARGUMENTS
Courteous and Respectful to Al.
MAXWELL WELL SPOKEN OF

A very large Republican meeting
was held in the Court House, Monday
evening, to hear Edwin Maxwell, the
peoples candidate for Governor OF
this State. j. S. Haldeman, Esq.
president of the Blaine and Logan
Club, after the Mechanics BanJ
and Glee Club had furnished appro
pirate music, introduced Mr.. Max
well, who thanked the people for the
splendid audience that had assembled
to greet him. He said that we were
on the eve of two most importan,
elections, the State and National. But
between the two we were interested
more in the State than the National
because new issues had arisen issues
that never came up before the people
in any State before, issues that were
OF the greatest importance to the peo-
pie, their homes and firesides. He
said that our State was run in a very
careless and extravagant manner;
that only short time ago under Re.
publican rule our treasury was full
but now all is gone and not only all is
gone but that we had an actual in.
debtedness of over $500, 900, all which
was brought about by the clique and
State house ring in direct violation of
the Constitution. He referred them
to the Ubiquitous Supplemental AS.
sessment which was gotten up through
ahigh-handed usurpation of authority
to tax the products of the farm, "a thing
unheard of in the history of any State
or in the history of any country on
the face of the whole globe. 1t was
brought before the legislature the
legislature adjourned and went home,
after jackson, the Democratic Gov
ernor, conceived he had the power to
levy the tax, in face of the fact that
II of the legislators out of 26 voted
against it; brought forth the supple
mental order, which has found no
parallel in history. He said that the
act of 'Sl in exempting the farmers
products, was constitutional and that
if he were Governor he would see that
it was carried out. He said that Jim
Mason and his syndicate were en-
ployed by the State government to
hunt out new subjects of taxation and
that he was trying now to force West
Virginia to pay part of the debt in
CURED by old Virginia. That there
was something radically wrong in the
State government and that this was
chargeable to the Democrats and that
a proof of all this was apparent from
a recent editorial from the Wheeling
Register, the Democratic organ of the
State, which says that the Republi-
can success lies upon the Democratic
blunders of our present State admins
tration. That the party must reform
itsef. 1t must wash itself of its des-
potic officials who have been unfaith-
full to the teachings of the party"
He then referred to the proscriptive
measures that the onlyreason Wilson
has that he will be elected is that L,
Edwin Maxwell, was union man.,
protected the wives and children,
their homes and firesides. He said he
did not vote for the registration law
so obnoxious to his friend, Wilson.
/ thought that the union soldier was
right; / acknowledged the right and
acted accordingly. He said that
Judge Ferguson and Henry G. Davis
voted for every proscriptive measure
and who will say they were not right
There were war times. Where was Will
son making guns in Massachusetts to
fight the Southern soldiers. In 1871
the Flick Amendment was passed
which gave everyone the right of
franchise; it passed; Wilson voted
against it. Wilson voted for Henry
G. DAYS. who voted for all proscrip-
tive measures. During the adj
dress of Mr.. Maxwell the closest at
tention was given on the part of the
audience which was said to have
been the largest political gathering
during the campaign. Quite num-
Der of ladies were present. After
Mr.. Maxwell was through, Geo. w.
Feidt, Esq, was called for, who gave
a very enthusiastic address, arraign.
ing the government and appealing to
the people to support the peoples
candidates. After which Mr.. Joshua
Gallagher made short address, COM
plimentary to the colored people.
The largest political meeting of the
campaign was held at the Court
House, Tuesday night, to listen to
Gen. Beaver, one of Pennsylvania IS
most distinguished soldiers, jurists
and protectionists. The court room,
parquet and gallery were filed to
their utmost. Republicans, promi-
nent Democrats and Greenbackers
alike. The Mechanics and Citizens
bands were seated on either side and
played number ofnational airs cred
itably to themselves, while the glee
club also furnished good music. j. S.
Haldeman, Esq, then introduced
Gen. Beaver, saying that the people
would now have the pleasure oflisten-
ing to one of the most distinguished
speakers of the campaign, who hailed
from the great commonwealth OF
Pennsylvania. Gen. Beaver began
by saying it was % yearssince he was
in Martinsburg, and though remark
able change has been noticeable in
this section of country quite those
eventful times, during which strug-
gle he lost one of his legs, yet
some faces, some streets and some
points of interest were still as familiar
to him as during the time he was
here. He then spoke of the many
kindly tokens of friendship he had re,
ceived from the people while here,
and, that between the people of West
Virginia and Pennsylvania, there
always was and should be terms of a
close relationship, inasmuch as many
of the people of Pennsylvania had
settled in West Virginia and her mi
ming, agricultural and industrial inter
ests were the same, and all that the
people in this State have now to do is
to forget the unpleasant reminiscent
ces of the buried past and say to the
people of the old commonwealth and
capitalist, come into our State, let us
join the hands of fellowship and work
shoulder to shoulder, in common, to
build up our interests and a great
prosperity will be ours. He next
touched on the great industrial ques
ton of tariff, and from the stores o.
information at his command, showed
that he most thoroughly understood
this great question in giving a clear