Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-09-19
The Republican Knight Opens His
Campaign
AMID The BLAZE OF FIREWORKS
And Much Enthusiasm at hOundsyiIIe---A
High Protective Tariff the Burden
Of His Speeeh---Blaine
eulogized.
]. W. MASON ON STATE AFFAIRS

Tor a reelection to Congress in this stslwart
Republican town tonight. His coming had
been heralded far and near and the radi-
cal managers sought to make the meeting
in every way fitting opening for the Con.
greSsional campaign and amenorable affair.
They achieved the success their efforts had
assured. Gen. Goff arrived in the
afternoon and received many of
his friends at the residenc
Of L. B. Purdy ESQ, wherehe was guest.
Hon. John W. Mason, member of the Ma
tional Committee, came in later. Uni
formed clubs from New Martinsville, Cam
eron, Roseby's Rock, Benwood, and the
Plumed Knights from Wheeling were vel
coined to the town By brass band,
Flood of Fireworks,
and vast concourse Of people that had
come IN from all the surrounding country.
The town Was all aglow with excitement
relative to the occasion, and every Republi-
can residence was beautifully lighted with
Chinese lanterns bearing the names of
Blaine and Logan. Many windows were
adorned with pictures Of General Gotf,
and portraits of Garfield and Blaine were
frequently seen. The march of the clubs
through the town Was brilliant spectacle
The Plumed Knights, numbering forty-two.
as usual attracted the chief attention and
were the recipients of the loudest cheers
and greatest admiration. There were about
three hundred torches in line. The process
sion Was lead By the FIVE officers mounted
on horses and Krsmer's Wheeling Band.
The Route of March
embraced nearly every street in town, and
it was 9 O'Clock before the court house was
filed and the distinguished speaker had
arrived. The meeting was opened by Mr..
Crisswell taking the chair.
The crowd not being able to gain an en-
trance into the Court House the meeting
was odjourned to the street in front.
Mayor L. B. Purdy called for order
and named DR.. Simonton for chairman. He
introduced General Goff in few words.
Gon-s Speech.
Gen. Goff said: Ifyou will give me your
attention / will endeayor to thank you for
this royal demonstration. am profoundly
grateful for this splendid welcome from my
friends of Marshall, for the man indeed
would be without gratitude whose heart did
not throb in the presence OF such a royal
assemblage. / have ever found IN Marshall
an appreciative audience and have met In
your beautiful city many good people. We
are, my friends, in the face of the grandest
canvass the county has ever witnessed. 1t
ia majestic in the extreme. The rights, in
terests and prosperity Of fifty millions Of
people have direct interest In the result OF
this contest. First | must say a few words
personal to myself. You know, my friends
| did not desire the position | occupy before
YOU tonight, am more than grateful for
the many evidences Of friendship the people
OF this State and district
Haye ShOwered Upon Me.
I did not want this position. But your con-
yen,ion decided that / should stand again
as a candidate, and l pave never shirked a
responsibility nor win | do so. The dis
tinguished gentleman, Hon. John Brsnnon,
who opposes me in this campaign l have
known for years, and have always found
him to be an honorable gentleman. am
not here TO indulge in personalities, but here
10 UNFOLD the banner OF Repubicanism and
to tell YOU why it should be upheld here In
your midst. | am here to discuss great
questions and party principles. There are
able men in the Democratic party and they
are Going to fight a great battle for suprem
scv in this country. II will not do tor the
Democrats TO denounce Blaine and
Heap Epithsts Upon Ne.
lam the representative of party OF liber
ty, of Justice and of progress. II is party
that has ever dared 10 do right. 1t is not 8
party of expediency. The Republican par
" whenever it has discovered rascal II
its service, has always sent him 70 The rear
You ean purify the service as well Oy re
tanning the Republican party in po rer as
in the words Of our Democratic brethren
"by turning the rascsls out.
Whv turn the rsscsls out
WIS, have they done? VIII you turn thea
ont because they have washed the foul spot
from your garments of liberty? Would yor
| rprn them out, nv foreign-born American
citizens because they have fought for self
expa,r;ation, because they have given yo'
| the srandest system Of universal education
| he world has ever known, because in yeari
gone BY they placed the grandest army II
the field, and
| Fought for the Grandest Cause,
because shouldering the great burden o
your war debt they have reduced it to suct
small proportions Would you turn then
out because they have built up your manu-
factories and furnished employment Tor Ia
Dor because in this valley OF the Ohio the!
have caused prosperity to flow, oecaus'
| they have made your resources tnat nS'
been sleeping for half eentarl
| 10 spring into activity, oecaas'
;hey have given you as your candidate tn
grandest representative Of Republican IN
stitutions-james G. Blaine, Applause,
who represents all that is great in American
s,atesmanship. Should party with thu
record be turned out? A voice evidenti!
from a person of the opposition party
Turn them out and put them IN the Peu'
teptiary."l James G. Blaine, more thar
any other man. represents
The Grand idea Of Republication
and everything that is American. He rep
rssents more than any one the protection o
| American industries. Protection IS the Sc
| crat of vour success tonight Ii Is no nes
question. The first tariff sct was signeC
| by George Washington, the father OF IN
country. This doctrine has caused the
country to prosper and make the people
happier than any on Gods footstooL Il
| ls8 q great free trade law was enacted
/ From 1876 TO 1851 how did the country
prosperP There was sadness in the land
/ The wolf was at the cabin door. Manu-
factories we're closed and labor mad no EN-
/ ployment-
In 1851. James Buchanan sent meSssg'
N Congress in which be said: "Hundred;
| of thousands Of laborers are out OF employ
ment, and much suffering in the land.
pray God the people of this State may neve
| bear such commentary on such Law
again. The Republican party coming int
mower established 3 protective tsrif, unde
xhich the country has Aourished as NJ
other one in the world All this Is directl!
owing to this Law. The Democratic part!
Is Not sound on This QuestiOa.
When the Democratic candidate for Goa
ores in this district was nominated he rush
/ - ;o.,, tho convention and the 6rSt word: