Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-10-12

hs honest in his convictions, but ! feel il to
be INV duty to present my side of the case,
and leave you to draw your own conclu-
sions.
@Wben / left the North after reading
Northern papers and listening to Northern
speakers, was under the impression tna'
you people of the South
WERE UEcoUTH AND uScIVILIzED.
lief Baltimoreand entered West Virginia
with misgivings. Since thenI have been
among you. ] have visited your schools
and mingled in your society, and swear
here before my God that not even in New
England, have ever seen more intelligence
and culture. We of the North have been
told the South was unciyilized, and behev-
ing this emigrants have passed you BY
and gone out into the boundless
West, and northern capital has
kent aloof from you. Mr.. Sullivan has
been telling you of the great prosperity OF
the South. / tell you thst Vanderbilt,
Gould and Sidney Dillon have today more
wealth than the entire State of West Vir'
GINA. Why did Sullivan not tell you Of the
way wealth has been rapidly piing up in
North while you have slowly and laborlous-
" accommodating few million dollars3
"Mr. Sullivan is very anxious to get the
Irish vote over into the Republican column
Did Won ever hear the story of the sudden
conversion of the Mississippi steam
boat captain? He was going down
the river with his boat when
the bow of the vessel ran on snag. After
trying in vain to get her of, he
HIT UPON NOVEL PLAN.
He announced to the great crowd OF
people who had gathered upon the bank
thar he had been converted and would
hold a prayer meeting on the stern OF the
vessel. This drew great crowd aboard
and as fast as they came up the staging he
had rugged up from the bank to the bow, he
would say: Go aft, ladies and gentlemen,
20 aft In the course of few moments ne
had filed the stern of his boat, the boat was
lifted of the snag and the vessel started
down stream. A few miles below he landed
and said to his passengers: This prayer
meeting is adjourned indefinitely; be kind
| enough TO 90 ashore So it is with the Re
publican party. If they can only get
..nough Irish and German votes
TO FLOAT THEIR BOAT
hey will tell you after the election to go
yhere Oliver Cromwell told the Irish to 60
wo centuries ago
Sullivan tells YOU the Irish have always
.ssociated with the party of slavery, and he
alks of Northern opposition to human
,lavery. Why. it took thirty years to edu-
! ate New England up to the idea Of pro-
esting against that institution. The abol-
ION OF slavery was not question OF tree
ION, but means of saving the Union.
Again, Mr. Sullivan says Mr.. Blaine is
tot a coward And yet Mr. Blaine sent a
substitute to the war This is a fine record
or man who is not coward!
Alludil q to the plea for the Irish Catho-
cs TO cast aside prejudice and vote for the
republican nominees, the speaker said
When you can wipe out Of my brain, and
anish from my recollection the burning Oh
.onyents at Charleston, 5. c., and. In Rib le
saud when YOU can purge from the record
bat fanatical and merciless war waged
.gainst my race and my religion, then, and
hen only will consider the ACCESSIBILITY OF
lepositing my ballot with the legitimate sue
essor of the Know Nothing party"
ChCe-s.
Referring to Sullivan's statement that
Democrats seldom rewarded the Irish voter,
he said; And yet in yonder building there
sits an Irish State Treasurer and on the
ticket you will vote for next Tuesday is the
name of another Irishman for State Audit
Or. Who can say we have never beeen rec
! 0gnized or rewarded?
Again he said: "Mr. Sullivan made the
statement that the Democratic party is the
party of free trade, and yet, in the next
breath he admitted that its greatest leaders,
Thomas Jefferson and Andrew jackson,
were strong advocates Of protection, and
hat the last Democratic President in the
White House-James Buchanan-was of
he same belief! Doyou not believe that
he Democratic party is as much interest
ID in
THE WELFARE or THE PEOPLE
as Messrs. Blaine and Sullivan? Am | not
is anxious to keep the mills of New En-,
gland and the factories Of Pennsylvania in
operation as the Republican party2 How
absurd it is to say that one party is in favor
Of prosperity and plenty, and that the other
IS OILY intent upon general wreck and
ruin" Cheers.
Referring to Mr.. Sullivans criticism of the
.eto of the FIVE cent bill by Governor
| Cleveland he said 81 have mingled
among the car drivers of New York City,
md have failed to find any feeling against
| Cleveland because of his action
They know and appreciate the
fact that Grover Cleveland has
approved FIVE out of every six bills pl Iced
before him, a record no Governor in the
United States has ever surpassed
He spoke of the protest that went up all
over the country when the news was flashed
over the wires that Blaine had been nomi-
mated at Chicago, and said that
| all the great educational insti-
utions of the land were arrayed against
him. Against the grand old party of Lin
coin he had not one word to say but he
protested in the name of the people against
placing in the chair made sacred by Jeffer-
son and Lincoln a man of the record Of
Blaine.
The speaker continued at great length.
being greeted at every point with round
after round of cheers. 1t was half past
s'even when he closed, holding his audience
20 the end, notwitl standing the cool, damp
air
DIRTY, COwARDLY ACTS.