The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-26
the parade and the desire q tile peo.
ple to witness it'and the pyrotechniesin.


BY the parade and the desire Of the PEG.
Pile TO witness t'and the p~yrotecbnics In.
,ident thereto. When tho meeting was
called 10 order tho room was crowded
down stairs and the gallery was nicely
alled. Mr.. Charles Burdett Hart called
the meeting to order and named Mr., JIM
Vance as chairman. Nj. Vance, In pre-.
Mr.. Kelley, saidit was his great
pleasure ITO Introduce the orator 81 the
evening, the great friend Of protection
Mr.. Kelley was received with grcatap.
and spoke, substantially as follows:
After having participated In every cam.
paign fortlie last hall century, Lam max.
Ing q shorttour Of tho country 10 close my
political career. | would count ita great
pleasure TO address the workingmen of
this great hive Of industry but iute Inns
willcd 1t otherwise, Last night IL were
possible, but tonight other things hayc
s%npcrvencd and | am deprived Of the
pleasure. Ngs
| nun surprised 10 hear that hero in
West Virginia md IN Ohio the Democrats
claim 10 DO the party Of protection md
also claim that II will be rs safe With them
rs with the Republican purity. II this be
true why, Inns free trade, or It's equivalent
prevailed when they were IN con.
troll Of tho Government? Why Is
It TINT protection lias prevailed
only when tho Democratic party has been
beaten In u great National election?
There arc some questions that ] wish
some honest Democrat would answer.
When ! was n Democrat I was honestly q
free trader, and | do not know any honest
Democrats who are not FREE traders. Some
Democrats who arc not 10 DO renominnted
sometimes come out toward the end OF n
Congressional term and say protection is
necessary, but when it comes 10 a vote
upon that proposition they are moi there.
| WINS elected 10 Congress in 1850 and
have been there ever since, for twelve
consecutive terms. l have been nomin-
ated for my thirteenth term, but | did
not think 1t important IN remain there to
conduct the canvass as 1t will take care OF
itself.
LuSAcY NO BAR.
Some time ago I was talking to my
friend Durchard Disher, OF the National
Mint, shortly after my nomination.
told him Tint nothing but lunacy Or par.
nlysis would keep me out OF Congress us
long us ! run. Mr.. Sunset Cox, who
heard ii, said, "Mr. Kelley, your exception
is too broad, rs lunacy is no longer q
reason for exclusion from Congress-"
~ 1851 the Republicans took charge
OF this Government, the Democrats having
held II from 1916. We found the Treasury
bankrupt and the Government without
credit. James Buchanan, in order to rlil
the current expenses OF the Government
attempted to borrow five million dollars
lIe could borrow not q cent in this
country and he tried in Europe. Not d
cent could he get for some time and finally
could only raise two million five hundred
thousand dollars ut an average rate Of in
icrest OF eight percent.
WHY WAS 1T THUS?
Why was the Government without
credit2 Free trade. The manufacture
then closed, your workshops were idle
the ore beds lay undevclopcd, coal was
almost unknown. Skilled labor was moi
necessary. There is 10 use for it when
foreign nations can supply your products
Mr.. Kelley, with great felicity Of ex
preston, recalled to mind the plight Of
the first scvcnty:fivc thousand soldiers who
had been called out by President Lincoln
There was no material on hand ofdomes'
tic manufacture with whichito uniform
tho mobilized troops and the slioddy
imported English material was used. 4
few days service In the rars between tho
places Of enlistment and tile National
Capital were sufficient to show the ilimsi.
ness Of the goods and its utter worthless
ness and they arrived i'll Washington in Q
condition Of s~emi-nldity.
The Government had nothing, SloI
husbandry had been extinguishcd, Wes'
Virginia, Pennsylvania, in brief every
State in the Union had no sheep, nc
wool. There was no home market free
trade had paralyzed It, Ii the wool had
been on hand, the spindles to spin it, tho
they been, there was no skilled labor to
lido the work: DO not %exaggerate, ]
speak only Gods simple truth Of the con-
dition o. the country.
But there was in Congress one brave
old man from PENNSYLVANIA. The Demo-
cratic members OF Congress had gone to
the South 10 fight against iileir country.
BY the terms OF one resolution which
passed in thirty minutes from the time OF
its presentation We passed from a free
trade to q tariff country. Under that re-
solution Of grand old That Stevens we
were regenerated. 1t doubled The tax on
iron, steel, coal, cotton and WOODEN goods.
y STRIKING CONTRAST.
The soldiers who marched back from the
war, back from Atlanta through Georgia,
South Carolina and into Washington to
meet the other armies OF the Nation in
one grand review, were clad in goods
made from American wool, spun in Amcri-
can spindIes, woven in American looms
by American labor. Since the world began
no army was ever clad us was that one
under four years OF American protection.
Gentlemen, you can say 10 every Demo-
crat, your party is n free trade party and
all history %denounces a contrary assertion
as n lie: tE
The general benefits oi q tariff Us illus
tratcd lit the manufacture OF carfiagcs were
demonstrated to the satisfaction OF the
large audience, which cheered Mr.. Kelley
repeatedly.
ENGLISH PROSPERITY,
Mr.. Kelley at some length and with tile
aid Of statistics and written opinions by
eminent Englishmcn showed that the
Democratic claim Of English prosperity is
n bogus one in all particulars. The Eng.
lishman gets smaller wages, enjoys fewer
comforts, bears Of necessity greater priva-
tons, lives in poorer houses on coarser
fare than any American wOrkiDgman.
Then again the English industries arc par-
alyzed. "Why," said the speaker III a
burst OF enthusiasm. I've are to-day the
most industrious and beat employed peo-
pie on the iace Of the earth, Willie English
industries are in u condition of paralysis
TINT she hos not known since she was
mistress Of the spus md the workshop Of
the world"
A DIVERSION.
AT this junction Mr..Kelly became. very