Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-10-01
LEO, 20 SPEAKS
TO q Coco u,Lsd Audience at Mar
tins Ferry.
PITHy EXTRACTS OF HIS SPEECH
The Good Doctor on the Two Great
But Rotten " Old
Parties,
n tBLE AND INTELLIGENT ADDRESS.

Yesterday afternoon wellattended and
enthusiastic prohibition meeting was held
IN the Walnut Grove, in Martins Ferry, at
which Rev. DR.. A. B. Leonard, candidate
for Governor, addressed concourse of at
least q thousand people, many prominent
Republicans and Democrats being present.
Insthe evening Hon. ]. N. Tanning, Of
Michigan, held forth on the corner Of Fotfth
and Hanover streets, and interested large
crowd with his arguments, set off by the
many funny sayings of which he seems
brimful. In the afternoon the Union Cornet
Band psraded the streets and furnished
music at the grove where the meeting was
held.
The platform was occupiedbY Joel Wood,
Esq, Rev. W. W. Wier, Rev. E. F. Walker,
Mr.. Willetts Cope, ofSmithfeld, Rev. E. D.
Holtz, James Kerr, Esq, and Mr.. Charles
Wright, Of Mt. Pleasant.
The meeting was organized by choosing
Rev. Grimes, of Steubenville, Chairman, ne
addressing the sssemblsge in FIVE minute
speech, after which Rev. Z. F. Walker, of
the Presbyterian church, read the tenth
palm. Rev. + d Holtz then offered a
private prayer, in which he invoked Divine
blessing on temperance efforts in any direc
ton and blessed God that men were surely
being led to q true understanding of the
right.
The band then played Nearer Ny God to
Thee" with beautiful effect. Rev. Doctor
Leonard was then introduced by Chairman
Grimes. The Doctor is a fine intelligent
looking man with clear open countelsnce
With nogindica,ion of other than virtuous
life He stands about FIVE feet ten
inches in height and has an elegant car
risge and pleasing address He
orened his address with few
words on the subject of free speech
on political issues, which right he maintains
has been in existence since the time of the
early Romans. He cllims the us o tbs
right to expound the principles of the par
ii is necessary in this country, since intel
llgence and virtue show the moral condition
OF the ballot box. This country is ruled
from the bottom up, and not from the top
down, as are many countries, and for the
7, ason that many people vote without virtue
or principle, while many more are controlled
by Irejudices and even baser influences; the
Government has become rotten, and the
two old parties have no issue in view except
the division OF the spoils.
We will append few extracts direct from
the speakers lips, lack Of space making it
necessary to omit large part OF the address:
If people cease to be intelligent and virtu
ous in voting the nation may well tremble."
IF all voters would lay aside party connec-
tons and vote the principles they ex'ol,
revolution would take place this fall"
"Eighy per cent. Of the votes OF Ohio 7oters
in sentiment oppose the liquor traffic" 81
believe it tooksthe Lord longer to draw me
from the Republican party than to reclaim
me from my sins" Party should not be
mans God for it is only convenient way
for men OF like principles to work in har-
mony." Party is to principle what a scat
told is 10 q building " Many are false to
themselves for the sake Of being loyal to
party" You can't find single principle
in ei,her Of the old parties with fine tooth
comb Il am preacher; and a preacher
should have q right TO tell the truth even in
politics." Should | be discountenanced
because l am prescherT' 81 read a Re
publican newspaper the other day in which
Il one column there were elk itsllcised no
ices that Rev DR.. Arnet would address the
peuIle in the Opera House, and on the op
posite page was long editorial warning
DR.. Leonard not TO smirch his clerical lin-
su with politics" If the State OF Ohio
would release the preachers from all legal
obligation, they might tell us to shut up"
8 Nv first sermon was in anti-slavery aud
Republican papers pstted my back
ghlle Democrats called me political
preacher" and now Republicans say "po'
iitical preacher aud Democrats say go
ip," but it don't matter, | don't depend on
e&l er." Democratic civil service reform
means oust the postmssters, while Republi-
ce en,reform means keep them. -" Republicans
sid 'ast fall, the mile are idle because the
Democrats may get into power while the
Oemol rats say it is because the Republicans
have been in power" Democrats want
tariff and Republicans want more, but
neither knows Just how much they want
There is better protection for sheep against
dogs than there is for children against sa.
Ioopsn rs not one child worth more than
1--WE sheep2r Judge Hoadly and Judge
are both Frustrated before the sa-
CON element of Ohio" What has Sler-
man and the Republican party been doing |
the PAST twenty years, that there is not o fair
ballot in Miss 's5ippiP How much more
time do hey want2' John Sherman is
II usted by the liquor dealers and throws his
weight against the second amendment"
II can't choose among Eosdly, Mclean or
because think it better to have
an evil forced on yeu than TO even choose
the lesser" The NJ E Conference Of Gin
cinnati endorsed me."