The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-10-26

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Time shall never again uncover him
[LaughteE.1 take great pleasure IN In
PRODUCING General Gotf, our next Con-
gresham,
GENERAL GoFF's sPEEEcH.
A Clear aud Eloquent Exposition Of His
Position on all Issues,
As General GOf arose to speak the
crowd broke loose in a series OF cheers
that shook the raiters, Hats were swung
and handkerchief were waved, There
we're a great many ladies present and
they Cheered, too, The Gen
eral had to wait two or three
minutes for the noise to subslde.
When he commenced to talk his voice
was husky, the result OF continued speak
Ing, but Us he warmed up he regainsd his
tones aud his clear, ringing words could
he heard In the furLhest parts OF the room.
HO was very much In earnest during his
entire speech, which lasted over an hour,
and the crowd was In close sympathy
with him all through, In commencing
he apologizsd for his worn out voice and
said;
lam profoundly grateful for this great
and grand demonstration in honor OF the
great cause for which l stand, | am here
tonight 10 tell lyon not why you should
vote to have me stay at home as the
| Regi,ter has suggested, but to tell you why
Won should keep me at Washington.
fOheers and cries Of "We'l keep you
thers,"l stand here to give an ac-
count OF my stewardship - TO re-
CAVE your commentator or condenna'
ion. l talk Of political issuea
| have nothing to shirk or dodge, | did
not seek this honor; | did not longer de-
sire to occupy the position, but when the
grand and glorious constituency OF the
Fret district gave again In my hands
their banner l did not shrink Il
never will = and here l AN. /
have travelled all over this great
district, except here, and now | am here
to ask any aud all OF you why you should
reject me. C"We won't,"] Tell me Of =
stngle vote | have cast that you condemn.
["Nope."l
WHERE HAS HE GONE wRoNdP
Tell me, political friend or opponent,
where | have gone WrongP Point to
It. Give me the page OF the
Record aud the datel Democratic
brother can you do II? Republican friend
can youdoitP ["No" "No."l Then who
Is going TO vote against me? [Oheer.
have not yet been able to 6nda single
man who will take issue with me on any
vote.I have cast, ! asked Judge Brannon,
Tor whom personally have q high
regard, when We were in Gilmer
and in Lewis, to tell the people
what vote l had cast that he condemned
and he was dumb, Does he, do you, did
any Of the distinguished Democratic px.
%ponents who have spoken in this city tell
Of any single page OF my record that
would warrant you In voting against
me?
Two years ago I told you what would
happen II the House was Democratic and
lei us Judge the future by the past. l
told you Carlisle would be speaker, Nor
rison chairman OF tho Ways and Means
Committee, aud that he would bring out
his HtariT reform" bill. Was
IL right2 ["Hes." want
10 tell you some things about
that bill, affecting things that came right
home to you.
DAVIS ON hi MORRISON BILL,
Hon. Henry G. Davis did not, | warrant
you, tell OF what he said about that bill to
q New York reporter Just after II WIS
brought out. He said It was a stab at the
life Of the country. did Mr.. Davis whom
at the Capitol rink toll you OF the
FREQ coal, Iron, wood, pottery, ETC., that
Morrison's bill puts enthe liat2 You men
Of Ohio county ponder well on the record
OF the Democratic Congressman from this
State. Advised by Camden and Ksnns
they voted to consider that bill. | was
not in their CauCus. | didn't want to be
there. was on the floor protecting your
interests while the otherg were trying TO
force on the Morrison bill endorsed as a
party measure. When voted as ] did
Represented the laborng inter.
outs 81 my district. Were my
three colleagues rig6t2 ["No."j Then /
was not wrong, The Register said Mr..
Goff has voted right, so did nearly every
other paper, Republican and Democrat,
in the district, The Regiisr said later on
that the three were right. Now how
could that beP tLaughter]. The Register
knew was right; It knew that
l properly represented tho thous.
ands who toll In the glass houses and iron
furnaces Of this grand district.
HIGHT AND WRONG.
Iclaim that my course toward the Nor.
rison bill was radically right, and that
that Of Messrs. Wilson, Gibson and shy.
der was radically wrong. Every.
where, whore the starry flag
floats the grand theory Of
protection must prevail. II does not do for
the RegiStEr to say that we were all right
when alone was right. [Oheers.1
What arc you going to gain by eleCtin9
Judge Brannon In my place. ["Nothing".1
He will only try TO do as l have done he
has said that that Is what he will
do. l have done my duty and my shoes
ft me better than they would him.
Laughter
THE TARIFF.
The General then went into an exhaus.
tive definition OF the tariff, and especially
the high protective tariff Of the Republf.
can party. It was clear, concise and easily
understood. We can make things as
cheaply here as In Europe but we don't
want TO do 1t. You can do 1t by reducing
the condition and price Of labor here you
can 10 to that leyelif you want to but 80
help me God, II you do, you must send
another man to Congress TO vote for you.
The tariff reiormer claims to be no
free trader. I'll tell you what they want
however-it is a revenue without any
reference 70. protection. 4 tariff for
FavAnrA fila the traAsnfv Int Eakna
the money from your pockets, where l
want, to see itBtay. I'm for a high, very
high protective TARIFFS there
anything wrong in thst2 ["No, no."1
Judge Brsnnon Gays that's not statesman
ship, [Laughter.1
The General spoke at considerable
length while on this important topic, be.
Ing Interrupted time and time again by
loud and enthusiastic cheering. Then he
took up the famous Demo-.
cratic handbook that Mr.. Kenna sells at
one dollar q copy. lie took out Of It the
harl that TtdIa nkahnno haaa1 nj. NasiEI