Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-26

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that the Democrats were radically wrong.
TApplause. The theory Of protection
should be sustained all over the land,
wherever men work that their families
may live.
The speaker had once asked Judge Bran
non how he would have voted had he
been i IN w ashingtOn-ashe was not-lAp-
plause, and the Judge, remembering the
votes he did not get at the last canvas, and
remembering the votes he wanted to get
next week, had said: well, voters OF
Lewis. l must confess that if had been
in General COTS place, l would have voted
as he did" Said the speaker, III thar
be 80, what will you gain by sending John
Brannon to Congress. He can only uy
to do what / am certain to do. Applause ]
You will have gained nothing. de
ONLY WANTS TO WEAR MY SHOES,
and they fit me a great deal better than
they can him." Applause
He said it was possible to manufacture
articles as cheaply in America as IN Europe,
Int he gave his hearers notice that II they
wanted to bring that state of affairs about
they would have to get another Congress
sional candidate, for he would rather t1at
his tongue should cleave to the roof OF his
mouth and his right arm be palsied before
he would vote for any such measures.
He made an exposition o. the two tariff
theories, for revenue, and for protection
and said he much preferred the latter
to the former, as it was the best for the
neonle of the State and for the whole cOun-
try. Instead of pulling down the tariff he
would like to shove it'up another notch,
Notwithstanding Judge Brannon had ana
il was not craftsmanship to keep foreign
manufacturers out. The Judge had salu
it was not craftsmanship to build a wall
around the country. "Why, God bless
your souls" said the General, Il am not
building a wall to keep our own products
in the country. We have here the best
workmen, the best methods and the best
raw material, and | want the whole
world TO have the benefit of 1t"
The General produced a Democratic
campaign text book, which he referred to
as containing the Democratic gospel-"all
for one dollar, and from 1T
QUOTED CERTAIN STATEMENTS
made by Judge Brannon, regarding in
cidental protection" He said that ac-
cording the Judges theory the tariff was
bound TO become lower and lower until 1t
entirely disappeared. He didn't want
any Incidental protection i'll his. lie
said the Democrats wanted the "neceSsar-
les of lite" such as iron, glass,
coal and pottery, taxed
AS lightly as possible. The Democratic
papers said SO, the Democrat leaders said
so, Judge Brannon said so, and the Demo
cratic Bible read that way. That was not
the sneakers idea. He would shove
the duty on iron up so high that none
would come in at all. Applause. He
read one or two other extracts from the
Democratic campaign book, and said they
''smelled a good deal of free trade" The
General cOntended that under the tariff
for revenue" laws of 1861, the work
men paid twice as much for his wooden
goods as he does now and got a much
poorer article.
He said that here in Wheeling, this fall,
we were talking about booming the Old
tOwn-were wanting to put all our mills
and factories in operation with natural gas
and yet the Democrats were talking
about putting down the tariff duties and
inviting the foreign manufacturers to come
in with their goods. II these people were
coming, with their cheap goods, what IN
the world did the peOpleOf Wheeling want
with more factories and natural gas. lap
plause. They would have no
use for either. He thought that
if the voters of Ohio county would express
their convictions upon this question, he
would get
THE GRANDEST MAJORITY
ever given n candidate in Ohio county.
The Democratic candidates were very
careful about the tariff question.
! They preferred to keep mum on
the Morrison measure. But III
Congress the Democratic Congressman did
what they pleased. Not only did Snyder,
Wilson and Gibson vote for the Morrison
bill, but Senators Kenna and Camden adj
vised 'em to do it. The Congressman
were a little shaky what to dO,at first, but
the Senators said they would stand
by 'em, and they are now doing 1t by
going about the country saying they arc
better tariff men than the speaker. They
are saying the Congressman were right,
but they dare not say the speaker was
wrong.
General Golf then read an extract from
the BraXtOn Democrat, which said the de-
feat of the Morrison bill was u blot on the
record of the party, and he said that was the
way the Democracy was thinking and
talking out in that end Of the District.
Referring to Judge Brannon, the
| General said he had learned q good
deal within the past two years,
and by the time the speaker had served
two more years in Congress, the Judge
would have learned 4 thing ortwo more. lie
rave a practical illustration of what he
called Judge BrannOn's "jack-knite trick, y
and said that when he had asked the Judge
about it, n few days ago, the Democratic
candidate had plead the statute of limita'
tons. Applause.
The General mOdestly said that if he
read the signs Alright Golf would be re-
elected to Congress by n greater majority
than ever before. lie plead that h:
hearers might well weigh the matters t.
which he had referred, and not east theil
ballots in a blind partisan manner, but III
Sucl a WAY rs SuOUlu DeSJ luuIC w lhCll
own benefit, and Il. far rs he was concern
ed, he would, if reelected, do his best t.
SECOND THE EFFORTS MADE
by the voters. lie urged his hearers to lOoE
back over the record of his life, and il
they could find ought initiating against
him, 10 speak, or ever latter hold theil
peace The eagles and tOm-titts'
of the Democratic party were going
up and down the District
making All outcryof Down with Con"
but he defied any of them TO give 4 sub
s~tantial reason why he should not be re-
elected. lie appealed TO his Irish friends t.
vote for him, and not to east their ballot f1
a party whose tariff policy, if carried out
would benefit England, the ancient enemy
of the Emerald Isle. He alluded to the
old-time industries of Ireland, and ;aiC
they were once the wonder of the world
Now no land but England withheld aim:
from that distressed country, and h,
hoped no Irishman would vote TO Sustain {
party which would strike down American
manufactures and labOrerS to benefit Eng
land.
General Golf closed about $50 o'clock,
HAHN, SD,I,an n little over IN hOur II.