The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-10-11
DAVIS AND WALKER,
rng MnRrINa sAEURDAY NIeHI


u ire u6ulOUtAuu SuMthltt1u kkehA Il
ally" Of that party was held at the Capt.
o. Rink Saturday evening, The Young
lens Democratic club, in their shiny
lug hats and black Prince Albert coats,
md wearing their elegant brood badges,
marched from their new hall on Twelfth
trest to the rink, about forty strong, and
headed by Krsmer's brass band. Chairs
we're reserved for them in front Of the
,peakera' stand; They were greeted with
applause as they marched into the build.
Ing and fled into their seats They do
present fine appearance, and the sp'
plause was due them,
Mr.. John s. Naylor called the meeting
Ia order, and named Attorney General
Alfred Caldwell as Chairman. In addi'
ton to these gentlemen and the speakers
Of the evening, Mesars, Woods, Garden,
Riley and Gleason, OF the Legislative
ticket; John o. Pendleton, nominee for
the State Senate; Sheriff Handlsn, Sur
yeyOr Of the Port Egerter, Postmaster
Simpson, Nj. ]. Finley, President of the
Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assembly;
M, Reilly, Barney Galligan, Uncle John
Boring, Fred. Happy, Oscar seeley, Dol,
Robert White, O. W. SsRhright John
Gavin, Charles r. Bshler, Prosecuting At
,toraey Jordan, Lou Steenrod and q few
Others occupied positions on the plat
form,
There was q large number Of prominent
men Of both parties In tho audience,
MR.. cAIDwRLL's REMARKS.
Chairman Caldwell was received with
applause, He made some very happy re.
marks, giving the legislative ticket and
Judge Brannon good send OF. Hs
smoke OF tho candidates for the House OF
Delegates as especially suited to the agri.
cultural districts, as 1t commences in the
Woods and eNda in the Garden, He also
quoted the Mikado, saying Judge Brennon
lad Gen. Golf ION his.llst, and he never
will be missed; certainly for anything he
has ever done at Washington he never
will be missed" He endorsed Cleveland
heartily, saying he had been In the Presl-
dental chair eighteen months,
Ever keeping In view his belief, so often
and publicly expressed before his election,
that public office Is public trust, he
has steadily given the lie to the malignant
prophecies Of the Radical press, He haa
rsiuLed them by his every act Ap.
plnuse Tho Rebel war debt has not
been paid The pensions Of the disabled
soldiers who fought for the Union have
been paid while the Democratic Executive
occupied the Presidential chair The SOL
liers Of the Contederapy have not been
pepsloned! Tho United states Treasury
haB not been depletedl The debts OF the
government have been fully met. The
revenues Of that government have been
honestly collected and have been applied
to paving the pensions Of the soldiers Of
The Union and the reduction Of the inter.
cat bearing debt Grover OleyelRud'a I'D.
minislration has been full Of honor. APP
Turning to State affairs no said the Ad,
ninIatratiou Of Governor Wilson needed
no defense. 1t needs no nC1nium from
me. Applause LISA part OF the pub.
lie record, and ali may read. Applause.
His deeds surrouud him like an armour,
that even the blade OF the most doughty
Radical knight cannot thrust through.
[ Applause.
SENATOR DAVIS.
Mr.. Caldwell then introduced with O
neat eulogy, tx. U. s. Senator Henry G.
Davis, who was greeted with enthusiastic
applause.
Mr. Dayis said no noticed in the INTEL.
LldRSCER a remark that he would talk
about treasury frauds. He had talked
some on that subject, and there was q
good deal TO be aaid which hO had not
sAtd. Only lately there had bCen some
exposures in that line.
Abiding 10 Mr.. Walker, who was 10
suceeed him, MIR. Davis said: II am no
orator, az Rrltps is. am plain, blunt
man, and only talk right on, My aim Ia
rather 10 instruct than to amuEe.' H0
hoped 10 present come information Of
value. He would discuss principles
rather than men. Men come aud 10, but
tho principles OF the Democratic party
remain unchanged.
From the earliest days Of the goyernr
ment down 10 tho present time the Dem,
ocralic party had been the friend Of tho
people. AT the outset, the politicians
divided on this Issue, Jefferson maintain.
ing tho cause Of the people, while Hamil.
ton and his followers stood for tho idea Of
q strong government. This distinction Ia
fully rs strong now az QUO hundred years
ago, the Democrats still maintaining their
original principles, while tho Republicans
adhered 10, tho idea Of Capitalization.
This one movement 10 Centralize power at
Washington Ia tho grGateEt danger that
Threatens the country in support Of which
proposition the speaker referred to the
"Frod Of 49,"
The Senator then advanced the
idea that the country had always been
most prosperous under Democratic rule,
and compared first the Democratic States
with those in which Republicans held
sway, and then the sixteen Southern
States with sixteen Northern and Western
States which are reliably Republican. He
took up the railroad mileage, and pointed
ont that in the decade between 1850 and
1850, with the Democrats In power, II
Jumped from 5000 miles To 10000 miles,
or 23l percent; while from 1870 TO 1880,
under Republican rule, 1t only increased
rom $1,000 miles to $4,000 miles, or 20
percent.
Last year sos, 100000 were collected from
tho whole country and paid over 10 q part
Of the country RS pension money: He
didn't complain OF that, on tho contrary,
he thought 1t was right, but It ought to
increase tho wealth Of the North faster
than that Of the South. Notwith.
standing this against hOr, the South
kept even with the North In the
accumulation Of wealth. The increase
Of manufactures showed the same thing.
The low tariff Of 1850 and 1850 did more
10 increase the manufactures Of the land
than did the high tariff Of 1870 and 1880.
THE TARiEF AND LABOR ISSUES.
Mr.. Davis desired II diatlnCtly under.
stood that no was not in favor Of free
trade, nor did he look that way. Very
iow mon arc in favor Of free trade now or
hereafter, aud they arc found in both par.
tics; moio Of them are in the Democratic
than the Republican party, admit. He
read tho platforms Of the two parties on