The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-10-05

from the audienco) "This Goliath o
Gath want to down on the second O
November" He then begged them MOI
to bs unmindiul OF these duties toward
him, BrannOn'B time was not up by fl
teen minutes, but finding himself in 9
; hypothetical net work on tho tariff from
which he had made fearful effort to ex-
triCate himself he sat down painting like q
lizard.
doFP's REPLY.
Gotf mounted the rOstrum and was
greeted with rousing Cheera, He ssid
that Brannon had told the truth about
his not wanting the office, that his ser
vices Wero demanded in behalf Of acause,
and he accepted. Some men did not seem
to appreciate IN appeal from noble con-
atituenCy, they seemed to think that q
man mustgo down into the mira and set up
primaries and county conventions. Turn
ing 10 Brannon, he said: "Judge, did you
ever know what 1t was TO have q nomiaa.
tion thrust upon you2" r'No SIR" "He
admits 1t, (Eremendousapplausp,) Any
man that says telephOned or sent by
letter, or instructed ona 0i my friends to
do co, that would accept tho nomluRtion
II rendered me by aCclamalion, mis-.
represents tho facts" Braunon
bounced to his feet and to the surprise OF
every one present denied having said 50,
Brannon did say that Golf had sent by
wire measaGe that lie would accept Il
rendered him by acClamatI0u; and Got
made him swallow his own words. GoR
said he Waa requested by Democrats and
Republicans alike to make the canvass,
and that he was going to land his bark
safely With his banaers streaming, or his
mans was not GotF We Omitted to state
what BranuOn had said ou the subject OF
Goh's nomination. But We hRys him
down flns. He said he was not
like GoR in rsGpect to going
to Congress. "GoF nald he didn't want
the nomination, but attsr retlsction he
found tho disease Of nol-cRndidacy was
cure TO kill, and he sent q message over
the wires, III you gIVsi II to me by Accla-
nation will accept it-Golf"
THE PARTY AND THE PRESIDENT. q,
"The Judge said you phould rot ser d me-
down there to antagouize Cleveland, and
in the Bams breath did hs not say was
right and Cleveland wrong and that he
would hSva voted Os dld2 Tho party
WAS rightan the prEy'a President WAS
wrong" GOT then took Bran.
non up on tns land grant
question and completely iloornd him, by
saying II was not tho Republican party
that made that giant; that Il was the
FIOn-Solers and Wings, aud that 1t wa
adyiaed by James Buchanan. their
Democratic President OF the United States;
and that tho platform Of 1860 urged 1t,
and that he believed it wal right; aud
II was all boSh to say that tho people Of
the West should not no connected with
the East; that 1t developed the grandesL
country on earth II voted for the bill
restoring tho 6OOO00OO acres OF land to
the government. And Mr.. Pdyson, u Rs-
publican from Illinois, managei the bill,
and away goes the ltugo OF that clalh."
THE WAR ISSUES.
He then said that the Judge had done
very unworthy thing by referring to the
results Of the war, and he believed that
his hearers were sorry for 1t, that he had
fought for principle that ho believed to
DO right; that he had met the gallant aol.
dier who wore the gray from tho Gulf to
and from our dear old mother State, VII
Rinia, aud had never failed to recaivA from
them cordial gra3p OF the hand; that We
we're trying to outlive the bitter prejudiGs
Of the past; that we attend tho samo
churches, schools aud are buried in the
same burialgroundS, aud have married
and inter.lnarrisd with each other. II wO
dOal In the dead antsgonisms Of the past
we will mover bury them.
1t is only the camp followers and bun.
n0rs who deal In thesa issues. Tho name
and iaraO Of the American soldier Is nd.
mired by the Ciyiizld world, and that
jswel flashed on both sides OF tho Mason
and Dixon line." farming to Branncn,
the General said: "Judge, were you ever
In the war;, He must have felt small
he looked little. The Julgs said th0rs
was plenty Of money; Coz asked for Code
sake to bring it out the money doss not
reach the psople because tho capitalists
are afraid TO invest Il; where 10 the boom
hO talks abOut7 Has 1t reached 6ilmer
YETI ("Yes, 1t is in the mouths OF tho
creeks" He was glad that Branuon had
horns and adopt tho Morrison bill He
attacked the tHlitF on sugar, Is 1t higher
or cheaper now than before 1t was pro.
teCtedP "a dcgsn Of VOICES Cheaper,
Cheaper" There WAS more nonsense in
the argument Of Brannon than you could
put IN o Ike number OF words.
TARIFF AND CHEAP PRODUCTS.
He was interrupted with, "yout arsu.
ment Is that tsritl makes sugar cheaper"
He then explained satisfactorily how pro.
lection reduced the price oisugar by keep.
iag 1t out otths hands Of iosegu monopo.
liHls and showed that II we crushed the
sugar industry OF this country and should
10 to war that we would be without II en-.
tlrely. OhidiBset, one OF Braunon's Clackers
inquired why II was that FrcS Trade Eng.
land paid higher wages than Protective
France. The General replied that II was
preposIorously ialsa to say that protection
In France was anything like American
protection. He then riddlod the Judge
on his cost theory. II wRa 30 hO! for him
TINT h0 jumped UP and attempted an
explanation, which mora clearly demon.
stFGtcd lie WIS completely befOgged, Golf
then ssid that lie believed in fostering and
protecting every American industry, that
no lines should be drawn, that this arm
Of protection should stand to our grand
old mother State and from tho center to
circumference Of this grand government
Of ours, aud II was not 10 only aim to
secure protection for the indls!rigs oil
Wes. Virginia, that tho BNme feeling,
toward Us on the part Of other States
would soon crush out all our inluBtries
that wo should observe the Golden Rule,
''do unto others ~ you would have them
do unto you.
TrEY CAN'T srRciFY.
WO hear Of somo Of B,annon'g Claquors
saying that Got' was defeated in tho
debate ~ Glenville, yet when call
ed upon to nay In what particular they
we're unable TO specify. Golf was Just