The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-10-21
GEN. o u CLOSES.
Eloquent IieJoInler to the Judges Labor
Argument.

Argument.
General Golf in closing the discussion
said:
Fellow citizens; A few words more
with YOU before | leave you. The Judge
has told you thatmy funeral sermon would
be preached on the second day Of Novem.
Der. | will DO the l~tYoliest corpse that has
ever been noticed in Lewis county. sm
lighting the battle Of the people. 1t is not
my fgh.; it is your fight. If l should be
defeated 1t will be the funeral Of your in.
duetrics and the wreck Of your happiness.
The Judge told you We hgRe s%Quandered
$3.50, 100000 in the building OF . navy. |
tell you, Judge Brannon, you should not
make that abatement to this people,
l toll you, men OF Lewis, 1t is not 80.
We have spent large aums Of money in
connection with the navy. But 1t was In
repairing ships, In paying salaries, aud
! purchasing ordinances. 1t was not In
building chips. Whenever the Republic
can party undertook to build new ships,
my Democratic friends opposed 1t, and
you know 1t, Judge Brannon. Whenever
IwO made an appropriation for naval pur.
poses, you always talked OF an amendment
10 It, "Proyided that none OF tho money
here appropriated shall be used In the
construction Of new vessels" 1t shall be
used for repairing old ships. You come
here and make afuss, because you haven't
got tho ships nor wouldn't let US build.
[Ohears
Judge Rrannon tells you that old John
Roach will preach my funeral sermon.
Grand old John Roach, no 10, and was.
He has done more to build up the Ameri.
eau Maybe has done more to extend
the name and fame Of American artisans,
than any dczsn OF your men. He Is q
grand old ship.builder, that came TO your
shores a poor Irish boy. He left the
land OF British oppression 10 seek O home
in free America. His thousands oil skill.
ed laborers were the glory Of your name,
and they expanded and extended your
r0nown TO all lands. And mi Of the
hrst acts OF President Cleveland's admin.
istration was to strike down To death that
grandest OF grand American artisans,
F"Hurrah for the 1Eish."1
Now about the public domain. Judge
Brannon, you are not very well acquainted
with your Democratic record. The Demo
cratic Congress In the eleven years that
their party was In power passed forty
seven land grant bills. The Republican
Congress In twenty.three long years dowr
to March, 1885, passed but forty.four lane
grants. Brannon: allow many actes?"..
Judge Brannon spoke about the alive
matter, and navy, and land granite, ant
appropriations, and he forgot 10 explair
to you iully and freely that the Demo
cratic Congress appropriated over $500
600 more than the Republican Congress
which I'D ourned two years ago. l al
not here 10 say that was wrong. Part o
that money was appropriated for an In
crease Of pensions. l voted for that In
crease to the crippled soldiers Of the land
JUDGE DRASNoN AND THE rARtFT.
Judge BrAnnon Gays, he Ia q protectiv
tariff man. And he says Upon that ques
tlou, he'll to.dAy as he has always been
You always stood On the Democrat
platform, didn't you, Judgs7 Judge
No Now, you see be 10 whipping hi
old party. Now, men Of Lewis, he ID
candidate for Congress, because heretofore
lie opposed the Democratic party on tha
question. Isn't That lovely7
Judge.-"Ths last platform was correct
ed by tho Democratic party itself,
, mean tho one before the last"
Which one do you moan, anyhow MI
! Morrison, the Democratic lsAder on III
I floor Of tho House, the Chairman Of III
= Ways and MeAus Committee, said tha
. this FREQ trade bill wAB the truo inteFpr,
a iaLion Of the Chicago platform, And Ito
! you, you are %mlBLRkGn, Judge BrAnnol
\ II YOU say that tho Democratic party don
endorse The MOrrlsDL bill, [OheefS1 al
!, | tell you, the members who were In thI
CAuCus told me that they did. And Il
ludRp tolls YOU, l never voted against i
Morrison bill. tell you myself that / d
.. vote Againatit Mf. Morrison stated III
10 the object was 10 determine wi
/. wore Ito ilends and who
lie BnemiCsj and that tho man vi
10 voted against taking
!" were The men opposed tolt, / voted,