The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-02-16

we are Today ma lpf1ty IN nM btAIe Auu ~ huGl
we may call our conventions without waiting 10
the movements OF our opponents. We don,t nee,
the model OF their platform 70 build ouH. Ne Cal
select our candidates without reference 70 theiI,
The omenl are pIopiuouf.lhe very sAn q ln Ihei M
courSeS fight with us And when next EoYembe
you shall have turned the prophecy Of To-Day lnt
history and led West Virgins, rescued, redeemed
into the company oi commonWeAlihs which nav
chosen for their part protection and educauoa an'
progress and right and Republication, then no
we alone, not q single city or state only, pul
gnteiul Republic shall 70 you a. Republican
speak the welcome word-Welcome. tTremendou
applause
At the conclusion OF Mr. Hubbard's tint
speech the enthusiasm ran high. Thu
band struck up "Marching Througt
Georgia." Joe Metcalf brought the Plumet
Knights ssbRnner out Of retirement, anC
placed II on the opposite Bide Of the stage
from the Logan clubs, and the delegates
shouted, clspped their hands and stamped
COL. SWAN.
Mr.. Bowers named as Temporary
Chairman, Col. T, B. Swan, Of Charleston
who was elected unanimously, and greet
cd with cheers. He thanked the Conven.
tion for the honor conferred upon him,
and said he had attained his majority"
as Republican and he had nothing to
regret. He Congratulated the party that
It had struck the fright trail at last"
These Republican club organizations, In1nag d
with unselhSh devotion 70 q common end, will give
direction 70 the future politics OF West Virginia.
he continued. We may now number West Viz
ginlA with Republican States. In fifteen yeArd
we have reduced 4 mljoritY Of 1000 at our last
general election 10 go. Ten yeau ago we had 10
call in the GreenbAckeES TO help US light the Dem.
ocrGty The Democratic majority SgInSt US In the
Third District was over l0,0yO; we have overcome
II. The majority Is now with US Applause
Fifteen yeSn ago we saw Republican capitalists
pouring In from the North 10 build railroads. 70
fell forests and open and work our coal mines, 70
build coke ovens and invest In our lands. We saw
the laboring classes from Old Virginia and North
Carolina and the North coming TO help do tho
work. We saw our Confederate brothers. tired oi
poverty and Democratic rule, awake hopeful to the
improved condition and the necessity otprOtection
70 our industries, fall into the Republican ranks.
We saw our dreenbGck brother settle himself con.
tentedIy upon the Republican nest
We saw the Democrats rise to power IN the State
and Nation, administrations ot extreme and un.
compromising views, un'uiLed to the times we live
In, uniting America 10 the days before the war.
We felt that great change was at hand and It has
come.
clEvELASD's MESSAGE
The Republican nomination for President this
year will be equivalent 10 an election. Rnd
applauSol The Presidents me!Eage is Il direct At.
tack upon the Capital, the induStriAl Interests the
labor fepoSe and heiuturc development Of all sec
tonS Of the republic and has united the Republican
parry.
Every section Is threatened with present paralysis
except whore blue grass and short horned cattle
grow tlRughter aud they. too, will eventually feel
the general SlAgnRt0n that must come
to all II this message Is adopted as the policy oi
these States.
10 follow the Presidents line Of thought is por,
mRnently 10 iGSten upon the country the internal
Iaa1N
such exlgencies as war. by 1t a war measure &
made q peace estRbliGhment. By Il the general
revenue system Is disturbed, the industries OF the
country conyulSed aud labor placed permanently
al unrest. An unnatural tar Is placed upon thC
industries oi the people, only permitted In ex
tremeues. They no longer exist. II does moi
alarm or opponents that the internal revenue
system Is building UP great whisky and tobacco
kings, monop0llsls, who rulnously control more
elections among the people than all other interests
combined.
In excuse. we are told that the whisky tax Is q
punishment TO vice and luxury aud check upon
dissipation. All over the land the auu.Whsky
sellers ana the whiGky kings aght side BY side "a
retain this tax, with different objects, but with
one result. Experience has shown that this tax Is
no check upoR the unnatural vice,
These whisky and tobacco kings use their money
freely 10 debanch elections and corrupt tho ballot
II perpetuRtes an army Of oilce holders, who work
for tho party In power
This whisky aud tobacco business ought to be
relegAtSd TO the States 10 make out Of 1t whist
money they can lcheen and relieve the burdened
taxpayers and help educate the children. II Is one
thing 10 advocate the rights Of states and another
thing TO rob the States, [ApplAusel, y
The Federal Government don't need this reye-
nue: the impoverished tRXpayerS In the States do
need II for educational purposes,
WHAT We WANT.
We are told free trade will cheaper the luxuriei
Of the wealthy and the clothes they buy for theiI
employees
want profitable labor for the people and plenty o.
money 10 pay taxes and buy what they want at O
fair pfice-only with this reservation that when II
eau be so, what they buy shall bemade Of Amefl,
can labor. We want protection ingmined deep In
the American system OF labor. Gloves OF at home
Let the mOnopolists OF other lands care for thell
own poor, whom they have made Door, and moi
saddle them upon the labor people OF these States
Surplus Is temporary scare, ioIected 70 work 4
present result,
Were they alarmed when the great slave owner,
were the monopoliSt1 Of Auetic3i They wanted
cheap zoos for unpaid labor, with ono result ID
pToas The people were uneducated except only
the wealthy few, Now We have TO educate all ht
children, and how eau the producer Of raw ma
teIiGl pay his taxes for educating the children un
rRiSesl and how can he get lair prca for what he
raises II nav material ls put on the free List, and
machinery Is protected; and unless he has q home
market TO give value as well to his surplus lAndsH
lApplRuSel
EDUCATION.
Ninety per cont Of all we raise Is sold 10 the homC
market We have passed beyond the age for cheaI
food, until we turn over to tho Federal Govern
meut, the education OF the children and ro!ieve
the States Of the burden and the people Of the tax
IhRye no ieau Of educating this children 10 love
the Government, 10 which they owe supreme a.
legiGnee, And II our prime allegiance Is due tC
that power, Il IS the prime duty oi that power V
Rxperience hIs tIuEht US that tho danger to our
system is not found in the cultivated devotion oi
the children 70 Federal Power, but In their eSLrAnge
ment iromiL We obey her laws not under com
pulAlon; we respect and love her OF choice.
That may be cultivated or neglected. II neg
lected, the people arc the sufferers, II cultivated
the government Is made stronger Supreme Rllegl
ance carries with II supreme devotion. The su
preue devotion 10 the states Is idolRtrY.
II great fortunes. honestly made, are Incident 70
the American system OF protection, l see In q
nothing 10 alarm we'll balanced minds, We must
which will build up great fortunes In America
aud make American labor content, or q system
which will build up great fortunes In the OLE
World, and feed and clothe foreign labor at tht
discomfort OF our own labor, T..
OF course tho importefs IN onr largo cities ar
free traders, They make their fortunes by the eT'
change aud sale ofg00dH; wares and merchandise
which they buy in the Old World, tbs product o.
foreign toll, aud sell 10 consumers at home. il Il
10 their Interest that American labor be Idle, tina
nothing be manufactured hero. The more theJ
Import Of foreign manufacture aud sell here, u
greater their profits and the less is mApglRctuTet
here. They TOO viii eventually gel the depressed
home markets
MoSoFouB.
You did not hear any Democratic outcry RgRinS
the former slave monopollSls You did not hea
any Democratic Outcry against the great ThiSE!
and tobacco kings, or importers OF ioIoign N1rcs
Their bfalnS are fred when they look upon n
American In legitimate business. The iron Ling
the cotton king tho railroad king, the mRnuiictuI
On, kings In IheIr lines, men who built up ant
made American labor reputable and happy, 70
such, that party has no words Of praise. Rron
these men they lurn away and throw their K, N
q rs 70 the whisky and tobacco men and the In
porterS, and receive their sAlams IN rcturg.
We must cultivate Al Ampd0an EyHEem that vii
make az these stAl01 great II Il 4 proud thin
for Mr. breckenridge on tho floor OF the House 4
tell tho country so mush territory was AddeI
under Democratic PreIIdenA That was the part
10 power, and the pened apples fell Into their lal
We want syEem, that will not only gather Ap
pies, but tsep tkam Wlen gathered, aud gatha
more. We have not yot gathered the crop. Laugh
ter and ApplauSe.l l concede 70 all parties Gp
men. integrity Of purpose from their oNn glRSd
point
oRELT COUNTRY.
must ipeak generally aud not by the card. !!
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