Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-21

little sketch of the club was very inter
esting and was received with hearty ap-
pause.
'rrhe Press" was the next toast, and the
Master Of Ceremonies called upon Mr.. j.
B. Taney to respond, which he did In q
very neat manner. He spoke Of the power
of the press for either good or evil, that
free press is blessing to the people, but
that licentious press is bane. He re-
ferred to the much abused and unapprecia-
ted get Of people known in common parlance
as the press gang" and Of their labors to
give to the people the news Of the day,
which is read by them without
thought Of the work required to get it
together; and if mistakes were sometimes
made the readers were the FIRST 10 notice
them, never once thinkingof the great care
and caution which must necessarily be ex-
ercissd to avoid them. He spoke Of the
enterprise Of the local press and said that
it compared more than faycrably with the
press of any city in the country Of
the size of Wheeling. He said
he felt a justifable pride in the
press of the city and that the people should
like the same interest in it that thep do.io
Their improvements that 90 to
make up a prosperous and euterprising
community. Mr.. Taney's remarks were
received with applause.
THE coming campaign" was the last
toast on the programme, and Mr.. 7. s
Riley responded to it in an eloquent and
able manner that stirred up his
hearers to height Of en-
thusiasm that they have not experienced
for some time. Mr.. Riley said the subject
is one in which he is most interested and
one which awakens every spark Of patriot
ism in the breasts of all Democrats II
is a fight against the Republican party,
the fosterer of monoplies and trusts, which
are bAne TO the people, and which
should be crushed ont Of existence.
The coming campaign involves q
number of questions and it will
show whether or not the Republican party,
the frind of labor, is 10 regain power;
whether the country is to be ruled by the
few or the many. He had heard that the
Republican party would wrest the State
from our grasp this fall, and wanted to
know why this would be- IL it because
the State was Dever in more prosperous
condition? because the people were never
more contented and better sat-
isfed? because the Democratic
capitalists are investing their money in
home enterprises, while Republicans are
lending their money out at usuriOus rates
of interest? because railroads are being
driven into oil parts of the State to develop
her vast mineral reeources? because every
thing is tending TO bring her TO the front in
the States of the Union? Is this why
the Republican party 50 earnestly
desires TO wrest the power from
the Democratic party? The people OF
Yves. Virginia know enough to stand still
when they stand we'll, and at the polls
next November will fully settle this ques-
ton by burying the Republican party so
deep that they will not be resurrected
until the bugle call Of the next campaign
rouses the few of them left and calls them
to come forth aud again meet their
fate. Mr.. Riley's speech was q
very strong and forcible one, and only lack
of space prevents printing the foil text
It was received with the most vociferous
cheers. This ended the tcasts and the euen-
ipg's entertainment concluded with the
following programme, which was rendered
from the stage.