Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-11
FELLOWS.
Continued from First Puge.1
A QUESTION.

Col. Fellows here paused in bis argu-
ment to state that ii during the evening;
any Republican lad any Question to ask,
he yoald recsive o careful hearing, and |
courteous reply. Proceeding, he said:
~ have question would like to re-
ceiye an answer to. ! have asked this |
question of q good many aIdiente,, bat
have never yet received reply. / h:ps
to do 50 here, however. My question,
which Is addressed to Republicans, is
What do you mein by free trade? What
do ycu understand BY free trade? Ia
voice-sThat's boeg ,a-boo.' Laughter.
That ia fbic answer, but it is
not from 8 Republican. l want
come Republican to answer that qaes-
ton. They 20 mouthipg about the
streets. and get black in the face denoune-
inc the Democracy, and now I want to
have their definitions. Woat! no answers
here, You talk it about the streets OF
wheeling. You talk about 1t, with very
little intelligence, in the Inteligescer.
TGraat cheeIs Come, come! l have
thrown a glove into this National list. Is
there no champion Of the Repu blcan party
with courage enough to lift 1t and accept
the gag,? Wha. do you mean by 1t! My
democratic friends, ask any Republican
WON YOU may mstt, and who, In a lofty
wsy. attempts to discuss this question OF
thu tariff-a,k him what he means by free
trade, and zee if you can get compvehen-
siye answer. When you meet u with
this ou,cry Of free trade. We ask
van at the threshhtl1, to define your
claims. have soma idea OF tie me- mug
and the force of words. Fles trade IS
some such thing as the trade we have be-
tvsen counties-unrestTicted and untram-
melted. 1t is the right Of men TO 20 every.
where and anywhere and buy and sell. IL
ia the abolition of custom houses, and the
doing away OF Import taxss. That Is Tree
trade. Do you mean thit is free trade
which raises Sl65, OCO. coo of revenue, in
GOLD eyery twelve months? That tum Is
Considerably more than double any reve-
nns before 1860, and yet We had protec-
tive tariff sy,'em before 1860. Can there
bs any free trade uLdes that? If you
msiLt lin. still that that is free
trade. l want to call your sttsn-
ton to some Of the sayings Of Republican
leaders upon the snhject, and by the way,
there is nothing which Damot rats del gat
mole to listen to, o: which Republicans
| like to listen to lass. Cheers.
| THE REPUBLICAN RECORD.
"And here / want TO say tfat will be
at the McLure House tomorrow morning
until about nine o'clock, aud If cur Re'
publican f. lends need fands-and here In
West Vig'nia they seem to have lived
mostly on funds--I will contribute the
small sum of $3.50 TO the local campaign
fund. if YOU Will show me the utterance'of
ons Republican from 1856 down
to last December, that is not
in fat contradiction of thu
posi- to, you have taken this year. APP
p,suse Just bring me one. Oaly lit
lie one. Applause He NEEDN'T be psrticu-
Iarly conspicuous. Ifhe has ever bten OF
Ssa'e fame, or prominsnt in your Congres-
sionsl campaigns he will do. A voice
'Goff'1 No, Golf can't Re fitted into that
place. You will not find one. Take
! Blaine: hs voted for free Lumber and free
coal Kelley, the great p, O!ec!io 1ist, voted
for ftes wool. Again, Blaine declared that
no Christian nation ever iDp>ssd tax on
lumber, and derolnced il as crime.
Aud every Republican apostle, from 1856
down to last December, has sto,d IN an
tagon;sm to the position the party now oc-
cupiss."
Here the speaker was Interrupted by
gentleman in thu audience, whom some
| id entitled as Pittsburg man named Ma
l,ry, and others as a Whet Ing man name d
Kelley, but wh?, eli made up their minds
before the meet ting was over. ought 10
have be an named D3rnis -tcc Ause Ia got
20 beautifully left. This gentle nan
gsnted to know som ethiug sb>ut the IN
satisfactory condition of Spain and Italy
and Poctuga! ard Turkey, which he d?sig-
mated as free trade countries, and further
des, c to be informed why they were not
ma pJo porous as was the United States
Tae in .erlocutor was ettentive'y listen d
to BY Mr. Fellows and thoroughly
AID co1,t,cusly answered. lie was
ety. we'll paralyzed before b.
.ot through, greatly to the amusc-
m mt CT the audisnce, who enjoyed
his impsi'rc1 ut heartily. When Mr.. Eel
lows got back to the thread OF his dis
course, he said:
"Some of you have heard cf John Sher-
man. Lsugh er. We'll, in 1882, John
Sherman msdc this declaration:-
"sTnere i, no sentiment in this country
stronger than tina: Congress has neglected
it's duty in not &c pealing unuet e 'ssry tax
alton, snd il we should still neglect that
duty we will properly be held responsible
by oar constituents. For one, am deter
| mire 4 this sin shsll not longer lie at my
door,
This shows that both parties, down to
one wear ago, proclaim l the necessity for
a reduction of taxes. The Democratic
party has been honest enough to keep tire
pledge made four years SGD. We have
been faithful to our promises, and have
| introduced q bill providing for reduc-
ton, and rassed IL through the House Of
Representatives. This bil has gone 10
the Ssnat,, and there seems to have be-
come lost"
Further quotations ON John Sherman
aud other Republicans were given by the
speaker, aud by way Of comment he sid:
The Mills til will raise $l65, 000, 900 OF
revenue, in gold, and You cannot dssiguste
that as o free trade measure, and expect
anyone to believe it,"
He quoted from "Pig Iron" Kelley,
who wanted free wool, and from Vice
President Wilson, who wsntei te3 raw
material, and ssi1:
| THE FREE LIST.
1.-THE Mills bill places certain articles
entering int omsnufacturss, on TIE free lis,
but articles manufat tured are protected.
The bill strikes at no industry; Oh the co.,
trary, it gives the manufacturer larger
market-a wider field, that he may be en-
sblsd to run his plant twelve months in
the year, instead Of nine CT ten, as at pres
ent, and promises to the wsge-woIkec his
regular pay for every working day IN the
year"
He renewed his challenge for defai-
ton of what Republicans mean by free
trade and created great enthusiasm By de-
claIing:
"G.vs me your definition, or expose
your ignorance
He illustrated the difference between
Federal and State taxation, and then took
up the fee list sgsin, dwelling upon salt
and ito, ard wool ard the ottes items pro-
po,ed to be allowed 10 enter the
country free of tax. His iliustrs-
tons in this regard were original
aud happy and he was again and sg in
| -, ohaar. Tn talb O bn,