The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-04-26
KEYSTONE REPUBLICANS.
The Pennsylvania State conyen-
ton in Session.
THE MAGIC NAME OF BLAINE
c,,,,.rcd E;ntnusiasticaIly--chairman
Miller. splendid Address--Thc
M..saohusetts state Con-
ventIon also Meets.

caaysntion. Wv, a candidate for Supreme
T,J,o and two electors at large, met in
,bo opera house at II o'clock this morn
~, The convention is the largest held
here for many years and the opera house
!. o,rrrrwied. The convention was
r,IIed to order by Chairman Cooper, oil
,be State Committee.
samuel Miller, of Mezcer county, was
.lac,,d temporary chairman.
rpon taxing the chair he congratula-
oJtbe convention upon the harmony
Sbicb prevails among the Republicans
oj tbr state, and said: "To no one
,ao,, than to the distinguished gentle
man @ who represents the western slopes
"i the Alleghenies in the upper house
ojConrress is this happy state Of affairs
Jrs Throughout the country the out
iDnL. +. cheering and hopeful. Every
branch Of industry is fairly prosperous.
~ virtue Of the wise financial and indus
,r;oI LEGISLATION Of the Republican party
IN the Congress ofthe, United States since
iSii our manufacturing and other in
du,tries are fairiy prosperous, notwith-
Standing the discOuraging, although un-
sTrrrssiIl attacks made upon them by
.yery Democratic Congress that has
6een in power since 1874. Her capital
i more remunerative, investment more
sure and certain and
LABOR BETTER FINED
and protected than in any nation Of the
oII world. As nation and us indiyid-
mails we are contented, rich and prosper
ors NOT ior or on account of what the
TSI, democratic party has done, it is now
doing or attempting to do, but despite
tbair efforts to overthrow and overturn
tho financial industrial legislation OF
snrcrssiye Republican Congresses since
ISL Every wheel that has been put in
motion and kept in motion in our
countless workshops; every fire that has
been lighted and kept brightly burning
in our ioundries, furnaces and mills;
every spindle that fills the air with its
ceascless music; every mine that
v;ells its rich treasures-au these
are the direct work OF the legis-
Iatfou OF the party to which
we belong. The vital question OF to-day
il shall the American doctrine OF protec-
tion, the American markets for Amer.
can manufactures be retained, or shall
the Democratic party be permitted to
hinder, cripple and overturn all this? ?
Shall our people march forward, or shall
they be at d retreat at the whlm OF a
Democratic Waysand Means Committee,
moved by the power and patronage OF a
Democratic executive? Shall the neHt
President OF the United States favor the
policies and theories OF Cleveland or
blaine? There is another question that
merits ourattention. As Pennsylvanians
We are directly interested in the success
oithe Republican party in the Nation. A
NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL POLICY
that would cripple or hinder the devel-
opment Of our manufacturing interests
would be felt more severely by the peo-
pie of our State than by our fellow
cOuntrvmen in those sections that have
not directly been affected by the growth
and prosperity which naturally results
from our great industries. 1t is OF the
utmost importance, therefore, that Penn
sylyania Republicans should take the
lead in all matters that are calculated to
extend, strengthen and solidify Repub-
lcan theories, policies and principles IN
every part of our Union. How can this
be accomplished? Shall we do so by
keeping on assisting in perpetuating by
word or deed Solid South? Have We
rs Republicans done all that We can do
to assure and convince the people OF
the South that we are anxious to create
and maintain terms OF amity and friend
ship and peace with those Of our fellow
citizens who, u few years back, were at
war with the Nation? Is it not worth
while to have not only u truce, but
peace? Is it not an object worthy OF our
best efforts to build up Republican
party in the Southern States in which
the Contederates can join heartily?
And which will make the States OF the
South rs debatable on the eve OF "a presi-
dental election Us are the States OF the
North, East or West? take it that
every Republican deems this wise, prn-
dent and desirable. Can we accomplish
it By keeping alive the animosities OF
the war; by causeless and useless dis
cussion about the captured battle flags;
by keeping chronological record OF that
class Of citizens denominated Southern
brigaliers;n because they are honored
by the people OF the South with posi-
GOus OF honor, trust and profit; by de-
nying the fitness OF candidate for posi-
tons in the Nation solely because he
aided and abetted the rebellion in
1901?
40 MORE BLOODY SHIRT.
Gentlemen of the convention, is 1t
not time that all this should close and
that distinguished representatives OF
our party, whether in or out OF the
State, should know that the path to pre-
ferment in every State leads by and
through more fruitful political fields :
Have We not learned by experience that
we can never firmly plant the standard
Of our party in u single Southern State
bysuch methods? General Grant never
uttered more worthy sentiment than
in the epigram "Let us have peace.
Not only the people need it for their full
Development, socially and politically
but our mines and manufactures, that
they may be more fully developed In
the future, demand that amity and good
feeling that shall flow therefrom. II the
Republican party is to have an equal
chance to triumph in the Nation We
mnst divide the South. The two Vir
einias, Tennessee, North Carolina, Ala
hama, Georgia and Louisiana should bt
Is deba,able as is New York, New Jer
sey, Connecticut and Indiana, and they
would be il we would once convince the
people Of those States that their loca
and home interests were as safe under
Republican Us under q Democratic ad
minlstration. We have given occasion
IN the past TO Democratic demagoguei
10 teach those people TO distrnst us
What has it availed US politically? LIE
tue past answer.
nLAINE's NAME cuEERED.
Mr.. Miucr's reference to .Blaine va
greeted with loud and long continue,
cheers.
The corror,;o, then nroceeded /