Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-02-16
TEMPORARY PRESIDENT.

a grateful Republic shall to You as Rapub-
leans speak the welcoms word Welcome
TEMPORARY PRESIDENT.
Col. Thomas T.. Swami, OF Charleston,
Chosen,
At tbs conclusion of the speech, and
while the band played Marching through
Georgia" the white banner Of the Plumed
Knights was brough: on the stage from
the Lincoln Club, whittier NJ. Allison had
skipped for it after catching sight of the
Logan blue, and the appearance OF the
emblem was the signal for wild applause.
At the end of the effort by the band
Mr.. Bowers proposed the name of Thomas
B. Swami, of the Capital club, Charleston,
as temporary President, and the selection
was unanimously approved.
On coming forward Col. Swami said
HIS SPEECH.
GENTLEMEN OF II CONVENTION: ]
thank you for the honor which you have
UtSlONtu uUOu "C. 4"CbNJ -OhS OoA VI
Republican life have rolled over my head;
| have now gained my majority, and look
ing back over my career l iud nothing TO
regret. Applause Gentlemen, we have
struck the rigbttrail at last. Applause
These Republican club organizations, it
managed with an unseli4h devotion to q
common end, will give direction to the
political future of West Virginia. We are
progressing. In fifteen years we have re-
duced ths adverse majority from twenty
thousand to nine hundred. Applause.
Ten years ago We had to call i'll the Green
hackers to help Us fight the Democracy,
/ Mt we no longer need the help Of our
allies. The Democratic majority against
US in the Third District was ten thousand
a few years ago, bat we have overcome it,
Applause. The Republicans are now in
the majority, and we promise you that
henceforth it will be
H BANNER REPUBLICAN DISTRICT
of the State. Applause.
What has Democracy done for the State!
Fifteen years ago, we saw capitalists pour
ING in from the North. We saw the labor
ing classes pouring in from Yirgicia, the
Carolinas and the South. We saw our Con
fedeate brothers, tired Of poverty and Of
Democratic rule, falling into the Repuhii'
can ranks. We saw the Greenback hen
settling herself ~contentedly upon the Re
publican nest. Applause. But tbs
blighting policy adopted by the Democratic
majority checked the immigration for years,
II was a policy unsuited TO tie ageand tC
the times. Finally the people felt thai
there should be a change, and for the pas
-four years it has been going on, and thC
work is almost finished. The coming cam
paign will finish the labor. Applause
The Republican Presidential nomination
this year is equivalent TO an election
Applause The labor and tariff agita
tatiOn have thoroughly united the Rspub
licans. The issue is marked out ard the
fight Is on. What universal ~stagnatiou
the Presidents policy would bring US! By
its enforcement the financial business o.
the Government would he disturbed, anj
the industrial situation he rade mos
alarming. All this must be prevented,
Applause. The danger Of the hour hal
united the Republican party. Applause.
Every section is threatened with present
paralysis, excspt where blue grass ant
short horned cattle grow, aud they, tao.
will eventually feel disastrously the gen
eral ~stagnation that must com to Gil, i
this message is adopted Ga the policy o
these States. To follow the President,
line of thought is TO permanently faster
upon the country
THE INTERNAL REVENUE SYSTEM,
only allowable, when justified by such OK
egencies as war. By 1t, a wsr measure i
made o peace establishment. By il, tn,
general revenue system is distributed, aal
the industries Of the county convulsed, ani
labor placed permanently at unrest. Al
unnatural tax is placed upon the indus
tries OF the PEOPLE, only permitted in ex
tremitics. They no longer exist.
Il does not alarm our opponents that tbI
internal revenue system in 5uiling NJ
great whiskey and tobacco kings-monopo
lists who ~ruirously control more elections
among the people than all Others com
bined. In excuse, We ore told that The
whiskey tax is a punishment to vice and
luxury, and a check upon dissipation
All over the land, the auti-whiskey seller,
and the whiskey kings fight side by side
TO retain this tax, with different objects
but withone result Applause. Expsr
fence has shown this tax is no check upoI
unnatural vice. These whiskey and to
bacco kings use their money freely, Il
debauch elections, and corrupt tht
ballot. II perpetuates an army G
office holders, who work for the
party in power. This WHISKY and TO-
bacco business ought to he releglted 10 the
States, to make ont OF it what moneJ they
can, and relieve the burdeEed taxpayers
and help educate the children. 1t is one
thing to advocate tie rights of States, and
another thing to rob The States. The Fed,
eral Government don't need this revenue;
the impoSerished tay-paYers in the States
do need IL fer educational purposes. We
are told free trade will cheaper the lux
uriss Of the wealthy and the clothes they
buy fer their employees. Cheapness Of pur-
chase il not our policy. We want profta-
BILE labor for the people, and plenty Of
morey 70 pay taxes, and buy what they
want at q fair priee-only with this reser-
Walton, that when it can be so, what they
buy sksll be made
By AMERICAN LABOR.
We want protection ingrsined deep in the
American system Of labor. Gloves of at
home. fApplause]
Let the monopolists Of other lands care
for their own poor, when they have made
poor, and pot saddle them upon lzbcring
psople Of these States. Monopolists Is q
pew scare with our opponents Surplus
is a temporary scare. injected to work a
result Were they alarmed when
the great slAve owners were the monopo-
lists Of America? They wanted cheap food
Cor unpaid labor, with one result In profits.
The people were uneducated except only
the wealthy few. Now we have to edu-
cate all the children, and how can the
producer Of raw material pay his taxes for
Educating the children unless he can real
Zoe . reasonable price for what he raises
md hoe can be get . fair price for what
h raiaoo II raw material ia mt On tha