Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-15
The START.
Congressman Wilson Makes = Magnificent
Argument.

CONGRESSMAN W lisOn "ShSs - okdSuiieOAs
Argument.
The man-FeliOw-citizsns of the
county Of Berkeley: This is joint dis
cussion between Hon. William l.. Wills n,
pres ent Congressman, and Hon. Nathan
Gpff, candidate for Governor, az arranged
by the Exc cutive Committees at Wheeln &.
The Hon. VIM. l.. Wilson will address
Won for ore tolr and thirty minutes, to be
followed by Hon Nathan Goff for one -Four
and thirty minutes, sitter which Mr.. VIII
,oi will have twenty minutes to reply,
and Gen. Goff twenty minutes, and then
Mr.. Wilson ten minutes, to be closed by
the Hon. Nathan Golf with a speech of ten
minutes.
Mr.. Wilson, upon being introduced by
Mr.. Parke5, SPOKE as follows
am very gratetul to Won, my fellow
citizens of the county Of Berkeley, for
your cordial g'esting, but permit me to
assure you in advance that there Is no
compliment you can show me to-day that
l will prize more highly than your kindly
and quiet attention.
/ have come here to-day to speak, not to
your heels, or to your throats, bat to your
inte llects, and il these Joint discussions
which have been arranged between Gen
eral Goff and myself are to bear any proht-
sble fruit in this campaign, it mus come
irom the eolli4ion of cpposing ideas and
opposing arguments, and not from the
shoutipls and counter-shouhngs Of op-
posing partisans.
| am here, today, ny fellow citizens, to
speak on behalf of the Democratic pcrty;
1 7 - q kk,A ~
to nv care; ! feel that the weakness OF
TIE advocate will te more than compens-
a'el by the greatness and strength OF the
cause.
The Democratic party comes before the
people in this campaign, not as 1t has been
obliged to do for the past quarter OF
century, as the mere critic of the actions
and policies of some other party, but IT
comes before you as the rarty charged
itself with the admins ration of the Fed
ersl Government, and it confidently asks
and invites the careful and intelligent
SCRUTINY of every citzsn of this country to
ths record which it has made in it's three
~ d half years tenure of Federal power.
Applause
THE PUBLIC LANDS.
Nv fellow citizens of tie comfy o.
Berkeley, did time peimi. should like te
relate to yOu some OF the things that hay'
been accomplished by the Democratic
party even in that short period. / should
point YOU, farmers CT the county OF BerSe
lev. TO the fact that wteo Grover Clsve
land went into the White House the grea'
cattle kings of the West had taken posses
sion of the public lands, had fenesd then
in with mills of fencing and were psstur
ing their cattle on your lands free CT COST
and depressing to you the vslue OF you
cattle here upon the expensive lands OF th'
coauty of Berkeley. Applause shouic
show YOU that almost the tirst act o
your Piesident wss to expel them frou
the public lsnds aud put thsm on TIT
same footing with you, so far as the own
pership OF the land was c>ncerned OF
which they were 10 Craze their stock.
could point you to the fact that wheI
Grover Cleveand became PIesident, TIT
, great transportation lre5 of the countr,
we're in the hands Of greedy monolohsts
that three CT four great corporations hslt
in their grasp these arteries Of eommunl
, cation over which You send your produc'
to market, over which you receive IN re
turn the goods that you purchsse, and tha
Your rates Of transportation iu ore wa.
l and the othar were held at their will ant
{ under their grsspipg power; would poin
4 you to-day to the enactment cf the Inter
State Commerce law, which We fought 10
: so long in the Housa. but which nsve
could get q head of public opinion behin'
I it sufficiently to dive it through Rs
: publican Senate, until Dsnec'a,ic Pres
deot was sested in the chair at Washington
Applause would Ieesll to you th
= fact that wnen Grover Cleveland secam
= President
u THE CURRENCY OF THIS COUNTRY
\ wss all unsettled; the great question th
, fret months of Cleveland's sdministrsiio
was the silver question; wso hesrs to-ds
u anything sbout the silver question? 1t
70 row settled oa basis Of justice and fsil
b nets 10 all the people Of the country.