The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-10-11

the Fifth ward club with twenty-iour, es-
cortCd the speaker from his hotel to the
rink. They made u verytine little show.
The meeting was made up OF the
clubs, other Democrats OF all sorts and
conditions, n goodly sprinkling Of Re,
publicans and some ladies'. Colonel
Fellows is well known MS n hOwery aud
eloquent speaker. He is not logical, not
careful Of his facts. lie often employs
exaegeration in way which causes a
,houghtless hearer 10 suppose he Is
stating definite facts. His argument lor
the most part is demagogic III the e%'
IRENE.
col. FELLOWS SPEECH.
lie WAS greeted with much applause
when he was presented. lie started al
once into an enlOgy OF Cleveland's adj
ministration, rccountiDg the good things
Inc Ind accomplished, and the bad
things which he said Republican ora.
tors mad predicted four years ago and
which had not come to pass, such as the
enslaving OF the negroes, the paying Of
the Rebel debt, the pensiOning OF
Confederate soldiers. One OF the good
things done was putring stop TO the
waving Of the bloody shirt, the retiring
Of the old doctrine OF hate and maIignity.
ONLY one orator, Gov. Foraker, remained
faithful to this dead issue, After saying
this, Col. Fellows devoted portion oil
his peroratIon to an appeal to the pas
sions and prejudices growing out oil the
reconstruction period, and made martyrs
OF all the West Virginia Democrats.
Had Il Republican speaker sought in the
same way to arouse animosities born Of
past strife, the cry Of bloody shirt would
have gone UP at once. :,
Aiterspending all the time he could
in lauding Cleveland and denouncing
and ridiculing Governor Foraker, the
speaker said the Republican shibboleth
this year was the Protective tariff. Be-
cause the Democrats favored the reduc-
ton of the tariff they were called Free
Traders. The fact was there WINS sur
plus OF $l3O,000 900 in the United States
Treasury and it was increasing ut the
rate OF $l0,OO0, 000a month. Democratic
orators said four years agO there was Il
surplus OF 800, 0O0, 5000, and it was rap
idly increasing; and according to their
argument it has gone on increasing
largely ever since, yet to-day the sur
plus is, according to Col. Fellows, only
$l3O, 100000. A peculiar fact about this
surplus is that no two Den oCratic ora
tors state it in the same figures.
WHERE ARE THE MAJORITY?
The Governments revenue is greater
than its needs, aud ought to De reduced.
The Republicans say the Democratic
policy would ruin the country. Now,
four years ago u majority of the people
were Democrats. Is it probable more
than half the people OF this country are
in conspiracy TO injurc the industries,
to ruin the country and commit indus
trial suicide themselves?
II the Mills bill is 81 Free Tfade meas
urc, then this country lived under Free
Trade until five years ago, for the Mills
bill fixes an average high tariff, higher
than fixed by any tariff law before 1855.
Now, / want to ask any Republicans
who may be in this audience, what do
you mean by Free Trade? No answer?
/ ask this because desire to know. |
hope some Republican, il there are any
here, will answer. l will guarantee any
Republican who responds courteous
treatment. What do you Republicans
understand by Free Trade?
After pause OF Il moment, Il voice
answered, "Its bugaboo" This ex-
cited rours OF laughter.
That is fair answer, said Col. Fellows,
but it is not from Republican. This
caused renewed laughter.
What do you mean by Free Trade,
my Republican friend ? tho speaker re-
peatcd, and paused for reply. What!
no answer? Why, you hear it talked
OH the street corner; you read it dis.
cusscd with little intelligence in the
columns OF the INTELLIGENCER.
The volley OF laughter, applause and
approving cries which this remark oc.
casioned was in the highest degree com
plimentary to the newspaper referred
10. 1t showed that the paper had made
itself felt in way not agreeable to that
portion of the crowd which did the yell
ing, md TO be stamped as displeasing to
them is the highest praise.
AN AWFUL BLUFF.
Col. Fellows agnin nsked for tlcfui-
ton OF Free Trade, and voice in the
crowd yelled out, Charts 50 clothes"
This caused another laugh.
Continuing, the speaker said: Is u
tariff on imports which raises one hun
dred and sixty-tivc millions OF dollars a
year Free Trade? Now, il there are any
Republicans here ] will make them u
proposition: II you need funds, and the
methods You have usually resorted TO
required 4 liberal supply Of funds, | will
agree to make II small contribution TO
your local Republican campaign fund. l
will be at the Mcclure House until 8
o'clock tomorrow. will give $3.50 10
your campaign fund, il before that hour
YOU bring to me the name OF any Repub-
Iican leader, living or dead, OF National
or local prominence, whose utterances
prior to last December were not fatty in
contradiction OF your platform OF this
year.
This bluff was not surprising from one
whose fnvorite game is said bylDcmo-
cratic newspapers to he poker, and il he
"hluQs' us rCcklcssly ut the gaming
table as he did then, il is not surprising
that he could not pay his gambling
debts, us the same Democratic newspa-
pers assert
Coil, he said, never madean uttcrance
before December last in harmony with
the Republican platform Of this year.
Every man who ever heard Gen. Golf
speak knows this to be untrue. Blaine,
he said, voted for free lumber. This is
another falsehood. Blaine voted to take
an internal tax oirlumber, not the tariff,
and the remarks Col. Fellows adroitly
applied to the duty on imported lumber
were made by Mr.. Blaine in reference to
nm internal tax on lumber-a fact well
known to Col. Fellows.