Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-11

to Grover Cleveland. Peace reigns along
the fsontier. No more are the skies Lit uI
by the fsmes of burning homes; no longe,
does the mother lie down at night hlled
with apprehensicns for the safety Of heI
babes, end shuddering lest her slumbert
may be disturbed before morn by the
fierce yell of the savage. For the first
tine 10 the last fifty years ofour national
lite there is s.ats Of profourd peace and
entire security for the settler.
THE NAVY.
SIT 20 with the navy. In 1885, when
the Democracy came into power, We were
without the veslige of a navy. The coun-
Try had scarcely vessel which dare tIu,t
itself at seA i believe, four years ago, /
described to Wheeling audience the last
encounter of the last vessel of the Republi-
can ravy. That vessel bore the pennant
of Republican Secretsry. That party
had sreat $iOO, 600. .0CO upon the navy.
and yet 1884, at the election, and 1885, at
the inauguration, found us without sin
gle dec'nt ship ON any ses, and as l
have said, the last vetssl went down
in q collision with q Pennsylvania
ccal large, upon ths plac wat: rs
of Lcng Island Sound. She was going
peacefully slong her course, snticipa'itg 6
no fostilities; unaware that war had been
declared by the protected Industries Of
Pennsylvania. Applause The bslli.
gerent coal boat struck her, the United
States vessel sunk in twenty fathoms Of
deep blue waters, and tEen the Penpsy!-
var ia ccal boat went sereneiy on her wsy.
Laughter. Perhaps cur Republican
fr:eods can draw q moral from that en-
counter, but / cannot. suppose th'y
will point 10 the fact that, as everything
ths government needs comes In free OF
duty, oil the component parts Of that war
vessel ought to be clsssed in the free trade
cat, g)ry, while the coal barge had pro-
tectlon of 25 per cent on its cargo, and
therefore won. Laughter. / suppose
that is about the way they would extract
comfort from that incident. Renewed
laughter. -,
But what have we to show for three and
q half years of Democratic Iul.? Before the
pre- ent adniuish alton came into power,
we not only did not have navy, but our
harbCrs were defsnfe'ess. Now, we can
not fope to always escape from the ordeal
of war. 1t is fate which sooner or later
beislls all nations. We will some day be
called upon to measure strength with some
of the foreign powers. Appreciatiug this,
the Democratic administration inaugu-
rated q policy which has so far resulted in
the laying down of the keels of thirteen
first class vessels, and at the same time
our coast fortifc atoms have been largely
strengthened, and all tbs great cities along
the sea coast are rapidly beirg put in
state OF defense, so that, if we are ever
ca led upon to defend our shores and the
integrity of the Republic we will have
some show to do it. This alone is great
record for two and half years.
Il suppose it is hardly necessary to say
that no negroes have teen returned to
bondage; on the contrary, good many Of
them have been given Office during the
.st four years. No Reb soldiers have
bsen pensioned, and no Rebel soldier is
asking to Re pensiore1, or would accept q
pansion. [applsuse.
WAR ISSUES GONE.
"Aud more has been done by this ad-
miuistrstion. Greater than sll-up to
within four years ago we were
still fighting the campaign of 1851. In
every campaign an emblem ct the same
spsa3guintd hue, but not ofthe same pa
triotic type, was waved, and blood was
sprinkled in the faces of the people. 10
vain Democrats pointed to the fact that
wind blew from no cloud anywhere in orr
skies that it did not wave our starry flag,
and that all had returned 70 their allegi-
ance, and were bending their energies for
the advsnctment of the common veal.
Still they pIescbei their doctrine Of hate;
still they played the game of politics,
with dice made from dead mens' bones,
and seemed to have no higher ambition
than to be political hyenss, prorlipg
about political grsyeyards, and gnawing
at the white bones of the patriotic dead.
"Iu four years all this has been changed
and no Republican orator, with one sx-
ception, has now the effrontery to keep up
the strife b,tween the Ststes. There is
still one valiant mau-at-arms who persists
in keeping up the war. He is Governor
across the river, wfo is very much like
Mrs. Micawber in that he goes about as
save vtrating with all manner of oaths, that
no matter low unanimously the country
may return TO TIE paths of peace, so long
as Foraker lives he will keep up the fight.
Laughter Well, it's 3 good thing 1t
has come down 10 that. l can now 80 t,
bsd with tranquil mind, safe in the
knowledge that no Rebel Brigadier will
invade my hcma and secure in
the Knowledge that while Fora
aker's strong right arm remains
be will take care Of the country. This is
gratifying. It any of your wives or child
rem. pouring over Rspu" lican manuscripts,
should discover that there is conspiracy
on the part OF the Rsb,l Brigadiers to c,p'
ture the country, console them with the
assurance thst Foraker is still on the ex'
treme picket line, and that until be die
they need havs 10 fears. Laughter.
Thus We see another great work Of th,,
admin is.ratiop. A policy of pacifcation
has prevailed, except as TO Foraker, and
he only bscsme valiant twenty-four ye'r'
after everybody else had stopped fighting,
| Laughter.
"Now, my friends, such On admiuistra
tion should not be thrust from power. W.
should not be induced to swap horse1
while crossing the stream-unless som'
great and serious trouble menaces tn
cpuntcy.
| THE TARIFF.
''Whst is the shibboleth OF the Republi
can party, that menaces the country thi
yeaI? 1t is the talif. The lifting OF |
little of the losd from the bcks Of th,
farmer and laboring man. The fact tha
there is surplus of $3.50, 600. 0Ooi, tn
treasury now, aad that it IS growing at tn
rate of $l2O, 900, 900 q Ya--$l0, 900, 600
month-in excess of what il needed, con
fronts US. This is proclaimed By our Re
publican friends ss condition whicl
should continue. The clsim o
TIE Democracy that this surplu
should be reduced, in such Q wa.
as roj to be felt, is char chrz.d as rapl
heresy. My friends. the Damocrats, fou
years ago, p ei q good many THOUSAND
vo. cI more than did the Republicans, an:
got q gcoi many more electoral votes
Now, they esicet rs to believe that mcr
than one nslf the people of this countr.
are gagged in q p)litical scheme to dss
troy sll the industries of ths c'uIt7y, ant
c,muit personal suiei'e. Do you, m.
Repub ian friends. exp ct rs to bs'ieSt
that? If you d,, there is veJy little US