Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-11-01
GOVERNOR WILSON.
HIS SPLENDID SPEECH AT THE RINK
TUESDAY NIGHT,


Loos N6Ab
As Governor Wilson was in the city yes
tsrdsy and intsnded to remain over to
take o rest, members of tie county COM
mittee calIel upon him and after q good
deal Of persuasion induced him to make q
speech to the people of Webster distr:c. o:
the Fifth ward market squ,re. Governor
Wilson has very sore throat aud wanted
to rest for one day, as he speaks at Farm
iogton tonight and at Piedmont Friday
night, after which he returns to this city
to spelk at the Capitol Rink Saturday
night.
The Keara Club escorted the Governor
to the plses of speaking. be being accom-
panied by u. J. 0'Neill, Col. A. A. Franz
helm ard Maj. J. G. Anderson. The
stand, which was ertc.ei at the lower end
Of the square, was p7sttily decorated with
Japsnese lanterns. Aeo1t six hundred
people hsd as nbled 10 haar the Governor,
although it was not known until six
O'Clock that he would speak, and the at
tendance was certainly an enthusiastic
one.
Mr.. O'Nsiu called the meeting to order
and named Mr.. P. J. Gavin a3 chairman.
| In few words Mr.. Gavin introduced the
Governor to the sudierce, and although
his voics was quite weak, he got interested
10 his subject and spoke for about three,
quarters OF an hour, holding the attention
of his hearers throughout, all eyinciDg the
EreateIt interest in what the Governor
said, and hs said il in such plsin-poin ed
manner that not q man in the audiencs
but understood il thoroughly, and the ap'
l4use was fdqusnt, and at the conclu-
siou of his remarks the cheers were deaf
ening.
Noteven q sypop Is of Governor Wilson's
remarks can be gwen, as fiirly full &C.
count of his sp'e ibid address at the Capt.
toll r;nk, Tuesday evening, is p intel this
morning, and is as follows:
Governor Wilson began by saying:
Before came to Wheeling, l had teard
many rumors Of great dissatisfaction
and serious disaffection from the Dsmo
cratic organic ton. To-day / have he n
amoug you have locked risht and left,
but in no direction could see anything
but tie fiuttering b,nuers Of the Demo
eracy. As l stood upoa the reviewing
stand this afternoon ana locked upon the
passing thrCng of Democrats, came to the
conclusion that everything WAS right
that there would bs no scratching in Ohio
c,uuty or in West Virginia thisyea APP
plause We propose now, 10 put an cad
10 Republicsnism. Applause This is
no time for scratching. Applause. II
there ever was time 10 stand by the
party, it is now. [ATp'su:e Now is the
time 10 stand firm, and we shall see the
glory OF the Lord on November 6ta. APP
plause, and q voice: "Whsrs is Foraker y
HIS taken to the bush. Applause and
cries of "whsre is Gofr:"1 Fellow citi-
ans, disposed of him at PLilipp', and
he's not ben heard of sirCs. would
give a good deal to have him here in
Wheeling tonight, with an hour and
a-half apiece.
DJsFBANCHIsEMENT.
As our Vie Presidential candidate, wh9
preceded me, has ssii, wtep Ia came here
some years ago he found one-half the peo-
pie of the State disfranchise5. 1t Was SC
all over the South. Men could net vote
in the State which gave them birth. For
years we fought the battle against that
thing, and in the end we wiped TIE earth
with our enemies But We sti had Re-
publican in the Presidential chair, and We
had to get Democrat there in order that
there might be no further interference with
the rights of tle people. In 1894 the ava
lsrche came and Grover Cleveland was
put in. Applause Tnen came the
only opportunity we had OF layirg
aside purely political questions
aud taking up those re-
lstiug to political economy and finance.
The Republicans have always said that,
when they caught us on the tariff ques-
tioa hey would make an end Of rs. Well,
they re not quite SO previous now. Ap'
llause You can fad D.mlcrAtl any
where willing and anxious to meet aud de
mOlish EN-. We're going 10 meet 'en in
wssS Virginia in few days, aud Eeat 'em
to the tune of about s. 900 majority. lAp-
plause.
WHERE THE WORD TARIFF" ORIGINATED
Now for the tariff question. Where did
that word tariff come fran? Centuries
ago. when the followers of the Cres-
cent spread westward through Africa
and cIme up to the southern
shores of tie Straits of Gibraltar,
they became ambitious, and undertook to
conquer tie Christian world. They en-
tered Spain, snd there, on its southern
shores they built town Which thsy csl!ed
Tarifi. It becsms a great seaport, aud
there they built many VESSELS. Years
went by, and these MOors, losing their
original ambition, cams down to bs mere
sea-robbeIs and thieves, and sent vessels
out and boarded every vessel that came
along. ard made its master ply tribute
paw ''tarifa." They made the saileIs Of
ali nations ray a tariff Tor the privilege OF
sailing those sess. They tried this upon
American ships, and in 1901 John Adams
paid g., 700 10 them to secure
| immunity They made another
attempt In 1912, while we were engaged In
the war with Great Britain But grand
cid Thomss Jefferson wasn't in for ms K
irg bargains and treaties with frseoooteis.
and he sent old Decatur over there otter
the close of the war. Decatur anchored
his ship of the City Of AlgierS, compelled
the Bey to come on board, and there, on
the deck of an American ship Of war, be
was ompelled to sigo an agreement that
nsyer again would American seamen or
American ships 6smolested by these pirates
or re compelled toply tariff.
This question became political one OF
LAYING 8 tax on imports, and now 1t IS
krown to US IS the ta-if' qusstion. We
have made fight after fight on it, and the
Democracy has always come ont ahead
Applause Aud so we will this TING.
Whe her the De mocracy is waging war
on the Mosleu or the Republican, we will
whip 'em every time Great cheering.
The Democracy has no fight with the
manufacturers. We are al the time fsv-
CRADLE to giving manufacturers all possible
encouragement, bat st the ssme time we
are boundI to see that agriculturalists and
the wage workers are not unnecessarily
burdare1, nor the growth Ct commerce re-
tArded. The Republican Iohcy must
necess arily result in blrderipg beth oi
these To foster and protect the American