Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-28
who were packed about the stage fearea to


Gofrs remarks in their logical sequences
Whenever Mr.. Wilson was about to max
point Gen. Geff, and with shame ant
deep regret we record it, would be seen +
raise hi, tad and nod, or wink, or smil'
derisively, and instantly Mr.. Wilson,
voice would be drowned amid storm o
cries and grcans. The whole affair wei
one of the most disgracsful Of the kind
ever witness ed in Wheeling. and indept nd
emily of politics, we can assure Gen Gcf
that, though Mr.. Wilson may have been
successfully prevented fiom being heard in
the Rink, it will do him no good among
the independent and fair-minaed men Of
Wheeling.
MIR. Wilson was to have spoken an four
aud half, but was allowed to speak but
an tour and ten minutes. Some parts oi
his speech could not be heard three feet
from the stag. He was continually inter
rupted by les and groans, while Gen.
Golf sat quietly by and emiled and nodded
his evident approval.
Mr.. A. J. clarke, WHO introduced Gen.
GOff, once indig- a. tly arose and demand
ed respectful hearing for Mr.. Wilson, but
it was ineffe hual.
But MIR. William l.. Wilson is
NOT THE SORT OF MAN
to be howled down. He i, pluck to the
back. bone. Under such trying circum-
stances he comes ont strong, to uss the
words of Mark Tapley ard at such times
his e'oquence is of the burning sort. He
had not been en- his feet ten miru'e es be-
fore he had saatcht d off his cuffs. A quar-
ter of an hour lattr his collar followed
He-dupg it aside. and, with flashing eyts,
"sad.d in" His eloqueIce in answer
to one or two of The innumerabte catch
questions howlei at him from Mr.. Goff's
iiolaters was srch OF timas that it com
peIl.d attention and Cften bTeathless 81
lsrc ce. for Mr.. Wilson is an orator of the
firss wste-. and yesterday afternoon be
became indignant, al was every other fair
minee man, at the disZraceful treatment
he received AID literally turned himself
loose. he nsver paused q fe,ond for
word and o perfect torrent Of Democratic
elcquence pourd from his hpl that al
tiues literally compelled the vast au-
diecca, Republican though two-thirds OF 1t
was, to break forth Into spontaneous and
uncor troll abe cheering.
While he had yet twenty minutes to
finish his first spe; ch he paused moment
for breath. Almost Instantly the cry,
"Goffl Goff!" was set afoot and soon
swell id into roar. Gen. Goff rose and
Mr.. Wilson was compelled to retire with
ont having flushed his reply. lneee5,
the affair could hardly Re callsd debate,
for NJ. Wilson was not Allowed to go
logically through Gen. COTS ramarks.
Tnere are few speakers, in, fact, who could
hsvs made or would have attempted to
make such
A GALLANT FIGHT
sgainst "packed" audience.
Gen. Golf was entitled to twenty
minutes r. ,inder. He took full nall
hour and devoted it to euthusing bis
sudier CO in his ususl style. When
Mr.. wilsoa rose tosrejein the sams cut:
rsg,ous scanes inadequately described
above, were again enacted. But the plucky
little Congressman said his ssy in answer
to Goff. and, though a large part OF The
audier c could not hesr him half ,hs time
fir tie roise, the stanographers took
down" his words rerbatim, as we'll as Ger.
G, ffs, and the REGISTER intends to print
the whole debate, if d. bate it can be called,
Uer6dtin.
Gen. Goff, who became very hoar'e,
wound mp his size in ten minutes speech
ard Mr.. Wilson closed the 6isgrscefnl
proceedings in about the sane lecgth OF
time
Il may readily be imagined that the
Democrats in the audience were more than
indignant a. the djsref p:ctful and wholly
unfair treatment accorded Mr.. Wilson,
but not more so than lsrse number o.
the Republicans present, who it is but ] ust
10 saw were loud in their denunciation Of
the affsir.
Hon. George w. Atkinson, who was on
the stage, privately declared that the treat.
mert Wiiton received wa, an cut age, and
he uohesitatir gly expr, SEED his Indignation
thereat.
A net BILE and significant feature of the
so-called debate wR Mr.. Wilson's Glrect
chall snSe to Ger. Golf 10 point out single
scht d ale in the Mills bill that did not sd-
eouately and doubly protect our industries
against the paupsr lacor OF Europe. The
General. to use Mr.. GOff's own Language,
was dumb as an oyster" Name some
industry" said Mr.. Wilson to Geo. Goff,
ssthat the Mills bill will injure." Golf on
two separate demands to do so kept Also
lutely silent. Now, this was the very
matter that the people wanted t, hear dis
cussed, and Golf did not once allude to 1t,
and, through his claquers, would not let
Mr.. Wilson discuss it. He advertised the
REGISTER considerably by quoting old ar
ticles from it, and referred extensive ly to
the ''furrace-ligtt hills of my State" but
he did not once answer Mr.. Wilson's r.
psa.ed cha'ler ge to him to nare one ln-
dustry that the Mills bill Injured.
At the close Mr.. Gotf hastily slipped ont
a door at the rtar of tie s.ase, while two
hundred Democrats made III n for the
stage, pushing through the sclid phaIanx
of G en-. COTS claqusrs, and half of them
swarmed up about Mr.. Wilson hugging
him and shaking his hands. They lifted
him to their shoulders and nearly tore the
plucky little Congressman to pisces in the
excess of their admiration.
Below will be found very full synopeis
of the speeches which We shall print
rerbatim in Mondays REGISTER snd allow
the public to judge Of the merits OF the
two causes for themsi Ives.
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THE OPENING.
General Gofrs Remarks In Inaugurating
the Discussion.
Now, fellow citizens, you will honor me