The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-06-20

seats. Judge IhufstOn' Oh NepEhSh"I u
rives with the
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
Of his State and takes seat on the stag
lust back of the chairman's desk, whicl
he is soon to occupy as the temporar
presiding officer of the convention. MI
Thurston is smallish man who wear
glasses and is dressed in sombre black
GEN. FREMONT cMEERED.
As Gen. Fremont entered the hall h
was greeted with round Of applaus
and cheers, the first genuine demonstra
ton OF the morning. He was escorted
to seat on the platform, where he pro
voked a further outburst Of applause by
meeting Fred Douglass as he came to
seat beside him and shook him by thu
hand.
Carson Lake, OF the National Commit
tee, came upon the platform just before
the convention was called TO order ant
brought with him two handsome oal
gayeis. one OF them merely polished anC
intended for hard pounding. The othel
is a more pretentious affair, intended u
n Gilt to the temporary chairman, il
richly chased in gold and has engraved
upon its several gold bands the name:
OF Washington, Lafayette, Grant, Lin
coin, Garfield and Logan.
- TIE CONVENTION OPENED.
Precisely at 19:S7 o'clock the gavel o.
Chairman Jones, of the National Re
publican Committee, sounded sharply
upon the mahogony desk and the Re
publican Convention OF 1883 was formal
" opened. The hum OF conversation
ceased throughout the vast auditorium
and the buzz OF expectation gave place
to nm impressive silence us the Chairman
introduced the Rev. Frank Gunsalaus,
OF the Plymouth Congregational Church,
OF Chicago, who opened the proceedings
with prayer. He thanked the Almighty
for the blessing of Divine protection.
He returned the gratitude OF the Nation
for the benefit granted to it by Provi-
dence: he returned thanks for the histo'
nv which came massed here, and he ex.
pressed recognition OF all that God
has done through the great organization
whose representatives were here assem-
bled. He prayed that the convention
might be dominated by lofty purposes
in order that its work might do much
for the glory OF God and of man. In an
impressive manner he invoked the Di-
vine protection OF our soldier, the cap
tain Of our armies, who Jay SO near to
death.
PROTECTION CHEERS.
At the conclusion OF the prayer Chair
man Jones announced that the Secre-
tary, Mr.. Fessenden, OF the National
Committee, would read the call for the
convention issued by the National Com
mittee. ,Allusiops ip the call 70 the
position OF the party upon the tariff
question, to the determination OF the
party to have fair election and an hon
est count and to other points were
warmly applauded by the convention:
Upon the conclusion OF the reading of
the call, Chairman Jones stepped to the
front OF the platform and spoke us
lollovsI
LHAlNMAN JOSEo'
rThe Republican party may well be
congratulated through its representa-
tivcs here assembled, upon Tho ausRiG.
ious prospect that lies before it. Wise
and courageous action by this cOnven-
ton will surely lead to victory in the
,iamuajgn upon which we are about to
enter. Hp6tfe' Oau he no d9Nht as to
which side the great majority 6l the
votes will fall if each party be tried by
its record il the grand achievements Of
The Republican party be appreciated,
md the otter iailgre Of the Democratic
party be understood. The tWo parties
are diametrically opposed to each QtheE
One iavors progression, the other retro
erosion. One lifts up, the other casts
down. Thanks TO Mr.. Cleveland and
his Southern allies, the Democratic
party has thrown of the disguise in
which it has heretofore fought its bat.
ties in the Northern States, and has
boldly declared for British free trade
and against American protection. This
action has Caused nHch adulation in
certain sections OF this country and in
all OF England, which has from the be-
been hostile to the industrial
progress Of the United States; but il has
fallen heasily upon the ears OF the
patriotic portion OF the Democratic
party. However, We must not expect
that this is the end OF
DISHONEST PRETENsEs,
deceit, iallacies and sophistry will again
be resorted to, and practiced. Therefore,
We should have platform, baEed upon
true Republican principles, free from
or ambiguity, and should
nominate candidates who are the en-
bodiment OF the princi ulos.
The founders OF this'government say
that it was absolutely essential for self
that the original thirteen
states should become united, for the pur-
pose OF protection and defense ngainsE
alien acts and influences, rs well us for
economical and effective government.
One of the first acts OF the federal govern
ment was to provide for revenue and for
the protection OF the industrial interests
OF the country. All our early Presidents,
from Washington to Jackson, inclusive,
advocated Il tariff for revenue and for
protection. All OF the great and patri-
otic statesmen OF those days Coincided
in this policy. No man OF note, who
was loverof his country, down to jack
sons first term, entertained and eX-
pressed doubts rs to the constitutionality
or policy OF
PROTECTING THE INDUSTRIES
OF the United States against foreign com.
petion. The tariff question was not con
sidercd as one embracing solely or chief
" the manufacturer interests, but one
which broadly embraced the social con.
dition OF the laboring classes, the mutual
interest OF all producers in the homl
market and OF the copntry's real inde,
pendence. The British, who now shout
free trade, protected themselves against
all competition until they were masters
OF the commercial world and until they
realized that the United States, with its
great natural advantages and by mod
crate use OF the same means, was becom'
ing a formidable rival. II was only wher
Great Britain perceived something Of the
future OF her American rival that she at
tempted to regain that control over thi'
country by artiiice which she was un