The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-10-20
Plain Words
ON THE TARIFF ISSUE.
A Business Like Talk that Will
Have Effect.
Ruiuons Effect of the Mills Bill
Oh This State.
Magnificent Audience Drinks in
the Words
OF HON. STEPHEN B. ELKINS.
The Best Meeting of the CAM
wign Held Here.
I,uanswcrabIe Logic Backed up
by U'ndeniable Facts.
, Red.Ietter Night for tho Cause of
prsterliOaiu WhcCIing-The Crowd
Hungry for More-Great Eli
tIlusiaSm Prevails.

lIlllSluSH ITtbullss
The speech of Hon. Stephen u
E,sins. OF this State, at the Oper'
rIop,r last evening, was the most effect
i,ocycr heard on the tariff issue il
wh,eliu.. 1t was listened to by ar
audience which packed the house as j
was never packed before, and every one
Of the telling points with which the
spcech bristlcd went home. There
were many Democrats in tue house
most of them open to conviction. The
ladies numbered probably two score.
In ali, not less than 600 people were
there.
On the platform sat many prominent
citizens. among them Hon. q. W. At
Ein.on, who was received with cheers
JElre West, the blind orator Of Ohio
lion. e. y. hubbard, Hon. a. Pottack,
Nh Henry Schmulbach, Capt. Thomas
Prince, Mr.. Il. Buckman, g. Il. Tracy,
HUGO i.oos, William Richardson, ST., S.
5 Bloch, W. h. Simpson, b. S. Allison,
". 5. Meek and 7. B. Dobbins.
Chairman ). =. Maxwell, OF the Con.
prvsional Committee, called the meet
inr to order, and named Mr.. Thomas j.
piyiison rs Chairman. Mr.. Davidson
was applaudcd. lie presented Mr.. Ell
Eins with few very graceful words.
After Mr.. EIkins was done bis fine
speech OF over two hours, the crowd
called ont for Hon. G. W. Atkinson,
lion. G. D. Hubbard, Judge West, OF
Ohio, and Hon. W. II. Hearne. All
made pointed remarks OF about min.
n,cs length each. The crowd wanted
more, but Mr. Hubbard sent them home
with three rousing cheers for Harrison,
Morton, GoH, Atkinson, Protection and
West Virginia. Such cheers have not
been heard here for years.
Mr. Eikins' speech, which follows, Is
worthy Of the careful reading OF every
voter:
MR. RLEISs' SPEECH.
In his last annual message TO Con.
grpss. the President, under pretext OF
desiring 10 get rid OF the surplus in the
Treasury, made an assault on American
Protection and American industries, by
insisting that taxes levied on raw ma
teriaI5 produced in foreign countries
should be repealed and the same admit
ted free, and that taxes levied on goods
made by foreign labor and brought here
TO be sold in competition with Ameri-
van goods and products, should be re-
daCed.
fhatthisattaCk might have more force,
be more effective and harmful, it was
made the subject OF the entire message,
allOthcr matters OF national concern be-
iGg ignored.
The country under Protection was
prosperous, business was good, the peo:
pie had employment Mt fair wages and
were reasonably contented. Our con.
ditiOn us Nation and people excited
pride at home, wonder and admiration
abroad. National wealth was accumula-
ting at the rate Of seven millions daily.
Citizens and wage-earners AZ the rate OF
iEo thousand a day were tloCl;ing to our
shores from other countries, seeking
emPloymeRt, better wages and homes in
the great Republic. No American was
leaving his country to better his con-
dttton and opportunities in life. Under
these circumstances and under these
favorable conditions, the President sent
his message to Congress, demanding q
change-thc partial destruction of the
system Of Protection that had aided so
signally to bring about these results.
The surplusin the Treasury, whatever
the amount may be, is due to lack Of
financial ability aud business methods
on the part OF the Democratic leaders in
Congress They have had it in then
power, IL III timc to time, to so modify
existing laws that u surplus could moi
accumulate in the Treasury. There
were several ways open to the President
bywhich the surplus could be reduced
but he chose the one
MOST INSTRUCTIVE 10 AMERICAN N
DUsTRIEs
aud American interests. The message
has been endorsed by the Nationa
Democratic Convention, and ever!
Democratic State convention since, ant
must be taken rs the Democratic posi-
l!oa on the great question OF the tariti
The Presidents letter OF acceptance doe
hoi substantially change the position
and this IL the issue now before tn
country In the present campaign. Tn
tendency Of the message and OF tn
Democratic platform is in the direction
ol Free Trade. 1t approaches the doc
TIME OF the Democratic party mid dow
IN their platforms before the war. Til
PRESIDENT and his party in their assanI
on tue protected industries Of the couE
tfy, ditler widely from the founders c
the government and nearly all OF ou
great statesmen, from Washington I
lincoln. 1t is u historical fast thl
England forced her manufactured good
on the American colonies in 1913, =
and lo to such IN extent that the pee
PIC refused to buy British made good
Inc Colonial Congress requested th
merchants IN several colonies not to sen
orders to Great Britain for goods, an
oa lhe 9th day 81 September resolve
That from and after the lst day Of D.
ccmber, liza, there should 10 no in
P1iiatious into British America IFol
Great Britain OF goods, wares and me
cShanltse, and ii imported after that da
IIeey should not be used or purchased
Even the colOnists were prOteGtionist
IL Is also true that tho want Of pow
under the Articles Of Confederation,
regulate and control commerce and pr
'ect American manufacturers, was Of
0, the reasons for comforting this pow
on thc government and making o
CoRst!tu tiOn. So that this question
protection had its root aud beginni
far back and led largely not only to o
national independence butto
TnE ADOPTION oF IRE CONSTRUCTION
Fisher Ames said in the House OF RI
Ssesentatives in l779, when debating I
ntst tariff bill: II conceive, sis, y
Tile present constitution was dictated
q Commercial narasaitv more than