The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-11-01

10 give them these schools, / wanted [
take the surplus out Of the Treasury an
give II 10 the free schools Of this Stat
Mr.. Wilson did not want the Blair bill
r. defeat must be answered for By th
Detnocfatic party. II this money ha
been taken from the people, why In th
name OF God do they not give Il back t
them3 ! want the $4,000 direct take
paid by the people Of West Virginia B
the general Government paid back to tn
Treasury at Charleston, and III see tina
it Is iudicionBiy expended. Mr.. Wllsol
voted against bringing It back, but sa,
this Is nothing to his discredit as he onli
acted with his party. Andthey want i
bring In free raw materiRl-this mean
free ore aud wool. Iwant no free wool
/ wsa. the tasIG Of 1867 restored. Am
right or am / wrong7 Presi
dent Cleveland says take tn
tariff off wool; place Il OF
the free list and II will make WOO
cheap. Mr.. Wilson says take II of ant
ii will make wool dearer, Nov, my far
mer friend, which do you believer
believe Grover Is right. Look at wha
this country has done In the way oil
progress in the years Of q protective
tariff. There Is not q thing that you
now buy that Is not cheaper and better
than under tariff for revenue only.
Tell me, my Democratic friend, my far,
mer friend, OF O single article that you
now have that is mol cheaper than under
u revenue tariff. We put the tariff
on steel rails and what was the result?
Down, down, down went the
PRICE or sTREL RAILS.
While up, up, up, went the rnanuiac-
tories OF the country, and yet my Demo.
cratic friends say the tariff is a tax.
How much was salt here in Parkersburg
in 1850? r'tS3 50 a barrel" said an old
What is itnow2 ["About05
cents, y said the old man. tits cheaper
here than id Europe said General Got.
General Coil 3 description ofthe mar
kets Of the world was identical with
that at Wheeling last Saturday and was
equally well received. "Ii you want
the markets Of the world take my col
league and his party, for am not your
man. / would not sacrifice my record,
my party, my country, for the honor Of
The governoTship OF West Virginia. Ill
we're running for office in England |
would get deyilish few votes and this Is the
-easOn why 1 shall get so many Demo.
ratio votes here this year. You can't
top 1t my, Democratic brethren, and you
lOn't want TO stop them. West Yir-
,inia doesn't want the Mills bill. My
colleague hearl a whistliDg, whistling
iound when the Mills bill came in.
The committees Of the Democratic
,arty in the State came in by the can
lun.baii train md told them that West
Virginia would be lost II 1t passed. The
ommittce on Ways and Means was
allied in rush. They came out 10 me
nd asked me "Oh, GOiT, can nothing be
lone TO defeat this bill?" | told them
/ locked very daubtfal.
The General then reviewed the con-
uct OF the Ways and Means Committee
oward the callers ugaiust tue passage Of
he Mills bill and while thus talking his
rst hour expired.
Mr.. WILSON.
Mr.. Wilson, when he came forward,
Ias accorded quite an ovation in which
,andanas in the hands OF several ladies
Igurcd largely. His introduction was
substantially that Of the Wheeling meet
ng. lie talked OF the mighty vitality,
liu phenomenal growth OF the Demo-
rattle party aud affirmed il was based
IpDn n foundation OF truth. DefGat did
Iut dash or dishearteu II. II came from
Is, ashes with greater vitality than be-
prr its iaii. He affirmed that his party
Fas us firmly for the interests Of the De0.
,le OF the United States, as Is the Re-
publican party.
81 join Gen. Golf in his denuncia.
ions Of those who promote sectional.
SIN. Inthe four times that have been
'elOre the people in my district defy
ny man to say ! was even guilty Of say
ag one word that would tend 10 stir ZIP
cctional feeling. say that We should
ave tariff, but that tariff should be
aid in such u mauuer as TO pay legiti-
nate Expenses and not one cent more. /
lid not hedge on the Mills bill. Ifthere
one thing | would like above others
s part OF my epitaph II would be that
helped TO frame the bill that helped 10
my people from the enor-
nous measures Of the war. The only
bject Of these measures is TO build up
tntralized wealth. | have not hedged
N one thin that l have ever DONE"
Mr.. Wilson at some length attempted
o demonstrate that the statements oi
Aiexander Hamilton and others Of the
llhers in history had been in favor OF u
aril for revenue only.
No, my brethren, / am not hedging
IN the Mills bills. We are looking into
he faces Of the tOilers Of this country
u the saa,e spirit Of Him OF whom twas
aid, "He came to his own, but his own
eceived him not, and We will fight for
/ until "the triumph Of the many will
Nc over the greedy, rapacious few. l
ay the COnntry's prosperity from 1916
in 1860 was greater than at any time
n It's history. There were great men
DeiOre the government. Even Pennsyl-
'ania prOspercd more from 1850 10 1860.
More railroads were built from 1850 TO
$50, than at any time in its history, and
this is not true I'll get out OF the way
md let Flick go TO Congress. Why, II
would not take 500 men to make all
he steel rails we need in this State,
rot enough to consume the wheat
rom middle sized farm down yonder
n the valley whence come. The
tariff they call for now IS for
he barons that make the steel and
ron and not for the laborcrs Of this
oautFy. lie said in regard to Gen:
.ral COTS claim that the Repub.
lean party had given free schools
o the people OF West Virginia, "Why
went to school, free schools, down
'ondrr in Jefferson county years before
ho Republican party was born. The
limestone quarryInen. the farmers and
'thcB marched upto the polls aud voted
o tax themselves for these schools and
hey were us good us We have now.
CHEWING cHESTSurs.
The old Democtatic doctriue was that
oycrnmcnts must be economical In their
lxalions, that labor may be lightly bur.
Icned. The Republican doctrine is the
.nvernmrnt must bt cxtravngantly run
n order that labor may be heavily bur.
Icnci. The State lays its burden Of
aNaton upon your bank stock, farm