Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-03-22
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| am not going 10 disgrace myself. lam
not going 10 disgrace these gentlemen who
are thus attacked by undertaking ta de
fend them against such an outrageous and
unIounded charge. ScOm to it. They
need no defense. They need no more &C.
Tense than either Of YOU do. They need
no more defense than any honest man
does who wanted this crime ferrared out
and the offenders brought To punishment.
/ Why. IN the name Of heaven what Were
these citizens of Columbus. who We're will
ing to contribute their money TO try ana
| have the perpetrators OF this crime dis
! coyeredI What manner of men we're
they: How had God made them? With
what minds: With what hearts? With
what conScienceS. if thev would give their
money. not TO convict the guilty. not 70
discover the guilty, but just for the pleas
ure of making men commit perjury: juSt
to buy up men TO make peTiurers of them
selves without convicting the guilty, with
out ferreting out the crime. but merely to
have the pleasure of seeing them come
into Court and raise their hands above
their heads. and with the oath yet on their
/ lips. swearing to what they know to be
false, for gold, gold, gold. as Mr.. Converse
has called out with his strong lungs again.
again. and again?
And now. with a very few remarks. ]
will stop. Brother Converse has argued
this case as if he were making dead set
at the gentlemen of the jury who belong
to the same political party that he and
belong tO-the Democratic party. He has
lnsinuated, yes more than bodily asserted.
that this IS trial of the Democratic party.
Did the Democratic party commit this
crime? lfthe Democratic p&rtv commit
ted this crime, then Er Huling ought to
lndlct the Democratic Dartv. and then n
viii be standing side by side with Brother
Converse, protesting with uplifted hands.
II be wants me tOraise 10y hands. that the
Democratic party is utterly guiltless of
any such crime. Nav. gentlemen. il is
simply nonsense TO say that. Mr.. Con
verse has explained the whole thing him
self when he said there are bad men IN
every party. So there are. There are BAD
men in the Democratic pGrtv, bad men in
the Republican party, and | should not be
surprised if there are bad men even in the
Prohibition party. I.3ughterl If there /
is any party that has no bad men in it it /
must be the Wouan's Rights party. / Re |
newed laughter | can not conceive of |
any other. If there are bad men IL any (
Darty who commit q crime IS the party 10 |
be accountable for it? II member of !
one Of your churches in this CITY cheats !
his neighbOr in a horse trade is the whole /
church to DO penance for that? If man |
in your political party commits crime. ]
are yOu 10 go and seek absOlutiOn from /
that sin? | viii tell YOU when 2 party 1
does become responsible. When a crime /
is committed by member or members Of |
q party, and that party. instead of setting |
their faces like ilint against the perpetra-
tor of crime seek to shield him. thev take |
the responsibility on their own shoulders |
But L do want this party, to which | /
have belonged now more than sixty years.
for began when was child-thiS party
which has done SO much for me. and which .
| have conScientiOuSly believed in: which .
has its faults. as all parties have had their
faults; which has been wrong sometimes |
as all parties have been wrong: but in |
which have believed. to which my faith .
has been pledged and has been kept do
want that party, in the going down OF the
sun Of my life, when ! shall look for the /
last time abroad on the earth-I do want |!
to see that party still standing. still re
spected. still honOred. and still deserving
the goodwill and kindness and support
of all my fellow-beings.
THE GREAT STORM AT NEW YORK |
i ST. CLAIRsvILLE GIRLS EXPERIENCES
IN THE BLIZZARD.
The great metropolis was Tor the first /
time in its existence at stand-stiI. As
| heard dude on Broadway car remark:
:" New Yawk at 4 stand-still, baw Joye:
and, baw JOve, the first time I evah saw
it so, baw Joye.'
She was completely showed in. Wall
street men sadly submitted, suspended
business. and paid the cabbies little $50
piece to carry them home. The poor shop
girl plOughed her way bravely through
the storm, now and then being fished out
Of drift and sent on her way rejoicing
By some tender hearted male victim Of
The gentle zeDher from the West. The
elevated roads were blocked; after using
no many horses. the horse cars stopped
and the man who got down town in the
morning for love or money could not get
home. Telegraph wires were down, and
all communication broken off.
With it all there was the utmost jOllity
Everybody knew everybody else. We |:
talked as though we hud been acquainted
for wears. 1t was time when New ori.-
ers umbended. their stiff and Stilted ways
became free and easy, and they We're even
entitled to be called weSternerS from way
back. This man shook hands with that
man. and remarked that it was cold day
out. Some spent the day in an Il " car {
which started with good enough intent. I
but never reached its destination Others ,
got out. and to their peril walked along ,
the track to the station. while still Others
paid a dollar to climb down q ladder to .
tie street below. This was trying daty
for the ladies.
Being one whom fortune favored. was
seated quietly in surface car Just Opp0-
site the Hotel Normandy. After meGkly {
allowing Jack Frost to daily with my toes '
and fingers. concluded it would not do !
so faced the tempest. which gently watt Z
ed me along in the direction of the hotel !
There | stopped, and there | stayed -
From my room | watched the play Of the
storm without. watched the belated pill
grim who dared venture beyond his Own '
struggle aud gasp for breath,
fail and drag himself up again-and in
nv heart thanked God for my deliver /
ance. $
1t was a weary night. The wind howl .
ed so. suggesting Of itself the misery OF L
that day and night. One cruel father sent Il
his child out to procure something to graf n
ify his own selfish desires. The morning
found her frozen in drift just beyond her {
IatneF uOHT. i wealthy lli9Icliut, cii- {
deavOriug to get from the station to his 7
home, was found early the following day. G
face downward. and stiff.
Tuesday morning was bright and cold. :
Walking from Thirty-eighth street down =
Broadway to Eighth street afforded ME u
an excellent opportunity of seeing the c
quantity OF snow which had fallen. I'm i
agine yourself walking between walls of e
snow higher than your head, and You will Q
be on Broadway that memorable day +
But let your fancy go no farther for New
Y Ork snow has a periShabie quality, which ,
means woe to travellers. :
Well, we have had a storm. Although :
we have suffered from it, we have had s
some fun out OF it, and we are daToutiy V
that it was nothing worse. Is. f