Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-03

position there coults be On my part wopio
lie in assuming that you would claim aga I
the right to open spd conclud de after having
been accorded that privileg4 only two days
ago O. Philippi. But l shall not allow
even this claim to stand in the way. We
will proceed With the discussion upon
your own terms.
Very truly, =
E. W. WILSON.
GoFF Is cowARDLY.
It will be readily seen from psrusai ol
these letters how extremity unfair the
boasted chan pion ,of protection" al
waysis. Not conteated with having the
advantage of the c:osn and close OF the
discussion at PhiliEpi, with Gov. Wilson
he again demanded the same privilege a'
this point and although he has been claim
ing through his Executive Committee for
some weeks that he was exceed
ingly anxious 10 meet Judge
Fleming in debate, when he is met and
challenged himself by Judge Fleming, he
has to be conceded tie save privilege by
the Judge in order to get discussion.
This correspondence speaks for itself, as
have stated, and completely exposes what
an arrant humbug this boasted champion n
of Republioanism lie.
HE FEARED 10 MEET EITHER GENTLEMAN
upon terms he should unbe' itatinglv
have granted in Gov. Wilson's case because
he had the advan age of opening and cos
ing given him at Philipp, by the Governor,
and in Judge Fleping's case by reason OF
the boastful and contemplate conduct OF
his STATE Executive Committee. CoDmon
decency demanded diffe ent conduct to-
wards Judge Fleming, but even Gen. Gotf g
s lfshness, seeking after and insis ing upon
the advantage of having The opening and
close OF the debate, did not succee1 in d w.
ing the Judse from hi. purpose of fo'cing
this political wash-buckler into discus
sion. At 1:3O p. IN. the discussion
between the Govern or and Gen. Got com
menced. The Senatorial convention was
then over and the Republican FOUNDERS
and heelers, white and bl .ck, were at lib
erty to attend to the important duty OF
cheering up the droopirg spirits Of their
can6i iiste By their machine-like responses
and applause when the old accustomed
signal should be given by the magnetic"
speaker. Both gentlemen were escorted to
their place of speaking which was pat
form in front of Bosworth's stOre nv pro-
cessious Of their followers. Gov. Wilson,
ss might be expected was the
first upou the ground ready and
willing for the fun to begin. Gen. Goff
arrived shortly after. The terms were as
follows: Gen. Golf to open in n speech of
one hour, Gov. Wilson to reply in speech
of one hour and half, and Gen. Gotf to
conclude in a speech Of half an hour In
length.
THE FUN BEGINS.
The Generals opening speech was upon
every other subject than the tariff, which
he stated he intended to discuss. 1t re-
minded his hearers of ArtemuS Wards Gel
ebrated lecture upon the Mormons, in
which Artemus never mentioned the Nor
mons once. Of course we had that old
moss-covered but threadbare and stereo-
typed opening, which has been warmed
over so often, and which has done
such yeoman service in Congress
ional campaigns in the First district,
rum log as follows: II am glad TO meet
you my fellow citizens of the grand old
county of Randolph tit used to be Lewis
Braxton, Gilmer), yes l am glad to meet
you face 30 face. hand to hand and heart
to heart, and discuss the grand old princi.
Ilss of the party represent" Then came
some disconnected talk about protecting
American labor by the broad shield Of
American law. About twenty minutes
were expended in rehssh of the part of
the Repu blican State platform, in which
the people are asked to forget the past con-
duct of Republicans in West Virginia.
This was to try and smooth over the ex-
posure of the Generals votes for test oath
laws, registration laws ard against
the repeal of the suitors test
oath lew, made by Attorney General Cald-
we'll in his speech here on Saturday last.
General Gotf's orstory has not improved
by Congressional practice, and his cam
paignipg in Maine with the uncrowned
pretender has given him pronounced
Yankee accent. He poses as of yore and
signals his troops for applause in the same
familiar style all are so well acquainted
with.
THE SPEECH FELL FLAT.
The cheers were few and far between and
his questions to his cohorts were not often
responded TO. One amusing incident &C.
Cured. The General asked ques tion and
turned to some admirers for a reply topoint
his moral. Two oolored men answered at
once, one yes and the other no, in stentorisn
tones. SEEING the look of disgust upon
their IDOLS visage they fell upon ea"h 9th
er's bosoms with tears of regret in tn ir
e, es and apologies upon their lips. The
sphinx maintains no m0re impressive
8 lence than they did for the balance f the
dag. 1t was evident to all that the debate
at Philippi had taught the &c ERA that the
les, he said about The is ues and the more
me he expend. d in glittering ge erali
ee, the safe he would be when Governor
Wilson opened hts batteries. Ths whole
speech was failure and was rec iv' d al
most in siletce. 1t looked as if fear of
Gov. wilson's reply had p4raly zed this
tariff deS otee.
WILSON'S MAsTERLY REPLY.
When the Governor arose to reply he
which was repeated every few minutes
minutes during his whole address. HIS
Excellency gave no time in attitudelpg
and beautiful rounded meaningless periods,
but went straight at the work and dis
cussed the tariff from the outset. He
puuctured, tore, cut and mutilsted the
Generals speech amidst the roars OF laugh
ter and thundsrs Of applause of the ad-
miring and delighted Democrats. Wien
he got through with the Republican can
didste there was nothing .ft. Gen Gof's 8
condition reminded the Democrats of the
telegrams between the Cowboy and the
dead mans mother. The first from the
Cowboy was: Poor John is dead-the
n other answered-''please send on the
remains the reply came back.
''THERK AMT NO REMAINS, y
he was kicked by . mule" The General
shrunk into his coat collar and backed in
the doorway behind the platform to escape
the pitiless and indignant denuncistions
of the Governor against the Generals
friends, the monopolist's and trusts.
Those merely private things caught hot
shot and shell.
The Generals reply was Of course de-
liyered with more spirit than his opening,
He was mad all over and as pale as q