The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-02-17


the school laws upon the statute books
when they came Into power, and they
could not do Otherwise than enforce
those statutes.
DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION.
l turned over some old fles the other
day In which you were pointed to the
magnificent school system Of Virgins and
told that the Republicans would destroy
that system. Some Of you remember that
system; ! do. II was disRrace and q
shame. Contrast it with the magnificent
system Of freq schools In your State to.
day. Then In one corner Of your school
you had hench-a pauper bench-that
was your free school gysEeml
When child wanted to 60 to school,
he had to 20 to q County Commissioner
and get 0 pauper card. With this badge
Of poverty they came to the school room
and begged place on the pauper bench.
They would not gtGy there. Children
pointed the finger Of scorn and said "Pau'
perp
Your child came home with that card
and flung 1t In your face, and while your
face burned with shame you could do
nothing. That was the tyranny Of the
law and there was no appeal. God save
your children, God save the children Of
my Democratic friends from that degree
dstionI lOheerg
lam glad the Democrats now love that
system; 1t is good conversion. Laugh
ter and applause. They really appreci-
ate the good OF the Tree school systeln,
Just as years from now they will come
around and tell about the advantages Of q
high protective tariG-which the Rspub-
Lean party secured. [Oheers.
THE BLAIR BILL.
The speaker would add this question to
the one Grover Cleveland had submitted
to the people; not only education, but
national aid to free schools. [Oheers. ]
He was glad to say the Blair bill passed
the United States Senate yesterday Zap.
plause1 and that that Senate was Repub-
hcan. tAppiRuse.1 Now it must come
up in the other end Of the Capitol, and 1t
will have Q hard row TO how there. But
things are better than Last time; then
they had forty odd majority In this House.
Now they have bare twelve. [Oheers
But the Blair bill sin more DANGER now
than 1t was then. Wby2 Because the
Democrats are seeking any excuse to re.
duce the tariff. Their claim is that the
protective tariff causes the surplus in the
Treasury. Reduce the surplus or wipe 1t
out and there will be no effort to pass the
Blair bill this year.
THE SURPLUS.
They continually harp on the surplus.
MI. baaywT NIB NttIt,a kfll
they came into 3 Republican administers.
ton. The surplus Is not as much as 1t
ought to be. wish II was greater. APP
plauss1 We have splendid ways OF dis
posing Of II. We need q National navy.
The Democrats will tell you that the Re-
publcSns did not give you navy when
they were in power. Look at the appro.
priation bills passed then and you will
see why. You will zee there provisions
tackled on by Democratic votes, that none
Of this money shall be used to build new
ahips.
Tho need Of sea coast deienses, river
and harbor improvements and Just PEN
sion allowances, was briefly touched; but,
aaid the speaker, there ia better way to
reduce the surplus. Take of all the
tariff receipts on raw material imports and
you only reduce the revenue $15, 000, 900.
Where Is the other sS5 900 900 TO be made ?
Read the President's message and will see.
He proposes to take 1t of manufactured
products. That means take 1t Of labor,
and 1 for one will never cast vote that
could bring about this result. Wild sp.
plauae.1 would rather shove up the
walls OF protection, and give the American
market to the American workingmen.
Cheers.
The change IN tho condition of West
Virginia. the increase Of railroads and
mines and coke ovens and factories, was
to Republican lava aud Rspub.
liCsn policy. Other sections need the
same improvements. Gan they be made
with coal and iron ore on the free list
Do men build railroads for lump They
build them when there is something to
haul over them.
WHAT PROTECTION HAS DONE.