The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-10-23
A NASlBRLY ARGUMENT
BY Col. C. L. PoOrman at the
Opera House Last Night.
PROTECTION OR FREE TRADE
Is the Issue, the Democratic Party
Stands for the Free Trade side.
. Result OF Low Tariff E:AperI-
mcn,s in the Past.

The Republican meeting ut the Opera
House last evening. addressed by Col.
c. p. Poorman, was attended by an ex-
cellent audience to talk to, and it com.
fortably filed the house in spite Of the
very disagreeable weather, 1t was com
posed for about halfils number Of work.
ipgmen, several of them coming into the
gallery with their working clothes on
and their tin dinner buckets in their
hands. OF the thousand or so people
present, probably fifteen per cent were,
or had been until recently, Democrats,
and all remained aud listened to all Col
Poorman's telling points tor Harrison
and Protection.
Mr.. Frank John:on, OF the County
Committee, called tic meeting TO or
der, and named Mr.. L. Rosenburg ms
Chairman, suggestion which the an
dience ratified with enthusiasm. Mr..
Rosenburg sail ii was not necessary to
introduce Col, Poorman. His rcputa
ton as an orator, thinker and u states
man, was too well established for that
COL. PooFman has received with up
plause. He quoted the Reggter's refer
ence TO him rs the editor Of "a small
boiler.plate paper" and saidif the idea
was to, divert his attention from the
Issues ri the campaign 1t would signaliy
iaii. fCheers1 He congratulated his
hearers that this was campaign ofideal
at least upon the Republican side
That his paper was nota metropolitan
paper and he not n rich man, had moth
ing 10 do with the living issues now be
fore the people. Applause
AFALsE ISSUE.
President Cleveland, the leader il moi
the owner OF the Democratic party, has
made the protective tariff the issue, after
tho Democratic party has for thirty
wears attempted to evade this question
us an Issue,
The President pretends that the ques
ton Is one Of the surplus in the treasury
and unnecessary taxation. In his mes
sage he says there Is surplus OF Sl3C,'
100000 in the treasury, and that II is
increasing at the rate of SllS,OOO,OOO
year. Seven months later in his letter
OF acceptance, he repentB that the sur
plus is $4,000, 600, but he does not say
| It is increasinga ut the rate OF Sil3, 0O0,0OC
year, for in July by his own statement
the surplus Is the same rs in the Decem
Der before. II the surplus ia increasing
and las been for three years, where is
the Sl0O, COO, 600 aud over that should be
there now? II Grover Cleveland tolc
| the truth, what has the Democratic nd
ministration done with the $S00,0O0,OO(
or SO that accumulated in the past three
years?
All the money not needed by the gov
eminent for It's proper expenses, oughl
to be-was by the Republicans anC
ought 10 have been by Grover Cleye
land-applied TO the payment OF the
national debt, and to diminishing tht
interest charges upon the people. That
this has not been done for three years
past, shows that the Democratic admin
istration has been an Epbnslnessllke
administration. Applause
Tho wonderful success OF the Hepub1'
lican financial system was portrayed
and what great things it has accom-
plished without expressing anybody
shown, Bismarck pointed toitas worthy
of the emulation OF the German empire,
OF the $1,000, 100000 debt lett by the
war, not n cent ever went to protest
The bonds were all paid oil, and now
the Democratic administration does not
know what to do, The Republicans
passed law directing that ghsn oil the
bonds subject to call had been called in,
the Secretary OF the Treasury shall ex-
pend any surplus OF revenue In the ur-
chase Of bonds.
BAD BUSINESS METHODS.
II there is any surplus in the treasury
IL is there in defiance OF law. The Pres.
ident saws that law was only an amend
ment to an appropriation bill and there
fore not binding. Yet every cent Of
Grover Clevcland's salary since he has
been in power has been paid on pre-:
cisely the sums kindof law. Applause
BY refusing to buy bonds when they
were to he bought at % cents premium,
the Democratic Administration robbed
the people, Afterwards Cleveland
bought the bonds at 81 29l-an increase
Of 4l per cent-and under the same law Of
'Sl, which he before pronounced illegal.
rCheers. The President said to certain
banks-cetdin banks [Cheersl who had
influence with the Administration, 1--WE
are going to buy some bonds;" and the
bank buys bonds ut 81 q and sells them
to the Government ats 2pI. The Gov
eminent of the United States Ia the
..nnLunL fool thnt nnnr want intn thR