Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-07-26

Free whisky and Doodle the Republican
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indianapolis Sentinel.
To Hon. Estee and the Commit
tee:
GENTLEMEN-My breast swells with
pride to know that have been chosen to
carry the banner of the e o. p. and reform
the broken lines made in it by Grover
Cleveland in 1884.
/ beg to say-ss grandpa said in 1870
that am fully sensible Of the high honor
conferred upon me. In accepting the NOM
nation, before l discuss the Issues made, i
feel il my duty to publicly express my
gratitude to the gentlemen who formed the
admirable combination in the convention
to defeat the upstart and pretender who
sought the nomination a. the friend of the
labOrer.
The similarity of grsndpa's campaign in
1910 and that Of mine in 1888, will be very
striking.
In 1910 hard cider was the motto. In
1888. tree whisky. Now, like then, the
barrel will be the device on our shields.
NV barrel will stimulate the brain and
Morton's the BODY. As ] have said In
nearly all my speeches, II do not intend
10 diseases the tariff at this time, though
will ask the question Of the country:
How can the poor GlRborer pay such enor-
nous prices for the necessities OF this life
when whisky is 10 cents drink? There
are good many things l admire. Some
admire more than others-but now am
(oreibly reminded, how deserving are the
laborers of our land, and how much they
are in need of your admiration and mine
too. The high elevation to which ] have
been raised permits me for the first time
to give publicity to my views on this sub
ject.
Likewise on the subjest Of foreign CON
tract labor, i hasten to give my unqualified
approval TO it's rigid restriction,
If could have conceived that the z, o.
0. would have selected me as their stand
ard bearer in 1883, would have taken
this unqualified stand for home labor and
voted against Chinese immigration. The
moral plank in the platform is in keeping
with my ideas; sobriety, temperance and
good morals are necessary for the stability
Of any government.
l would deal more at length with this
subject, and say q word to the friends sf
temperance, but my letter must necessarily
be brief on account Of my hand being
weary with shaking it with the visiting
patriots who were so Outrageously turned
out OF Office four years ago by the rebels.
/ cannot refrain from saying ] am in ia
yor Of civil service reform. =
No man should be allowed TO hold an
office of profit unless he was friend Of
the Government when our party was run
ming it.
anu in favor Of tree ballot and fail
count. The colOrsd mans vote in the
Southern States should be counted Rspuo'
lican.
Our party made him free man. He hs:
no moral right to cast il for any other per
son than the nominee of our party; there
fore | most emphatically declare that th'
abolishment of the returning board system
was blow at the vital parts Of the govern
ment, as conceived by the eminent leader
OF our party.
Inasmuch as am your standard-bearer
must say, and say ID with as much EN-
phasis as ] can, that ON opposed to al
trusts-I do not mean public office-but
DO mean those wicked combinations tina
threaten our freedom and oppress labor.
Gentlemen of the convention, you hsv.
done your work we'll. fou have denomi
mated the mugwump deserters. A NOR
apt term could not have been chosen d
keep them out Of our party, thereby in
suring to purity good counsel and morals
In eoncl asion, I congratulate the part.
on its high aim, and sincerely hope tn
tidal wave will return US TO the place
from whence we were swept by IL in 1884
Sincerely hoping that grandpa's spirit vii
be with us in the coming conflict, an
yours magnetically,