Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-15

telling effect. Throughout the course o
bis sFesch the applause was 6eafening
His remarks sbout the Senate tariff bill
csusei the widest spplause, and his sar
casm on Blaine caused the audience to shout
itself fhcarse. Another scene of great en-
thusiasm was created when he referred tt
the argumentof Mr.. Golf that the Alstral
ian shepherds only received eight cents pei
dsy for their labor, and then read from the
reports of the consuls of that country tC
President Arthur's Secretary OF State thai
Australian shspherds received for theii
wages 1896 and $500 and ratiOns. This
was
ALMOST A DEATH BLOW TO GoFF,
which msde the sudiencs scream with de-
light. But by tar the greatest scene of the
day was when IN reply to Gof's stateme ut
that wheat, cattle and horses brought a
better prics now than they did be bttween
1850 and 1860; that wheat only sold at 81
ceuts per bushel, cattle $lS per head snd
horses SIS. Mr.. Wilson produced the
record OF public sale that bad taken
place in 1856, when wheat sold at $l.S4
per bushel, cattle from $50 to $50 and
horses $3.50. When this was heard the
audience arose en- masss and scene Of
widest confusion prevailed. Hats, canes
and umbrellas were waved in the air, and
the frantic
DEMOCRATS ALMOST RUGGED EACH
OTHER
in deligGt. Mr.. Wilson had again beck
oned for silence, but at his first word the
cheering broke out efresh and hs could
do nothing until the people had satisfied
themselves with their cheer. This was
bow from which Gen. GCffnsver recovered,
snd although in his reply the people yelled
for him to talk tariff" chow about that
wheat, ;" etc, be could not be persuaded
to touch upon thst subject. Mr.. Gcff made
no attempt to argue on the tariff in any OF
his speeches, but made many bold as
ssrtions with nothing to back them up,
and even these assertions Mr.. Wilson took
I'D ore By one end turnGd them upon Gcff.
There is . general feeling OF ditagpoint-
h1ent prevailing here over Gcff speech.
ID was expected that he would at least at
ten pt an argument, but he did not even
do this, but made an ordinary stump
speech in which the name Of Mr.. GOff
figured more prominently than anything
else.
he SAW THAT HE WAS BEATEN
and ne made this kind of speech in Or
der to gain the applause, which otherwise
would not have been fGrthccming. The
Republican club had things arranged
very nicely for him. They had small
soasds of their members posted in differ
ent PARTS OF tAe building in order to make
the cheering sound as If it came from all
parts of the house, but the eff;ct OF 1t
was that it sounded very scattering. One
yery amusing scene was caused by sn old
co!ored map, who, when Mr. Golf made
the statement about the WHEAT, cattle and
horses, referred to above. arose and wanted
to reply, but was pulled down by tine men
beside him. He said be knew taat wasn't
true aud he wanted to get right
no and tell him s0- Wren Mr.
Wilson made his reply the old fellow look
ed as if he would have fit. He said al
terwaId that the prices then we're even
higher than Mr.. Wilson clsime1, and
luotsd dates aud figures to back tSe as
sertion. The effect of the discussion hiss
been TO immeasursbly strengthen Mr.. Will
son in this county, Tor the people now
know him as he is-a giant among his tei-
lows. Bat, alas! poor Gof!