The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-07-28
THE MOST POPULAR DEMOCRAT
In NIL Hancock County Dcnoanees Cleve-
land and Free Trade.

land and Free Trade.
Mayor Samuel Murray, Of New Cum
berland, by all odds the most popular
Democrat in Hancock county, has sew
cred his connection with the party o.
Free Trade. Mr.. Murray is a working
man, clay miner. So highly respected
is he in his own town that he has been
twice elected Mayor, the first time beat,
ing Republican candidate, and the
second time having no opposition.
In an interview on Thursday evening
Mayor Murray said: u am entirely OPP
posed to Free Trade, or an approach to
it. have been n Democrat all my life,
but when l see Northern industries
threatened by sectional element in the
Democratic party, must, as an honest
thinker, denounCe it. When see our
own industries OF this county OF Han.
cock threatened must further denounCe
it, MS it strikes nearer home, brick being
placed upon the free list by the Mills bill.
"Well can reCollect just such an is.
sue us the Administration has compelled
the party to adopt. | am n native OF
Scotland, and lived there when all her
interests were prosperous under q
system OF protection, when men enjoyed
the fruits OF well-paid service to their
employers, when they were like the PEG
pie Of our own town here, now, living in
houses OF their own, and happiness and
plenty their lot. Then came this Free
Trade doctrine OF Gladstone, Bright,
Golden and others, which deserved the
fate the present bill will surely see.
"But the doctrine prevailed. Why,
l know OF one town, Lancaster, that
was completely ruined by the effects Of
Free Trade. Where men had been well
paid before, their work was taken from
them and they were glad to do any
thing, even working for the mere pit
lance of i2l cents per day. That's Free
Trade for you, ! left the country Of
that persuasion and don't propose to
help this country to the same kind Of
medicine. The way u man thinks, he
should vote, and an American citizen,
native or adopted, should cling to the
principle none can gainsay, America for
Americans
"Why should ! regard former party
affiliations when see that same party
aiming death-blow Mt the future pros
perity OF me and mine, and not only
that, but OF the whole country. Men
should take broader view than merely
his own or family's interests. One fam
lily depends on another in this great fam
ily OF States, and for that reason the
American people should rise in their
might, and when November comes,
crush this unpRtri0tic doctrine with the
weight OF American ballots.
II see by the papers that the agent Of
firm used to work for in Scotland, is
in New York now, negotiating for the
sale OF iron, provided the Mills bill goes
through. They employ, or did, about
5000 men, and keep thousands upon
thousands Of tons Of pig iron on hands
all the time; but ii the Democracy sue
coed in carrying out their intentions,
they would be behind in their orders
two years hence. They have two pay
rolls, 1000 men this week, say, and
1000 next week. And their pay roll
each week amounts TO $1,000. Compare
that pay with the pay OF the same num-
Der OF men in America.
GLOW can man know these things
and then vote with party whose policy
tavors European pauperism?
"There are other reasons why | de-
nounce the Democratic party, but those
that l have given are MI that are neces-
sarv, And all men who have the well
fare OF themselves and country at heart
should think seriously before they ex.
ercise the grandest privilege exercised