Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-07


congress" he came more directly TO the
liouor question. and said that as he passed
through Wheeling this morning he saw
more drunkenness in five minutes than he
has seen in Kansas in five years Aftera long
line of liquor statistics, in which he graph
callv pictured the situation in Wheeling, he
wound up by comparing the damnaOle
LIQUOR traffic 10 nothing less than the
bonds of absolute slavery. During ms
speech Mr.. St. John was frequently inter
rupted with applause.
JONES on HIS MUSCLE.
The great gathering focused at half-paslt
two when everybody became part ana
parcel of an enthusiastic ana reVeroer
rting assemblage. Four thousand pairs OF
eyes were pinned on sam Jones and Tour
thousand pairs of ears drank in the out
of the most uaique and well
known figure in the prohibition arena.
Sam Jones seemed particularly IN
his element yesterday, and at tunes
awake his hearers 10 pitch
of interest, and an interest in which there
seemed 20 be slight reboundlng
He began his remarks by saying that he
had been forty-twO years in this world, ana
long enough TO know some things well. !
know from experience that whatever Will
help TO make me a good man, good hus-
band. a good citizen, Just so certain Will
the same things purify and bless and emo
bic the lives of hundreds Of others. we
are all of one brotherhood.
Now don't want YOU 10 get mad at any
thing | NAV say. / say some harsh things
TO be sure, but can't see how people.
CAN FULLY REALIZE
the evil that is about them on all sides, and
then get mad at anything say. II you go
Ip 10 Wheeling and don't get hurt at any
thing You see there, you are an immortal
fool 10 get mad at anything l say. Mr..
Jones then began TO tell Of the various ways
In build up character, and said that the
first stone God lays down for the founda-
ton was faith. a good many people don't
seem TO understand Just what faith is. II
is too metaphysical Faith is that princi-
ple of heart and life that puts man
sQuarelv on the right side of every issue in
this universe.
Now. / know some people who pray for
tho adjustment of saloons. They talk and
they make n great noise. but in their inner
feelings they are really mot in IT. don't
think much of those fellows who sneak
home. get on their knees, and pray TO God
for the adjustment of the saloons. What
the use. God can't knock out the saloons.
They must be voted out. These pusillani-
NOUS rascals, in praying, are begging for
God to do something which they haven
got the heart to do themselves.
Some people say they must stick to their
party anyway. Well, If you
STICK To YOUR PARTY,
You'll 90 to to hell sure. There's that Matt.
0uay. You've heard of him. He's the
head of the Republican party, but heaven
knows where he is going to if he don't re-
pent. | can put both parties IN hell any
morning before breakfast, and | don't have
10 take ANYTHING but the Bible to do II
either lust where both parties
err is laid down in thousand
and one places. Following up the
matter of faith. Mr.. Jones said if you could
have convinced the Southern Democracy
when the war began, that the licking from
the Northerners was a foregone con
clusion. they would have laid down theii
arms in thirty days. But no, they were
flushed with strength, and vigor, and hope
and no army ever went on TO the neld win
greater expectations of success. Ihey hau
faith. We believed then that we were right
and the truth is, you fellows never dld
exactly beat uS-we just wore ourselves
our trying to beat you. But we came
MIGHTY near wiping them off the earth il
the endless pension rolls speak the truth
We disabled them all, anyway. The Con
federate movement was all wrong. The
wrong il occasioned can never be atoncd
for. We see it all now. We learned q
lesson. Whatever happens, or whatever
don't happen, we will never again IRE on
that old flag. Just rs certain as
WE WE'RE WHoNG
ON the question of slavery, just so certain
are we right on the question of prohi 0itlon
AT this meeting ! want TO see prohibition
isis made. and want 10 see YOU stay pro
hibitionists. The trouble Is That as sool
as YOU get away from the meeting some
cranks begin to ridicule you and you droi
right back again. You want to take your
stand so firmly that no arguments OF party
power and no influence OF hell can SNAKE
you. .-.-.,,. !,
said Iftherc is a being on earth | have
nrofound hate for il is an inildel They
never have any brains-they are Just 0it
mouth going round wagging. All you've
,,ot IN do is to mash their mouth and thei
vo,,'ve rot him mashed all over. Ihel
don't live long. They are troubled with
sort of catarrh up in the top of their head
They blow their brains out of their noS'
before thew are thirty years old. lntidel;
don't live long enough to do any harm.
After had acquired faith the next great
,o,,,nonent of character which would ado
Is virtue or bravery. And in this connec
tion MIR. Jones said that although he yoteC
for Fisk for President he mad proiounI
respect for Grover Cleveland. lie was ont
of the bravest. straight MINDED
OPEN HEARTED PRESIDENTS
that eyer occupied the chair Loud ap
nlause which lasted several minutes. HI
has a back bone as big round as that pos
mn there mounting TO one of the large pillar
that supports the pavilion.) 1t was no
Harrison that beat Cleveland l believe i
was the pusillanimous rascals in the Demo
cratic party that beat Cleveland. A
another instance Of backbone there's Ma
hone of Virginia, and after erackinl
the old Joke about his weighing only
40 pounds, - of which was backbone, sal'
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