The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-10-02
TIE EIGHTH WARD MEETING,
4. Reception to nlr. Hubbard ami otl'cr lie
publican Candidates last Night.

\ Reception to Mr. Hubbard AMI otllcr lie.
publican Candidates last Night
The Richie district Republicans did
themselves proud last night, honoIiug
William =. Hubbard and the Republican
candidates ON the county ticket. No less
than two hundred members Of the party
from that section gathered al kuoke's
hall on Jacob street before 5 o'clock and
a little after that hour all the candidates
except Mr.. Whitaker, who sent q very
cordial and enthusiastic letter OF regret,
were In the hall.
Mr.. Frank Rinehart, President OF the
Richie District Club, called tho meeting
to order, after Mr.. Hubbard had shaken
the hand OF every man present and In.
troduced,
aR. WILLIAM H.. iiEARsf,
candidate for the House OF Delegates.
lie Eaid: ~ am not prepared to make
speech tonight, and besides, | was Ia.
formed that this was only a taut.shak.
ing meeting, but | will make the best
break | can. will mako that break on
just this line:
"Iu dealing with political matters I do
not believe In dealing with people aud
personalities. Leave people and per-
s>nRl matters out OF the question en-.
tirefy, and look at principles.
"While II 10 desirable 10 be represented
in Congress- aud ii National affairs by
m able man, by a man whose personality
Is a credit to to the district he represents,
it Is still more important that he shall
be the embodiment Of those everlasting
principles upon which good government
has its foundation. | do not mean to
intimate that our candidate Is not the
kind ct q mat In Gil respects, which !
have described. In this case We have
no APOLOGIES to offer, no invidious con.
parisons to make. Concerning Mr..
Hubbard and the gentleman who has
been nominated to oppose him, they
have both lived and been reared in
your midat, and they stand In the open
light OF their acts before you"
Mr.. llearne then devoted n short time
to the discussion OF protection rs an
issue, and after making the necessities
OF The case clear said: "Do you want TO
risk the possibility Of taking a step back.
ward? Do you wish to take The risk OF
undo:ng all the things which twenty-five
years OF sale Republican protective
policy have gained? That is tho ques.
ton which coafronts the Yo,ets at this
time"
After closing Il good honest tariff
speech Mr.. HGaine called attention to
how these forces have built rpand made
prosperous the counties OF Mercer and
Mcdowell, and Mt tho same time made
them Republican.
Chairman Rinebart then called for
"oUE NEXr CONGRESSMAN,
Hon. William 2. Hubbard"
Mr.. Hubbard rose from 4 very modest
scat he had occupied on the corner OF
the platform, and stepping toward the
middle OF the floor, said:
MIR. Chairman, you have called for
the next Congressman, and I think |
anEwer that description. There have
been several things seccutiy to prove
this to my Satisfaction. First, Tom Reed
was reelected BY q doubled majority.
Second, the passage OF the Mckinley
tariff bill. Third, but not least, the cx.
istence Of such splendid organizations
throughout the State as tho one | now
have the honor to address, the Richie
District Republican Club.
81 expected, when | first consented
to become a candidate, that | would,
during the campaign, find out some
thing about myself. In even the very
short time that has elapsed I am told
that | am C rank demaeogRe; that l am
densely ignorant OF the provisions of the
Mckinley bill, and that my ignorance
is only equa!!ed in densily by that OF
th0sa 10 whom | speak. Lam informed,
further, that the Congressional Commit
tee has ! scheme Oh foot 10 send me out
into the interior 10 learn n few things
OF which it has been said ! an so densely
ignorant, from Mr.. Peudleton. The
matter has not been finally arranged,
but l will ba ready to 20 as o as ]
I'm sent ior."
Mr.. Hubbard then told OF 4 bill he in
iroduced and fought through the lower
house OF the Legislature, doing away
with tho manufacture Of cigars in the
penitentiary or by
CONVICT LABOR,
and how hat bill Lad by an almost
solidiy Democratic Senate, been laid on
the table. He then called attention to
the advantages this bill has gained for
the c~igarnakesS OF Wheeling, and com.
pared those benefits to those to be de-
rived generally by the shutting out OF
pauper labor competition as provided in
the Mckinley bill, and especially to that
clause i'll the bill which provides that
under no circumstances, duty or no duty,
shah any article manufactured By con.
victs be imported into the United States.
Those opposed to the Mckinley bill
tell me that sir. Blaine has written a
letter in which he says 1t does not open
a port for q barrel OF pork or a bushel
OF grain, and that for that reason I am
displaying ignorance when ! said that
the Mckinley bill contains more ele-
ments OF prosperity for the city OF
Wheeling than any measure ever ore.
scented in Congress. Do the people OF
Wheeling raise much wheat for export?
Do you see many wheat.iields about the
city? can remember OF seeing wheat
growing in Wheeling; it was up in
Csldwell's field, but that wGs in low
tariff times; wheat don't grow in streets
OF cities except in low tariff times, and
these wheat-ields have since, by
THE FOSTERING CARE or RErupLIcAYIsx,
been turned into sitea Tor busy manu-.
factories, and are covered with the
homes OF a prosperous population which
earns it's living in those plants. Do you
know Of any one in Wheeling who Is
pork for export or for his own
use? II any pork is raised it is probably
done on the sly.
"Rut ! am going into the agricultural
districts to Tell them why they should |
have q protective tariff. leave to.mor-
row for BraSton county, the very heart
OF the agricultural district OF the State,
md I will not tell them a story different
from the one ! tell here. Protection is
q good thing for all classes, and a man
who talks protection logically, does not
need different speeches for different sec.
Hn %
He cautioned the voters not 10 be
over.contident Of victory, and to remem.
Der that active work is needed, and said
a number OF Kind things about the
county ticket and closed thus;
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