Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-10-26

party had been promising protection for
the farmer. Yet the farmer was get
ting poorer every year. He hoped he
would not get 90 Doe as poor as Dives,
who was forced 90 beg for drop OF
water % cool his parched tongue.
In his reply, Mr.. llorr alluded 20 the
fact that Mr.. Springer had referred 70
Dives. you might know, continued
the great Michigaudcr. "that Dives was
not a Democrat, for he hOw.ed forwater.
II he had been a Democrat, he would
have yelled for whisky
I'm his return speech Mr.. Springer
said that 10 was entirely Unnecessary 90
inform the audience that Dives was not
a Democrat He rolled In wealth. lie
was d bl0ated bOudhOldcr. His very
name Indicated riches. The last that
was heard of him he was in hell where
no Democrat ever went. Tho truth was
that Dives was hypOcrtical Republic
can. aud seeing so many of his political
faith around him when he was in
trouble be hOwled for water because he
was afraid somebody would ask him 90
treat. and he did not want to offend the
PrOhibitiOniSt>.
Another excellent story concerning
Springer and H0rr comes from Chau-
tauQua county They had joint de-
bate 40 jamestown ON September ..
jamestown is in La'dlaw'S district and
is strongly Republican. There was an
immense crowd of Republicans around
the stand. Mr.. Springer opened the
discussion. ln making his points con-
corning the iuiquity of the Mckinley
tariff lac read extracts from different
books 90 support his views.
When Mr.. llorr arose Co reply me re-
ferrcd to the fact that Mr.. Springer had
been reading from books. He called
him boo6-worm, and >coHcd no the
idea that he could obtain amy correct
information from books. Am the coli
lege professors. hc said We're free trad
ers. Springer was like them. what
We want, continued Mr. lOrr, lis prac-
tical talk by practical men-men who
don't get their information from books,
but who reason the thing out for them
selves from experience. men who can
handle pillow, make am aXe-heive. and
know how Co hang am axe. These are
the men who are capable of giving us
correct Information ou the tariff.
Mr.. Springer, in reply, said that Mr..
Ilorr had talked am hour and half. lie
need not talk about books. No one who
heard him would suspect for q moment
that he had ever looked into one.
"Nou cam readily see," Mr.. Springer
added, "that he has drawn upon his
imagination for his facts. aud upon
stale old almanac for his Wit"
Still another campaign story about
Roswell g. Ilorr came from Elmira.
Horr and William l.. Wilson, of West
Virginia, appeared before am agricul-
tural association there 90 discuss the
tariff Wilson made one of his brilliant
speeches, and apparently deeply im-
pressed the honest farmers. Horn fol-
lowed iu his u>ua. style. lie wore au
old-faShioned. tUrn-down collar and Flap
trousers. To is said that hc had been
handling butternut> SD as Co give his
hands wcathcr-beateu appearance.
lie had not been shaved for six weeks
and he wore cow-hide boots. lie began
by referring to Mr. Wilson as q lawyer
whose SOphiStrieS We're calculated Co de-
ceiye che honest agriculturaliSt rs for
himself. Doe was % plain farmer with uo
prcteuSious tO superior knowledge. He
wanted to tal6 to them from q practical
point of view. Then hc opened his tar
in budget in hOmely strain, Strea6ed
with humor and cmbciIished with good