The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-10-08
Debate.
HUBBARD AND PENDLETOE MEET
Ata Democratic Stronghold and
Argue tho Leading Issues.
HUBBARD'S DlGNlRIED SPEECH
In Marked Contrast to Pcndle.
toms Rant and DemagOgy.
John o. Falls to Answer Pertinent
Questions Putt Him by tho Rcpul,-
llcAn Cauaidate-Some Demo.
crats Treat Mr.. Hubbard
Very ImpOlitely.

Very Impolitely.
Special Dtpa,rh 10 thc lniel'LGenesr.
BuRNsviLIr, W. VA, Oct. Tho FIRST,
and probably the only joint discussion
OF tho Congressional canvass for the
First district took place here to-day
between the Hon. W. T. Hubbard and
John o. Pendleton, the rival candidates.
Rurues' mill, the building in which the
meeting took place, is capable OF hold.
ing about 100 people and 1t was crowded
to its utmost capacity, large number OF
ladies' being in the audience. The
allotment OF timo was US follows:
From to 3, Mr.. Hubbard; from 3 to
400, Mr.. Pendleton; from .i:20 to I:5O
Mr.. Hubbard and from 1850 10 5 p. IN.
Mr.. Pcndleton.
TIE BALL OPENS.
Atprecisely2 o'clock Mr.. Hubbard
opened the debate by thanking the
audience for coming to hear the discus.
sion, saying that he came down to get
acquainted with them for one thing and
for another to find out from Mr.. Pendle.
ton what particular claim he had to be
the next Congressman from this district
and he hoped before the discussion was
over TO accomplish all he came for. He
then began explaining the Republican
and Democratic ideas OF the tariff,
which he said was one OF the leading
questions OF the campaign. The Repub-
llcan idea, he asserted, was protection
OF tho producer, while the Democratic |
idea was wholly for tho protection Of
the consumer. He referred to tho idea |
OF farmer owing money. What he pro.
duced under the Republican theory, if |
he were protected, would enable him to
pay oT his debts, while if the Democrats
had their way, the decrease in the price
OF the product, while it would not lessen
the debt, lessened the product, 80 that
eventually the farmer was driven to the
wall.
THE TARIFF NOT TAX.
Heridiculed the idea Of the tariff being
tax and said that good Democrats be.
lieved it to be SO, and that if Pendlcton
did not believe it to he so he was not, in
his opinion, a good Democrat, although
he might not be competent judge Of
what n good Democrat YVES. He en-
phatically denied that twas tax, and
said it only could prove so when it
affected something that We did not pro-
duce in this country. He challenged
Pendleton 10 name one article produced
in this country, the price OF which had
been increased by the tariff. He cited
many instances to prove his position.
He produced copy OF the Register OF
lSSS and read IN editorial in it in regard
TO Randall (Democrat), who he claimed,
was prottctionist OF the most ultra
kind.
AN INTERRUPTION.
Pendleton here interrupted by saying
he was not responsible. for the incon-
sistences OF the Register. Mr.. Hubbard
hit Pendleton severely on the "Twe"
fraud, and asked il alter that the
United States should not have some.
thing to say as to whether the members
Of Congress were legally elected or not.
A Democratic Governor claimed that he
had no right to 90 back OF the returns,
and Mr.. Hubbard asked il there should
10, be some one who had that right.
He quoted tho Moundsville platform,
and when he was ut a loss for tho exact
wording OF q certain phrase, called on
Peudleton for it. Mr.. Pcndleton said
that he did not recall it. He then ac-
cused Pendleton Of being candidate on
platform that he could not remember.
Here he was interrupted by some one
in the audience, saying: John O.,
we've got you"
Mr.. Hubbard-Yes, and I've got him,
too.
ATKINSON WAS ELECTED.
pcndleton claimed that he should be
put back for the reason that his friends
wanted him there and because he was
elected in 1855 and did not get there.
Mr.. Hubbard denied the reasons and
said when tho Democratic clerks and
judgca counted the vote Atkinson had
sixty.fve majority. Considering TINT
the returns were made by Democrats,
Pendleton could not have been elected.
II 80, he was counted out by his own
Judges and clerks.
pESDLEIoN SPEARS. -.
Mr.. Hubbard's hour was not up and
he gave way to Pendleton, who started
in like quarter horse, with q rush and
ahurrah. lie said n week ago the IL.
rELMGEScEE challenged him to meet
w. P. Hubbard and said: "Imagine
Pendleton meeting Hubbard! What q
slaughter thero will bew Ho scornet
the idea OF MIR. Hubbard worsting hin
in debate and then proceeded 10 air his
ideas on the tariff. He said that Hub
bard had shown how the tariff benefited
the people OF Wheeling, but did not say
how it benefited the people OF Braxton
He said that $50 millionaires had beer
made in Pittsburgh in tho last twenty
years.
Hubbard asked him what product o
Pittsburgh has the Mckinley bill in
creased.
Mr. Pendleton-"I won't SO into de
tails." t.f !.
Ile twittcd Hubbard on voting 70
Greeley in 1872. The audience was in
tensely Democratic, and Us Pendletol
slapped his pants and jumped aroun'
he was greatly applauded. .
CHEAP DEMAGoGN.
Flo said that Hubbard believed in tax
alton from tho cradle to the grave, ant
that when bis hearers went to HEAVIER
they would find Hubbard at the gat
trying to tax their souls. He continued
in this strain for some time, whcl
be started in on the Lodge bill
which he characterized as the creates
outrage ever perpetrated upon the Amer
lean people. Ha claimed Of the MIN,
Judges Of tho United States Suprem
Court eight were Republicans and inca
pable OF giving a non.parlisan decision
in any political case. He said that tn
two Circuit judges appointed under tn
Lodge bill would be intensely partisan
and that they would have as tho thir
member ring.boned, spavened, broker
down Democrat picked out by Reput