The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-11-14

III Ipl tle lIHpuIllCeUt IHCepLlou ElSeI
, him, heconclu1ed by saying: :"You hay,
gladdencd the heart and frightened thu
footsteps Of m old man, your devoted
friend, In his descent Of the hill OF life
when he has almost reached ita foot
May God bless you all, is his earnes
prayer" FI 's'
ToastmaBter 0uthwaite then intro
duced cx.President Cleveland
Mn. .cLEyELAND'ss SPEECH.
Mr.. Cleveland, after speaking Al
length, psyiag an eloquent tribute &c
Mr.. Thurman, said among other things;
Upon thequestion Of cheapness and
economy, whether 1t relates to individ,
uals or 10 the operations oil the govern.
sment, the Democratic party, tru6 to i.a
creed and its traditions, will unalterably
remain attached 20 our plain and frugal
people. They arc especially entitled to
tho watchfnl care aud protection OF their
government; and when they sro borne
down with burdens greater than they
eau bear, and are madn tho objects OF
acorn by hard taskmasters, We will not
leave their side. As the grra. German
Reformer, insisting upon bis religious
convictions, 10 the presence OF his nc.
cusers exclaimed, ~ eau do naught else.
Here Island. God help me-" 80, how.
ever much others may mock and deride
cheapness and the poor and frugal men
and women oil our land, We will stand
forth in defense Of their simple Ameri.
canism detlan.ly proclaiming, eve can
do naught else. Here we stand"
| Thus when the question is raised
whether our people shall have the neces.
saries OF life at a cheaper rate, We are
not ashamed to confess ourselves Sin
full sympathy with the demand for
cheaper COATS" and we arc not disturbed
by the hint that this seems necessary
to involve n cheaper man or woman
under tho coats"
| 4s PURE DEMAooGY.
Whenthe promoter OF a party measure
which invades every home in the land
with higher prices, declares that "cheap
and nasty so together and this whole
system OF cheap things is badge OF
poverty; for cheap merchandise means
cheap men aud cheap men mean a cheap
country" weindienantly repudiate such
an Interpretation OF American sentiment.
And when another one, high in party
councils, who has become notorious as
the advocate OF a coutrivance to perpet.
uate partisan supremacy by outrageous
interference with the suffrage, announces
that the cry for cheapuesa is un>Ameri.
can )" we scornfully reply that hia speech
does notindicate the slightest conception
OF true Americanism.
/ vii! not refer to other utterances OF
Ike import from similar sourceH. / con.
tent myself with recalling tho most
prominent and significant. The wonder
is that these things were addressed by
Americans to Americans.
What was tho occasion OF theso con.
formations OF cheapness and what had
honest American men and women done,
or what were they likely to do that they
should be threatened with the epithets
| "cheap," NASTY" and "un-Amesican ?"
1t is hard to speak patiently as we
answer these questions. Step by step
a vast number Of our people had been
led on, following blindIy in the path Of
party. They had been filled with hate
and sectional prejudice; they had been
caloled with misrepresentation and falss
promises; they had been corrupted with
money and by appeals to their selfish.
ness. All these things led up to their
final betrayal to satisfy tho demands Of
those who had supplied the fund for
their corruption.
But such reflections have no place in
the Fluctuations OF tonight. This is q
time when faith in our c2untrymen
should be fully re-estab!ished. The
noise OF recent political revolution is
still heard throughout the land; the peo-
pie have just demonstrated that there is
q point beyond which they cannot be
led by blind partisanship, aud that they
are quite competent to examine and cor
rect!y decide political questions concern
| ing their lights end their welfare.
| Gen. Thomas Ewing responded to
"The Democratic party in relation 10
Future Public Economy"
GEN. EwlSo's SPEECH.
| After referring at length to the ausps-
ciousuefs Of the occasion General Ewing
referred to the recent elections as fol.
lows: e'5.
The Democratic party was formed by
and for the people. u believes in their
ability and their divine right to rule. It
is not seeker OF political nostt,lms, but
is not afraid to combat new evils by use
OF legitimate powers OF government
The issues and prejudices which grew
out OF the war have long blinded the
people 10 the inhdelity OF the Repubi.
party to their Intercept. But the awak.
ening has come at last; apA from every
quarter OF the heavens we yet hear the
roverherations OF that thunder which,
oN the 4th Of November, rolled from tho
.. white MoIntains 10 the Sierrua.
It was the rebuks o. the Republican
aur,y for its recklessncas aud tolly: for
/ its Reputation OF 4 quarter of 4 century
: OF promises to reauee tho war tariff; for
, its barbaric rndenegs Ia i:smpliug OH the
rights OF the minority aud tho immem-
orial usages OF tbh House OF Rspresenta-
lives; and for It's alreaay hall executed
design to sgain organize political hell
in tho South. tits the peoples answer
Z, | W MI heeu luEent liaV the AtSPusN-
can party would do the voting, counting
! and returning. 1t is their ausTer to Mr..
Mckinley's denIppiQtion OF the demand
for cheap goods. 1t is their Tehuks Of
tho spoilsmen who buy seals in Gabinet5
and forget that there is God In Israel.
It il tbs ans@er to Mr.. Dlaine's assertion
at South Bend that the people Of the
United States want more protection. He
can now gracefully withdraw his quasi
, support OF the Mckinley act OF the
ground that he misunderstood the
people. - = }.S
. Fellow Democrats! The etnpendoae
, victory we now rtjoice over was .oa
not by our wisdom, but by the reckless
; and uureasoains violence OF our alver.
saries. May NO hold and extend our
, victory by good sense and moderation
!. VI. {. WILSON'S SPEECH.
: Hon. William L. Wilson, OF West yir'
J giuia, in responding to the toast, "rhe
,, House Of Representatives" said:
In tile general structure OF our Federal
1 Government, built by the Union Of soy
!. ereign states, tho people cct through