The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-10-30
Unanswered.
HUBBARD'S MASTERLY ARGUMENTS
Met by Glittcring Generalites
from John 0.
Important Points Untouched by
the Latter.
Tho Advocate Of Free Trade
Beaten Badly
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BY The PROTECTION CHAMPION.
Tho Joint Debate ut New MartIns1ille
Results In Signal Victory for tho
Republicans = Democratic So
phlslries Overcome at every
Point-Llyely Episodes.

II does not take moro people than tn
Register counts for thousand at Dem
ocrntic meeting to III the Weizel count,
court house at New Martinsville. Thes,
four hundred were in this room yester
day afternoon long before the hour TO
the joint debate between Hon. w. P
Hubbard and John O. Pendleton 10 be
gin. After that people kept coming in
and men kept carrying in benches unit
tho place was packed like sardine box
After this the brass band that had beer
playing in iron. Of the court house wa,
wedged in between the front Of the
crowd and tho reporters table, where il
made some moro good music.
While this was in progress Mr.. Pen
dleton came in. He was IN his seat on
the platform before his approach was
noticed.
Shortly after Mr.. Hubbard came in
His appearance among the crowd was
the signal for the frat round OF applause
The opposing candidates arranged the
division OF time, after shaking handa. II
was announced that Mr.. Pendleton
would open in speech OF one hour. Mr.
Hubbard would follow in speech of m
hour and twenty minutes, to be followed
in turn by Mr.. Pendleton in thirty
minute speech, Mr.. Hubbard closing in
ten minutes.
The makeup OF the assembly wat
worthy OF study. There were sprink
ling OF prominent people Of the town, q
number Of young ladies', a dozen or more
Wheeling men, as many from Mounds
vile and vicinity, and several from down
the river. OF thess all but one, 80 far as
could be ascertained. were Republicans
and it is notable that 80 many of MIR
Hubbard's and 60 few OF Mr.. Pendleton'f
partlsans from distance were sutfi.
ciently interested to attend.
The main body Of the audience wal
made up Of the solid yoemanry OF Wet
eel county, apparently open to conyic.
tion, and somewhat nearly even in mum.
Der.
SOME OF THOSE PRESENT.
The Ohio county gentlemen who went
down were T. c. MoHat, Charles Reed,
J. NJ. Bellevillc, DR.. ]. Z. Beleville,
John X. List, DR.. T. o. Edwards, ]. R.
Hanen, Capt. J. Z. Hart, Frank Tucker,
Jason Stamp and others.
. From Marshall county there were
Hon. J. S. Gallagher, the lone Demo
crat, and Messrs. B. F. Meighen, Chair.
mGn OF the Republican State Committee
Parsons, Stillwell, Dunchinal, Ham.
mond, McGill, Brooks, Berry, Lowe and
Lu,z, the last named with the Hubbard
Club, eight or ten strong, from Graysville
When the people were packed in rs
closely us ever were people anywhere, 60
that no others could squeeze in and
none could get out, Capt. Robert Nc
Eldowney called the meeting to order.
He requested that in demonstrations
OF approval the crowd would be moder
ate. There was IN applause that was
eeemly and decent, and inspired 6
speaker, and he did not mean to object
to that. But the cat.call and the shril
Whislle he hoped would not prevail.
He introduced Mr.. Pendleton as tht
Democratic nominee for Congress. Thil
was the signal for hearty and long ap'
plsuse.
MR. pENDLETos's SPEECH.
Mr.. Pendleton expire ssed his pleasure
in addressing this large and intelligen
audience. II, hc said, he failed to en-
tertain, he had the consolation that h
would have the cooperation OF the able
the distinguished, the brilliant, the elc
quent nominee Of the Republican party
The responsibility OF parties 10
legislation as it now exists differs fror
tina, in 1888. Then the Democrats ha
the House OF Representatives and th
President, but the Republicans had tn
Senate, aud it stood there like wall i
front Of the Democracy to prevent tn
passage OF any reforma.ory or benefcer
measure. The Republicans must there
lore be held responsible ior the defeat {
those measures. The Democrats ca
only be held responsible for the pur
and economical government they CAV
the country.
In 'SS, on tho contrary, the Republ
cans elected the President and tn
House, unI they already had the Senat,
No honest, upright, conscientious r,
publican will Bay, therefore, that it
unfair to hold his party responsible fc
all the legislation enacted and for a
errors OF omission.
In few days the Republican party
to be ratified and endorsed, or defeated
on account Of what it has done in tt
past two years.
Now, my friends, it will be diflicu
for my brother Hubbard to point out or
measure for the benefit OF the masses
Il the American people, which his pari
has put on the statute books in the pa
two years.
MAKING MILLIoNAIREs.
The Mckinley bill will be named |
him, possibly, as one such measur
My friends, under the Walker tariff biI
up 10 1850, among all the 81 ,000, 900 pc
pie north OF Mason and Di1on's lin
there we're not 800 men worth ov
100000 each. In 1850 the tariff la
was enacted under which, practical
we were living until a few weeks ag
Yet in 1890 the property in the count
had barely doubled since 1860. In :
the wealth was distriblted widely al
prosperity was general. How.is it nov
There are in this country O., 600, 900
people living under one flag; l2.0
miliionaires own over half OF all Il
wealth OF the American people. ThI
4 my friends, is a startling situation. II
j tory shows 1t iB dangerous situation.
Mr.. Pendleton then went into the b
tory OF Rome, drawing q parallel as
the concentration Of wealth with Amt
lea to-day.
when, he said, President Clevelal
wrote his famous message, he found
situation confronting him different fro
that Of any other nation on the glot
All other countries were in debt, a
seeking new sources OF revenue. !,
America the revenues vastly exceed
tho wants Of the government economic
'y administered. The President reco