The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-08
MILLS AND ST. JOHN
spenG to Small Crowds mt tho Mounds,
ylllo Assembly iini,

10 Dr. Hattie i. Jones' instructions
hygiene, ETC., Monday morning, but
F, was M attentive one. Mrs. @. Ii. Bin
r presided, and Mrs. Jcnn.o McClurk,
assisted In the arrangements, and MI
Stella Martin. Of Moundsylllc, furnish,
~ the music for the drills. The Doc,,
used illustrated charts on the subject
digestion. The drill in calisthenics of
volunteer cluss OF about twenty ladil
and young girls was n very iniprastiy
performance. and elected much M
;. piause, especially the run" about III
platform, single file, to the tune Of
I. lively mir.
o The choir then aang selection. ,lu,;,
!. which tho orator OF thn mo,D;n" Waj,.,
Thomas Mills, Of Chicago, came on tl,,
stase. lie was recognized by mpi,ri,,
OF me audience aud chearcd, III,
u opening prayer was by Rev. f, N
u Lynch, alter which the ouar,cttp son,
! Hear Them Bells" Prof. Hawk. i
j response to many rcquests, again re-
cited "Mr. Grnmblo aud Mr.. Chcerful
Ihe performance met with an entLus
iastlc reception. Chairman Cankadou
; then introduced Mr.. Mills, sppakiuv n,
MIN as an original pack ge OF Prohihi
t'oh. Mills rs small man, but ho is q
tnstler, aud is MS big rs anybody men.
tally. lie was not long In ccnyinrinp
his audience on this point, Ills man.
n!er Is well calculated to hold tho a,tuu.
lion OF mn audience II the matter OF his
speech did not merit it, but in this cast
" did merit It. Twas something new
and refreshing and the change was
welcomed by all. So many OF the
speakers keep iu the same old rut,
grinding out NV
TIE SAME OLD SENTENCES '".
that tn public tiros oiit. The onarte,ta
doesn't sing old songs that have been
murdered by every street urchin for
yearu, and lift did It wouldn't be M M drv ~,
as me OLD speeches, for the music would
Mills cuts right through. There ia no
pausing to think something to say or
10 IND out where he is. lie alTnys
knows. He said there are two churches
IN the world-oue OF workers, the other
OF shirkers. The former includes the
memhe1s OF all denominations who are
aggressive in right doing aud alwIys in.
dustrlous in pressing and pushing IN.
Claims Of religion; the other consists of
.he members who say, "Oh, that is none
Oh our business. We must no. mel,lle
WIN other people1 affairs" uo said he
nau only one point to present, and
that was that the church mrst sustajn
an an attitude OF unrelentius opposition 10
all influences that produce evil. Il
has always been the church that
guided and pushed through prpnt
reforms and changes for the good Of b,,.
manity: The anti.slaverv movement
winch finally resulted in driving slavery
from from America, was the work Of the
church. lie cited the fact tha. auti.slav.
cry meetings were held in churches and
Eu'aed by ministers. lie also smoke of
Tue influence and work OF the churches
ana ministry in revolutionary times
and said in conclusion tha. thar, was
no>reeson why the preachers should
keep out OF the Prohibition movenent
and that they were not going TO keen
out. After singing, the audicnce p was
dismissed. VEG
FREE TRADE CuEsrSuTs. .rt
IN the afternoon, after music md
prayer, the chairman introduced Mr.. 81
John, who proceeded to make his sneerh
or, IN other words. to tell what he knew
ABOUT the tariff. II he had quit when
ne toid al ne seems to know about it, it
would not have taken him long, He
pItesan ny confesslng himself hypoc1ite
ne sald ne used to be for high protect.
I'VE tariff, just because his party was
that way and not because ha beiieved
tiiat way; yet he Stamped the State Of
Kansas in favor OF protection when he
didn't believe in it himself. A gentle.
man said to the reporter: "Wcll. If that
is the kind Of man he is, VIC don't krow
II !It ne Is IN favor Of prohibition or not"
Inc arguments were the same old re-
nash that every one got tired of last
campaign, when it was thoroughly dis
cussed before tho people and by them
turned down at the pollr, :. 80
lie finally got clear OF the tariff ones.
ton and talked about the price OF Penn.
syivania anthracite in Kansas. prpsn,n.
ably, every poor man in Kansas burna
hard coal, for St. John Is tho poor mans
advocate. rt I,1,s''t W - '''''' ''l''A .
Everybody is wondering why ST.
John was brought all the way from Kan.
sas to make afree trade speech q. n meet.
ing in favor OF the prohibition OF the
liquor traffic. 'dT1 -, y ''e
Closing, he said: "To omorrow l will
review the present Republican admins.
tralion and its relation to the temner.
anee question:" and that he vii! twist
the Democrats in, too -,''"
Alter a song by the Quartette and n
recitation by Professor Hawk tho ond;.
eEce was dismissed, '--N'
..4 NOTES.
Albert Griffin, the anti.saloonist. has
arrived. LIE and Mills will debate on
the desirability OF prohibition party
to-day. :. a570 -.
Enough Democrats were in the
audience yesterday to applaudSt. Johns
free trade fallacies. -. :, :
st. John said the tariff OH sugar ia two
cents u pound and the poor man pays Il
oh SseiJ pouAu VI huEAE nc buys. The
tariff on potatoes il fifteen cents n
bushel, and they aro selling out west
Tor twelve cents n bushel. lie didn't
say who pays that. 'g.T''I7
As soon as the afternoon session
closed the W. G. T. U. held a meeting
and the Prohibition leaders also held n
conference to which all friends OF The
cause were invited. State Chairman
Johuson called the meeting to order
and Rev. F. n. Lynch was elected
Chairman. and Mr.. Taylor, OF the (luesi,
Secretary. The question US to what
should be done in regard TO making
nominations for the various offices to be
flled next fall was discussed. It was
evident that the majority were in favor
OF nominating a full straight ticket from
the stump up. Committecs were an.
pointed to report on lines OF action. and
the conference adjourned to meet ngain
after the evening session. .l'rlF 57
At tho night session the Oua1tette fur
nished several choice songs and Prof,
Hawk gave one OF his inimitable i'm
personations, after which Edward Cars.
I Il 1