The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-10-25
was olsuch population. Then there was

WHEEL
was oisuch population. Then there wa
! protective tariff. 1t was increase,
since then. Look Mt your town, the
say. You have had this protective tarii
: all this while. Look how your town ha
, prosperGd and increased In population
, should like to know what the proleC
! tive tariff has got TO do with the increas
In population. Loud lAuehter.l | d
not propose to follow up that argu, lent
, hut you can take nlmo5. any other thinI
and prove tho same way. The churche
, might claim the credit. therefore sub
nit 10 your candid Judgment that thi
argument which you have heard iu .lt
past, and which you will hear man,
times this campaign, Is not ut all found et
upon any substantial foundation.
Look ut this question In another di
rec.ioH. There are In nearly every Statt
more paupers than there wero thirt,
years ago. There are more millionNires
and most OF them made millionaires foi
the most part by protection. [0heers.
There are more mortgngcb on the farms
more lunatics in the asylums-thougt
not all the lunatics are in the asylums
some OF them are OH the etump making
speeches in favor OF protection. [Great
laughter
WHAT MAKES WAGES HIGHER.
seY 10 you that the higher wsges In
this country arc not due to tho effects oil
protective tariff, but TO other and
different causes. In tho first place, the
American workmen are better wo.kmen
than those In other countries. They are
more intelligent, more thorough, and
perform better labor. They owi. their
own homes, they take part In our gov
ernment, and this makes tham better
citizenu, better men, better workmen.
Applause. Let lis give tao credit not
10 the tarill lava, but to the free insti.u.
lions OF our country. [Cheers.
You know that it is not to any polili.
cal party, but to your own labor organ.
izations, that it is due that your wages
arc maintained. tGreat appiause.l And
you know that in nine cases out OF ten
those labor organizations have been
maintained against the efforts OF the
very men who cln,nor for higher pro.
lection. [Chcers
Prices have increased in many in
stances since the passage OF the AlcKln-
ley bill, but where ia one instance in
which wages have gone up? | asked
that question the other day and was
answered, "ln New jersey" l denied
1t, and then | lookedit it up. l found in
one case, ut Bordentown, there had been
an "increase"-duo to q strike, and the
Increase only put wages back to where
they were before the strike. There has
been no other increaae. ! wonder that
they do not take their campaign fund
and pay some manufacturer 10 increase
wages. [Lsughter1
RECIPROCITY.
Blaine has a new theory-he calls it
reciprocity. He secs he cannot win on
any other issue. In'Maine he said: The
time has come lin uly judgment, when
we want wider markets. Why, bless
You, every Democratic orator has been
saying that for several years. Zap.
plause.
Mr. Blaine proposed absolute free
trade with South America. The
Aldridge amendment gives the Presi.
dent authority to levy duty on any pro.
Duct coming from country which
levles one on our goods. That is urcon-
stitulional. Congress must levy duties;
it cannot sublet that duty. have no
doubt ii it should go to court it would be
declared invalid. But it does not 90
into effect till 1892. 1t il a dangerous
power 10 give any man.
uo referred to the contested seats in
the late Congress, and eaid this district
suffered. The man you rightfully elect
ed was turned out. [Grsat cheering !
He had thirty majority or SO, aud they
said it was too little. Another man had
13.GOO, and they said it was too large.
II was the most partisan Congress that
ever sst, and presided over by man
they call hero. 1t does not take q hero
to refuse q minority its rights when
baekeI By majority. An afrant COW.
ard can do that and do it well. He re-
fused 10 recognized Democrats for orGin-
ary parliamentary motions, and refused
them every courtesy.
He compared Reed and Carlisle, euIo.
gizing the latter, and calling Reed
petty despot. lie went into tho Election
bill, aud said it was long stride in the
direction OF Capitalization. He wound
up with another llatteriug reference to
West Virginia, and took his seat amid
another tremendous burst OF applause,
OTHER SPEAKERS.
Senator keuna was called out and re.
ceivcd with vociferoua cheers. He spoke
but briefly, referring to his recent aick-
nesss, A reference TO pendleton pro.
voked enthusiasm.
Governor Fleming also spoke briefly,
referring to Johnny o." and to the al.
legged colonization scheme. =
Senator Grady was called for, and
finally arose and gracefully declined 10
talk, saying he was to speak there to-
night.
Very few people had left, and few
wanted to now, but Judge Jacob dis
missed the audience with IN admo.
milton to come back tonight and hear
Grady and Pendleton.