Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-10-18
CANE OFF AT LAST
c,NDIDATB HEARNE SERESADED Bf HiS
REPUBLICAN FRIENDS,
Who COntrac! Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis anc
Rheumatism While Listening to Desul-
tory Talks on the Tariff.

Mr.. w. II. Hearne, of the Seventh
ward. was surprised" with a serenade'
last evening. after the manner OF the
SUNRISE rendered that immortal crea
ton of Artemus Ward, the Editor oil th'
R,oJe Horn of Freedom The Editor
paid the band $40 to play two tunes
while he took two weeks time to get uI
his impromptu speech. Mr.. Hearh'
had longer than that in which to get VI
his speech, but whether the four tunes
PLAYED by the band last night, cost II
the same proportion as the music men
toned in A. Wards little dissertation
upon practical politics, deponent saith
not, for he doesn't know.
About two hundred Republicans
forty of them colored, assembled al th'
Mcclure House about eight O'Clock, tht
result of two weeks Ct preparation, ahu
the expenditure of a tidy sum oil money
and preceded by the Opera House band
and surrounding half dozen carriages
conveying such party leaders and can
didates as as Mr.. Hubbard, Mr.. u. ~
Maxwell, Richard Robertson, OF inc
NelrS. Hugh l.. LoOs, j. c. Brady, capt.
Thomas Prince, George Wise, George
Robinson, j. M. Bellevlllc, Capt. Ii. b.
Dovener, and others, they marched 10
the Island. For the hour previous To
the arrival of tho ''procession,' the 10
gan Club of the Island, or rather the
leaders of that organization, had been
making tremendous effort to get out
squad of men. Several gentle
men went around through
the little crowd, making per-
sonal appeals to the Republicans on the
sidewalk TO ''fall in line" and go over
to the east end OF the bridge to meet
the "procession," but these being fruit
less, the banner OF the club was sent
for, in the hope that it would arouse
some little enthusiasm. This last eiiort
failed like the others, and the squad on
the corner of South Front street
settled down to await the arrival OF the
surprise party.
Finally. about half-past eight, a
crowd of perhaps three hundred, OF
which one-half was made up OF ladies
and children, assembled in the grounds
attached to Mr.. Hearne's residence,
climbed up on his porch, trod down the
flowers and shrubbery, and otherwise
did their best TO surprise" the gentle
man called upon.
The meeting was called to order by
DIR. Cadde, who suggested Mr.. Hugo
LooS as Chairman, while Peanut Scott,
in the audience, called "Chestnuts.
Scott was suppressed, and Mr.. Loos said
the gathering was to serenade "a gen
tleman and an honorable man, who
would represent Ohio county next win
ter" This did not sound lust right, in
view that Mr.. Maxwell and the other
Republican candidates were sort o
thrown into the background, and Mr..
Loos FASTENED TO add that "he will not
be the only one-therc will be three
Others" He did not thereby succeed in
lettering the matter much, but made
no further oratorical effort, and gave
way to Mr. Hearne. whom he intro
duced.
Mr. Hcarne was naturally surprised
10 Stt SUCH NIONh u itAAiS Ai' ~" -
into mud. and in the embarrassment OF
the moment he cloquently attributed
the meeting to something else that de-
sire to advocate Republican principles,
saving lie couldn't imagine that an
outponring like this would come here to
hear me speak on our political prin-
cipleS." This was unfortunate, but
Mr.. Hearne didn't seem TO mind ii, and
clinched the proposition by saying the
gathering must ''mean friendship
sterling friendshiy-and nothing else.
Abiding to his own apostacy, he adj
vised his Democratic friends to repent
likewise, something which seemed too
funny to Il colorcd brother that he went
into fit of hilarious laughter which
nearly broke the meeting up. lie
announced that he did not intend to
discuss the tariff, but lie nevertheless
did 90 into that matter, long enough to
give it as his opinion that "a tariff for
revenue" would "be the death OF our
steel plants, pOttcries, etc. Such 4
policy in Mr.. Hcarne'S opinion, could
not commend itself TO intelligent ana
thoughtful men, From this point.
MI. I1tdTllt ihiO a NNA'i'N -
Mr.. Blane's celebrated remark con
corning the Mckinley bill. that it would
not furnish a market for another barrel
of flour or buShel OF wheat, and under
took to say what Mr.. Blaine meant.
This explanation doubtless made Mr..
Blaine's ears Jingle. He assured his
audience that the Mckinley bill would
reduce the duties paid by the people TO
the amount of SG5, 900, 900 Il year, ard add
ed that sin the face of that fact, for bust
ness men to say that prices will go up Is
Grant nonsense. One or two things
may 20 up, for while. One is tin, and
another is buttons, but we will make
both of those articles, and then the
price will come down to one-third Of
what it has been" This, in the face of
the general and heavy increase in the
price of commodities, did not strike his
audience with what might be termed
terrific force. Further along the
speaker declared that he ''wanted n pro-
hibitOry tariff in certain instances, and
| don't know but we want it In all.
Again he asked the query: How can
the button industry be built up without
a protective tariff" and as there was
not the slightest prospect of ''button
industry" his audience gave it up at
once lie defended Carnegie as public
bcnefactor who had cut down the price
of steel rails, but said nothing about the
far greater cuts he had made in the
wages Of his employees, and then conde-
seconded to remark that he had no doubt
the Democrats had the welfare of the
country at heart, but they were simply
wrong. A little further on he said he
did not desire the Office of Delegate to
the Legislature, but immediately added
that. he was making every effort to
get it, and then by easy stages he went
on to announce his legislative pro-
gramme, embracing, among other