The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-07-16
THE cnArr,,AN,s AppREss.

THE cHAIRMAN's ADDRESS.
Among the other things he said:
"sons of Democracy, what a contrast
you present to that gathering of the
peoples oppressors that convened in
the States capitol but q short month
ago. Here the mechanic, the artisan,
the true tillers OF the soil, the business
man, and the honored professions fresh
from the people met to confer and ex-
ercise each for himself his independent
Judgment, guided by reason, devoid OF
passion, jealousy and revenge. They
were the 'NutOmatons mounted, wired
and operated by the cunning hand OF
the political juggler who is seeking only
hisown personalaggrandizementnnd the
humiliation OF his political associates.
You meet to consider the peoples in
terest. They met unmindful of them.
You meet to speak the words of hope,
truth and soberness to the toiling thou
sands. They met wearing an emblaz-
oned American lie upon British tin
plate. You meet to warn, protect and
save. They met to deceive, defraud and
ruin. Your mission is in the interest
and direction OF happiness and pros
perity. Theirs, that OF shame, dishonor
and devastation. In almost every state
Of the Union from the fur east to the
grand, great west, the people had but
lately placed the seal Of condemnation
and the stamp of dishonor upon the
Mckinley bill. Yet, with the thunder
ing protest of the people still ringing in
their ears, they met to do homage to
and to elevate the author OF the bill.
PURE DEMOCRACY.
"To.day you meet to demand that the
wrongs that the people have suffered for
more than quarter OF century shall
be righted and not perpetuated; that
the clutch of the protectionist free
booter shall be loosened from the throat
OF the nation; that the foot of the op-
pressor shall be taken from the neck OF
the laboring millions, and in a free
country under free flag, the people
shall be free from the dispoilation Of
their homes and the Impeachment Of
their children by law that is no more
to be honored than the lever OF the
bandit and the buccaneer."
The speaker proceeded in this strain,
claiming that "our constitution, ourfree
schools and all the guarantees OF our
rights and privileges were from Demo-
cratic inspiration, while the laws which
oppress the poor, exempt the rich, i'm
poverishes the farmer and enslaves la-
bor, build up trusts, combines and mo-
nopolies are the handiwork Of our oppo-
nent, and the Mckinley law is the
crowning infamy of al"
He closed with eulogy OF the Hon.
Allen 6. Thurman and introduced his
son, Allen w. Thurman as temporary
chairman.
As Mr.. Thurman stepped modestly
forward the vast audience burst into
cheers at the sight of the son of Ohio's
distinguished leader.
YOUNG THuRMAN's SPEECH.
He said in part: "The time is. now
but a few weeks of when the Demo-
cratic party will doubly seal the victory
they won last fall; when they will by
their ballots most emphatically con-
denim an industrial policy that is o con-
tinual barrier to commercialprosperity
when they will reject the party which
throughout the last Congress appropri-
ated for government expenditures the
tremendous sum of 81, 900, 100000, q sum
equal to one-third OF the national debt
at the close OF the war, and also equal
to the whole net debt OF the United
States at the present time and sum
which bids fair, before the fiscal year
ends, to create q deficiency in the treas
ury.
He dwelt at considerable length in
denunciation of the Mckinley bill. He
characterized the Mckinley tariff law
us class legislation of the most vicious
tendencies, and as an illustration he
instanced tin, which for fifteen years
had been protected bya thirty-six per
cent duty.
"Last winter few patriotic gentle.
men said that il Major Mckinley would
only raise the tax so they could be
assured OF making fourteen millions q
year, that they would be perfectly will
ing to sacrifice themselves in an attempt
to manufacture it now; and Major Nc
Kinley said, why, certainly / will (;
what does little matter Of eight milE
lions amount to to people who own a
UllllOl uUlluI COuHlLSy 4uu lLlliClAutclg
he raised the rate from SO to IS per cent.
Intrenched monopoly
will not surrender without making a
desperate struggle; therefore, / implore
every man in this convention to work
after he leaves here with his whole soul
for our success. Let no personal diff
ferences or feelings Of disappointment
in any way deter you, but be deligent,
be active, be alert, organize in every
school district, and above all be cour-
ageous; let there be no doding on the
issues. This Is no time for the faint
hearted, but time when honest, true
and brave men should be willing to
fight with their whole power for what
they know 10 be right.
THE FIRST RUFFLE.
The committee on permanent organi.
cation reported that ex-Congressman
Frank LeBlond, OF Mercer county, had
been selected us the permanent chair
man Of the convention. Chairman Le-
Blond's speech was brief.
The first contest in the convention
arose over the report Of the committee
on credentials. The dispute In the
Twenty-Aith ward OF Cincinnati and
Hamilton county delegation was the
subject OF the wrangle, the Hamilton
county delegation generally protesting
against the committpe's repoft and sun.