The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-09-24

| doubts the truth OF these statistics, lei
him try it on botn aides OF the ocean
A voice-"I have"
General Sheridan-You have? Their
you know. And Ithinkit significant thai
you are tryingit on this side still. lap
plause.l
But a Democratic orator will tell you
you cannot live as well here on higher
wages. Ask them why, and they say Z
dollar will go further. They should
think Of the greater distance man ha'
to go who wants to get the dollar. Their
he quoted from the statistics OF
MONEY HELD IN SAVINGS BANKS
in this country, and asked how it wai
possible that the wage.earners in this
country ssved every year, in proportion
to number, seven times az much al
those of England. Besides, he said
there was nota particle OF food that
British workman ate that was moi
dearer in that country than on this
side. He conceded that the British
workmen lived cheaper than those In
America-so much cheaper that he
hoped to God the workingmen in his
hearing might never come down K
their bill Of fare.
He showed that beef, wheat and other
articles OF food must be transported
from the great west on this side to New
York, and thence across the ocean, anc
he said il anybody would show how
that made it cheaper in England than
here lie would vote for Grover Cleve'
land. Later he said il any worker in
Wheeling who came from abroad would
say he made more money there than
here, and lived better and dressed bet
ter, he would vote for Cleveland. lie
added, "That would make twice; per.
haps I'd get into jail, but I'd do it, any
how"
He made very clear and forcible
illustration Of the effects OF free trade,
by instancing the industries of Wheel,
ing, and he also instanced the boot ane
shoe industry, and the WOODEN mills.
In the course OF his remarks on this
head man we'll up in the audience
shouted for "Grover Cleveland and free
raw materialW
"You arc the rawest material I've
struck yet" said the general.
He went on to say that with all the
free raw materials this country could
not compete with England unless waget
also were put down.
Then the man made areference to raw
labor imported duty free.
"What are you?" asked General sher'
idan.
Another voice responded: "a Dutch
manw
"Great God!" said the General, you
are great thing To- come here and talk
ABOUT raw laborr We're you not raw
labor when you came here2 You did
not wait to be imported you came OF
your own accord, and we welcomed you,
and now you would introduce the insti-
tutions that drove you fugitive from
the starry skies that bend above the
land OF your birth. You are welcome
to this country, Dutchy; but you have
got to be Americanized."
Another voice: "If he is not pleased
here, he can go back"
"Yes," said General Sheridan, "it you
are not stuck on this country, God
knows this country is not stuck on you.
This passage evoked
WILD APPLAUSE
and frequent laughter, and when thi'
subsidized the speaker pronounced {
glowing eulogy on ireland, and SHOWED
what misery had been wrought there
by free trade policy. He told an affect
ing story of his own. observation or
Lake Killarney, where he met younf
Irishman who made precarious livinl
by rowing tourists in boat, and in re-
Spouse to laugh in the audience, he
said. "Don't laugh, you young fellows Of
his agel Don't laugh! Think! Think G
moment, and you will feel more like
cryingl Think OF looking down the
vista Of the future over a hopeless life. "
He went on to tell that he gave the
young fellow money to come tc
America, and then told Of his meeting
him in this country, when he paid him
back the money, and said he was ''doin'
dom WE'LL" and had meat every day in
the week. His story and the way he
told it brought down the crowd. Il
that man is alive to-day he would moi
put ballot in the box to bring about
here the state OF affairs which caused
him so much misery in Ireland, but
would put in vote for Benjamin Har
rison and protection.
He closed with an eloquent sentence
on the material prosperity OF the coun-
try and the way to secure its contin.
uance, and the vast assemblage dis.
persed with three cheers for General
Sheridan.
If the campaign keeps up as it opened
last night, it will be the biggest cam.
paign on the Republican side ever seen
in Wheeling or in West Virginia.
Unfavorable as were the conditions
under which the orator spoke, and dis
graceful as was the order most of the
time, the speech was convincing, anC
did good, and the meeting was {
success as demonstration such as has
not been seen in Wheeling for four
years. Compared to it General Fellows
meeting for the Democracy at the
Grand Opera House was mot in it.
The speech was mostly Of high de
gree OF eloquence, and his remarkt
about Ireland were as elsquent as any
thing OF Bob Ingersoll's or Henry
Ward Beecher's or Wendell Philips OF
anybody else. II was a pity that unto
ward circumstances hindered SO bril-
liant an orator
FATAL neglect is little short Of suicide
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