Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-06-23


to the desk cheer went up alsi grew t
q roar.
Gentlemen, cried ChairmSl Owens
SIT is not necessary for me to fntroducl
to you this war horse of Democracy"
General Palmer put his heErers in I
pleasant humor by a comic story. The
keynote Of Mr.. Palmer's talk Was unit!
and cooperation.
"We want no skulkers In this great
fight, every man must work. he said
land the sentiment was cheerSd round
ly. Select solid, firm Den.1crat FOL
this contest, put the bannef in hi:
hand. and then rally about IN" SAID
Mr.. Palmer.
chill is the man." came a u ice from
up in the shadow, beneath Re roof
and the name of the New YCLker was
caught up and shouted until from the
shore of the sea OF faces in tie lower
regions a shriil sybillant hiss shot out
into the clatter of sound. II grew and
grew until the cheers and the Kisses
died away in quiet, so all could hear.
When the aged speaker claimed Him
OILS would be Democratic the shouts
were wild.
Col. Fellows, in response to calls,
stated that as delegate he would speak
at the proper time, but not at the pres
ent.
The Credentials Committee was then
announced as ready to report, and John
+. Lamb, OF Indiana, presented a unan-
! imouS report. Sitting delegate Barn
ard, of the First Ohio district was seat
| ed; in Utah, G. L. Henderson and John
L. Cain were seated; in New Mexico and
Arizona the claims of each TO scat six
delegates were conceded, and in Ala-
bama the contesting delegation was
given seats on the floor without votes,
and Norris and Davis were seated from
the District of Columbia.
The Committee on Permanent Organ
iZation then reported VIM. L. Wilson, of
West Virginia, as permanent Chairman;
s. Fl. Sheerin, of Wisconsin, for perma-
nent Secretary and a list of assistants
and Vice Presidents and Secretaries.
On motion Of Hon. Don NJ. Dickin-
son, a committee of five was delegated
(himself being named by the chair as
the head Of the committed to notify the
permanent officers of their election and
escort them to the platform.
While the crowd waited the hall
darkened by outer clouds and rss came
dashlng through the skylights snd the
band played catchy music. /;
At 1925 p. m. Mr.. Owens Introduced
the permanent chairman, Mr.. Wilson,
as one of the bravest Democrats Of the
nation-Hon. w. L. Wilson, Ok West
Virginia.
Mr.. Wilson spoke thus:
"GENTLENIEN OF THE CoNvENTToN:-
I thank you most heartily for THIS hon
or. I shall try to meet the Duties of
the high position to which you call me
with the spirit of fairness and equality
that is Democracy.
"This convention has high and pa
triotic work to perform. We owe much
to our party; we owe much to our
country. The mission of the Demo-
cratic party is to fight for the under
dog. When that party is out Of power
we may be sure there is an under dog to
fight for and that the under dog is gen.
orally the American people. When
that party is out Of power we may be
sure that some party is in control of
our government that represents sec
ton and not the whole country; that
stands for class and not the whole
people.
"Never was this truth brought home
to us more definitely than by the recent
convention at Minneapolis. We are not
deceived as TO the temper; we are not
nents. Having taxed us for years With
out excuse and without mercy, they now
propose to disarm us Of further power to
resist their actions. Republican sue
cess in this campaign, when we look to
the platform, the party candidates for
the utterances of the party leaders,
means that the people are to be
STRIPPED OF THEIR FRANCHISES
through force bills, in order that they
NAV be stripped OF their substance
through tariff bills.
Free government Is self-government.
There is no self-government where the
people do not control their own cleo
tions and lay their own taxes. When
either of these rights are taken away or
diminished, a breach Of it is made, not
in the outer defenses, but in the citadel
OF our freedom. For years we have been
struggling for the right OF taxing our
selves and now we are threatened with
the loss of the greater right OF govern
ing ourselves. The loss OF the one
follows in necessary succession
the loss OF the other. When
YOU confer on government
the power Of dealing out wealth, you
unchain every evil that can prey upon
and eventually destroy free Institutions
excessive taxation, class taxation, Dill
lion dollar Congresses, q corrupt civil
service, a debauched ballot ook, ana
purchased elections.
oIn every campaign the priv{ege OF
taxing the people will be bartdfed Tor
contributions at the polls. Att4' every
victory new Mckinley bill z repay
these contributions with taxes'wruhR
from the people. For every SCI gov
erning people there can be more
momentous question than the question
of taxation. 1t is the question, as Mr..
Burke truly said, around which all the
great battles of freedom have been
tonight. 1t is the question out OF which
grew all the issues Of government. IN
til we settle this question wisely, per-
manently, Justly, we build all other re-
form on a foundation of sand. We and
the great party we represent are to-day
for tariff reform because it is the only
gateway to genuine Democratic govern
ment.
1.-The distinguished leader who pre-
sided over the Republican Convention
boasted that he does not
KNOW WHAT TARIFF REFORM
"a who ever said that he did. Let us
hone. with that charity that epdureth
All things and believeth all thints, that
he is truly as ignorant as he a.its him
self 10 be. Unfortunately the people
-. 90 IGNORANT of the me6ning Of