Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-05-14

Fail DIT. S6d. lnoy are nunDlnS III
vain for an issue and an argu-
ment. The itinerant tin plate
peddlers with their two tin cups
for a quarter can't work their
game on the people this year.
The cry that the tariff is a tax
has been effectually answered.
i[Applause. My friend Hart, of
the Intelligencer, by the evidence
of the best Democratic mer-
chants in Wheeling, has succeed
ed in convincing even Democrats
that that cry is exploded, and
has made the Register hunt it's
hole, and you will soon witness
the spectacle of the Register try
ing to cover itself with the hole
that it has crawled into. TGreat
applause The fifty-frst Con-
gress gave to the country legis-
lation l say without fear of con-
tradiction that the laboring man
of West Virginia may now go to
any store in the State and there
purchase with the produce of one
days labor more of the necessi-
ties of life than ever before in
the history of the country, and
this is the condition that stares
the Democratic party in the face
to-day. [Applause.l AS a con-
sequence, the Democratic party
is afraid to face the issues of this
campaign. 1t must remain what
it has always been, a party of
oppression and that is all. We
point with pride to the admins
tration of the chief executive of
this country. [Great applause.
Courageous, able, conservative
and we congratulate the coun-
try that there is by his side that
ablest of American Statesmen
and diplomats. CONTINUED ap-
plause. We have no apologies
to make for either of them. APP
plause.
After the appointment and re-
port of Committees, the follow
ing delegates were elected: LIST
District, Hon. G. B. Hart, of the
Wheeling Intelligencer; alter
nate, S. F, Reid, of the Clarks-
burg Telegram. I'd District,
Hon. Thos. E, Davis, of Taylor ;
alternate, Prof. Hamilton Hat
ter, colored, of Storer College,
Harper's Ferry. Sd District, Mr..
j. D. Hewitt, of Mercer; alter
nate, Major j. w. Heavener, of
| Upsher. 4th District, Hon John
A. Hutchinson, of Parkersburg !;
alternate, Hon. P. w. Morris, the
able editor and statesman of the
Richie Gazette. The delegates
are all able men, and a very
creditable and satisfactory selec-
ton.
SECOND DISTRICT CONVENTION.
Called to order by Chairman
G. w. z. Black, Hon. T. w.
Fleming elected Chairman and
Col. R. E. Fast Secretary. Hon.
Ed. S. Elliot moved that Thos.
E. Davis, of Taylor be recon-
mended to the State Convention
as delegate-at-large, Messrs.
Alex. Clohan, Grant Pitzer, and
Others, opposed this motion, and
a colored delegate from Jeffer-
son made an eloquent plea for
President Halter, of Storer Col
lege. Mr.. Pitzer nominated
Hon. Geo. NJ. Bowers for dis
trict delegate to Minneapolis,
seconded by nearly every coun-
ty in the district. Col. r. E.
Fast nominated Prof. j. E.
White of the State University.
Hon. G. NJ. Shinn moved that
they be elected by reclamation
and they were. G. T. Goshorn,
of the South Branch Gazette,
Grant Co., and Capt. E. A. Bill
lingslea, of Marion, were elected
alternates. The district conven-
ton was composed of over three
hundred delegates and was an
enthusiastic and well ordered
meeting.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
First-The Republican party
of West Virginia in State CON
vention assembled, reaffirm their
allegiance to the principles of the
national Republican party as set
forth in the platform of 1888 and
on which Harrison and Morton
were triumphantly elected to the
highest office within the gift of
the people.
Second-In the policy of pro-
lection to American industry we
recognize a safeguard to Ameri-
can consumer against extortion-
ate charges for the necessaries of
life and the best method of Sc
curing to the American farmer a
market and the best markets for
the products of his arduous toll.
Third-We endorse without re-
serve the tariff act of 1890, and
reciprocity as the handmade and
ally of protection to American in
dustries and the opposition of
free trade, which afford a mar
ket abroad for the products of
our farms and factories without
injury to our industries at home.