South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-10-28
wAYsE MaeyEAaH's SPEECH.
A jForcible Arrangement Of the Re.
publican Party--Corrupting Voters.


A jForcible Arrangement Of the Re
publican Party-.Corrupting Voters.
One of the largest political meet
ings of the campaign was held il
the Academy of Music, Philadel
phia, Saturday night, under The
auspices of the Young Mems Dem
ocratic Association Of that city, who
had invited Hon. Wayne. Mac veagh,
formerly Attorney General under
President Garield's administra
ton, to address the public in reply
to Senator Sherman's recent speech
and to explain his reasons for aban.
doning the republican party.
Mr.. Mac Veagh's recent letter an.
nouncing that he would vote fol-
Grover Cleveland created a sensa.
ton that had not been forgotten,
and In conseq uence the g eat audi
torium was insufficient to accom-
modate the thousands of ticket
holders who applied for admission
tonight, so that many were turned
away. The audience was decided
ly democratic in its sympathies and
received the speaker with great en-
thusiasm. The orator was intro
duced by Mr.. Samuel Cuisine
Thompson, a well-known lawyer
and president of the Young Men 8
Democratic Association, who, in a
brief but pointed address attacked
the republican system OF protection.
Mr.. McVeagh, in the beginning
OF his speech, stated he had never
been anything but a republican and
he never felt until now at liberty
to vote for any one but republi-
can for political office.
cas- is we'll known" continued
Mr.. MacVeagh, al have never re-
garded municipal offices as proper
ly having anything to do with par
tizan politics, but from 1854 to
1892 l have never voted for q DEM
ocrst for any Office which, in my
Judgment, had any serious politi-
cal significance. OF course voted
for President Harrison four years
ago or / would have made then the
same statement of the change nay
opinions have undergone as / have
made now.
BELIEVED TILDEN CARRIED LOU
ISIANA.
''The sense of humor, which /
have never sought to repress, Gives
me very keen enjoyment Of the
suggestions which have been made
that l never was very good re-
publican, or, if / was years ago, /
had long ago ceased to be so.
cit is true that / was opposed to
the attempt to impeach President
johnson, but with that exception
/ do not believe that there was any
more stalwart supporter of the re-
publican party than was.
cit is also true that at the close
OF the campaign of 1876 found my
self compelled to believe that Mr..
Tilden was entitled to the electoral
vote OF Louisiana, and it was only
after the decision of the electoral
and the constitutional
declaration by both Houses of Con-
gress that Mr.. Hayes had been cleo
ted President of the United States,
that | reconciIed myself to his as
sumption OF this great Office.
cit 10 also true that / declined.
in November, 1876, to 90 to Lou
isiana to be present at the action of
the returning board of that State
when deciding upon its electoral
vote for | said then, and believe
still, that, in view of the vast ad-
vantages the republican party had
enjoyed in the election which had
just taken place, it was our duty to
accept the result as declared by the
ballot-boxes.
VoTE-BUYIEG AND HIGH TARIFF.
81 have had no other serious diff
ference with the republican party,
but, OF course, / have always held
my citizenship as a far more pre-.
olous thing than my partisonship,
and l have never pretended to APP
prove any policy or any candidate
whose influence upon the country
seemed to me to be evil.
"But / have watched with pain
and alarm the steady growth of the
corrupt use OF money in our poll
tics, and / have been constantly
hoping that the republican party
would at least turn its face toward
lower duties upon imports and
against other forms Of congressional
bountles, in accordance with the
Tea things Of 80 many Of its greatest
and wisest leaders, and thus grad
1ally diminish the temptations 10
hat awful traffic, hateful alike TO
BOD and All good men, the buying
Ind selling OF votes.
cit was because Of that hope and
II the very strong reluctance I felt
% sever my connection with the
'arty which had conferred upon mo
% many and 30 undesorvd honors.
nd because Of my cordial regard
nd respect for President Harrison
nd Of my absolute faith in the
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