Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-21
TIE SPEECH.
An Abstract Of the Remarks of the Dis
tinguished New York Orator.

At the outset Col Fellows said:
Mr.. CHAIRMAN AND FELLOW CITIZENS OF
WEST VIRGINIA. beg TO unite my con-
eratulatiOns with those of the president OF
This meeting at the manifestation Of zeal
and interest which this splendid presence
indicates. 10 is a token Of the fact that
YOU of West Virginia have memories OF the
past, and that YOU recall with sorrow the
fact that YOU were once subjected 10 RepuO-
lican domination, and while that memory
survives I apprehend no want Of zeal on
part of the Democracy Of the Mountain
State Applause. / have come 10
talk to YOU in u plain way about
issues of vast Importance TO the peo-
pie of this country. The chairman has well
outlined the two great questions when
cOnfrOutus. All else is comparatively uu-
important The one is question OF wneth-
or the tariff tax should be burden upon
the entire people, or whether IL should be
so adjusted as 10 aid a favored, permitting
them TO dx the sale and arrange the tarlni ;
and. secondly, and still more important,
whether we shall permit, with our lnul-
vidual sovereignty. which IS the chelesV
fruit Of our government, dividing WIN
STATE supremacy the interests of the peo-
pie, the surrounding Of the ballot boxes
with newly created emisSaries OF the Fed
II. n
terest, none strike more directly at every
home and EearthstOne in this land.
/ have been a great deal interested IN
some recent statements OF the views OF
those who claim a peculiar right to speak
I'm the tariff question. Mr. Horn has re-
Gently delivered an address, which is re-
printed in the IHtCliigencsr, along Win
some editorial comments, and some re-
marks of the present Secretary OF war,
who now, believe, IS nominally resident
of West Virginia. Laughter ms gen
tleman, take il, is entitled 10 speak, as Is
the leading Republican organ OF WeSC II
ginia and the other distinguished cltlzen
whose fame as a public speaker and puo-
lie writer is so generally conceded. Mr.
ElKins said that the enect OF the
tariff was to raise wages and lower
prices. Laughter. IL IS dlncult
fOa a person who mas oeen
raised on old fashioned truths to under
stand how increasing the cost or an article
could lower the price, and increasing
WAGES must do this. If you double the
price Of the labor il certainly costs the
manufacturer more, and how are you 70
sell il AZ "a less price than had wages oeeh
lower and the tariff lower IS olInculI
matter for me 70 understand. Laugu.er.l
Mr.. HOrr challenged anyone 70 point 10
one single article which has not lowered In
price during the last few years, and then
went on in an extended burst OF eioqueuce
To prove that in England prices are lower
and goods cheaper, and that therefore IL
was necessary TO impose high duty that
we might not reduce wages 10
the plane they are IN Eng
land. But I did not quite understand
IN. ] don't understand how low wages
make low goods in England, and hlgh
wages make low goods IN TINS country
Laughter And you see the more pur-
sued the topic, the more embarrassed Oe-
came. You see here duty on woolens,
ranging from 50 10 100 per cent. Ihey are
worn bv the tOiling masses; the Iaruler
finding comfort aud health in them, ana tue
workman wearing them among the rae
tories and furnaces in Wheeling, ana IL IN
poses a high tariff on these goods, as IL oe-
clares. TO protect the wOrkmen IRON the
products of cheap labor, when, IN the next
breath. they tell US the higher the tarlH
and wages the over the goods become IN
der the operations of high protective tar
in. Laughter They talk goou
deal, do Mr.. Horr, and Mr.. EIAlns'
and the Intclligsncer, about our prosperity
WI OOk at our bOundless resources u is lhe
rounding Of the Republican period. LOOK
at our wealth. - etc, and they then remark
thst Won live under a protective tariff and
want Won 10 ask yourselves, farmers and
laboring men, II you are not Delighted
with the prospect. Well no Democrat
onestiops the prosperity Of this country.
II would be singular if it were not prosper
o,,s with its boundless area, its smiling
sl[ Sic its productive soil, its salu6rious Gil,
-,ats inhabited by a people whose natural
o -iI are above those OF all other PEG.
-,1s,s On mis- earth. 1t would be angular II
1ve we're not prosperous, and 1t would toe q
Ions, series Of adverse laws which woulu
overthrow Il. IL is not questlon o. Pr13 '-
Deritf. The Democratic charge Is el1s 80