Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-11-01
@. WOOD DAILY AT PHILIPPL
A Splendid Argument Based Almost En-
tirely Upon Republican Literature.
ev,e,aL TsIsordnp 10 As Register.

PH1L1pPI, w. VA, October I.-An en-
thusiastic audience OF about seven hun
dred people assemb bled here this afternoon
to listen to the eloQuence OF Hon. Z. Wood
Daily. The meeting was held in the Court
House. All the seating capacity OF the
room was taken. The gallery was full,
the aisles crowded with persons stand
ing. and still many could not even
get into the building. Mr.. Daily
said he had come to talk with these people
as fellow-citizens, 10 reason with them,
and to state the position OF the two great
contending political parties. He then took
up the question of the tariff and dwelt
at length upon it, handling in a splendid
manner every important feature of the
question. Speaking Of wages in our coun-
try as compared with those Of the old
world, he spoke Of the density OF the pop
ulation there and the sparseness OF our
population, and, referring TO Mr..
Campbelrs European letter, he said:
When our population here becomes as
great as theirs, what will then be our condi-
tionl AS to the revenue tariff Of 1916 TO
1850, he referred to Blaine's book, Twenty
Years in Congress-" which showed that In
that period our country was more prosper
Gus than at any other similar period OF
years. The speaker then referred TO the
report of the Tariff Commission, appointed
by President Arthur, and by 1t proved that
from 1850 to 1860 our country progressed
more and was more prosperous than from
1860 to 1870 These things, Mr.. Daily said,
were certainly sufficient to prove false
the statement made by Republicans
that our only prosperity was due 10 the
protection policy Of the Republican party.
He read from John Sherman's utterances
in 1867 to '69, and from VIM. B. Allison's OF
1870 to show that those eminent Republi-
cans had said in their speeches that the
Walker tariff was amply high for all pur-
poses.
George Wesley Atkinson's contribution
to the Republican campaign literature was
taken up and considered. George Wesley
advocates q tariff so high that foreign COM
showed the falsity of such doctrines In
his remarks Mr.. Daily seemed 10 take
great pleasure in referring to Republican
documents to prove his points he read from
the Intelligencer of October 7th, this year,
in Washington dispatch of woolen
manufacturer who employs about 1,5OO
to 1000 men. This maDufact-
urer said that his profits this
year had been increased SIS, 900 on account
of the Nick inley bill, and that OF this in
crease he had divided t25,000 among his
workingmen. Here the speaker made
strong point by showing that while the
Mckinley bill pretends to protect or ben
eft the workingman it really does no such
thing If the hlteIligencer report be true,
then each of the 1000 workers got $3.50,
while the mill owner got $4,000 The
matchless orator gave an hour and
half to the consideration Of the
tariff, aud then took up the Force bill is
sue. The audience was very responsive to
the speakers points. and cheered him hear
tily. He closed with splendid appeal to
all to consider well their interests and vote
accordingly. The ladies OF the town and
community were assembled in goodly num-
bers to listen Is Mr.. Daily, and at the close
of his excellent speech j. Hop Woods, on
behalf of the ladies, presented the speaker
with a handsome boquet Of choice flowers.