Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-07

candidate. Go back to the fight you made
for that Union soldier Judge Con.
[Cheersl You know. be you Democrats or
Republicans, that the votes which fell into
the ballot box elected Goff for Governor.
[Cheers. You know that elections south
of Mason and Dixon's line have been q
farce. l plead with you by the memory OF
Abraham Lincoln, by all you hold dear in
citizenship and manhood, to stand Tor
free ballot and fair count, and haveit.
PLEA FOR VOTES.
"Too many mills are busy, too many
farms golden with grain. too many people
at work for us to change these times for the
dream Of better Democratic times wnlcn
we shall never get. l shall not gid our
candidate with praise. To-day the Amerl-
can flag floats with higher honor and great
err respect than it has ever foated in the
history of the Republic. If Democracy had
had It's way.in 1860 there would be no Re-
public Of the United States to-day: be.
cause the Republican party has lived and
dared, there is republic to-day. History
says that republics are ungrateful. Let US
not, when the nations gather here to cele-
Drate the discovery Of America, place IN
of a party which tried to destroy that
country"
Gen. Woodford closed by saying that
he mad been requested to make his ad-
dress brief to give Mr.. Campbell
chance. As an oratorical effort, zen.
Woodford's speech was success; other
wise it was fat failure. People who
came to listen to discussion OF the Is
sues of the campaign were greatly dis
appointed. He touched the tariff In
superficial way, treating the subject In
indefinite and general terms. Both
he and Mr.. Campbell were mum as an
oyster on the Force bill. The burden
of Col. Woodiord's speech was an ap-
beal to the prejudices Of his hearers,
all of whom were Republicans. 1t was
not argumentative, but was replete
with pretty phrases which caught the
crowd. Col. Woodford spoke less than
an hour, and Hon. A. w. Campbell was
then introduced. Mr.. Campbell told
his hearers all about what he saw In
Europe, and how conditions there COM
pare with America.
MIR. CAMPBELL's ADDRESS.
awhile listening to General Woodford,"
be said, 81 could not but contrast the scenes
with which / have been familiar for the
past fourteen months with those transplr-
ing in your city tonight. | have been on
the other side of the Atlantic for over
year, have carefully studied the political
economy of those countries, and endeavored
10 contrast it, favorably or unfavoraoly,
with my own country. All l can say is
that meeting like this is impossible In
any country l have visited, but on the
other hand, meeting like that which is
going on elsewhere in this city to-
night, is possible in every country
which 1 have visited. don't
want to say that our Democratic friends
are in league with the people of Europe
against America, but the fact remains just
as have stated.
snow, all this has meaning. From the
day first heard the news OF the nomina-
tion OF Harrison until the day | set sail Tor
America, never heard citizen OF Europe
express wish for his success in this can
vass, but there was entire unanimity OF
sentiment for the success of Cleveland.
This fact can be verified by English news
papers as well as by the concurrent testi-
mony OF travellers from your own country
in foreign lands. Not because they wish
for our downfall, but because they recog-
nize that there has sprung up q great ma.
ton to compete with them and that unless
the ideas which they believe are held by
the Democratic party here, shall be
crystallized into legislation, the day for
marketing their goods in this country has
gone forever For me this was full Of
suggestiveness. No party resting upon
the hopes of the people Of Europe, who
expect to undermine the prosperity Of the
United States through that party, ought to
receive the endorsement OF the people at
the polls"
JOINED FREE TRADE CLUB.
Mr.. Campbell then told about joining
the free trade Liberal Club In London,
he being the only protectionist in $500
members; how the 'red rag" the Nc
Kinley bill, aroused them on all occa-
sions; and how he told them that the
Mckinley bill was framed on the banks
of the Potomac, and not on the banks OF
the Thames. The unreasonable char
acter of their argument was that they
all forgot the history of England, which
up TO q generation ago, was protection
country. Her idea In free trade was that
she come to the point that 1t was
necessary to feed her people cheaply,
that they might work cheaply, and
their products be sold cheap in the mar
kets Of the world. Mr.. Campbell pre-
sumed that free trade was the best thing
for England. The country has pros
pered under it. The air is alive with
the noise of her machinery. This was
all due to the diversification of labor
in that country. 1t is an Industrial
community, 60 per cent. of the popula-
ton being in towns OF upwards OF TO-
900 population.
Mr.. Campbell spoke about an hour
and closed amid applause.