The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-30

Its doubtful if the Martins Ferry
opera house eve. contained a more en-
,husias;ic audience than 1t did Saturday
Ycbt The Republicans held their first
meeting Of the campaign there and it
was a great success. The house was
crowded, Notwithstanding that very
little advertising had been done. The
stage was proiusely decorated and on it
appeared fine large portrait Of Cover
nor Mckinley. The colored band OF
Bcllairc came up rather unexpectedly
and furnished splendid music.
NJ. ]. L. Trueman, Of Bridgeport, call
el The meeting to order, and Mr.. L, j.
A. prennea, Of Martins Ferry, who was
made chairman, presented Hon. II. Q.
Evans, oil Tennessee, who was tho speak
er OF the evening and made one OF the
very best speeches ever heard IN Bel
mont county.
Mr. Evans, whe is manufacturer in
Tennessee, and who served in Congress
wiki Mckinney, is very much on the or
der OF ext Governor Foraker, and how he
did euthuse his hearers He Is pleas
ing talker and smiled time and again ut
the approbations. He not only served
in Congress with Major Mckinley, but
boarded Mt the same hotel with him in
Washington, regards him as one oil the
rlranest, purest, wisest and most patri-
otto men he ever knew. He is an indie
ia,isap!e worker, the champion OF pro-
lection to American industries, the
champion OF Contentment, tue cham
mon OF the home, is thoroughly Amerl-
can. iavors the advancement oil the nap
pincss OF the people, is for the Ameri-
clus aud most bitterly hated by the for-
ern monopolists. Mr. Evans in speak.
Ing OF McKinIey's homo lie and his de-
yotion 10 his dear little invalid vile
brought tears to the eyes OF some OF his
hearers.
The report OF the labor commissioner
OF Massachusetts showed that 1000
more men were employed IN that state
after the passage OF the Mckinley bill
than ever before and more were i'll New
York, Indiana and other states.
The speaker referred to the great man
uiacturiag establishments right here
and said he would like to have seen
them when they were running under
the Republican administration.
1t is no. the silver question that has
caused these times but the election last
November. The Sherman law served
well until the imbecile OF Democratic
administration took hold last March.
Threats OF tariff tinkering put out the
fires in this great valiy. The Mckinley
bill was the best tariff law ever presented.
Meals declaration that it is unconstltu-
tionai IS unwise, unpatriotic and IN
American. Over 100000 workingmen
are now idle because OF the designs and
threats Of the Democratic party.
The shrinkage Of values in banks,
mines, manufactures, etc, in eight
months has been over 20 per cent. Ii
this is simply the shadow what may we
expect when we have the reality? Ii
Cleveland would refuse to sign the pro.
posed tariff bill. business would 20 on
all over the country.
Don't forget Hockey" said one old
soldier, and Evans replied that he
thought that 1000 to $500 old soldiers
in Ohio had reason to remember Hockey
this fall.
OF all the names mentioned none
caused the cyclone OF applause that Nc.
Kinley's did. Every reference 10 Me-
Kinley's name was applauded; also
that Of Governor MacCorkle, Congress-
man Ikert Holden, OF the Plain DsdLer,
and other Democrats who have changed
their minds since last fall, aud now
want protection.
Mr.. Evans asked for majority for
Mckinley like Brough had, and there
we're cries, 1--WE will do it," and so on.