The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-08-30

/ Betweon three and four hundred peo'
,ie assembled in tho Marshall county
court house Yesterday evening TO hear
Hon. John A. Howard and Hon. John
q Pendlston talk. Republicans were
ssep on every hand and made tho au'
dieuee look large as It was. J. y. NC
CIuer was made chairman and Editor
shaw secretary. Chairman McClnsr In
a few chosen words introduced Mr.
Howard as a representative Of the labor
Inc man. Mr. Howard dwelt mostly on
the privileges the American boy has 10
gain the highest position of honor in
the government, aud said, the libertie.
Of to-day were due TO the legislation oil
the Democratic party. He said the
country was on the eve Of better times.
because Of the passage OF the senate
nil. which il not yet forty.etght hours
oid In dealing with tho tariff, ne
said. that the United States Glass Con'
nanv trust was controlled by the Re-
pubffcan party, aud that they PAID Dig
pSiees TO pet the trust organized.
He snoke Of the high bounties whlch
were being paid to the sugar producers
which tho Democrats had now reg.
,,iated. The income tax and what
eflect Il will have was referred 70. he
ma he had not read tho Omaha plat.
form. but knew without LOOKING AZ u
that It will lead any honest to1ier wong
20 endorse. He compltmented Congress
for tho great work It did IN the snort
lime il was in session, and de-
nopnced the Mckinley bill as being the
greatest fraud ever perpe!rated on the
He ridiculed Captain Doyener for
saving Tho Democratic party was the
cause Of the bard times. In closing he
made the usual campaign promises.
People were seen going away during the
talk. and he did not receive the ap-
pIause that Congressman John y. zen
dleton got, who followed. The CHAIR
man introduced the speaker by saying
that.he was asked to stop of and tell
the people how no had discharged us
duties for the last ton months:
MIR. Pendletou told how bills were
made laws in Congress and the nnmeF'
GUS laws that had been made to prine
about the Incoming prosperity. ne
reviewed how the tariff bill was gotten
through and repeated his prophecies
made two years ago that II wool was on
the free list tho prices would be better,
He said that II had gone up IN price
eieht cents within the past ton days
and since the tariff bill was passed and
his theory was that II wool is imported
into this country the mills will resume
and men will get more work and better
wages. Our main factories vii! then
flourish.
Many said that Mr.. Pendleton's
sneech was better than Mr.. Towards,
aud moro applause was given him. he
urged the Democrats OF the county 70
support their county ticket aud especial
" Mr.. Howard, and said the reason he
declined the nomination again was that
other matters demanded his attention;
Mr.. Pendleton' slstatement that wool
has advanced eight cents in the last ton
DAYS Is lsughable and preposterous. he
should look at hiu organ, tho Register
whore he will find the current quotatior
ia sixteen cents, as low as 1t has beeu
since the election OF 1892. The onlyreceni
rise in wool-anywhere in Mr.. Pendle'
tons district at least-occurred over
two weeks ago whom there was doubt
that Democratic tariff tinkering would
end In tho passage OF the tariff bill.
That rise amounted to two cents. Just
40 soon as this doubt was dispelled
wool dropped with dull shud into 1T
Democratic bed OF thorns. The tarmerl
wha have wool to cell and watch market
reports, know nothing of Mr.. J. 9. Pen
dletoa's mythical eight cent advance