The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-05-16
AN INDIGNANT pEMocnAr.

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W. fniErr ArraiEus tho President and
HIS Pntty-C0mpnrison with Dickens
Famous Character.
SEttlal Dhpatch from O,.tuti. W., D. cAlcaqo
lHter0rdn,
Charles w. Fclkcr, lawyer, journal.
tis and public speaker, Ia known
throughout Wisconsin rs one OF tho
most fearless Democrats In tho state.
lic is n Democrat OF tho TildGn typo,
and holda lust tho old TIlden platform.
"a tariiI for rovonuo only" But he has
never hesitated to speak out whom no
eclioyod TINT his party was s~traying
from Its foundation and introduced
measures that wcro unpatriotic.
lilo Is proudcr Of his garden. his
chickens aud his dogs than no IL Of his
hno law library, and no insisted on In.
Producing me into nil tho mysteries Of
his truck patch, his flower beds, his
cowshods and his chickcn.house before
! could g& IN word about politics.
Hut In his impatienCc Mt the blundcr-
ing OF n fine Irish setter no gave mo tho
koy by oxclaiming: "Why, you blundcr.
or YOU arc almost no grcat n fraud as
Cluvoland!"
You regard Mr.. Cleveland as some.
thing OF u fraud. Mr.. Felkor2"
"Ih grosRcst fraud Of tho century,
sir. II you will look . Mr.. Glove
land's speeches and alleged state pa
pors you Will tlud moro OF socialism and
anarchy than in the uttetanccs Of my
other public man, unless it DO Senator
iaImor, OF illinois. In their talk about
the toilipG and the moiling OF tho down
troddcn people they arc ia bad rs John
Most and tho other anarchists, and |
believe that Grover Cleveland is re.
sponsibo for Coxeyism and all other
types OF anarchy that exit In this
country to-day. | know OF no other
man to compare with Cleveland unless
it DO old Chadband, as Dickens has pic
,urcd him In Bleak House. Mr.. Glove
lands sombrc platitudcs arc rs high
sounding and meaningless as arc thoae
oil old Chadband. You remember
C%hadband's ermon whom he employed
Il little rag-a-mutlin for his example and
said: 4 say this brother present here
among us is devoid Of parents, devoid
.oi locks and herds. devoid OF gold, de-
void OF silver. Of precious stones, be-
cause no is devoid oil tho light that
shines in upon somc OF us. What is
that light2 What is it? I ask you
what is that light|
Then leaning over tho table and fix.
ing his eyes upon Snagsby, the old
Chadband continued: 1t is tho ray OF
rays. tho IL OF suns, the moon OF
moons. the star Of stars. 1t Is tho light
OF Herewith, OF Te.rowth. Say not to
mo that it is not the lamp Of lamps.
! say to you. it's. 1say to you a million
times over, it is. 1t is! / say to you
that will proclaim i: to you, whether
YOU like it or not. Nay, that the less
YOU like it the moro l will proclaim It
to you. With n speaking trumpet! l
say TO you that if you rear yourself
against it you shall iall. you shall be
bruised, You shall be battered, you shall
DO tioored, you shall be smashcdp
THAT is old Chadband, as Dickens re.
ported him, and that is as intelligent as
the sounding plati,udes Of Nh. Glove
land. His platitudcs about taking the
toi!era arc as meaningless as Chad
bands :alk about the Herewith.
"lIow the ex-sherii OF Erie county
could impose upon the people OF the
United States as he has l cannot under
stand. lie never uttered n word or m
idea that was OF any value to tho peo-
pie. C%hadband's ray Of rays. sun OF
suns, 700 OF moons. star OF stars, tho
light Of tho Te.rewth,' had jus, as much
value as Mr.. Cleveland's platitudes.
They are tho inerest platitudes. II the
Democratic party with such q leader
and such O Congress carries q single
northern state next fall there will be q
mistake somewhere"
"bu, you are still o Democrat, Mr..
Fellier!"
YES, l nm 4 Democrat, but instead OF
Democracy weh avegot Clevelaudism. /
am not n Cleveland worshippcr. 1t would
be supposed that this administration
would be favorable to widows, but
when it come to widows Of soldiers, VIC
lind that Mr.. Cleveland and IIoke
Smith-lloke Smith" repeated Mr.. Fell
ker with emphasis, ARE antagonistic to
them. 1t would seem ~ though Mr..
Cleveland's sympathies would DO with
widowhood. but for some reason OF late
lie has changed his opinions. Why he
slapped the Democratic party in the
race by appointing Gresham rs secre-
tary OF state and Waync MacVcagh as
minister to Italy is unknown 10 every
one except muswumps and the roval
fisherman OF liuzzard's Bay. The DEM
ocratlc party has never been able to un-
derstand that it could not furnish COM
| pctent seCretatics OF state and ministers
10 Italy.
"As 1t WAS said in Hamlet, the times
are out OF joint We do no, know wny
the great Democratic party oi this coun-
try was not able to furnish brains ior
the office OF secretary OF state and for
minor offices. | repeat, tina. above all
other men, Grover Cleveland 10 re-
sponsiblc for CoXeyism and all other
types OF anarchy hat exist in this IL
try to-day.
81 desire TO cay as Il soldier and as q
Democrat who voted for Abraham Lin
coin that the appointment OF Iioke
Smith was Il deliberate insult to every
| soldier who fought for hi' country. /
desire 10 say further, that any man,
whether he be citizen or President, who
scclsa TO cut down the services OF those
men who fought tor the Union. will DO
bloiied u OF the remembrance OF the
citizens OF this country"
lie Got Back tho Change.