The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-05

dlenee, Raj i yant % say 70 this audi
enee that l am not running tos Congress
On law-dast [Applanse.l ! am rLin-
nineon what e here Of integrity and 10.
auence 70 carry out the principles Of
PROTECTION IN the intsrestso Of the laporing
eIasSes. the manufacturer and the
farmer. and % stand for them rs against
alleomers. Prolonged applause.1
4nE OLD pzNocEAric SCHOOL
1waat 10 say further to you, my fell
low citizens, that wien ] was alitsle
boy ! also went to school. just as my
friend Howard. and while have not a
{. ptate or n picture from which Il might
n made Of the school house 10 which
vent 20 school In order 10 sec the grand
opportunities that opened up 70 the
American boy when went 70 school,
vet / believe can 60 describe II that 10
your mind's eye you can read the pic.
tufe. remember the little school
house. Il was located upon the corner
az n wealthy mans land, and the poor
Iaborers and all those around got the
privilege Of building house there by
their DAYS work contributed for that,
and after the house was built the teach.
on who came around 10 solicit and get 0
subscdption school up had the priyl-
leee OF teaching there providing he got
scholars enough subscribed, and tile
commissioner OF the poor subscribed
for the poor children enough to make
nm the school, and then II depeni0l
whether he taught three. months Of
school, whether or not he happened 10
lick the boy Of the man who owned the
land, oh, / remember that school
house. II was q grand affair. IL had
one Of the most beautiful floors; It was
substantial, IL was the foundation Of
the earth, IL was tho old ground floor.
daughter and applause. And then It
Was built Of those nice little round logs
that they found In the woods around
there. And, whom they needed q win.
dow they cut one OF those logs In two
and let about two aud half feet Of
that section out to let the light Of
Heaven In az We learned our a D Cs.
/ remember that school house; re.
member the batten door aud the latch.
string that hung on the outside, and |
remember, TOO, that when the chilly
blasts Of winter came aud the snow
blew and tile winds came whistltng
around. in order to keep our forms from
, being chilled by the blast, We placed
over that grand old window FOOLS cap
and creased II with posSom fat to let
light In. Oh, don't ! remember that
school.houss2 Why, do you know in
those DAYS they gave US hours Of recrea.
ton lust as they do now? And when
we went out on the backgrounds and !
tossed tho ball little higher. or got ita
little stronger. or ran little faster, or
wrestIed little more expertly than my
wealthy neighbours son, he took re-
venge upon mo and pointing his hngef
at me said lyon are paupers child;
NY father pays for your schooling"
And when with my little heart crushed
carried that book to that mother who
is now sainted aud saved. she put her
hand on my head and said, "Bob, don't
cry: the time will come In this country
when brains shall not be measured by
dollars and cents" Applause. And
Mr.. President, l resolved then, In my
childish heart, that II ever the time
should come that could By my humble
effort or by my voice release the poor
Of this country from degradation, and
place them upon an even plane so that
they might have
TIE SAME OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION
az others, that l would do so, and,
thank God, tho time did come; on the
Goth day Of June, 1868, there was born
\ into her constellation OF states the
. brightest star that stands on Old Glory
= to-day. and we put upon 1t "Mouu-
talneors arc always free" Great ap.
plause And we reiterated the Declare.
ton OF Independence that all men are
created free aid equal and endowed
With certain unaienable rights, among
which arc lie, liberty and the pursuit
Of happiness, and we built the little
white school house at Cherry Hill and
oil over this country. Applause. And
then We said, Come, whomsoeyer will.
come, let him come; rich or poor, high
or low, bound or free, lot him drink
deep at the fountain OF knowledge and
be full to his entire satisfaction" His
tory tells us that my friend Howard
was born in 1871 know 1t because I
read 1t in history. Applause. And
do you know, when my friend Howard
was In his seventh year We had this in
stitution all ready for him 10 go to
school in? Applause1 And for f8ar-
because 1t happened in the midst and
between the years Of '6l to '65-for fear
tkat he would DO disturbed. In his
studies, ], with three or four hundred
thousand other patriots, took our guns
in our hands and went out and kept
Bill Wilson, who was with Jones'
raiders, from coming Ia. Applause.1
And yet my friend thinks that I abuse
him. Because l simply set him right
on history, that's all. don't think he
ia responsible for tho mistake, because
he wasn't born early enough 10 know
anything about these things. Zap
plause.
Hero Capt. Dovener made an elo.
quent and telling reference to the
development Of the glass industry OF
this country
ny THE INFLUENCE OF PROTECTION,
making it possible for Mr.. Howard to
obtain work as gIassblower. He told
how wages went up and prices came
down on the finished glassware, and
continued that finally competition COM
menced, and instead OF the consumer
having TO pay the tax, or tho purchaser
Of tho articlc-competition brought It
down and down until to-day instead Of
being twenty-five cents q piece, made
by people over the water and
cent hero free OF duty, with
protection upon it our Amer.
lean Glassworkers and manufacturers
furnish those glasses at twenty-five
cents dozen. Don't You SEQ you arc
being taxed 10 death by this2 ZAP
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