The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-16
MIR. NIILLs' ADDRESS.
Interesting Programme Mt tho Assemhl,
on SATURDAY.,

Interesting Programme Mt the Assembly
on Saturday.
The exercises OH Saturday OF the pro.
hibition assembly consisted of the usual
opening and closing exercises OF tho
Silver Lake QuartettO accompanied by
Mrs. Graham and speech by Walter
Thomas Mills, of Chicago, This Ia Mr..
Mills second visit to the camp ground
and the large audience showed the mp.
probation in which no Is held. He evil
IDENTIFY moderated tho acoustic proper
ties Of tho great assembly hall and
somewhat strained his voice in speak
ing but his hearers were so much in
torested in the subject matter OF his dis.
course that they did not appearto notice
ii.
His subject was Forces That Are at
Work in Our American Politics" OF
which hc claimed that these controlling
forces were all vicious, and that to-
gether they form combination by
which they become tho masters OF our
political life. These no said werc:
First-Those men whose business in.
terests are OF such nature that it Is
necessary 10 the successful manage
ment OF their business for them to or
ercise controlling influence over the
government. All corporations depend
ing for existence on the consent OF the
people were included in this list, ospc.
cially common carriers and companies
engaged in the transmission OF news
and information, as also light and water
plants and kindred industries. And.
when operated with q Wow TO solely
create dividends for tho stockholders,
without regard to their moral RESPONSE
bilities, their influences became vieioua
in tile extreule.
Second.-Those men who made poll
tics q profession with tho sole object OF
benatitting them selves; who were poll
ticians by trade; whose object was not
to serve any party or tho country from
principle. but 10 fly any flng thot would
tend TO their personal benefit.
Third-Wera tho professional crimi-
nal classes rs distinct from those who
wero temporarily overcome oil evil pas
sion or depressing circumstances. Thcae
we're mon who aimed to get something
for nothing aud through lifetime OF
practice aud education deliberately vio-
lated tho spirit OF the law. bat succeed
cd in escaping the penalty. lIe cited as
representatives of this class Jay Gould,
OF New York, and John d. Farwcll, OF
Chicago, who, while q Republican in
Illinois, contributed to the Democratic
campaign expenses in Texas in order to
carry through his great land scliome by
which he hoped to reap millions OF dol
lars for his own personal usG
Ile also paid hia compliments to Mr..
Pullman and gave facts IRON his per-
sonal investigation and experience OF
several days among the strikers at Pull
man and Chicago. The great corporate
Interests OF tho country were opposed
to tho prohibition Of the saloon us this
was the center through which corrupt
capital by tho corrupt politicians con-
tractOd the SUM vote OF tho country in
their own interest and 1s evidence Of
this quoted from tho election returns
OF Cleveland and Cincinnati for the
past sixteen yeNrs. showing tho stead.
inst adileranre OF tho better wards to
their respective parties wh'io tho Stun
vote tiuctuatcd with astonishing rapid.
ity from ono party to tho other, hut al
ways Uu tho side of The corporations.