Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-09-28
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ceived a cali 20 large city. he was
slow about mUking up bis mind % &C
cepl the Invitation 10 a higher ard
broader sphere o. work, aud some or
his flock wen; 10 bis son 70 know the
probable result Of bis iRJeer's coglta-
tions. They asked the boy what MS
father was going 10 do, aud the boy re-
piled: on, pas still praying for light
but most OF the things are packed!
Laughter. That's the way with the
Democratic party. Some OF It's mem
bers may make a noiss OF do some kick
ing after the nominations are made, but
wait Till the ballots ars 10, ADD see how
THE BEPUBtICANs ARE FOOLED!
The Democracy will not abandon all
Il has fought for all these years! Ap-
plause. IL win not give up the fruits
Of past victories because they did not
get all they w2nted In the shape
Of reform! bt by any man-
ner OF meg The party realizes
that Rome-@ss9Aot built In q day; they
know that progress comes slowly, and
that forms such as they have under
Len can not be achieved at once.
bess things are difficult, and so must
on slowly, and so It Is With the re-
YormS uHdertakenl by the Democracy.
Thes9reformationS must 90 on step by
Jas q mans strength grows, little
time We must take &c as IL comes
nd Wen get u all 10 the full fruitiOn
- me; and meanwhils the party will
present an unbroken. front TO the enc
ny. The party will not be dlslnte-
grated because .; has not gotten all 10
wanted or because some one feels
Little hard over something, The party
has
for that. IAOpla&.l The Democracy
puts me In winGFOf man in Kanawha
county, in ths|dayS Of the late Senator
Kenna-one<o OF the greatest men this
State has ever produced. Applause.
senator Konua was going through that
county on bis way 20 address meeting
aLS country school house, aud he felt
NE need OF little stimulant. de spoke
= 70 Capt. Byrne about 10, and be said;
well, Kenua, there is q big lot OF pro-
hibition sentiment around here, aud it's
pretty difficult thing 70 do, but think
/ know man who has little
which never had stamp on IL.
But there Is an old fellow
about herswho runs things politi-
cally, and is strictly temperate, and
don't want him 20 get on 10 the thing,
I'll get som OF the liquors and put II In
Tin cup anO bring it to you, and you
can take
A SIP OF TWO
without anyone knowing about it,
Keuua said: All right and Byrne rode
of. Aut as chance would have it, while
he YVES gone JOAN ID. Anderson, who re-
presented the district in Congress
and who Is going 10
represent il again Applause came
along, aud ho had iitt.e liquor Ia a
bottie-ior snake bites, you know, 81,
something Of that sort, Applauseh al
Eeuna got q drink and went on 70 Jhe
appointment aud opened uD the meet
ing In country school house. While
be was warming I'D 20 the subject, and
N N ,OC1T6eEayic truths with
GTTlIs elOQueuCe, he CHANGED % see
the old temperance patriarch whom
Byrne had spoken Of right up
IT, front drinking in every
word spoken, and just as be made
mental note Of tho fact In came Byrue
and made bis way up TO the platform,
lineup in hand. Laughter. Byrne
walked right Up and placed the lineup
Ou Inc table. Now IL is one of the Gus
sons of the country down that way to
drink up the speakers water
II you get chance, aud the
old temperance fellow was thirsty.
Tie began 70 edge Gp 20 that tin cup
little az time, aud directly be saw his
chance ADD got it, and turned the con-
tents down his throat. Laughter
We'll, 10 was genuine mountain dew, and
60 brought the tears % the old fellows
eyes-he hadn't mad taste OF 10 for
thirty years, aud there was no water
and be put the tin cup back on the
tao.e aud looked at Konna a moment
and then turned around and out he went,
aud X ma gave that district up, then
aud there. Laughter. He was sure
10 would so SOidly Republican. But
4, the old man was Democrat. lie
Adidn't Ike whiskey, and had proof posi-
i've that Keuna djd-Eenua had 10 iu
be tin-cup, aud he taw Byrne bring it
N, but the Republicans ratified him,
and he turned MS Democracy loose, and
the district gave the biggest Democratic
majority the party had ever pollsd.
ICneers. So 10 will be with the De-
mocracy here. The Rspub leans who
are relying upon djSSaJlsfdctS0n don't
know the "critter.' AppIauS.
I remember, away back when we
commenced this Fight Some Of you
may remember those days-my friend
Haudon, over there, does,
know We used to meet
90 outs hall, in a place which
had no p'astering on the. walls, and no
ceiling but the bare tafters-nOt 8
handsome steel ceiling like thiS-aHd
don't even know that 10 was white
washed. There was no gaS-On,y
sconces and lamps i'm thuse days. I
was secretary aud treasurer of that
club. held more Offices thsn Pooh
Bob Laughter There were more
Offices than there were members of the
club. But we had al object /: was
az
ASSAULT on EEPUBLICANISN,
an assault on the most villainous law
ever enacted over a free peopIs-the test
oath iaw-and We kept i; uD, please
God, and we beat them In 1870 aud 10
1871 Applause, aud they've never got
ten their heads above water since.
Applause. We've beaten them every
time, but they always come up again
with some new iniQuity. After
we had beaten out their test oaths,
and had reconstructed the South
ern States there was the
war tariff, and we made another crusade
on them, and now we've beaten them in