The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-10-25
IN THE OPERA HOUSE.
A Large Crowd Gathers Only to bo Dis
appointed.


A Large Crowd Gathers Only to be Dis
appointed.
The Opera House was packed full OF
people long before the speaker arrived.
While tho crowd waited for the strains
of the imported brass band with the
British uniform, tho boys in the gallery
had fun.
While the crowd waited somebody
spied ex-Mayor Seabright in the house
and called him out for speech. He
was altogether willing, and spoke until
the crowd stamped him down, and
then, not satisfied to quit, he tried to
proceed, but the audience would not
have II.
Colonel White was next called out
and made brief speech, at the close OF
which somebody called for three cheers
for White, but there were no cheers.
Just at this juncture Messrs. Cochran d
Co. appeared, and the escort fled into
tho reserved seats. Congressional
Chairman Delaplain called the meeting
to ordor and presented Mr. F. II. Lange
as chairman. Mr.. Lange gave very
graceful welcome to nil present, espe-
cially to the Republicans, and intro
duced Mr., Cochran.
Mr.. Cochran went right into his sub
iect, saying that Dir. Mckinley, speak
ing at three places in this county yes
terday no spoke but once in Ohio
county] rang the changes on the charge
that the Democratic party was respon-
sible for the bad times. He said il the
Democrats were responsible for this
state OF affairs, they should be hurled
from power. He proceeded to gener-
ously "admit" great many things to
the credit OF the Democratic party and
deny others not so praiseworthy. he
speaks rapidly and with animation. He
talks great deal about trusts and "fa.
vored individuals" but specifies not
He referred to the panic OF 1878 as q
fruit OF Republican rulc, and then said
the last panic was not due to Demo-
cratic rule, and anybody who said it
was insulted his hearers intelligence.
This panic was coming for ten years.
and was finally stopped only by the
passage ot tho recent tariff law. Hc did
not repeat his remarks about tho now
tariil bill being worse than tho Mckin.
lev law, and did not roast ". L. Wilson
as he had done before. He was not
here for that purpose.
lie asked: "Who ever protected
wheat, or corn or pork in this country
Their price is fixed in Liverpool" The
idea OF protection means tho right OF
the producer TO tax the consumer moro
for his product than it cost. His whole
argument seemed to be that il an in
dustry or calling could not prosper in
this country without protection, IL
could we'll bo spnrod.
The people who give liborally to Re-
publican campaign funds arc always
anxious about keeping wages up. yet rs
soon Us tho election Is Ovet thcy hire
Pinkcrton detectives to shoot people
who strike for higher wages. He dwelt
n great doal OH this general idoa OF bull
lots. He denied that wages were ever
increased or kept up by protective
system, and said il no could DO shown
that he was wrong no would become
tho most ardent advocate OF protection
ever seen.
His theories on tho tariff woro shown
by an illustration, in which ho used u
table as an article to bo produced. II
tho cost ufthu production were doubled,
tho production would DO cut down one.
half. II tho cost Of production were cut
down one.half, tho makor would pro.
duco twice us many tables. What ho
would do with tho tables aitor they
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