New-York tribune., 1894-10-24
TALKING IN WILSON'S STATE
,,,xIry LISTENED TO AND CAEERED BY
THOUSANDS OF VOTERS.
.ppARENT1Y WEST VlEcINIANs HAVE LITTLE
SYMPATHY WITH THE AUTHOR OF THE
uo,.sE FREE TRADE BILL.

HOUSE FREE TRADE BILL
,,.,oo,,,r ". Va. Oct Ex-Governor McK!n-
- ohio. made his hrst speech today al
, w., p,osssrt W Va A. o'clock this morning.
o'clock tonight. thirteen hours la;cr. he
~ =, his twelfth 70 an immense joinc assenbase
:. wast VirSinans and Orleans on the soil IF
s,s native State. across the river a. Bridgeport.
- his tourney to-day he passed through ten
...o,o democratic counties. and talked 70 miners.
.~1on.crowers. lumbermen, oi!-producers, drillers
"a 1ohorers. farmers, iron workers and repre-
-an,atives Of dozen Other mater!a! m
asts His reception at every stopping place
c enthusiastic in the extreme At the close OF
,,.rirht's meeting he made flying trip 10 CO.
,,rhus for the purpose of transactins some irl-
'or,apt official business. At II o'clock in the
lining he will start for Pit;s5urg, en- route to
prSalo y T.. and Philadelphia.
III. START was made from Charleston at
- and al Point Pleasant. when the train was
...,snt II from the side,rack, the Governor
p1ose p-e for five minutes What We want, he
IA "is something TO do and we want wages
s"r' sr doing IT, We have not had as much TO 90
=, the past eighteen mohths as formerIN' anu
" ~ ~. ,hat are fortunate enough To be at work
~ ~ NOT receiving the wages they ought 10. we
aant the good. prosperous times OF protective
V,,a rro thousand people were in waiting at Mason
c,r Pomeroy and Mddleport, across on the
ssr side Of the river. sent large deiesaton:'
Cnvsrnor Mckinley spoke for ten minutes poht-
w across the river. with an abandoned cotton
,s Is mill as an object lesson. he said: .
"1 psfore the Tariff bill of 1890 was enacted. co',
p' ,,es were sold at 81 % "A bundle. and ali SOLD
10" sT. s country were made abroad. That bill
ave them protection. and numerous factories
-,nr ND in this country. while lNe COS' IV'
spJo N the consumer went down 10 - cents
L. was the establishmn mt of new industry
ND Of the same time cheapening OF the cosI
O. the user But the Democratic Revenue tailit
Syi admits these ties free, ard now your hi'liS
sra closed and the workmcn are ldIe. Is 'ld'
true American poi'c!.
sTSar vote for YOUR country and your homes.
There were great crowds at RavensWood anu
paueyille 10 cheer the Governor and CX-SecIetai
rkins. The speech dwelt at length on the III,
;"ry TO the mining. cattle, wool, lumber anu
19,ber interests Of West Virginia that h''u 'V
suited from the new Tariff bill. - IT,,
The Governor was enthusiastically received
an his arrival at ParkersburS al noon an"
smoke for a half-hour in the pubic sQua -
Then the trip toward Wheeling was resumed;
tn next stop was a; -. Marys. WAefc ne
smoke briefly. At Sistcrsville. ii tEe ce-i',c 20 ~
oiI region. a large crowd had gathered AT tho
Sm Snoa, II was necessary t. sidetrack the spe-
esi IN make way for an incoming pdSs'HstI
Train and the matron Of = Dem o'r%ut ia':,.iG
occupying a cottage adjoin.ne l." n a., ,,r
ihe Governor t. her porch. "l gu can nav
nrob IN stand On or anything else ~ th'
house" she cheeg..y remarked u lhe ~; to;
but he was content with the porch. ne Lou %
hardly begun 10 speak Wheh d '''"''' '''''' ~
back country cried out; -
"What about the Force biz:
"pennle are not troubling themselves about
f,rce bills lust now" retor;ed the speaLei .
"What they are most concerned about is Neir
board bills. e,, ,i,,,,,e
A This the crowd yelled for fun minute
When silence had been restored the speaker con-
,.nued . .,,. 1,ico-
II learn from the morning papers that wee
President Stevenson in a speech delivered yeSlef-
6av said that $50 to-day was worm more than
400 TWO years ago Oer.sVe shouts o, On.
That NAV be true. my friends. but WHO mas *.
the 500? (Shouts Of Nobody in this crowd l.
IS not a question how much money Is worth; U
how far money will 90; the question =; moM ..N
much money have We now, or Tdthef NOW H''''
money have now? -
After leaving S.stersvile. ten-mnute stops
were made a New-Martnsv.Ie. MoundsV'iie an,
Penwood At the Iatter place thc eMpiO!eS 81
the iron and steel works were lcav!ng woik lo'
fbe day and 5000 OF them cOngregated al .Ac
depot and listened to brief tax. From TINS
point into Wheeling. a distance of four mics
/, seemed as though the track at both ends OF 'he
trestle-wOrk was lined with Mckinney enlndsi-
asis and the cheers that came out OF the udih
ness were continuous. AZ,
Ipon his arrival in Wheeling. Governor Mc,
Iiniov was met By a crowd Of several thouSah'
ard escorted TO the Mcclure House. Whle NJ
was at supper the streets on either SIDE h,.eu ~
until over 900 people were shouting ana c'a"Oi
inc for a speech. Finally the camor became ;
daofening thai the GOVeTnor was forced 10 re-
snond and appearing on The balcony he SPOKE
a. t,rentv minutes He then driven across
The river to Bridgeport, Ohio.