Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-10-25
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people, he began an eloquent and con-
vnCiug argument, which was punctu-
ated with applause. Mr.. Cochran spoke
until 1880 aud then the train pulled
out amid the lOudeSt applause. II was
a really great meeting, a credit 10 Graf
ton aud Taylor county.
The next stopping place was Fair
mont, which was reached at 1905.
Here the crowd was almost or quite as
large as az Grafton, aud the enthusiasm
fully as marked. Here Mr.. COwen was
the first speaker, he following, in tue
main, the address made by him at Graf
ton. His plain aud practical discussion
of the new Industrial situation was well
received. and when be told his audi
ence that be was part owner in the
| M0nongah mines, aud az such be stood
with William L. Wilson for free coal,
because he believed, as business man,
it
WOULD BE A GOOD THING
for niue owner, coal digger and coal
/ consumer alike, he aroused the great
! est enthusiasm. He made a local dem
\ Onstrati0u of the benefits 10 come 10
\ the great body OF the people by saying
/ that before many days MOnongah coal
/ and coke was 20 invade Mexico 10 the
/ extent OF 600, 600 tons a year, through q
/ business arrangement made since the
! passage Of the Wilson bill by c. X. Lord
/ and other well known gentlemen. This
could now be done 40 profit, because
the trains 20 the Ssa00ard and the ships
going 20 Cuba would bring return car
Of OF
impOrtatiOus from other southern cOun-
tries. The great plants az SparrOws'
Point and al Bethlehem, Pa, would
like a million tons Of this ore, and with
free ore they would get 1t. The
Chamber of Commerce of BaIti-
more, Democrats and Republicans
alike, had petitiOned for
this free ore, aud with it they would
stimulate the iron trade in the East,
and would thereby greatly aid the coal
and coke industry in West Virginia.
That would mean work 10 the West
Virginia WOrkmen. Under Mckinley
ism the fires in the great plants az Spar
rows Point had gone out. Nuu euey
were re-Iignted, and wOuld give employ
m-nt 90 another thousand men. mus
there was 10 be q genera revival OF
manufacturing, In all lines and all over
the country, to the great and substan-
tiaI benefit of the vast majority OF tue
peoOle. what the worklngmen OF this
country want" be said, "is not MckIn-
ley charity, but justice, and this Is Wnat
they are going 10 receive under the
Wilson bill" AT the conclusion OF MI
Governs address Hon. Bourke Cochran
was introduced aud was given a great
reception. He scored the Republican
Dolicy for the last thirty years In Ian
guage earnest and eloquent, and MS
demonstration OF the fact that the panic
and business depression of 1898 was not
due TO three months Of Democratic rule,
hut 10 thirty years OF Republican NAL
administration was cheered by his
hearers. Several Republicans
INTERRUPTED THE SPEAKER
one asking about she silver question,
/ and crying "Coiu the silver bullion into
/ dollars, and we'iI have plenty OF
money! And how will you get u out
/ OF the treasury?' was the quick re-
Spouse. ado you think the United
/ States Treasury can send carload OF
/ dollars through the country, as the
| Fish Commission distributes its spawn?
DO YOU aspire 20 set aside the Divine
| Injunction, In the sweat or thy brow
| shalt thou earn thy breadH Do you
/ hone 10 do what DO man or no people
/ has ever succeeded in dOing-live on
the treasury OF nation? That IS Nc
| Eipleyisn, but 10 isn't common sense. ="
/ TCheerS. When the train pulled out
tbe crowd was wild with enthusiasm,
! and cheered until the train was out oil
| sight
At Pennington there was band and
another big crowd, and Mr.. Wilson
shook hands with a number Of people,
and then made a brief address from the
rear platform. A passenger train from
the west ran in aud halted for water
lust as be began, forcing suspension
of his remarks for time, and thus de-
Driving the assembled people OF most OF
the address which had been cut out toI
them. The train pulled out az 1870, Tor
Warrington, half an hour late.
At Warrington, Chairman l.. ;. Del
apIair. OF the First Congressional Dis
trict Committee, Attorney-General L
:. Riley, aud Col Joseph w. Gallaher,
boarded the train, while Mr.. Cochran
was introduced 70 an audience or hye oil
six hundred people who had assembled
al the station, with a band. HIS ad
dress was another eloquent demonstrA
zion OF Democratic truths, and wa
greeted with great applause.
At Glover's Gap, about one hundred
people had assembled, but there was