The Forrest City times., 1894-10-12
WILSON'S WELCOME.

Enthusiastic Ree< ptlon of the Great Tarin
 Reformer by tLe Citizens of Chariestown
 The Inspirifing strains of "Dixier All
 most Drowned Out by the shouts Of the
 PopuIace-The statesman's Feeling Ac-
 acknowledgements.
 CHARIEsrowN. W. Va, Oct o.-Wil- liam L. Wilson was welcomed to West Virginia with an enthusiasm un- bounded in the memory of the oldest citizen of this quaint old town A committee of l5O citizens, accompanied by the Charlestown cornet brass band, met the train conveying Mir. Wilson and the Washington party at Harper's Ferry. As the train drew into Charles town, two additional bands hailed MT. Wilson's arrival with Dixie" the strains of which were almost drowned by the shouts of 1000 people. Hats were thrown in the air and ladies waved their handkerchiefs.
 Proceeding up the principal streets to the courthouse, cheers followed the procession and a crowd surrounded MT. Wilson's carriage. Flags were displayed from numerous windows The entire route of the procession was one constant ovation.
 The little courthouse could not hold one-half of the people who endeavored to crowd into it.
 In the audience were many ladies of Charlestown. A sprinkling of black faces looked down from the galleries and followed Mir. Wilson's remarks with interest.
 Placed above the speakers stand was large picture of President Cleveland, fianked on either side by pictures of MT. Wilson. American flags were dis tributed about the room.
 As Mir. Wilson entered the audience cheered for several minutes. He was introduced by R. P. Chew in brief speech as the first citizen of the com monwealth." This was the signal for the bands to again play Home Again, " and after order was restored Mir. Will. son, with much feeling made acknowl- edgment of the warmth of his recep- tion.
 Referring to the criticisms made on his London speech, he said it was gar bled. He did not, however, feel afraid to tell the people of London what he had told before to the people of West Virginia, and that was that we were engaged in tearing down the tariff wall, and soon we would compete with Great Britain for the sea-carrying trade of the world.
 Mr. Wilson did not hold that the present tariff law measured up to the full idea of tariff reform, but, man. gled as it was, it was much better than the old tariff law. There was not, he said, single reform that the people could turn to the republicans in the hope that they would accomplish it. Prosperity was returning, not with a rush but substantially; true prosperity, and gradually and permanently.
 He referred to President Cleveland as having the ru6der of tariff reform in hand when the clouds were lower ing and when depression in business, brought on by republican mismanage- ment, was greatest, and bringing re- lief, even if partial, to the people.
 Cleveland's name was the signal for repeated cheers.
 Other speeches were made by Repre- sentative Myer, of Pennsylvania; Col. Kyd Douglas, of Hagerstosvn, Md, and Internal Revenue Collector McGraw.
 The speakers at last nights meeting were Hon. k. T. Barton, Winchester, Va; Hon. Fred J. Nelson, Frederick City, Md, and Hon. Mortimer Kilgore, Louden county, Va.