Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-10-10

The attention Of Hon. VIM. L. Wilson
having been called to the speeches Of
Major Mckinley commenting on the
London speech and the Chamber Of
Commerce dinner, he read this atten-
tlVely, and putting down the paper, re-
marked: The best answer to all this is
she speech 1 delivered and which Major
Mckinley is criticisng. II Major Nc
Kinley is rightly reported, ne has simp-
y garbled my speech by taking the
FIRST half OF sentence 10 twist in one
way aad emitting the last hail. which
showed it could not DO so used. knew
full well that whatever I might say on
such an occasion would be thus garbled
aud falsely presented 70 the American
people by protectionist speakers and
papers, and so 1 did what / seldom do
or have time 10 DO, dictated and gave
Reuters Press q full and accurate copy
Of my London speech, from which Major
Mckinley and his followers may take
Ell the comfort they can draw. l mean,
now that 10 has been SO gaCo.ed, 70 pub
lish the speech ia full aud spread it over
my district. Ii is just what l have
been saying and shall continue 10 say 10
my own people. ~
THE LONDON SPEECH.
Mr.. Wilson then handed the reporter
q COPY OF the London Times containing
the speech in full. Here it is:
MR. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN OF
TIE CHAMBER OF COANERCE:-I am
heartily grateful for tho exceedingly
kindly words 10 which I have been pre-
seated 20 you, and for the unmistaka5ie
cOrdia.itY of your welcome. As a citl-
zen Of the United States l most cordial
~ reciproCats for my own country the
pleasant and friendly words With which
I have beea introduced by Sir Allen
RoIlit Norhing less than s. sense or
the honor implied in YOUR invitation to
be one OF your guests tonight could
have made me Interrupt, Oy anything
so serious as an attempt at public
speaking, the rest which / have sought
in an ocean voyage, and brief soJJuru
too brief, ! may adm your historic
country, and beg you TO believe now
that an embarrassed and perp.exed ns
90 what words and thoughts / should
utter tonight ia recognition Of that
honor.
see before me a representative gath
ering Of the business men OF the en-
pire which, By It's dependencies and
colonies, and still more by its great re-
lations, Compassss the entire globe. l
am conscious that l cannot entertain
or interest such an audience by any at
tempt to speak upon subjects within
the field of their own experience, and
in which thsir experience 80 far sur
passes aud trsnsceads my own. shall
ask, then, the privilege Of speaking 30
you tonight as an American CITIZEN
solely as 70 matters Within tho limit OF
nv own observation and activity, and
with which, perhaps, 1 may have a
larger familiarity than most Of those 10
whom I shall address my remarks this
evening.
For the past ten years the United
States has been the area Of the greatest
political conflict which has occurred in
the history Of our people. We have
IuSh lOlkA UA4 lAel WNA VIC a. - oehL-to
I'm that conflict, and, although It's seem
ing results are far in themselves dIspro-
portiouata 10 the wishes and the delib-
crate mandates Of the American people,
we are confident that those results and
the momentum OF those results are 10
open a new era In the history of the
United States and a new era Ia the posi-
ton of the United States as to all the
rest OF sthe world. For the past
twenty-five years we have been follow
ing the policy of the Celestial Empire.
For the past twenty-five years we have
adopted the principles of commercial
exclusion; we have called Oft our ships
from the seas; we have clipped the
wings OF our industries and OF our en-
terprises and we have pu.feJters on our
home industries.
TUE PROTECTION IDEA,
For whole generation the people Of
the United States were taught that ma
tiOnaI greatness, individual perity,
the higher wages and welfare or our
working people, and the general pros
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