Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-11-01
ME. aOWARD'S sPEEoH.
a Magnificent Address, Calm, Reasona
BILE, Logical, ElOquent.

BILE, logical, Eloquent.
When after the audience had cheered
Itself hoarse, Mr. Howard all the while
modeStly standing on the front OF the
speakers platform, be said:
"MR. CHAIRMAN AND MY FELLOW
CIrIZENs:-lt has been said that pro-
uhet is not without honor except az his
own home. l have travelled through
the eleven counties OF this Congression-
al district. aud have met with large and
enthusiastic audiences everywhere, bot
the reception accorded me last
night Gin the Fourth ward, and
by this splendid meeting
to-eiRht, gives the lie TO that proverb,
or puts me down as not prophet,
l am not 10 condition tonight 90 make
an extended speech, but l shall ask you
20 bear with me- while l discuss in
general way some of the issues Of this
campaign.
when / accepted the nomination
from the representatives. Of the Democ-
racy of this district, assembled at
Clarksburg, l consented TO lead what
was then called your Iorlorn h ope,
for then your heads were bowed, and
you were cOwed by the unfOunded and
extravagant boasts made by the enemy.
But sin CO then a change has come
over the spirit OF your dreams. There
Is no longer detected hanging Of the
head, no longer any evidence OF q
wayering In your support.
EVERY DEMOCRAT
has his head erect and his eye on the
ballot BOX, and when the polls close on
the 9th day Of November, l believe that
every Democrat will have voted the
straight Democratic ticket, and l will
have been chosen as your representa-
tive in Congress- Applause,
The Republican calamity howlers
hold the Democratic party responsible
for the panic of 1898, and the hard
times which followed. l would
ask you 10 remember every argument
from a Republican source, made by
their stump speakers or through the
columns OF their newspapers, and | will
ask you If any Of them have point i 10
a single act OF Democratic legislation
10 which they attribute the panic of
last year. You have heard Mckinley
vail calamity; you have heard Elkins
talk business; you have heard the
little giant Of prOtectlOn,' Capt Dow
ener, sing his little tale OF woe. What
one Of them pointed to one act OF the
Democratic party to which he could
attribute the results Of which they
complain ia such doleful strains? They
simply say that the Democratic party
has ruined the country. They have
forgotten, or they believe that you will
forget, that every act on the statute
books during the period OF depression,
was an act OF Republican legislation.
They know that during the thirty years
iu which they controlled the govern
ment, there was never time when the
Democratic party had the power to
make q law.
Do THEY BELIEVE
you have forgotten these things?
II would ask you also 70 recall the
reason which l think and which you
think, caused the panic OF 1898. You
have not forgotten that President
Cleveland Tcheersl left $3.50, 900, 900 in
the treasury at the close Of his admin
istration, aud that the Harrison admin
iStration SQuandered every dollar Of it.
Applause. III you owe me $50, aud |
know that YOU have a bank account
which will more than cover that debt,
am not alarmed about its payment.
But n you owe me $50, and l cannot see
where YOU will get the money TO pay il,
I am alarmed. So IL was when the
money 90 the United States treasury
was sQuaudered aud there was a deficit.
Applause. So IL was when Harrison
was appealing 10 the bankers 90 loan
him money 10 tide him over the last
days Of his administration. [Applsuse. !
So IL was when the working people OF
FoStoria, who had their savings In bank,
were awaiting the time when they
would receive fifteen cents on the dol
lar. hope the Republicans won't say
that We ruined the Republican Score
tary Of the Treasury.
"You will not forget that the Nc.
Kinley bill had been in effect since
1890. and that il had been found made
quate to provide sufficient revenue for
the government, that under the opera
ton of that pernicioGs law
THE BALANCE OF TRADE
vas against Us; that our gold was be-
Ing exported TO Europe, and none CON-
ing back 10 return for it; that the sur
plus of gold in tue treasury Of the
United States was being threatened.
These things caused 3 lack OF con6k
dence, then alarm, then panic and the 1
hard times. Applause, Then thief
sat down and wrote their calsmiJ
speeches and went into the campsisA.
Their conduct reminds NE of SONG 1
the romsnceS we read in our boYH
days. You will remember the stQ