The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-10-15

lat night was thronged from pit to
gallery With perspiriSg and cheering
humanity. The occasion was a mass
meeting Of Republicans, and the prin'
cipal speaker Of the evening was Thomas
u. Reed, Of Maine. The following are
extracts from his address:
1 have been 10 the habit for some
wears Of speaking Of tho Democratic
party In terms which seemed to me 10
Be- Just, bat which tho members Of it
have not found entirely satisfactory,
and vet never dreamed OF using words
abop, the party or ita chiefs which have
been shouted in speeches by great Dem.
ocrats from Maine 10 Texas and itali.
cised 10 much letGer-writing by very
few exalted public fuPctionary.
TIRE CHARGE or PERFiDY AND DIsHoSoR.
I should never have dreamed Of
charging the senate of the United States,
though OF another political party, with
"perfldy and dishonor," aud yet that is
only q portion OF tho epithets which
were chosen by the Chief Magistrate Of
their own selection. When | saw tho
senator from Maryland in tho senate
chamber, with upIiited right hand, sue
cessiyeIy call witness after witness to
provo that their party chief had be-
auiled them into the passage OF the very
bill he 40 bitterly denounced, thought
how far short in the last campaign l had
fallen OF describing the actions liable to
result from the supremacy OF tho party
TO which ! was opposed. / have, there
fore, no epithlets to bestow tonight.
My weapons have beeu taken from me,
aud my occupation as political speak
or for this campaign seems to be gone.
THE UNCERTAINTY DID 1T ALL.
Tho past eighteen months have becn
months Of suffering in the houses Of
the people. Not starvation. not depriy-
alton Of tho absolute necessities OF life,
for this country has accumulated too
much OF the worlds goods in the past
thirty years that utter want should
paralyze and kill; but that want which
10 the great unhappiness OF civilization
tho want OF comforts to which We
have been accustomed.
Nobody can charge this fairly to the
terms OF tho tariff which now exists any
more than they can TO the taril which
used to exist. What caused all this
disaster everybody knows who has any
business sense. 1t was the utter un-
certainty, the appalling doubt rs to
what would happen TO us. Who could
build on shifting sand! During oil the
time that tho so-cslled house bill was
pending men could only fear the worst,
for the house bill was about the worst
thing which the unwisdom Of man ever
devised in these late years OF Christian
civilization. This bill went 10 the SEN
ate, many Democrat voting for it. not
because he believed in 1t, but because
the senate would make it nearer decency
aud titness.
DEMOCRATIC SUCCESS MEANS A coNTINU-
ANCE OF UNCERTAINTY.
So long as Mr.. Cleveland stays in
power the evil cannot be recti6ed.
What, then, remains. not for the Re-
publican party or the Democratic par.
", but for the people OF the United
States TO do? Do We want certainty or
uncertainty from now until 1886? Can
We lay aside all our partisans feeling
and agree that tho great aud paramount
curse OF this country for the last eigh-
teen months has been uncertainty? No
body dared to startin business or go on
with his business 80 long as no foun-
dation could DO discovered. Business
is not gambling. It tries its best to
take no chances. What it demands
more and moro every year is certainty.
What, then, shall the business world
do TO procure certainty az the OASIS oil
its future operations?
Would the success OF the Democratic
party this iall produce certainty? Lot
us see what they say themselves. II
they, the leaders, lie, you would not
trust them. II they tell the truth, you
can find no rest for the solos Of your feet.
The Democratic chairman Of ways and
means, who was leader until the Dem
ocrntic senator from Maryland stripped
him OF his armor and dragged him
around the walls OF Troy, declared be-
fore the house adjourned. amid the
cheers OF the Democrats, that the fight
WINS but begun.
CHAIRMAN Wilson'S LONDON SPEECH.
He hastened back to his constituents
in West Virginia to reiteratc it, tho
same notes crossed tile waters to pro-
claim it again to the British, and. re-
I.eahed bE that touch OF his mother
earth, yibratcd back tn renew his doc.
laration. Surely he does not mean
peace and qlietncss. Nor has he the
slightest idea OF tho value thereof.
Mr.. President writes to Mr.. Ca!chings
that this Is only the vantage ground Tor
new attack. Mr.. Hill declares that
only tho citadel has been carried, and
that he is going back for the rcst OF tho
town. These mon seem backed up by
all tho official Democratic power. The
Democratic press seems with Thorn.
1t is pretty evident, thon, to any SEN
sible man that quiet aud certainty arc
not to be hoped for in Democratic sue
cess. On tho other hand, the Republic
cans cannot make any change for the
better from our point OF view, because
Cleveland aud the senate would oppose.
we certainly should not do anything TO
make tho tariff worse, for that ia con-
trary to our principles. To sum 1t all
w in word, Democracy promises war
upon business certainty, while tho
Republicans must give you rest. We
DO not promise you prosperity, for these
conditions arc not Of our choosing. We
DO not recommend tho senate bill. 1t
was not al our enOctiug, Rut it ia very
certain that il there is any good in it
tho only way to got at it is to give 1t a
chance.
WAGES WILL NOT lie RESTORED.
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