West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-09-13

nominee Dy reclamation.
Nominations for County Supt.
of Free Schools being called for.
NJ. q. Gibson named j, II, 5. Bar
low, aud 1t was confirmed by aocla.
nation.
As this concluded the nomina-
tions, on motion, the Chair appoin.
ted committee OF three to wait on
the speakers and escort them to the
meeting. Col. w. j. Lavolle, DR..
j. II. Manown and c.. @. Frank
houser were appointed. While the
committee were out after the speak.
ers, the Committee on Resolutions
came in and reported through the
Chairman, p. j. Crogan, as follows:
That tho letter of President
Cleveland to Representative Catch
ings. of Mississippi, ON the Tariff
Bill, and the speech of Hon. W. L..
Wilson in accepting the nomination
for Congress at the Martinsburg
Convention, be made the platform Of
the Democracy of Preston county i'm
the coming campaign, and request
that said letter and speech be pub.
lished in the WEST VA. ARGUS in
next weeks issue.
The report was adopted and the
letter and speech will bo found i'm
this issue, and we ask careful
reading by every Democrat in the
county. (Although many OF them
will have TO borrow their neighbor's
paper to do it,
The committee then returned
with the speakers, and the Char
introduced Hon. Chas. II. Mansur,
ex-Membcr Of Congress from MIS-
souri,, and now Comptroller of the
Treasury at Washington. Mr.. Man
sur is giant, physically and men
tally, and spoke for about one hour
and half in mastery manner,
discussing the great issues of tariff
reform In n way that was simply
unanswerablc. lie had the facts
and figures and statistics with HIM
to prove his assertions, and created
big stir 10y reading from the Phil.
adelphia Rec0rd tmeo column
display line advertisement Of John
Wannamaker, Offering cloth and
woolen goods Of different kinds at
half the price he sold at before the
new tariff bill went into effect, and
specifying particularly in the ad-
yertsement that he was enabled to
d. this on account OF the tax or
tariff beng taken off these articles.
lie called on some good Republi-
can present to come forward and
see the "ad" for himself, that il
WAS correct. Several calls were
made for ex Senator Dawson, Chair.
man OF the Republican State Com
mlttee, who was present. Mr..
Dawson rs far to1 smart TO volun-
tarily walk into anything Of that
kind, but being called upon, he
arose and wanted to know If the
fine cloth and woolcn fabrics adyer-
tised by Wannamaker were for the
common speople. The speaker
promptly replied that with the tax
taken off them, by the Democratic
party, even the common people
could afford such goods. Several
more such thrusts passed between
them, but az Mr.. Dawson aud his
party appeared at considerable dis.
advantage in the encounter. he was
more than satisfied 10 sit down and
keep quiet. It is highly improper
anyhow for a corpse to talk back at
It's own funeral.
Col. w. w. Arnctt, Of Wheeling,
was next introduced and spoke
about an hour in his usual happy
vein OF wit and humor, combined
with solid facts aud logic calcula-
ted to make a splendid impression
on the audience, az 10 did Among
many good things he said that the
Republican party claimed they had
saved this country, but even il they
had, the Great Creator and the
Democratic party bad made the
country and made 10 what il is be-
fore the Republican party proper,
was ever heard tell Of. lie said be
was no Presby yterian, but he believed
in the fore ordination Of William
j.. Wilson'S triumphant 70 election
TO Congress. Az The close OF his
address, there was loud calls for
Hon. Charles T.. Brown, Of Gin.