Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-10-12
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ADDRESSED 4 VERY LARGE DEMOCRATIC
MEETING At BETHANY, LAST MIGHT.
ne Votsrs Of Brooke County Listened With the
Greatest Interest 10 the Addresses Upon the
Political Issues Of the Day.

out OF the Democratic voters Of Bethany
and vicinity to listen to addresses upon
the political issues Of the dag by Mr..
julius Pollock, Democratic candidate
for State Senate, aud Mr.. NJ. F. Dryden.
The audience was one Of the largest
ever assembled at Bethany, and was
very enthusiastic throughout
The meeting was called TO order in
the school house az seven o'clock, Col.
Alex. Campbell being made chairman.
Col, Campbell presented Mr.. Pollock,
who, by the way, is q graduate Of the
class Of SO Of the College, as the first
speaker Of the evening. Mr.. Pollock
talked for about twenty minutes upon
the issues Of the day. HIS remarks were
characterized by hard business sense,
and his speech was we'll received, max
ing many friends for the Senatorial
candidate among the citizens OF the
town and the farmers from the surround
ing country.
Mr.. Pollock was succeeded by Mr..
Dryden, whose combination Of good
Methodism and sound Democracy was
recognized as the only speaker Of that
happy makeup since the departure of
the lamented J. w. Hough. Mr. Dryden
made splendid address, literally shak-
ing the bushes, and arousing great en-
thusiaSm. He dwelt upon the train Of
evils following in the wake OF
the enactment OF the Mckinley bill,
and cOntrasted that with the prosperity
Immediately following the enactment
of the Democratic tariff measure. lie
recOunted the condition of the treasury
81 the end OF President Cleveland's first
administration, the depletion Of the ma
tons cash by the Harrison adminlstra-
ton, and the resulting conditions con-
fronting Mr.. CleVelaLd's second admin
istration. The monumental work OF
the Fifty-third Congress was reviewed
Ia an able and extensive manner.
Mr.. Dryden's eulogy OF Hon. John a.
Howard was heartily responded to by
his audience. He referred in scathing
terms to the bigotry that would discrim-
mate In politics against the religious
beliefs of any candidates for any office,
and his denUnciatiOn Of the Republican
A. P. A. boomerang was earnest and
eloquent.
Upon the question Of the tariff, Mr..
DRYDEN said:
During the thirtylyears of Republican
misrus, when under the high prOtec-
tive policy OF that party, the masses
were being robbed TO build up and sup
port in our midst moneyed aristOcracy,
the Democratic party from the watch
towers OF our national fabric, lifted up
the warning voice to the people OF this
country, and gave forth no uncertain
sound. Time ana again it called pub
lie attention to the Injustice,
partiality and disastrous effects OF the
robber tariff upon our industries at
home and our commerce abroad. The
theory Of the Republican party and its
practice as well, has been to make the
tariff conform not TO the actual needs
Of the government, but TO the avaricious
demands OF protected manufacturers
and monopolles. That is, the Repub-
lican party has taxed the people
against their will and contrary
TO the constitution of the United
States. Under this pernicious system
\ Of taxation the rich have grown richer
hand the poor have grown poorer. 1t has
as centralized the wealth CT the cOun-
the hands OF the few and filed
md with millionaires, pauperS, and
ps.
The panic Of 1878 and the panic Of
were alike the result OF the vicious
gatiOn and high protective policy Of
Republican party. The sons OF
hest toll have been crowded down
their ways, and the wives and chill
pof these tOiling millions have gone half
clothed and half-ieed, while the pro-
tected manufacturer rolled In luxury.
McKinleyism never raised the wages
of q single laborer, and whatever pro-
lection American labor has received has
been BIZ virtue Of the labor organiZa-
tions Of the country Have you forgot
ten the work Of slaughter 81 Home
stead under the Mckinley bill, when
Pinkertons and an armed sOldiery
were called TO the aid OF Mr.. Carnegie
20 force his employees into submission?
This is the way the policy ei the Re-
publican party protects American la
Dor. MCKinleyism invites financial
panics and business depression. II en-
courages needless extravaganza in the
administration OF the government, and
already the Democratic party has
reduced the annual eXpendi-
lures OF the government tWenty-nine
millions OF dollars. McKinleyism
Expresses the tOiling masses by cOmpell-
ing them to pay eXorbtant prices for
the necessaries Of life and has thereby
encouraged among rs the spirit of So
clallsm and other kindred evils, Under
MeKinleyism the agricultural interests
OF the country were left 20 languiSh
and die. The farmer selling his wheat
at 45 cents per bushel and his WOOL at
is cents per pound, and At the same
time paying high tariff prices for his
machinery and farming implements is
the legitimate outcome of McKi1leyism.
No wonder the people In this country in
1899 decreed the speedy death OF Nc
Kinleyism and the utter overthrow OF
the Republican party. Thank God Nc
Kinleyism is dead and the tariff Ques-
ton is once more settled in this
nation for the next quarter OF a
century. After thirty years Of journey
ing In the wilderness Of Republican
misrule and affection, We have at last
crossed the Jordan with Grover Cleve-
land and VIM. l.. Wilson at the head Of
the column, and we have eutered the
promised land Of Tariff Reform and we
shall find il a goOdly land flowing with
milk and honey Yes, my fellow citi-
zens, whatever lack OF confidence was
felt on the part OF the people, whatever
feelings Of distrust may have been ex-
perienced, whatever withdrawal Of
capital there was from the
business enterprises OF the country, il
was all due 20 the hypOcritical calamity
wall of the Republican press, Having
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