The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-11

| eFkiAdEELD, ", sept l0.-Ihe open
ing Of the Republican state campaign
here to-day is a great success. II is
estimated a. noon that between 5000
and 1000 strangers arc in the city aud
they arc sill coming by train loads and
in vehicles. The streets ara nearly i'm.
pus'Hble. Senator Sherman, Governor
Mckinley, General James, Chairman
kulz aud delegations from Columbn,
AID the northern part OF slate arrived
a. ll;5U,
speaking began little before half
nast . o'clock. At the fair grouud
Chairman j. r. Goodwin, Of the Clark
county central CommiEte, called the
nesting TO order,
After prayer, Senator Sherman, as
chairman, spoke iirsl, General Bushnell
followed Senator Sherman, then Gov
ernOr Mckinley, then Ex-Governor
Foraker, and General Jones, candidate
Tor Lieutenant governor closed tho
speaking.
A BUSINESS SPEECH.
General Bushnell spoke from bust,
ness poias Of view II tho practice oil
business men in taking an inventory OF
his business Oyory year and estimating
blunders, mistakes and acknowledgement
Tor illustration and comparison, be Rp.
piled to present political conditions, he
said, then the election Of Grover CleVe.
land, for President, with Democratic
Congress, has turned out 10 be very
profitlsss Investment for themselves
and for the whole country.
This was the keynote OF his speech.
He charged that in two and half years
OF power, the Democratic Rdmlnlslra.
ton had increased tho national debt
$500, 900, 900 in bonds, interest aud def,
ciencies. Such manage ment in pri.
vatO business would not be tolerated
and party putting itself and country
in this predicament should be removed
from power, In his declaration OF prin'
Ciples, lie said:
~ desire TO express my ent!Te APP
proval Of each aud every portion oil tho
platform adopted at the Zanesvills con.
yention. While the fact that the dec.
larations OF Republican convention
should DO accepted by and become tho
political faith OF every Republican, and
should therefore DO so regarded by me,
desire in addition to say that l have
no inclination to take from nor add TO
any OF tho principles there laid down,
but nm proud TO stand upon that plat
form aud 20 with you to the great VIC
tory that awaits III"
THE GOVERNORS ADDRESS.
After calling upon Ohio Republicans
to stRnd by their principles in triumph
as they had in adversi ty, Governor Nc.
Kinley spoke particularly OF the soma
torial elections. He said:
From 1851 to 1869 the Republicans
had two enatOrs-Wade aud Sherman.
This year, 1895, We arc going to resume
our rightiul place. Mr.. Foraker will
take the seat OF Mr.. Brice. Ohio Re.
publiCans are united firmly and reSo.
lutely on that proposition. Tho Re-
publicans have formally, officially and
in hearty good faith, in state conven.
ton assembled, declared their prefer.
ence for senator to be Joseph b. For.
alker, and the choice OF tho convention
will be ratified in November and no will
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cannot enioin upon tho people oil
the state too strongly or earnestly the
importance Of elecling a Republican
legislature, which shall elect u Republi.
can United States senator. There 10
nothing before us this year at all to DO
compared in importance to our legisla.
tive election. Tho legislative ticket
must have our especial concern aud
command our undivided support. All
differences and divisions, II any have
heretofore existed, should be swept
away now and forever, and all Republi.
cans should rally as one man to secure
decisive majority in both branches OF
tho legislature, which shall make Ger.
tain and triumphant the election to tho
United States senate OF Ex-Governor
Foraker, the declared choice Of the Re.
publicans OF the state.
PERTINENT QUESTION.
Governor Mckinley summarized the
platforms Of both the Republican and
Democratic parties Of Ohio. Ho con.
graduated tho people that at last the
Ohio Democracy had declared for sound
money. After criticising the foreign
and domestic policy OF tho Cleveland
administration, the governor asserted
that the real subject OF contention in
Ohio is tho tariff. lie quoted the Gin.
cinnati Enquirer as declaring that Il
veto by Cleveland OF the German. Brics
act would "be cleaning up OF much
rubbish and uncleanliness in the Demo.
cratic household" Then he quoted tho
Ohio Democratic platform Of 1894, favor.
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