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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-13

Low Excursion Rates to Milwaukee, Wis,
Account Baptist Young Peoples Union of
America-yia the Baltimore IL Ohio II. r.
On July II, Is and 16 the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad will sell low rate ex-
cursion tickets to Milwaukee, Wis, 60
ing and returning via all rail, or via
steamer from Chicago, at the option of
passengers.
Tickets will be good for return leav-
ing Milwaukee July 20, q and %. but
are subject to an extension until August
5, 1896.
For further information call on or adj
dress any B. & o. Ticket Agent, or L. S.
Allen. Asst Gen'l Pass'r Agent, Chicago,
I'll
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-13
OHIO RIVER RAILROAD.

On and after Monday, July Goth, Par
lor Cars will be run between Parkers-
burg and Pittsburg as scheduled below:
Leave Parkersburg Oh train No. 4 $40
D. M, Eastern time.
Arrive Pittsburg On train No. 21S $40
D. m, Central time.
Leave Pittsburg on train No. 2O7 $40
a. m, Central time.
Arrive Parkersburg on train No.
$50 p. m, Eastern time.
JNO.. ]. ARCHER,
A. G. P A.
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s1,NnAy ROUND TRIP RATES

Commencing Sunday, June 14th, and
continuing each Sunday thereafter I'M
iii further notice, the B. e o. will sell
excursion tickets from Wheeling to all
stations west of the Ohio river, where
Sunday trains stop, at one fare for the
round trip, limited going and return
ing to date of sale only.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-13
Stone & THOMAS.
The Great July Clearance Sale!

Is the greatest success that crowned our bargain Civ
inc efforts of the past instantaneous and pronounced are
the words that best describe it. Never values so
great never were the people pleased with their pur-
ChaSeS
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-13

Try Blazers Cream Ale. Stock Ale
or Porter and you will drink no other
Bottled for family use.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-13

For a refreshing summer drink try
Blazers Cream Ale, Stock Ale or Por-
ter. Bottled for family use. Tele-
phone 62S.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-13

REGULAR SUNDAY OUTING TRIP
TO SISTERSVILLE AND RETURN.
The steamer Lizzie Townsend and
the steamer Jewels excursion barge,
Charm. will make the Sunday trip July
18th, in place of the steamer Jewel, the
latter having to lay over one day for
repairs. Leaves wharf at O'Clock a. m.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-13

A delightful summer beverage is Bal
zer's Cream Ale. Try it. Bottled for
family use. Telephone 62S.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-13
PROPOSALS.
NOTICE TO BUILDERS.

Sealed proposals viii be receive. NJ.
County Court Of Wayne County.
ginia, at the office of the c.efh
court. at Wayne, W. Va. unuI ~ {
a. m. July 9th, 1896, for tns s-.y q!
a court house for the sail C-
Wayne. b,
Each proposal must be accom- ''..
a check for 81, 600 as an evldeAt
faith. 10 be forfeited by tn So ~.
bidder il ne fails TO enter into - re
and give bond within ten day
contract Is awarded, 10 compel =
ing according to the plans ana
tiOns. .,-,,r ---.
The plans and specifications ca. -..}
at the office Of the Clerk OF 'H'
Court, at Wayne. w. Va. r.f.-t az
The court reserves the rlShI ~
a FIFE a, co SIaSi COURT OF wAYNL w.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1896-10-31
THE APPEAL: A NATIONAL AFRO AMERICA AN NEWSPAPER

Maj. McKinleys response to Hon. S. A.
Northway, who spoke on behalf of the Gar
field club:
am greatly honored to receive this visit
from the Garfield club Of the old Nineteenth
Ohio district. 1 understand that eligibility
TO membership In This club is that the citi-
zens shall have voted for Gen. Garfield for
congress-. Under that rule am entitled to
fu!l membership with the rest of you to
this great club. Tue first vote | cast after
returning from the great civil war was
vote to send Gen. Garfield back to the
mousse OF representatives Then, besides
that was born on the Western Reserve,
l belong to you by every tie. But greater
ana stronger than I'll is the tie Of devotion
10 a common country and the glorious old
stars and stripes: If wise counsels were
required on any Of the questions dividing
the country this year. those counsels can
be found in the teachings and speeches and
writings Of the distinguished man whose
name you bear-whether on the question of
finance or Of tariff, he Illuminated both by
his powerful logic and mind. have studied
more or less the public career of Gen. Car
field He was an inspiration to me as
boy; he was my counsellor and friend in
manhood; and in studying his career if I
was to single out any one great act of his
more distinguished than any other, I would
name his splendid defense of the public
honor and national currency. To my mind
the GREATEST Speech lie ever maze, 1Or l
heard 1T, was in the Forty-fifth congress,
when he was seeking to prevent the aban-
donment Of the idea Of the resumption Of
specie payments. He was then occupying
perilous ground; there was a great clamor
In the country over an imitation of the cur
rency. Gen. Garfield. fearing no conse-
quences from his act, and knowing that he
was right, declared that there was but
one thing to do in honor and that was to
make every obligation of the national GOV
eminent equal to the best dollars known to
the commercial world. He took the chances
of an adverse verdict He came back to
this proud old constituency and 1t re-
turned him by an increased majority. He
then appealed to that wider field
this great state-and It commended him
by electing him to the United States SEN
ate. Then, finally. he received the ap-
prevail Of 50,0oO,OO0 Of people in his cleo
ton to be the chief executive officer Of the
government Of the United States So, too,
on that other great question of the tariff,
he was sound. If he could speak to us to-
day he would tell us to stand by the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1896-10-31

public honor and never consent to corrupt
or degrade the currency of the United
States. He would tell us to protect Ameri-
can labor and development against the
competition of, the old world. and that is
what we propose to do this year. We do
not mean to lower our flag or take down
that glorious banner Of the free.
Quotes the Constitution.
MAJ Mckinley spoke as follows to the
East End Mckinley Club of Cleveland, and
the Mckinley East End regiment:
cannot worthily express my appreciation
Of this call from the East End Cleveland
Republican regiment This splendidly equip
ped body Of men, enrolled in a cause that
Is sacred to every American citizen, in
which cause Is involved the honor of the
country, the welfare Of the people and the
prosperity of the nation. I am glad to
know that this magnificent regiment Is Ell.
rolled In our cause, and l am glad to have
assurances from your spokesman that you
Will express your convictions upon public
questions one week from next Tuesday by
the use Of the ballot, which is the free
mans power, in casting a Republican vote,
1t is good thing now and then to consult
our political chart. A chart that is useful
in individual as in national life, and wish
every man in the country might reread
the preamble to the constitution of the
United States-that great instrument upon
gives us protection under law. Let me read
it to you: eve. the people of the United
States, IN order to form more perfect
union, establish justice, insure domestic
tranquility, provide for the common de-
Tense, promote the general welfare and Sc
cure the blessings of liberty to ourselves
can haul those products from the West to
and our posterity. do ordain and establish
this constitution for the United States of
America"
wish it might be read and pondered
by every citizen of the country. What was.
its great purpose? To form a more perfect
union; not to create sectional antagonisms
or raise class divisions; to establish justice,
not to destroy the courts Of justice; not to
tolerate Injustice or wrong or dishonesty,
for justice as contemplated by that preamble
would hardly permit us to repudiate our
obligations or make currency which would
cheat or defraud either public or private
creditors.
Another great purpose of that consti-
tuition was to insure domestic tranquility.
what's that? Why, to preserve the public
peace and prevent disquietude and turmoil;
to bring the whole people of this country
into close, friendly and fraternal relations.
1T was the purpose Of that great instru-
ment that they might have one AIM, one
purpose, one ambition and one destiny for
this free republic-not to array class
against class nor one interest against an
other, nor one section against another, nor
to build wall Of partition between one
part of our people and another We all
nave In this country-thanks to that con-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1896-10-31

10 the kittaning and Armstrong counties,
(Pa) delegation Maj. Mckinley said
We are engaged this year in a great
political contest and it is the interest you
feel in the outcome of it that brings you
together In such large assemblage at my
house this morning. 1t is because you have
made up your minds on the side of the
question you mean to vote for this year.
You know that four years ago you were
enjoying prosperity greater than you had
ever enjoyed before The workingmen Of
this country in that year had the largest
share of the largest product that was ever
produced in this country or in any other
country of the globe. All that has changed.
The people of this country thought they
wanted change of policy. 1t is the
right, the proud privilege Of the people
of the United States, to inaugurate any
for them They have tried this policy and
they are called upon, or will be in the
next ten days, to express their judgment
upon that change.
Now, what we want to do is to restore
the policy we abandoned four years ago.
Whether we can get back to that high
water mark or not do not know, but the
only way to approach it is to overturn
the policy that led us away from it, Some
people seem to think that the way to
return to the prosperity is through the
mints. Some people seem to think that the
way to keep up prices is to dilute the
money of the country in which prices are
paid. Some people seem to think that when
ever the prices of a product go down, then
the value of the money ought to go down,
and that whenever the prices of wheat
fall, then the value of the dollar must
fall. They seem to think that whenever
a change of price or the cost of production
in this country lead to lower prices, the
standard Of money must go down. We do
not believe any such thing. If you lower
the value Of money as you have Lowered
the price of plate glass in the United States,
what would the value of your money be
to-day? What we want is an honest, un-
changing standard of value. We want an
honest dollar for honest labor. All we ask
in this country is an opportunity to earn
honest dollars.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1896-10-31
stands.

stands.
The gent. eman whom you so earnestly
recomn& rG to the Christian voters Of Min
nesota adopted the platform of the Chicago
convention with all it's Populistic and an
archistic elements, and the election Of such n
one to the gOvernOrship Of Minnesota would
rank the state as a Populist state, even if
the legislature were all sound Republicans
(Which might not be the case if Mr. Lind
should be eected); and as it was in Kansas
when that state went over to the Populists
few years ago, foreign capital would be
driven out of the state, and labor would be
reduced to its minimum, and times would
naturally be harder than they ever have
been in the state before.
Not only would capital be driven from
the state, but, like Kansas, it would be-
come depopulated to a considerable extent,
and In various other ways sustain injuries
which would not be overcome for MANY
years, if, indeed, they would ever be over
come.
No. Mr. Reitzel, we are obliged to YOU
for your interest, but we do not intend
that the voters of Minnesota shall be mis-
led by such arguments as you advance.
There are thousands Of good Christian peo-
pie in the State Of Minnesota, just as GOOD
as the gentleman to whom YOU refer but
they could not fill the office of governor.
and men will in this campaign be directed
In their voting, not by prejudces Of nation
ality, not by party affiliations nor yet by
church relationship, but by the
Principles of Moral Honesty,
and the best interests of the country, and
when Mr.. Mckinley assumes the admins
1ration OF the affairs of this government;
when the factories are opened; when the
army OF unemployed are made happy by the
call to work for living wages, that shall be
paid In good money, the nation will put on
a new life, and at home and abroad we shall
enjoy the confidence and respect Of the
nations of the world as Of yore
Hoping you will survive the defeat of
Mr.. Lind long enough to see that it was
the best thing that could happen to the
commonwealth, I am, truly and sincerely,
y ours, A. w. Wright"
Since the above was published, A. r.
Holman Of Spring Valley, having become
very much interested In getting Mt the ex-
act truth of the matter, and on behalf Of
numerous citizens of Fillmore county, went
to Chicago and made personal investiga-
ton Of Rev. John r. Reitzel, as he is
pleased to term himself. Mr.. Holman re-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1896-10-31
PATRIOTIC TALK.
Mai Mckinley Actresses Several
Other DeleEa tons.

McA1H1eS |AuFcSScS CA~&A
Other Delegations.
Following is Maj McKinleys response to
Judge George f. ARIEL of Youngstown, who
spoke on behalf Of the delegation from
Poland township and Mahoning county.
Ohio
do not know of anything that has SO
deeply touched me as to receive visit
from the home of my boyhood. Old Poland
township is very near and dear to me. AS
Judge ARIEL has said, 1 spent most Of my
boyhood with you. l entered the service
from your township. The company to which
I belonged was made uI Of the-as we
called them-boys of Poland township, the
boys living at Poland and at Lowellville
and the country boys, and l see you carry
the same old starry banner that you car
ried then The flag for which you gave, or
were willing to give, if necessary, your
lives. l returned to Poland at the close of
the war and received my education as
lawyer In your township. l remember that
during the period Of the war no question
was asked as to whether man was Re-
publican or Democrat. The simple and
only question was whether he was a patriot,
and in this year of 1885, when our country's
honor Is assailed, our currency attacked and
our courts threatened, the only question
that Is asked Is care you a patriot: and
this year as then, oblterating all party
distinctions and differences and sectional
lines, Democrats and Republicans are stand
ing upon common platform to preserve
the honor OF our country and to see that
pubic law shall be supreme.
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turned yesterday from Chicago, and in an
Interview with the correspondent Of the
Pioneer Press, said:
Upon my arrival in Chicago I called
on some friends who live within three
blocks Of the address given by Mr.. Reitzel
They have lived there for twenty years and
knew nothing Of the gentleman. I exam-
ined the Chicago city directory very care
fully, but it did not contain Mr.. Reitzel's
name" Mr.. Holman did not wish to put
Mr.. Reitzel on his guard by calling upon
the gentleman and stating his business,
and so he secured the assistance of friend
who called at the number given above Oh
Wentworth avenue, which is in Engle
wood. The friend found that a person by
the name Of John Reitzel is living at that
number, but he Is not recognized as a
minister of the gospel. 1t was not his
home; he was boarding with a.Quaker, who
lives at that number. and had been there
about three weeks. AS near rs the gentle
man could learn, Mr.. ReitZel Is n man not
regularly associated with any church, but
who occasionally breaches. Mr.. Holman i'll
terviewed all the leading preachers and says
they knew nothing about Mr.. Reitzel and
did not know him. Therefore. it seems. Mr..
Lind went to. the proper person to give him
a character as a churchman.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1896-10-31

my life in the public service, and in that
period never have had an Inspiration
which did not embrace the welfare Of the
wage-earners Of the country.
never advocated measure or gave
vote In the national house Of representa-
tives that did not in my opinion tend to
elevate American manhood and woman
hood, and l stand unalterably opposed to
the suggestion that in a country like ours
one part of the country should be arrayed
against another. and the poor man should
be made to feel his poverty by singing
him out and separating him from the rest
Of our citizens; that class should be ar
rayed against class. If you have not
realized your ambition for yourselves, you
have an. honorable and proud ambition for
your children. You may not have had all
you thought you ought to have had. but
fo- that reason do not close the door Of
opportunity to your children. I give you
hearty welcome to my home and I thank
your spokesman for his generous words. I
am glad to be in touch with and have the
sympathy of laboring men and those who
engage in manly toll All my life I have
been in sympathy with them and l am
glad of this assurance that they are in
sympathy with me.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1896-10-31

New Ulm, have supplied the pulpit Of the
Congregational church Of that city, and lee
tured there also. 1 deem it only fair to say
that I found Mr.. Lind and his family inter-
'esting participants in the Sunday services,
and having shared the hospitality Of his ex.
cellent home think it a service to honesty
and truth to say that no more honorable
gentleman nor more respectable family can
be found in the state and it certainly will
be to the credit Of Minnesota to have such
clean, Christian citizen as its chief execu-
tive.
"'Dated at 6o4O Wentworth avenue, Chi.
cago, ILL.,, Sept. %, 1896.
-" John R. Reitzel'
A CLERGYMAN REPLIES.
"One of these circular letters was adj.
dressed and sent to Rev. A. w. Wright,
pastOr-at-large, St. Cloud presbytery, whose
headquarters Is at 62Oh Nicollet avenue,
Minneapolis. Mr.. Wright takes the trouble
to write an open letter to the Chicago cler-
gyman, and he makes several interesting
ter is as follows:
Minneapolis, Mimi, Oct. 20, 1S96-Rev
John r. Reitzel, Chicago, ILL.,: Dear Sir:
l infer from a letter over your signature
dated Chicago, ILL.,, Sept. %. but mailed
In Minneapolis Oct. IT, to my address, that
you are minister Of the gospel. and, as
such it is not surprising that you should
be interested in securing the election to
office of such men as you recommend Mr.
Lind to be; but it
Seems Rather Strange
that man so far away from Minnesota
as you should take the trouble to write Il
campaign document such as your letter re-
Terrell to Is evidently designed to be.
NOW, all you say in favor Of Mr.. Lind
may be just as true as the gospel, and it
may be that some have denounced him as
hostile to churches and unfriendly to relig-
lon,' but am sure that the Christian vot-
ers of this state know how to make allow
ance Tor such statements, and, personally
l am opposed to maligning the character of
a man because he is a candidate for office:
and none but the most unprncipled will re-
sort to such methods for the sake of gain
Ing their cause. But you will agree with
me that good men are sometimes mistaken;
their judgment is not infallible, and such
men as YOU claim Mr.. Lind to be may
.espouse an unworthy cause, and be very sin
cere in advocating it, but that would not
justify even his most intimate friends in
sustaining him in his views. or working to
secure for him the position he seeks.
The same thing you say Of MIR. Lind may
properly be said Of Mr.. Bryan as to his
Christian citizenship, but they may alike be
unsuited for the position they seek, for want
OF Judgment, or"titness in other ways, and
to determine accurately how to vote for the
best interests of the state and nation, we
are to consider not alone the Christian char
%acter OF the candidate, but the principles he
advocates, the platform upon which he
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1896-10-31

November. You are interested in the pros
perity of your country. There was a time
when some men were in the habit Of say
Ing that 1t did not make any difference to
the railroad men Of the country who you
represent, what kind Of financial legisla-
tion we had, or what kind of a tariff
policy we pursued in the United States.
have heard 1t said thousand times from
the public rostrum that while the tariff
might help the men engaged in the facto-
ries 1t had no influence upon the wages Of
the men who were engaged upon the great
transportation lines Of the country. If any
Of you believed that statement four years
ago you do not believe it now, because you
know that upon the general prosperity Of
the country depends the prosperity Of our
great railroads, and upon their prosperity
depends your employment and wages. You
will have nothing to do if there is nothing
to haul. And the more there is to haul,
the more and steadier employment you
will have and the better wages you will
get for yourselves and families. In the
last three years and a half no character
Of property has suffered more than the
railroads. Many Of them have been COM
PEELED to go into bankruptcy, into the hands
Of receivers. Many of them have been I'M
able to pay either their bonds or the
interest on them; and that Is only because
the change Of 1892 paralyZed the business
Of the United States. Now, what we want
to 90 Is to get back our prosperity; what
ever will do that is what all OF us ought
to be in favor of. no matter what may be
our several occupations and employments.
number Of reasons are offered for this
congested condition Of business, and num-
Der Of prescriptions are offered for it's cure
The most prominent one Is that we will
all be made prosperous and happy If we
only open up our minis to- the coinage of
all the silver in the world. Can any work.
ingman or emplOye of the Santa Fe system
tell me how the free coinage of the silver
of the world will benefit him? Will it in
crease your traffic or transportation? Will
1t Increase consumers in the East, or the
products Of the farms of the West? VIII
1T increase the demand for a single days
labor anywhere? Will it increase the wages
of any workingman to have this government
declare that the pieces Of silver that you
can buy anywhere In the world for 50
cents shall be coined as dollars by the
government without expense and we fool
ourselves
by Calling Them Dollars.
Will that help anybody? Will that help
any American Interest anywhere? All it
will do will be to increase the production
of the silver Of the world. and with the
increased production Of silver will come
Its certain depreciation, and with the de-
probation will be the still further deprecia-
ton of the silver coins of the United
States. Surely no man wants that. It Is
not the minis we want to start. it Is the
great Industrial enterprises Of the United