The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-07

man, woman and child In tho audience
was on their feet cheering and waving
hats, hnndkCrchlrfs and umbrellas. rho
klkIns Cadets buglc corps gave the IA
lute on their buSlcg and the band start
cd UP Columbia the Gcm OF the Ocean"
captain DOvcrcr stepped TO the front Of
the stage and taking the handsome flax
which Judge Lansing had handed to
PRESIDENT Fritz. OF the club. began wav-
Ing 1t around hiH head. The audience
went Wild and seldom, II ever, has such
a scene taken place In Wheeling.
When the cheering had stopped and
the Captains voice could BE- heard, lie
began his speech accepting the flag for
the club. he spoke ~frrllngvly OF tho
sacred flag and all ii symbOlIacd., How
II had stood through the dark days OF
the war and how men Irrespective OF
party had rallied to Its defence when
called upon by President Lincoln. The
situation to-day, he said. was not less In
Importance TO the country than Il was
then. When the flag was fired upon at
Fort Sumnter, 1t WAS not a question OF
are you Il Republican. or are you a
Democrat, Il ARE you In favor OF pro-
tcctlnE the old flag. To-day. the quest
tlnn Is are you In favor OF protecting the
nations honor and Its people. lie told
how William Mckinley had left hlS
home before lie was twcnty-onc years Ot
age and fought for the same flag that
to-day was presented to the club which
had honorcd him by taking his name.
He accepted tho iluE for the club and
thanked the ladies' and friends who had
80 generously remembered the UrSanl-
cation.
Captain Dovcncr then went into n dis
cusslon OF the Issues Of the campaign
and II must be said that he made one of
the best speeches OF hig life. lie told OF
the condition OF the times prior to the
election In 1892 and how the Democrats
through promises OF Increased prOspcrI-
~ fooled the working men Into voting
for Cleveland and free trade. He drew Il
comparison NJ the condition OF the cuun-
try to-day aud what It was then. how
the factories had closed. how 10000. 900
men. earning from 81 % to S. per day
were thrown VI of employment aud
wages reduced In all branches OF busI-
hess. At the rate OF 81 80 per day. which
was n very low average Of wages paid
in 1892, there has been taken from clrcu-
lntion by the Acknowledgement OF the
working classes $l5, 000.0 G0 per week, or
$780, 0 900 per month. The Captain
showed that this was responsible for The
hard times and hat there Is enough
money In the country and In the trraS-
ury. IL there was only work to give the
people to earn II.
4 Good Point.
He said the Popncrats had just dis
covered that n terrible crime had been
committed In 1873, and the country IS
just now beginning to suffer from II.
Then he asked. who evcr heard Of n pry-
stefan saying to n man who had the
small pox that he must have been eX-
posed 10 the disease twcnty-thrce years
ago? The trouble Is that the country
| had been exposed TO the crime OF 1892.
was now suffering from the disease and
will continue to do SO until DR.. Mckir-
ley takes the case in charge. The,
speaker then told Of the increase OF Sill
yer coinage after the alleged dcmoneti-
| cation In ~ and Rad from the United
States treasury report showing an In
creased circulation per capita over 1919
Of 81 O..
Captain Dovrncr closed with mn allu-
sion to the statement made In the Demo
| cratic press. that Major Mckinley was
not making any SIc-chcS. He pointed
to the magnificent speeches wade to
decorations from every state In the
union that visited him nj his humble
home In Canton, but he said his greatest
sp.cch would be thai which he would
deliver on the 9Th day OF March. 1897. In
Washington. He was interrupted fire.
uucntly with applause OF the most en-
thuslastIc nature and when he offered
three cheers for Mckinley and the Re
publican ticket. the people arose and
gave them with n will.