The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-22
Held Ono CT the Best Meetings Of
the Campaign Lust Night.
HON. DAVID IlEALY, SPEAKER
Ofthe Evening. Made All Able Address on
the Issue. ofthc cnmraiEn-The street
pemonstration-Dr. Aschman Spoke In
Gcrn,an-North End silver Meeting n
Tame Affair Zig barbecue Next sntur-
day-.rhe Poet Scout, CAPITAL" Jack
CrawJord, viii he Here.

threatening weather. and the occasions
al sprinkle OF rain, the crowd stood
through Il all and listened to tho words
OF truth spoken 40 e~loquently by Hon.
David licaly, OF Brooklyn, and DR.. G.
A. Aschman, OF this city.
The escort Of political clubs prcccd-
ins the meeting vas a wonder, both
In size and makeup, Every %orEanIza-
ton was uniformed and well drilled.
and the effect was beautiful to behold.
The ElkIns Cadets, covered with glory
from their recent Canton triumph, led
the way. headed by their nobby buglc
and drum corps. They were followed
by thu Tariff Champions, who have
the uniform twirllng of their umOrel-
las down fine and made Il handsome
appearance, The Fifth ward club,
equipped with It's new red, white and
blue umbrellas, amt next and aston
ished the natives by turning out In
very large numbers, rs dh the Sixth
ward club, with their umbrellas. TIT
@. w. Atkinson club and Dovencr club
and the Hanna and Mckinley club. OF
Benwood. met the parade on the South
Side. and Joined In the escort In the
order named. 1t was one OF the best
escorts ever given 10 Il speaker In
Wheeling and Mr.. Healy and DR., Asch-
man are naturally very proud OF 1t.
Any amount OF red fire vas burned
and the houses on the South Side were
brilliantly Illuminated.
The meeting was held in the large
lot Just below Bloch Bros tobacco
works, and was attcnded by an i'm
mense crowd. II was called to order
by Mr.. Joseph Freese. who named as
the chairman. Mir, Henry ". Schrehe,
OF the Eighth ward. Upon assuming
the chair. Mr.. Schrebs announced that
II was his first appearance as a chair
mar Uf a meeting and that he would
not attempt 1 speech. but would intro
duce Hon. David Healy, OF New York,
who could handle the issues 10 the SAT-
~isfactiOn OF the audience. Mt. tlealy
was greeted with tremendous applause
as he stepped forward 10 address the
crowd.
MIR. IIeaIy's Address.
Mr.. Healy began by saying 1t gave
him pleasure to talk to the sturdy nan
hood representing the labOrlnS ele-
ment OF Wheeling. and he felt very
much hattered at being confronted by
an audience OF such a size n SO rep
II reSentatlve Of the lahorinS classes. He
sad the election about 10 he held, was
to decide whather the citizens Of the
United States were going to adopt n
policy of which they knew nothing, or
whether they would restore to power
the party OF protection and prosperity.
The reason the people attend meet
inSs this year is TO learn which policy
OF government Is best for all the peo-
pie. Il Is not a question OF men or
party, but for principle and country.
II We love our country well. We VIII
love our homes well. our wives well.
our children well. all " them better
than any party or candidate for p1lit-
IcaI hrnors. Our duty Is 20 go into
the booth on election day and prepare
our ballot in such a manner as 10 be
true. to u country, true to our homes
and true to the community In which we
live.
The Democratic party comes to You
this year with 4 new theory. four years
ago they came 10 you saying chat II
you would Vote Tor free trade and
Grover. they would give you more
work, better wages. more comforts OF
home and would better yOur condition
generally; you and l believed them.
we voted for that policy: We see the
ruin the change has wrought and |
mistake your good Judgment very
much. II you Will consent to follow the
advice Of that party ar It's leaders
again. Suppose You are denling with a
merchant. and you find after Il time
that he has cheated you, are you go
ing to continue dealing with him? Sup
pose again there is another merchant
with whom you have dealt for many
years before you went to the one who
cheated you, or mtsrcpreSented his
wares to you, isn't 1t natural that You
should say to yourself: II will 20 back
to the old store where l am sure | have
always been treated sQuarely."
Ii Is just so with the two parties.
The Democratic party told you four
years ago that II yOu would vote
for the candidates on that ticket. You
would be better or In every a You
tried IT.; have you prospered under
their misrulc? Their orators told you
you would have shorter hours. and bet
ter pay: they kept only one promise
and that was that you would have
shorter hours. They shortened your
hours of work, your days Of work, your
months OF work, and the result Is that
van stand to-day MS you did two years
ago. ready 10 administer to that party
81 broken promises, such a rebuke,
that It will never get over.
"a Ftp Flop
Two and four years ago the Demo-
cratic party told You they favored
lower prices for clothing. for all COM
modlties used by. the people. Do you
hear any OF them going around yelling
for lower prices now? No. They say
nrices are too low, We get our bread
TOO cheap, we ought to pay more for
our -four, our clothing, and above ev-
erythlnX else we ought to have a titty-
cent dollar.
They say they are tho only party
favorable to silver and eroan because
there is not more silver coined. Do you
remember four years ago how they
inc act. which purchased from the sill
vnr mine owners $500. 600 ounces OF sill
vnr every month and either coined II
int, dollars, or issued silver certificates
re%nrcsentIng its face value. The trou-
hie there was, that the government
mnde the profit on the coinage, but the
Democrais want the silver barhnS tC
rem that immense profit. They propose
10 omen up our minis and cOin the Sil'
yer OF the world free. and pay BACK tl
- The silver mine-Owncr his ilfty cents
worth OF silver, stamped with a govern
ment dollar mark.
Four years & the Democratic ora
,ora were pursuing the same tactics al
the popocruts are this year. They SCI
cIass against class, the poor mar
nVnIngt the rich man and argued t.
v5u' That the tariff would benefit tbs
yicb man hut would make the pool
man pnorcr, We know better thar
that now and we won't believe nny'
thing h say In the same line. They
arc doing more In advancing such nm
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