The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-31


OF these gifts from 1911 to 1891. a period
or twenty years. exceeded $50, ,0O0, 900 or
more than $i.000,O90 year. We have
~ the United States, In addition to our
public schools more than four hundred
universities and colleges with 5000 In
Structors. 5000 students and property
valued at nearly SlJQ0O0.0O0 and lIbrar-
ies containing more than 4.0eO,0O vol
hmes. What has been the result OF this
Unparalleled expenditure and munif-
cence; are our schools worth what they
CostI Yes, l answer. all that and In
lnlieIy more. They are objects Of pa
tf!otlc pride and BolCtudn to uR ali,
We behold most satisfactory progress
In the public schools, whose annual en-
r0l!ment Of pupils has now reached
moro than 10000 900 or % per cent Of our
entire population, greater percent
hE: than that Of any other nation In
The world, THE PUBLIC WAS NEW
ER MORE READY TO POUR OUT
ITS TREASURES IN SUPPORT OF
OUR SCHOOLS THAN NOW. WE
SfENO FOR EDUCATION PER
CAPITA MORE THAN ANY OTHER
NATION OF THE WORLD. Our per-
capita IL ncarlS twice that Of Great
Eritain; three times that OF France
anu ten times that OF Italy.
Our census returns show the clor-
ious fact Ia our civilization that eighty
seven per cent Of our total population
over ten years OF age can read and
write. U4Oud checrs) What a spIcndId
citizenship this will make and how
much Il means for the future OF our
country.
These are some OF the results OF the
,Fr
which We live and which must In fu-
turc years be turned over 10 YOUR keen
Ing. How Will YOU guard themc Sa-
credly, am sure. faithfully and honor
ably. I AM CERTAIN YOU WILL
NOT BEGIN THE EXERCISE OF
YOUR CITIZEN SOVEREIGNTY ny
VOTING TO VIOLATE PUBLIC
HONOR, OR BY SUBSTITUTING
FOR THE GLORIOUS OLD STARS
AND STRIPES ANY OTHER FLAG.
Young gentlemen. the country has
need OF patriots, and statesmen now.
and Will need them IN It's future years.
beg you TO bear In mind always that
the contests which you must meet are
largely intellectual and merit. moi ma
teriaI, and that no matter how limited
your resources financially, You have
Just as good chance to win nS any-
body else II You apply yourselves pro-
perry, There Is the test OF true AmerI-
can manhood. Do your duty manrully,
cheertully and hopefully. and do It at
all hazards, and. whatever your embar-
raSSnents. you are bound 10 win.
No Cla. DIstinctIons.
In the pending campaign some mon
have actually advocated the splitting
Of our great national family into dis
tinct divisions or classes, as they are
pleased to call them. They have said
TO the working people OF the factories.
mines and mills: You 20 of into one
crowd and they have said 10 the far
mers, gardeners, dairymen and other
agriculturalists: You go OFT into an
otaer crowd" But, the wool growers
they nave left out altogether: as the
wool growers fully appreciate. Then
they nave turned to professional and
college men, merchants and rnanufac-
turcr>>and railroad presidents burning
70 DR.. Chauncey N. Depew, of New
York, amidst loud lauGhter), and said:
You Will not follow US. So, of course.
You must stay together"
There would be something comical
about all this travesty on common sense
Il It were not for the fact. the serious
fact. they present, OF carrying the Bit
terest feelings OF each community: tho
Irraylng Of labor against capital. OF the
poor. or less fortunate against the rich:
or more fortunate; and the. creation. for
the first time in our history, OF harmful
and destructive social divisions. II the
teachings OF these men were followed
10 their logical conclusions. they would
threaten the very foundations Of the
goeCrnment. But, they are all wrong