The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-25

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vcntlon:
Mr. Chairman and GGntlcmcn: This
nation will perhaps never again witness
Such a spectacle Rs IL now presented TO
tn. American people. Four years mo,
the then great Democratic party, with
waving banners and with Il Leadership
" which any party might we'll be
proud, met IN convention to select a
presidential candidate and formulate
lis party doctrines. The leader who
had, In lSSi. defeated James q, blaine
ana who was destined to again cnrry
the Democratic ilaG to Victory, was
tho idol of his party. The campaign
song. gs.
-,"GrGoycr, Grover fo'ir moro years OF
Out thCy 10. In Won 70.
Thtn we'll hO In clover" IS
voNed the air from ocean to ocean.
HroNcr was nominated. Under the ud-
minlStrAtIon OF President Harrison, n
season OF uncXamplcd prosperity had
Blessed our people. All sections Of the
country wore enjoying the bcncfccnt
effects OF tho policy W protection.
The smoke OF the furnaces assembled
heavcnward In Alabama, MS well us in
pennsylvania. III" hum OF human In
duslry made sweet muslc In Alabama,
HS well ms In the workshops OF the east.
Labor was enabled to exact Its rcasun-
able rewards, and from the Atlantic 70
the Pacific, prosperity scattered itq hen.
ctactionS over nil the land. Two hum
drcd ana nfty million dollars Of the
public debt had been paid and the
credit and integrity of the nation stood
untarnlshcd before tho world. But
la -
In resources sang II gyrcn song The
people were promised even better
things They were told that they were
being plundered by a n robbcr tariff"
Free trade, not free silver" was then
their battle cry.
The evergreen fields Of Democratic
promise. proved the successful allure
mcnt that opened the door to Demo.
cratic success.
Grover was elected. Both branches OF
Congress became overwhelmingly
Democratic, with unobStruCtCd power.
1t had not occurred to the Democratic
leaders. even ut SO late day In our
history, that the vUrlcious gold-bug
was destroying US. No free silver leciS7
lation was seriously attempted. The
clover upon which the people were to
feed and fattcn was free trade. not
free silver clover.
The great doctrine OF protection to
American Industry, under whose ban
ncr the wilderness " our land had
been made 10 rejoice and the desert
places to bloom with productive beau
~, was trampled under the ruthless
heel OF the triumphant Democracy. a
thing, which bore on its frontlet the
badge OF pcrhdy and dISkonur was sub
stltutcd. and became the law Of the
land. Four years have rolled around
Two hundred and sixty odd millions OF
dollars have been added TO the public
debt: the balance OF trade has turned
against US. until Millions heretofore
expended for the products Of American
labor, now cross the water to swell the
bursting Golfers of t!s, manufacturers
Of the old world. TIL" gold reserve.
held 10 protect our paper money, which
remained intact through each recurring
Republican administration, has be-
come the playthtnS Of chance. and 4
yearly interest change Of nearly eleven
millions II dollars has been added to
the two hundred and sixty millions OF
bonded indebtedness, and millions
more have been poured into the pock-
cts ot those whose methods the Dcm0c-
racy now profess To ahh0r. In less than
one year after the triumph OF Demuc-
raCy, u panic came upon us, the like OF
which has no parallel in one hundred
years OF our history. Joy has given
place TO sorrow. happiness 10 misery,
plenty 10 want. Wages have been re-
duccd. rCmunerattvc employment hard
to find. The counters OF our merchants
have been turned into auction blocks
and for the first time tn>all our history,
We have seen armies OF unemployed.
with ragged garments iluttcring in the
breeze. marching 10 I'll" capital of the
nation. 10 va!nly beg the triumphant
Democracy for relief. again In this
year OF grace have the Democracy met
in national convention, with broken
promises. false pledges, and four years
OF utter failure confronting them.
The idol Of four years ago has been
torn from its high pedestal. by hands
that proudly placed him there. The
laurel wreath of victory. with which he
was lately crowned, has been snatChed
from his brow. and while Anarchy
waves Its red Tag in triumph. Ben TILL
man. with his evil eye cleaning with
malignant hate. spits upon the pros
tratc form. The great leaders OF the
Democracy who led their party to vic
tory in tn" past, Villas and Hill and
Flower and Whitney. and n host Of
others. have been endorsed aud AltGeld,
III" accessory after the fact OF the hay
market massacre, whose hands are.
morally speaking, as red With the blood
Of the Innocent victims OF anarchists
rage. as those which threw t,ic deadly
bombs III the streets OF Chicago. has be-
come the high priest .: Democracy, be-
fore whom Democratic knees must bow
ay,1 M. L.,
The teachings % Thomas jefferson
have given place to til. doctrines Of the
commune. The standards Of Demuc-
r3cy, once upheld by Thurman and I'LL
den. and I'M. are now borne aIOft by
Ahgeld. and TiIlmaA. and COxcy.
But thank God. We have Il Mckinley
for our leader. TIL" Republican party
stu lives; and ~ she has stood during
all the years Of her fiStnry for the hon
or and integrity OF the nation. So she
still stands and Is ready and eager for
the fray. 1t has been said that MCkin-
ley vas nominated upon the annvcr-
saEy Of the battle Of Waterloo: that
may be true; but no Waterloo will greet
our Napoleon. The old NAPOLEON walt
ed, and waited In vain for Butcher: but
let me say to you In advance II tbs
great battle, our Napoleon would re-
mind our Democratic friends. who are
looking Tor evil omcns. that their can
iidatc was nominated on Friday,
"Hangman's day" and as sure as the
third Of next November shall come, he
win be r!hbrtted by seven millions Of
American voters
And now. fellow delegates. we, OF
West Virginia. have met here To line
up our forces Tor the great battle Of 1896
N n hl g..l r.
tain, In whose hands We Shall place our
banner.
Mr. Chairman. when nominations for
governor were called for. no one cOun-
" should have been called. West Nir-
GinIa should have been called. for our
candidate belongs TO the whole state
\ Il haut.h L.. ,,-nn hmm In the rnlInlu Of