The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-22
AT PYTHIAN CASTLE
Senator EllsIns Spoke on the Money Issue
! ~ mud SrMntnr ErYr on the Tnrlff.

Senator EIIsIns Spoke on the Money Issue
aud Senator Frye on the Tariff. n
At the evening Pythian castle meet
ing, whan the escort arrived with the
speakers, they found the large auditor
ium well filled with enthusiastic voters
and large number of ladies. The
clubs halted in front of the hall and
saluted the speakers as their carriage
passed. The clubs and hundreds OF
people then crowded into the hall; the
result was the hall was crowded.
The meeting was called to order by
County Chairman ]. X. Hall, who de-
tailed the programme OF the evening
at the two halls, and introduced as the
chairman Of the meeting. DR.. w. C..
Etzler, the president of the Elkins Ca
diets, who was given q rousinG recep-
ton as he assumed charge of the meet
Ing. DR.. EtZler made fine address In
introducing the speaker OF the evening.
He touched briefly on the issues of the
campaign and made a very witty and
taking speech. He concluded by saying
I'VE of the Elkins Cadets, have the
pleasure OF presenting TO you that clti-
zen whose name we bear, and l have
Hon. Stephen B. Elkins. the dIstin-
guished senator from West Virginia
and an honorary member Of the Ell
kins Cadets"
When the senator arose to address
the audience, the enthusiasm was
boundless., For fully two minutes the
people cheered and applauded. Every
body on the stage was on foot waving
handkerchiefs and hats and the people
In the audience Joined in the enthusl-
astic demonstration. The Elkins Ca.
diets who were among the vice presl-
dents on the stage, gave the Cadets
yell" and then the audience went
wild.
Spoke of Money.
Senator Ellsins spoke on the money.
question and made some of the most
telling points. He used arguments from
all sides and answered every one OF the
stock questions OF the Popocracy. He
paid the Elkns Cadets very high
compliment at the beginning Of his
SPEECH and said he had discovered
through DR.. Etzler's talk that the club
could do something also than march
and said he thought that when the
club went to Washington to attend the
Inauguration OF Major Mckinley, 1t
would have to have speech from Its
president. ~
Senator ,Elkins referred to the price
of wheat and the price OF silver, and
drew q picture Of the result. He spoke
OF the reckless assertions made by the
Popocratic candidate and his followers
and answered every one OF them. He
spoke eloquently on the same lines ofhis
afternoon speech and every argument
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to the echo. He spoke on the financial
question alone, leaving the tariff to
Senator Frye. who was to follow him.
Senator Ellsins spoke for over an hour
and stopped when Senator Frye enter
ed the hall sF
After Senator Elkins had concluded
his remarks, the chairman introduced
Mr.. Charles Burdett Fart, who was
greeted with an ovation. Mr.. Hart
said he was there merely to act as a
I'LL in"l between the speeches of Sena-
tors Elklns and Frye, and as the lat
ter had already arrived, he would not
take up his time. With this he took his
seat and DR.. Etzler introduced Senator
Frye who. as he said, came from the
state OF Blaine and Reed. Senator Frye
was received with 4 great cheer that
shook the building.
Senator Eryc'g Address. y
The senator from Maine said he was
n West Vlrglnlan now. and pointed to
an Elklns Cadet badge pinned on his
coat. This drew forth the applause of
the crowd, and the Cadets Joined in
with It most heartily. He said that he
was not his own man upon this occa-
sion and as he had spoken upon the
money question at Arion hail, he
would devote his time to tho tariff He
made his word good. and those who
were fortunate enough to be present
heard one of the finest talks on the
tariff question ever delivered In this
state.
The speaker took up the question by
comparing West Virginia with his own
state of Maine and said their Interests
were Identical except that West Vir.
ginln had coal and Maine had not, and
II was necessary for Maine to buy her
coal from West Virginia. He spoke
of the effort OF Mr.. Wilson and n Demo-
cratic Congress 10 put the coal on tho
free list and pointed out the result had
they been successful He showed how
the NOVA Scotia miners and mine own
crs had worked for such change. and
said that had Mr.. Wilson been success
full In having the bill pnsscd, the miners
of West Virginia would have had their
wages reduced correspondlngly with tho
duty taken OF coal. F az
He snid that although coal would have
been cheaper to his state had the duty
been removed, ho felt II his duty TO vote
to have the duty retained, for tho rcn-
son TINT West Virginia was us much
a part OF the nation us Maine. and this
assertion was received with great cheer
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