Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-10

the wherewith to pay the cost OF the VIZ
when 1t is over; the people who are 4 :
very mainstay of free government. to So
cure to these larg r shegs -sifsst -.
Of their labor; 10 securYto thel0S S.irtial
justice. will be one orE me cardinal princi-
pies fully developed In the policy Of the
Boies administration.
To secure to him who earns a dollar the
dollar he earns Is a task that Will be Wig
orously eXacted Of the statesmanship OF
the future.
THAT TYPE OF STATESIfANSH1P
which so persistently and successfully plot
ted to pilfer from the industrious that the
idle may thrive will be given its death blow
next November. II you men here are wise
In your councils ard provide the opportu-
nifty to the people 10 strike the blow.
Horace Boies was born In New York
State and came to Iowa in his early man
hood. He came not as an adventurer. but
with the fixed purpose Of building up
permanent home. which he did at the town
of Waterloo. While ne was thus volun-
tariiy and resolutely incurring all the lu-
convenences Of a frontier life. The result
Is that In his mature years the people N
his State have loaded him down with the
richest hon0rs and reward "a their power
to best0w. and De- IS to-day an lnst parable
factor ln q Ctn.picu0us part ln the phe-
romenal history OF our State. Let me beg
Of the convention the privilege OF one
glimpse OF Iowa history. As % the quts-
t!on OF Iowa being a great STATE. concern
ing the capacity 0f her soil 90 produce uni
formly abundant crops. I viii not deal IL
Is enough % say that thc diplomas award
"a 20 Iowa by the manage ment of the CO.
lumblin Exposition s ;he official deciarl-
ton which secures 90 us what hli been bee
fore conceded by an. viz: Tho crGwn.nr
glory Of standing AZ the head Of the long
column Of the agricultural safs " this
nation. Neither drought nor floor nave
ever been powerful enough in l0Hl 70 eon-
sttute what iu other localities was n-,-
urIi calamity. I have raised hft} hl'a.s
OF solid corn per acre. upon which noi orc
drop % rain fen from the time 10 came up
until The car was full grown. There -
perhaps. not another spot in ,hi- ".-i
world where such thing wls p9''i1.e.
But while We are easily surr. .me 'n 'hs
corn heid. our Democrats nave A@4 ''--
row 20 noe In politics.
The torments iunlctci hy che s'.n
plaques OF Egypt must have been -''4
chunk Of comfort compar.l 10 me " .'-
ment accorded Iowa Democrats 'y lN'
sixty. seventy and eighty ta'usil ui.N-
terrupted Republican majority "aicn
more than a generation delighted .N HliA'
Ing
AN ANNUAL PICNIC
out of the election day and just f9f 'ne I'n
Of the thing trampled the Iowa Den''-
racy into the very earth. This huge army
Of Republican voters was dominated 'y '.'
spirit Of the inexpliclable fanatics ana '.,
more we combatted this spirit 90 mercer -
grew. Naturally Democrats became
hcartened and scarce. When this keplD'
lican recklessress was nearing mo cu'"',D'
ating point and through sdmpi"'iJ 49,.
lation every guarantee 0f personal "''Iy
was endangered. when acts whien lNf'"s.
out the civilized world arc reear'e1 ''
ural and treated as iaW1a ",is q" -
defined as crime and compared % e+p''-.
offenses. when the constitutional pf9''',
~ trial bv Jury which f1r ceaiuriss "i'
hes, esteemed the very climax ot a" 'N'
glory Of Anglo-Saxon clFiliza.'.-' -
this was about 10 be ellmlni,t' '9'''
judicial system ard the cold. bafoirous .,.l
system OF Russia was 20 he su's.''-',
fact when the whole macnih..f
local government. the greatest Oh ~. -.
ocratlc principles, the priAc.Pe7 -.
r,,re was about 10 DE- swept our q
orce. WHEN every lover Of freedom "as O''
tine mint Of despairing; when there wa =.
,,'-.o.r.,i. ,e,f,r anywhere in agnt "ise
and bold enough 20 face tne ci's's, - -, =,
was heard the voice Of ooe a. spsi'is ,-.1.e =,
the wilderness; It was IN. -..,e5 H'As-. M
Horace Boies summoning di-near.s''. =
10 heroic action. He IL was VIZ. VIZ ID
boldly TO the very front ana @'ODs (D,"s-