The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-25
.RUCKER AND HART
Address IN Enthusiasts Crowd IN
Benwood.
TIE STREET DEMONSTRATION
was Pleasing Feature oftho Meeting.
Fine showing Made by nil tho Ciub'.
Nr' Rucker Tells How Democratic Hard
Times Have Affected tho People OF West
Sirsinia-,Ir. liarts Ad,rc. was Very
Well Received.

The meeting held In North Benwood
last night knocked out anything ever
hclu In that town, and compared to the
forocratlc meeting held only about
three blocks distant, It was Il case OF
IL to l In favor Of the Republicans. It
was Just such a meeting that would
make ones heart Glad to attend and
there were ab0u 1900 hearts made glad.
The escort to the speakers, was n
fine one and tho best ever seen In the
lower end OF the city or In Bcnwood.
The clubs all looked fine and turned
out strong. The uenwond clubs, the
Mark Hanna and Mckinley sound mo-
ney clubs. made great chow
I Ing. The Elk!ns Cadets. d. d.
Dovener and C. ". Atkinson clubs and
the Mark Hanna and Mckinley Sound
Money Clubs formed the escort In the
order named.
II was late when the clubs and
speakers reached the PCctlng place and
tho crowd was called to order imme-
dlatGly by II. a. riggs, OF Bcnwood.
VINO. In n neat speech. introduced MIR.
Walter II. Rinehart. Of this city. as
chairman, who made q brief speech, In
which he thanked the audience for the
honor and said he was reformed
Democrat. CHEERS and voiCcss"Youn
70 to Heavenly cast my first vote
Tor Samuel ]. Tildcn in 1876, and had
voted the Democratic ticket ever since
UP 20 the election two years ago, when
saw the result OF Democratic mIsrule
and cast my first Republican Vote for
CAPTAIN Is. u. DOvener, for Congress"
(Checrs.)
The chairman introduced the first
speaker OF the evening. Mr. Edgar p.
Ruckcr. OF Mcdowell county, candidate
for attorney-Eenc OF che state. As
Mr.. Rucker arose Ire was greeted with
great applause, which continued for
some time. lie spoke as follows:
Dir. Rucaker's Address.
come from Mcdowell county, a
county which produces great deal of
coal and great deal OF Republican,
isEl. os good quality. 1t argues well
TO see the people take the interest in
the campaign AS you have tonight. |
want 10 talk 10 You ~ lawyer, not
as q politician. The Issues that d.
vide US to-day are more chan the mo-
ney issue. The Democrats say there Is
but one Issue and that Is the silver
question. but doesn't It apcar queer 10
You tina; they didn't discover that fact
long before they did? There are to-
day young men who will cast their
first vote this fall, who were not born
when this alleged crime was commit
ted. The Democratic party promised
you many things four years ago and
los L..
trade been what they promised Il
would be to you? II NOT. do you think
1t policy TO trust them or believe what
they say free silver Will do for you?
When was candidate for Congress
In my district. went through the SIX
teen counties and asked II any one
knew n man who wanted days work
and couldn't get 1t. ! never found one
in the whole district. The same cOnd!-
tionS do not exist to-day. II were 10
ask You that question would no doubt
be overrun by applications FOR work.
Since we have gone out OF power In
thu national government the nation
has ceased paying of its debt and in
stead has asked for several bond Is
sues. and increased the debt. The
results OF Democratic misrule are too
apparent for the people 10 vote for
Mr.. Bryan this year.
Now they 80 ab5u: the country tell
Ing you ;hey were mistaken about the
tariff business II they were mistaken
then. don't you think they are liable
TO be mistaken again. When they come
10 you and talk free silver don't be-
l!eve that that means you'll get money
free. Far from IL. Down in my county
they are telling the miners that IL to
l means that there Will be SIS given to
every man, woman and child In their
families and they have set those peo-
pie 20 work with pencil trying TO fig
ure out the amount they viii get after
the election.
Free silver will he profitable to the
man who has a lump OF silver and
takes II to the mint and has fifty cents
worth of 1t stamped FOR Il dollar, free
But l want 10 ask you the same ques-
ton have asked all over the country.
How much silver have you that You
want to take 10 the mint? daughter
and applauSe.) How can you be pro-
flied by Law that will Increase the
profit OF bullion silver?
They tell US that the price OF farm
products Will advapcc. Now ia some
respects that might he benefit to the
farmer. but | don't see how ne Will be
benefited when he vii! have to nav
double what ne does now for all COM
modtieS he requires. I don't see where
the wage-earncr viii he benefited
when he Is compelled to pay twice as
much as he does Tow for what ne cats
and wears.
They say til. government will pay
off all It's Indebtedness with oliver /
want to ask how the government Is go
Ing to get 1t. The proposition Is that
A. 1, -.
and coined free OF charge and returned
to the man who brought thu bullion
there. Then how Is the government
going to get 1t? The only way the
government can get It h by taxation
and 1t can do that now II II wants to.
Mr. Carlisle, the secretary OF the
treasury, says II would take fifteen years
with the minis running full time, to coin
enough silver to replace the gold that
is'bclnE driven cut OF the country by the
financial scare. Are you willing to
walt fifteen years for good times to
come?
My dear friends. when you lcgIsate
for one man or one community, you leg
isate for all. What effects you here In
Ohio county. effects us In Mcdowell
county equally rs great. Therefore
what affects the wage Garner affects the
manufacturer and the capitalist. and
what affects the capitalist and manu-
facturcr, affects the wage Garner In
equal proportion.
You may bring on disastrous times
and the result, OF 1t will be- felt by rich
and poor alike
The speaker closed with an appeal to
the people 10 yntG for their welfar. and
tho honor Of the nation. Vote for Nc
KinIey (chccrs) vote for Atkinson (con-
tiuucd checrnSJ and the whole RcpublI-
can ticket. (VoIcc, whats the matter
with yoursclf?') well" snId the
sneaker. III you are willing. will feel