New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-08

burg and the citizens If West Virginia. | greet
you most cordially. and thank you S)r this testI,
mony of your zeal TO the Republican cause. ana
for its triumphs on the third day OF NoNeihpeI'
(Applause.) | thank your eloquent speaker !oi
hiS generous assurances in your behalf, ana ioI
his promise that for the first time tne eiectoIal
votes Of your little mountain State will be gwen
to the Republican party. AppauseD NO ',ta'e
in the Union has made greater progress from
1870 to 1897, in some respects under yer! au-
verse circumstances. than the state OF West
Virginia. You have mineral wealth the ue,
Veiopment OF which has only just begun, ana
which will be greatly promoted or retarded ac-
cording 10 the determination of the people az
TO the industrial policy which they VIII ADOPT
this year. You have. too. rich agricultural
country which is depcnden. for its prosperity
upon the prosperity Of the cities and the towns
which, In turn are dependent upon the prosper
ity of their manufa tories. 1t needs onIe thc
tOuchsone of confidence and the assurance OF
stability to enable your State to achieve sui
higher rank and place, and benefit Its own pop.
ulation and add to your own growth ana tnai Oh
the Republic. Had your onward march OF ~
remained unchecked. had your growth ana de-
velopment been unimpeded, there would not he
an idle man in the State Of West Virginia or
a farmer whose products would not bring nm
living prices. (Appause)
The interests Of West Virginia are identical
and are not oifferen, from the interests of everI
other section OF our country. The interests or
your State are identical with the interests or my
State, What will benefit will benefit the
other: what will injure the one will njure the
other They have no divided interests. They
are one and indivisible. No longer are they sep
arated in interest or affection or fraternity by
the unhappy events Of thrty-hve years ago
The wounds then inflicted have been healed
The bitterness then engendered has been as
suaged. The fires of passion then burning havr
been uuenched. We are all an equal part OF
the glorious Union of States. all equally inter
esed in preserving its indissoubty. all alike
concerned in the strength and INTEGRITY OF tre
Union in upholding public law. in MAINTAINING
that great bulwark of American rights the
courts of the country. with the Ola nag WaN-
ing its folds OF protection over US ana as u.h,
of f1,a mon n he
men of the North. Tremendous appause)
WITH NORTH AND SOUTH TOGETHER.
II will he a glorious day in the history OF our
country when the North and the South shall
be united in control Of the Government. Drought
together in the execution OF common Pu'
pose agreeing in a common policy for the good OF
all and together making laws and administra-
tons which shall be National IN fact as ven aS
in name We will never reach our full ana I'M
pelial power as a Government until that uhl'N
shall demonstrate It's presence IN NaVona'
triumph. which shall be the JOINT wo.k anu con-
mon triumph Of all sections Of our country.
This is my aim and prayer and If TINS confess
shall result in promoting that great! 10 o.
sired result il will be the greatest victory oi ie
Union and for American destiny since AI'0""'
toX Tremendous APPLAUSE +,
Parties nv fellow citizens. are only Inc IN
struments in the hands Of the people ior 'hg az
complishment of the good OF the country lHo!
should not require fealty or allegiance
single rcment after they have ceased 10 pe III
struments for the public good lor .ne p uo,'c
'nm,s a strong as they are should be quickly
broken if to continue them means injury anu
hurt the counry's highest interest,", anu it
welfare OF all the people No patrlouc CI'i-
zen can with his own self-resprct. HlIHu-
full Of ,he interests OF his S'ate ana 'o" ~
try, follow any pohtlcai oIsdIiina , -, q,
matter how long he has been memper OF IT,
when that political organization assalis .1e cur
rency and credit and industrial independent VI
the Government Great appiausteJ h. closed
Nor should former political opinions DC cloSeu
AGAINST revision when experience has demon
strated that those opinions are clearly Nio n
| do not believe there are many MN M, III ba"e
country no matter what they may NJ ~,
Thought in the past who VIII not now say 'ia,
free trade or so-caed tariff reform mas pip''u
by the experience Of the last ioui ysaaS ia
signal and disastrous failure. (Great aPPduSeD
II has failed utterly failed. in every prophecy
promise and expectation 1t has not secured a
single thing that It's advocates sara "ou," aDi
Laughter and applause.). Not one. More IL mas
NOT served a single American interest ~ mas
/ served the interests of other nations vi w
,,.nrld I'm, has given no benefit 10 the AMER
! can neople applause and cries OF lhat =
so,'o II has not helped the laboTer' 'he laIi''I'
the manufacturer. the merchant the iu hnii1
! either the producer or the consumer. 1T mas
| hurt both alike, for producer ana cohsuihti ar az,
! interdependent and one cannot prosper Mi.nou.
nv otber and the one cannot be hurt without
! the other feeling it, Great cheerlhe) IL mas
! given the Treasury an inadeduate IrNr ,i g.;
! sufficient revenue-and II has gwen 'hc ' ~
ADEQUATE and insufficient employment anu ~, ,t
farmer disappointing and runous pice . nv 100,
products applause ana crlcs % torr,ars ~
,richti,O WHY think for a moment, Farmers W
W., Virginia. During the first year OF TINS
so-called Tariff Reform law we imported F"I hor
owNOOO of agricultural prOduSts IioI,i 'r;,u
! countries Is that the way 10 prins p'oHP ~
to tho American farmer? cloud shouts OF ~
no,') The way to do that Is to nuy you, p' w
ucts at home (cries OF "Rient. Ilsn'' anu az -
Ilausel and make your tariff high enough ~
ia ,he nroducts of the cheaper labor ana
cheaper lands Of other countries rom ROM, urS" :" "a
i've competition with our own pr % a'd LAUGH
voice: That's the time you i'' o''' ~
ter and appause)
AN UTTER AND DISASTROUS FAILURE"
Won would have tho,fght If this Tariff Refo.n
| revenue law would have done anything 1t Noi ~
| have at least raised enough money 10 run i'c
Government. daughter ana applause ~ 80, '''i :,
| not .ven done that: as a producer OF revenue !.
has been an utter failure. and as pi ouu.e' t Wv
wealth or wages or mark h, 10 and nnor.ce-
| dented Great cheering.) Ii did not cohh'hlhu
! the support of half Of the Democratic parry VI
the country when 1t was put ,nto rnr law II
| actment known as the WiSon Iariii law; ~
di6 not even commend itself to the fresiden,
who refused to sign IT, while us practicii a '
mnstration has confirmed tne Wlsuo,m " Who
| men I'm and out Of the Democratic parry "io
condemned It and would have nothing % 90
with IT, II has received popular disapprofh j!
the most sweeping majorites eyer knT" ~. our
pOitjcal history in every election heiu sihre i'S
enactment Every time the people OF the com.
trv have had a chance they have given ihat
law a blow. "a voice. Ildt y " ma ivy
do AGAIN ~ Nv fellow citizens of West VIZ
ejnia has there been anything of the working
Of that law in either Its effect upon the revenues
upon the Treasury or upon the occupations OF
Tho neople to change the solemn verdict rem
dered in 1894. when you carried the state ol
West Virginia and performed most important
mart in making the National House OF Repre-
sentatives Republican. and in giving one Re
nub,ican vote to the Senate Of the United state!
Great cheering) Every day its operation only
confirms the Justice OF that verdict and insures
a wore decisive one Of like character on the
third day OF November. Renewed applduse)
We want to get back to what we know Is good
Xnniause1 We have tried experience. and we
know that when have been on the ship OF
nynerience we sailed safely into port and when