The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-28

| spoken utie many Times AAH HhN seAA
people. My prayer Is that In the fu-
ture you viii enjoy prosperity IN this
valley. May God bless you all Zap
plause). II Is now my pleasure, my
great pleasure 10 introduce Senator
Hanna great appIause).
WARMLY RECEIVED.
As the senator arose and looked
AROUND upon the earnest upturned faces
of'the crowd the enthusiasm was pro-
nounced and gave the lie direct 10 the
assertion that the working people OF the
river front see In Mr. Hanna an enemy
TO organized labor.
Said Mr., Hama;
II am glad TO have the privilege 10
| appear before such an audience. You
| all know that the Democratic party and
the Democratic press have been Indus
tTously engaged In the past year In
calling me a labor crusher.' They have
since the campaign opened asserted that
l would not dare confront an audience
OF working people. Wen, I'm here,
boyH-here TO tell you some thingsi to
tell you nothing but the truth. j am
here TO answer those charges, ana !
want you 10 believe me because am
telling the truth (applause),
"A labor crushert Why, my friends,
] believe / was the first man In the state
OF Ohio, large employer OF labor,
who recognized organized labor (hearty
oheers). | viii tell you about II, was
interested in the coal business back In
'T2 or 40. The National Coal Miners
Association was organized, with Mr.,
Sweeney as president and John James
aa secretary. We had had strikes IN the
Tuscarawas valley The idea of the or
ganizers of this union was that by hay
ing organizations of both the miners and
| the operators, working together in uni
son, these troubles would be settled am
lcably by arbitration. Mr.. James, the
secretary, came to me at Cleveland and
asked II would undertake the task OF
organizing the operators Of the Tusca-
raWas valley. After looking over the
constitution and bylaws Of his organl-
cation l said that / would gladly under
take the task. did 1t and we soon had
complete organization. acted as
president OF the operators association,
and all difficulties that arose were set.
tied to the satisfaction Of both sides. ]
will tell you what made me a friend Of
organized labor. found that labor Is
lust as Intelligent, Just as able and Just
as honest in carrying out Its promises
as we were"
THEIR TINES GONE"
Al this point. some one who has been
pestered by the aspcrslons upon the
| frlendllness OF Hanna TO, labor, cried;
"Where's your Lewises now? Let
them come out and ask questions"
~ will tell you.' replied Senator
Hanna, tive viii give Lewis a chance
another time"
But this didn't satisfy the man who
had been so satisfactorily enlightened
regarding Mr. Hanna and labor, ana
he got in the last word In this wise;
"They've had their chance; their
times gone now" n sally that evoked
burst OF laughter from the crowd.
Continuing, Mr. Hanna said: 81 may
DO pardoned for dwelling on these mat
ters at such length because the cam
palgn I'm this state has settled down 10
attacks upon me individually. There
arc three issues, as stated by an orator
OF the other side. They are: The tariff,
free silver and Mark Hanna (Laugh-
ter and applause)
a"Durlng the campaign OF 1895 they did
hot dare to attack the character and
personality of William Mckinley
tcbeers): they did not dare to sling mud
at Mckinley Why? Because they
knew what we all know, because Nc
Kinley has always been the friend and
supporter OF the laboring man. Early
In his career In politics he chaInploned
the cnuse OF the common people; no mas
always been an advocate OF the prin-
clples that have built up the great In
dustries of this country.
Therefore they chose poor me Qaugh'
teri"
A WONDERFUL PLATFORM.
Continuing, and speaking OF that Won
derful creation, the Chicago platform,
Senator Hanna told his hearers conf
dentialiy that he knew the Popocrncy
would give their old clothes" to get
rid OF that platform. After the result
OF 1886 and the large measure OF pros.
perlty that has followed the enactment
OF Republican tariff Legislation they
cannot expect the people Of Ohio TO sup
port them on that platform. Such n
proposition would be an insult to the
people OF Ohio.
Speaking OF last falls magnificent
campaign OF education, the senator said
that the skeptlc OF '9g cannot fail to be-
come the enthusiastic believer in 1897.
These busy mills and busy farmers are
object lessons that cannot fail to con-
vince the people that the Republican
policy Is the best for them to adopt and
stick to. They are arguments that can
not be answered from the Popocratlc
stump.
only the dawn OF TIE sun of prosperity
has reached us now. When the Dlngley
bill was under consideration In Con-
gress. every importer ana exporter IN
terestcd In the American market was
busy shipping or receiving goods In an
tlclpatlon of the passage OF the bill.
The result Ia that tremendous amount
Of merchandise OF every character af-
fccted By the tariff has accumulated IN
American warehouses and this must be
consumed before the Dlngley bill viii
give the full measure OF protection 10
American labor which It was intended
to give Within n few months these
large importations viii have become ex7
hausted and then VIC will feel tho bright
noon.day light OF the sun OF prosperity
undlmmed by n single cloud. And Il
has come to stay n the people do their
duty to themselves, their party and
their country
AN IMPORTANT ELECTION
The speaker next touched on the I'm.
portancc of the approaching election in
Ohio. Ono vote in Belmont county may
defeat a candidate for the general as
sembly: one legislator may make the
assembly Democratic aud insure tho
election OF n PopOcratlc United States
senator, and that senator may swing the
United States senate into antagonlsm
TO President McRlnlcy'H administration
and make It impossible for the Republic
can party to fulfll all lts promises TO tho
| people. M
I'VE hnvo passed the Dlnglcy bill
with Republican minority In tho sem
ate. one sound money Democrat and
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