The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-20

kind. The trouble consisted in getting
work" applause and laughter)
There Is not PopOcratic agitator IN
this section but wants the Bellaire
strike TO continue. (Applause.) II is
the very bread. they live on; they can't
do without H. But the shadows how
ering over the Bellaire mill VIII soon
clear away and an amicable agreement
will be reached by the only parties who
should settle 1.-THE employer and en-
ployes So / want you men, when the
Popocrats tell you there was no strike
there last year, 10 tell them that there
was no work there last year. Ask them
to compare the business revival of 1886
with the business revival OF 1897. ZAP.
plause,)
FORAKER WELL RECEIVED.
Captain Danford in closing said that
he had tried to talk on things close to
his hearers. and he paid fitting tribute
TO the next speaker, whom he thus in
troduced: II now present to you a gem
tleman whom we all love and OF whom
we arc all proud-Senator Foraker"
These remarks were eheeTed to the echo.
and the cheering was repeated as Sena-
tor Foraker advanced to the front of the
platform.
He prefseed his remarks by congratu-
lating Belmont county Republicans upon
their turnout, and especially IN having
such an able representative as Captain
Danford. He stands at the head OF the
Ohio delegation" said he, "and am
sure you'll agree that an Ohio delegation
Is never 10 the rear" This compliment
To ohio's popularity ~ always "gittin'
there" tlckled the crowd immensely. The
crowd laughed again when the silver
question was relegated 10 the tomb as
being "deader than julius Caesar"
What we are to consider Is whether
the Republican state administration Is
10 be endorsed. Whether Marcus A.
Hanna is to be returned 90 the senate.
Whether We are to endorse the son Ohio
has given 10 the Presidents chair.
Whether we are to endorse General
Prosperity on his march through the
country. These and not a dead issue are
what we must consider"
He then asked for the reelection OF
Governor Bushnell, the best governor
Ohio ever had, said he, and you know
she's had some mighty good ones" Fol-
lowing this little personal reference,
which caused no little merrtment, he
compared the administrations TO show
Governor Bushnell's good management,
His plans 10 get the state out OF debt
had been adopted by the legislature and
as result there is now cash surplus to
the credit OF the state in the treasury. OF
100000 In cold cash. Governor Bush
nel's plan consisted In the reduction Of
taxes on farms, and making up the def
cheney thus caused by taxing corporate
franchises. During his regime 100000
of bonds and 100000 OF advanced drafts
had been paid of. Now" argued the
senator, SIS Governor Bushnell busl-
ness governor as was promised for
him? {APplause} You gave him
rouslng majority last time, give him still
a bigger one next time. (Crles Of you
bet" and I'VE wlll.')
ADVANCE OF PROSPERITY.
Leaving state Issues, Senator Foraker
turned to national issues, His witty
thrusts kept his hearers following him
closely until his brilliant close. He
spoke of how Democrats after the cleo
ton kept asking when was prosperity
coming. True, said the speaker, It didn't
come all at once, for It's easier TO roll
stone down hill than 1t Is up. But old
General Prosperity" started on his
march just as announced, until now the
Democrats are as silent as the grave.
They, and the country at large. were I'M
der General Adversely" for four years.
but their General" got pierced to the
death last November II took time to
get the mills running and business NOV
Ing like 1t did at the old Republican
stand. but the mills are running now
| business men are cheerful and confident
and the once-clnuded horizon is growing
brighter every day.
He traced the Dingley tariff bill from
It's first stages to Its final passage. This
was treated In the senator's characterIs-
tic foTcible and witty style. He stated
| little business was done In the country
until the bill was passed. but so soon as
1t was passed the revival OF business be-
| gan. A passing locomotive here inter-
| rupted him Let US wait awhile" he
humOrously remarked, until that batch
Of prosperity moves by"
Continuing, he claimed that dollar
wheat" was not altogether due to fam
Ines abroad. WorkinGmen are busy now,
and more work means more bread. The
rise In wheat was not the only pebble, ="
there was another jump in the price Of
wool, and so far the Popocratlc calamity
croakers haven't been able TO discover
a foreign sheep famine. He instanced
also the enormous order the Baltimore &;
Ohio gave the other day for cars, an or
der which will give more men work than
would have been working In the coun-
try II the Boy Orator" had connected
with the white house.
II believe II was an act OF Providence
| NhaF n10Nt0H pnHtk1IaaV,g Ia
| he remarked, to the Amusement of his
hearers. II also think It was provden-
| tlal that the Democrats should have been
elected in 1892, It taught this country a
lesson " humility. We were having
good times and we're getting reckless so
the Democrats were given power. What
| followed you men know full well. Oh. /
can't speak hard words of our friends,
the Democrats. for they came in handy
IN teaching us Lesson"
A TARIFF THAT PROTECTS.
The benefits a protective tariff had
been to the United States came in for
commentator. The different tarlff bills
and the dates OF their passage. with the
after-effects. were reclted. Reading a
few lines from President Buchanan's
| message in 1860. said he. was like reading
from Grover Cleveland In 1895. Buchanan
spoke Of business being retarded. etc.
while Cleveland dllated on banking In
stitutlons suspending, and the loss aud
failure that embraced every branch OF
business. Senator Foraker said he
couldn't read from President McKlnley's
message, but he would read from a
Democratic newspaper, the Cincinnati
Enquirer In an issue several months
ago 1t said that prosperity hadn't struck
anybody yet, and times were mot much
better than two years ago" Only a
Democrat would make such a comparl-
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