The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-02-13

siry OF the birth OF Abraham Lincoln
by banquet at the Auditorium Ho-
,sL About six hundred were present
a. tho banquet, the majority OF them
being members OF the club. The great
banquet hail OF the hoIcl was iecora-
ted in lavish manner with garlands
and cut flowers and the national colors.
The banque; proper began early In the
evening and Il was three hours later
before the intellectual portion OF the
programme was reached.
Mayor Swift made neat address OF
welcome in behalf OF Chicago and Gov
ernor Tanner spoke In the same strain
for the state os Illinois, IT, list OF
speakers Included a long lis; Of COVER
nors OF states. who spoke on the fol-
llwlug subjects:
The duties OF citizenship" Governor
Hastings. of Pennsylvania; THE grand
old party" Governor Llppett, OF Rhode
Island: 'Iown-They say she was
doubtful Governor Drake. OF Iowa:
The New Old Dominion" Governor
Atkinson, OF West Virginia, Mr., Atkin-
son spoke as follows:
'Aue new uAtl AOultuAOnsN
Mr, Toassnas;cr and Gentlemen:-In
the New Dominion" old things have
passed away and all things have become
new. We dig coal in that prosperous
commonwealth: we don't dig silver.
Consequently, when we voted last fall,
We decided 1t wouldn't pay ussto close
our coal mines for the purpose OF aiding
nvE-aYN nOA 91,a ,,t1,saV- Ifvfygs. ,,,aS,
up their silver mines In the sage brush
Of the northwest. The GMountaln
state" therefore. in the campaign Of
1886. hung her gate on the other post,
and she has hung II there TO stay. The
"Old Dominion" herself would have done
the same thing, II a fair and impartial
expression Of her voters had been re-
corded, Both OF these states are sick
and tired OF solid south" isms. Both OF
them are endowed with natural advan-
taEes beyond perhaps those OF any OF the
other states. West Virginia, my friends.
"a the eternal centre OF coal and gas and
oil and timber and OF stalwart Republi-
tanism also. Unfortunately, fur more
than q quarter of century, cor state
government had tied up tosthe south
with which section we had no trade or
community Of interest, thus preventing
Us from forming alliances for progress
siye development With the states north
and east and west OF US, that possessed
wealth and enterprise which otherwise
would have been ours at our bidding.
But. thank God, the Gordian knot has
bsen cut, the shorelines have been parted,
and we are nOw launched out upon the
great sea OF Republican progress. The
mn doesn't shine upon a n0bler and
4 Asa al
talneerE OF 1.-THE New Old Dominion"
They have been shamcfully hampered ic
the past by faithless leaders, who np
pealed only 70 their prejudlces and their
passions. The masses. therefore. must
n0i be blamed for that. At last the
scales have fallen from their eyes. They
have turr!ed over a new leaf in the diary
0s time. They have wiped out forever
the Imaginary line which divided the
north from the south. Go there with me
tonight. and they cannot tell you where
the north ends or the south begins, nor
can you discover 1t yourself. From this
time forth we are with you, heart and
soul. In any md every movement which
stands for good government, good clt-
zsnshlp. and healthy and vigorous de-
yeupment OF genuine American policy.
I would have you bear in mind, my
friends, that West Virginia stood Loyalty
by President Lincoln through all the
years OF our fratTlcldal war, and II was
during his administration that she was
brought into the great slsterhood Of
states.
ANY Intelligent man, II seems to me.
who has carefully studied the facts and
conditions OF the campaign OF 1886, must
be convinced that the triumph Of sound
money Is final, and can never be reversed
10 those stateg that gave pluralltiea TO the
Republican party. No one can say TINT
there was anything hap-hazard or accl.
dental ia the verdicts that they rendered
Ef the polls. A renewed contest Will In
crease. instead OF diminish the majoritIes
!a All Of those states. That Issue was
sprung only ng vote catcher--a sort uf
Political habbirs-foot with which 20 hoo
doc people. II spread at first like 4 prai-
RE fire. but when reason. experience,
common sense and the ordinary rules OF
business were applied 10 it, lts deceptive
h1iIOwnesS was readily seen. II was
follower, even. than the heads OF the
men who sprung II az a national issue In
n0litcs. II ragged for q time like a cy-
clone, out It passed away. and VIII not,
800 my Judgment, return again 70 houht
,iF IN your day or mine.
The tariff IS the only real issue IN the
American republic Whether we Bhal!
keep the fires blazing In our own fur
UaceV. cGite-OvenH. factories and fOrEes,
Instead OF reldndllng those in foreign
rlU1tripg as was done by the existing
'5r.rt law, ~ tho great, vital question be-
fore tho American people to-day. The
employment OK our own labor upon our
orn Boll for the purpose OF fwOrklng up our
uwa r7w mlteriai,and keeping ourmuney
~ home instead NJ sendluB Il abroad TO
purchase foreign manufactured articles,
nld by this meIn1 Of employment enrich
ana develop our own country ana ad-
vance the interests Of our own people, II
proposition so plain ana reasonable
that any 0ne--evcu a Democrat, ought 10
800 and understand It. The voters saw II
nn IN, 3rd day OF November last when
i6py rolled up almost million majority
'r protection 10 American labor, Amefl-
ram manufacturers and American farm
ara Il N true that the money question
was paramount In the discussions. nut
,hc tariff. my friends, wns the undcr-t0w
'1It swept Mckinley into the Whlie
lUuRr. The New Old Dominion ~ Tor
both protection and sound money, hnd
ahc Is safely mOorcd IN the Republican
Harbor for generation 90 come.
Mission oE oENspni'IiCNn Party.
Free trade and free siIvcrmaybethrust
upon us again as temporary campaign
issues, but they VIII ngaln 20 down
u1uDtess Democratic leaders may have
mo rcmnr.ty to again lnais; mat the Re-
.IllIrlu plrty has accomplished We
N.slipa. bu. Il cnnnol be established. u
H.ts accomplished many misslonA Y u
'ruu, but rs rHll miFsIOn II set uplul'
Hllnd IN lis Infancy aa q party. u ilc-