Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-30
DElI0ORl and REPUBLICANS
Presented the Issues Of the Campaign at Ben
wood Last Night.
Governor G. w. Atkinson and Con-
gresham B. B. Dovener Make
Addresses to the Republicans at
Doian's Hall, to q. Moderate Aud
iAnca

Addresses to the Republicans at
Doians Hall, to a. Moderate Aud
fence.
The Republican meeting was held at
Dolan's hall, on Water street, and was
called to order about eight O'Clock by
Henry Riddell, who named T. M. Gar
in, of this county, as chairman Mr..
Garvin made the conventional open
ing address, and introduced Governor
G. w. Atkinson, who was greeted with
much applause. The hail is a small
one, capable of accommodating about
! three hundred people, and it was fairly
well flied at the opening, with an audi
ence which was nothing if not demon
strative as at times certain individuals
made about as much noise as the
speakers, and on occasions 1t was NIP
and tuck between the aforesaid audi
tors and the gentlemen upon the plat
form. A brass band was in attend
ance, and aided materially in getting a
crowd together. The addresses were
evidently gagged to suit the audience,
and it is no reflection upon the distin-
guished speakers to say that they laid
aside earnest argument for that which
would produce enthusiasm pure and
simple. Both speakers would have
done better under different conditions.
Among other things, Governor At
kinson said:-
Our Democratic friends say there is
no prosperity. Why, the railroads can
not haul the freight offered across West
Virginia because of lack of cars, and
| know what | am talking about. The
mine owners of West Virginia could
sell one-third more coal il the railroads
could haul it to the markets. and !
know that to be true. The candidate
for Congress on the other side says
there is no prosperity, and yet we
mined two and one-half million bushels
mere coal during the first year OF Nc
Kinley's administration than we did
during the last year Of Cleveland's adj
ministration, and more men are en-
more steadily. if you want to work.
If you will investigate, you will find
that all the factories and mills are
running which were paralyzed under
the Cleveland administration, and that
the demand for products is as great as
it is for labor, and this, too, while we
were going through a war, which al
ways impedes business, and which Is
not yet wholly settled. We have an
era of the greatest prosperity this ma
ton has ever enjoyed, and the people
know it is here, and yet the Democrats
are trying to elect a man to Congress
On the plea that We have not as good
times as we had under Cleveland. 1t
is ridiculous. 1t is as great a fallacy
or greater-as great heresy, or great
er. than the heresy and fallacy of free
trade, and on top of that the candidate
of the Democracy is committed to a
fifty cent dollar. SO far the
Democracy stand for absolutely moth
ing in this campaign and yet they ask
the people of the First Congressional
district of West Virginia to turn down
a man who is sound on this silver
question. The people will not do it.
"The State Of West Virginia is Re-
publican State. We have been endeav-
orng for twenty-five years in the past
to get West Virginia out of Democratic
control, and we have succeeded in the
past two elections, and the result is
that the Republican party has from
10000 to 1900 majority in this State
if the people will only come out and
vote 1t remains for you to go to the
polls On election day and cast your bal
lots, and you will be responsible if the
Democratic party is victorious.
know the Benwood people are all right,
and that the people of Marshall county
are all right, and yet man here and
there may stay away from the polls,
and your majority will be lowered. If
you will all do your duty on election
day Jackson V. Blair will be left at
home by the 1900 majority which Cap
tain Dovener, your candidate for Con-
gress, ought to have, and which he will
have if you do your duty"
In introducing Captain Dovener, Mr.
Garvin, the chairman of the meeting,
said
IF you want a man to go to Con-
gress who will protect your wages, vote
for Captain Dovener; if you want
man who will protect your interests,
vote for Captain Dovener. But if you
want a man who will vote for fifty
cent dollars, vote for Blair; if you want
a man who will maintain the money
standard as it is-100c on the dollar,
vote for Dovener."
Captain Dovener was received with
considerable enthusiasm. He began by
saying:
Il came down here this evening to
talk on three subjects. which interests
this community as much, if not more,
States: upon the economic ques-
ton; upon the financial question, and
upon the protection question. The
lines are clearly defined. and the gem
tlemen who desire to talk to you about
Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Ham
ilton are trying TO dodge something.
| will not go back that far. If / would,
! would so back farther, to the fall of
man ard the plan of redemption. The
voter is not going back to Jefferson in
this campaign. | will not go back be-
yond the recollection of men present,
and if any gentleman present remem-
bers anything different from what L
will tell him, I've got the documents
here to prove what / say. l represent
a party which never went back on its