Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-10-22
SOMETHING 0F 4 FROST.
Grosvenor and Danford at Bridgeport,
Last Night.
THEY MET WITH A TAME RECEP-
TION, THE CROWD ONLY NUM-
BERING ABOUT THREE HUN
DRED-THE EVENTS OF THE
EVENING.

last ulSHl, anu MISUNDERSTANDING 1n0
efforts made by the local faithful"
the affair proved somewhat of frost.
Capt. Danford and Gen. Grosyenor
were the drawing cards, but somehow
they did not draw to any great ex-
tent. The Indictment weather may pos
sibly have had something to do with
the attendance, and it would be do
ing them justice to give them the bene-
fit of the doubt.
Approximately the crowd numbered
three hundred. At other times the
audience would have numbered twice
that number, but Republican interest
in the head of the Congressional
ticket over in old Belmont seems to be
on the wane this year at least.
The meeting was held in the Opera
House, which had been decorated with
flags, bunting and pictures Of Hanna,
Mckinley and Danford. Meister's band
injected some enthusiasm into the
audience with a few patriotic airs.
They were then ready for business.
Capt. o. M. Davis, chairman of the
meeting, introduced Gen. GTosvenor as
the speaker of the evening.
The gentleman was not long in get
ting down to his subject. He launched
in upon the difficulties existing in the
country few years ago, when the
United States was practically swamp
ed and was on the verge of bankruptcy
Referring back to 1892, he said; Not
a man wanted for work, but the AL
mighty withdrew his smiles from us
and Grover Cleveland was elected.
You all know what followed. We had
hard times such as never before, and
upon the day of McKinleys election
statistics showed that 100000 men in
the United States were idle.
During the four years Of Cleveland's
administration the markets of the
world were shut up against us. We
bought what we needed from foreign
countries during those four years.
Labor was idle and capital went abroad
when it should have remained at
home.
You recollect how you felt about
this time two years ago on the eve Of
the election which began to appear
doubtful. Democracy sprang some
thing new on us. They dropped their
free silver argument and attempted to
array labor against capital. 1t was
then we were ON the verge of anarchy.
II have no power of words to describe
the poverty of two years ago. Both
parties proclaimed poverty and hard
times to the people. Even Democracy,
after a reign of four years, in which
time they enacted the laws as they
wanted them, witnessed the overthrow
of business and frankly came forth and
admitted that poverty was here. l
might say here you cannot get rid Of
it in short time, either. We sowed
in the wind and reaped in the whirl-
wind and some of its zephyrs are float
ing before us yet.
THE markets were closed, business
was at standstill, and poverty was to
be seen on all sides. Something must
be done. The parties met in conven-
ton, but differed as to the causes, and
its remedies. Democracy maintaines
that low tariff and the free coinage of
silver were the only remedies. 1t
was an experiment and when the coun-
try was going to ruin, as it surely was,
it was no wonder that here and there
Republican and the Democrats voted
for the experiments.
THE Republicans met in st. Louis,
and their idea of putting business on
its feet again was to open the factories
and not the minis. We were sending
too much of our money abroad for
foreign goods. This was to be stopped.
Democracy claimed there was not enough
money, while we want a contraction.
These were the issues, and I want to
say that the battles fought was the
greatest contest of oratory ever known.
1t was a battle of genius, brains, and
am not unwilling to say it was
battle of patriotism.
There was a test to be made, and
their was never clearer cut test made.
Never was clearer test put forth.
1.-The moment Mckinley was elected
the Dingley bill was introduced into
Congress, and pushed through as rapid
ly as possible. Now. l come to the
question, Who has been indicated?
"The population is increasing, and is
now many more than it was two years
ago, when Democracy discovered there
was but s22 for every man, woman and
child in the United States. Now, l am
glad to say we have s24.75 per capita,
and l am proud to say we have every
dollar of it made by our party, and
every dollar of it is as good as any
other mans dollar in any other coun-