Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-10-21


He Spoke to 21O People-A Thin and
Watery Dose of Political Tomm my Rot.
Spencer W. v@ boko October ls;- Coy,
= ~ - -. though he had been adver-
tlsed for week, his audience, by actual
count, consisted of just two hundred
and fifty souls, thirty-fv of whom
were ladies' and little girls, and of the
remainder about One-half were Demo-
Gratis and small boys.
1nere were not fifty Republicans in
from the country to hear their COVER
nor, and in order to make the best
showing Of an audience they were COM
PEELED to ring in Diamond Bros" min
strel band, and the Secod Hospital for
the Insane sent over every attendant
and officer, both male ana female, that
could be spared, and it is said that some
of the ''trusty'' inmates went to swell
the number to the huge proportions of
two hundred and ten.
1t was chilly day for the Governor,
and goes to show how deservedly I'M
popular he is in his own party in this
county.
One more frosty nip to serve to
change to the sere and yellow leaf the
little United States Senatorial boomlet,
once, in his own mind, so fresh and
verdant
His speech was thinner than moon
beams, and weaker than water Over
and over, time without number. he as
serted that God had directed the war
with Spain, and brought us through
victorious as He upheld the banner of
Israel when they went forth to fight
the Philistines. He seemed anxious to
throw the entire responsibility upon the
Creator, and all fair-minded thinking
people agreed that it would be much
better for the Republican party if it
could get the mismanagement of the
war upon some broader shoulder.
He asserted that money was made
by God, and that man could not stamp
"any old thing" with an eagle and the
goddess of liberty, and call it a dollar;
then in the next breath, holding UP
silver dollar, he said: This is a dol
lar wherever the American flag floats,
but its intrinsic value is forty-nine
c-nts." AS he had urged that any one
in the audience ask him questions, Hon.
"A. B. Thorn asked him if God made
that dollar. All the reply he could
make was that God can do many
things, but 1 can't make Democrat
understand anything"
Referring to the present price Of
wheat, he said that under Cleveland's
administration it was worth only fifty
cents, when in truth Republican in
his audience had bought car loads of
wheat in this town during Cleveland's
last administration, at seventy cents.
With chuckles and grimaces he told
of farmer being compelled to give
away his sheep while Cleveland was
President, but unwittingly admitted
that it was because the drouth in that
section had destroyed his grass, and he
had nothing to feed them. AS drouth,
like the rain, falls on the just and I'M
just just the same, it is very likely
that this farmers neighbors were no
better prepared to winter the sheep
than he himself
During his desultory remarks on the
tariff question he said wool had risen
nine Gets a pound since the Dingley bill
had become a law. This every farmer
in the house knew to be untrue, for the
best price paid in this county this sea-
son was eighteen cents.
In his efforts, to bolster up the pres
ent State administration he admitted
that there is still in the treasury some
thing over four hundred thousand dol
lars out of the million turned. over by
the Democrats, and we marveNed that
such a thing could be true
Has speech from beginning tp end
was characterized by the want r depth
and truth. He stopped not at \most
fragrant misstatements, and Iacy
is in better condition fo1 kpg
been here.