The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-18

-se---'e AtA-a-Fa 49,
As 20 Trusts.
After discussing the financial plank.
Senator Thurston dwelt on the anti
trust agitation. He said there were
trusts in this country that should be
regulated, but so far the majority have
been beneficial, as was instanced by
the increase OF wages to tin and steel
workers. Legitimate combinations OF
capital were all right and the speaker
drew the line between these combmina-
lions and crushing mOnopOlles and In
furious trusts The Republican party
would not assail indlscrlmlnately and
recklessly all corporations or combine
atoms, but II would place itself on recs
ord TO regulate all combines so soon
as they showed evil effects. The Re-
publican party has always stood for the
people, without class distinction.
The senator cited the present condl-
tons as being extremely favorable to
the laboring classes, which contrasted
strongly with the days Of Coxey's and
Kelly's armies. He advised his hear
ers against being led away by the rest
less, the menaces to society, who cried
that the rich were getting richer and
the poor were getting poorer. The
senator would rather have his son start
out poor. with a good school education,
than to have him the heir of ancest.:A
billions In this country, said he. N
an outburst OF eloquence that elected
enthusiastic applause, the Presidents
were drawn from the log cabins and the
humble walks of life.
Turning to the war, Senator Thurston
said It was not sought by American
Zoe 4ns ne
dIzement. The cry from Cuba'B shores
against Spanish tyranny was answered.
The speaker knew 1t had cost millions
Of dollars, many lives and many
mother a heart ache, in which connec-
ton he paid touching tributes to the
American volunteers, and when M
spoke OF those of his native state, Ne
braska, and said they, unlike their colo
mel, did not resign, the allusion to
Bryan's resignation provoked laughter
The cheers that greeted the tribute
to Lincoln, for his Emancipation Pro-
clamatIon, were repeated with treble
force when Senator ThurstOn eulogized
another great American-Wtlliam Me-
Kinley-and his prosecution OF the war
for Cuban freedom Continuing, the
senator asked his audience: do you
approve Of the message President Nc
Kinley sent to Dewey: Proceed to Ma
Mia bay'?" He was answered by DEM
OnstratIon Of approval that lasted sew
eral minutes. Proceeding. Senator
Thurston sketched pertinent events
and gave reasons why Dewey couldn't
have sailed away from Manila after
destroying Montejo's fleet Had Dewey
sailed away, he would have left the
place to AguiRaldos minions to muir
der and plllage, and he wouldn't have
gone with honor. Besides. II was
highly important to have retained that
point since the war was on with Spain.
To be master of the situation It was
necessary To assume sovereignty or
other countries would have done so.
A WAR Measure.
at was a war measure" said Sem
ator Thurston, "and we took It, VIC
didn't so there to stay, but we are
there. And the flag raised in honor
shall never be hauled down in dis
honor!" Cwlld applause).
The future of those islands can safe
Is he trusted to the American people.
sails the speaker. He didn't know
whether they would keep them or not,
hut ne knew the question would be
settled Alright, and under Republican
administration the country was safe.
So long as the Fllipinos were shooting
at the American nag would war be
waged. A new destiny was opening
before the American people. and SEN
ator Thurston, In his magnificent con-
clusion. knew the ship Of state would
sail on safe and sound. and that the vo-
tiers Of Ohio would continue to trust IN
Republican guidance.
The senator's close was followed by
a great demonstration Of applause,
which but family told Of the vivid i'm
preston he made. The band played
''Star Spangled Banner" after which
Chairman Cochran introduced Hon. G.
L. Weems, prosecuting attorney OF
Belmont county, "a young man destined
some day to shine In the legislative
halls of the nation-the silver. or
rather the golden-tongued orator Of the
old Sixteenth district"
Mr.. weems was unable to begin until
the ovation subsidized. He was certainly
given a flatterIng reception. the audi
ence cheering and handclapplng, while
the ladies' waved handkerchlefs as an
additional manifestation. Mr.. Weems
was In good form. and In a wider vein
Of humor than usual He scored the
Democrats In a style that appealed for
chilly to his hearers. The Democrats
Of Ohio had a speciality OF denouucing
the money power so long, he said, thrt
they had patent omit. After consid-
cradle study. the speaker, couldn't un-
derstnnd why any rational being could
be n Democrat, statement which
brought forth the cry from man In
the rear: ''They amt rational"
The Octopus"
The Ohio brethren, while denounclng
"the octopus" yet when they had any
thing to give. gave 1t to the octopus"
Mr.. weems cited the mlll!onalres 50 IA
vored for the last twenty years. COM
lnE down to John r. Mclean. They
ported Calvin s. Brlce. Always 1t was
a multi-mIllionaIre. or a representative
Of "the money power" Now there
looms up John Il. Mclean. Of Wash
ington, d. c.. man who didn't register
in Ohio for years until 1896 when tile
party had something 10 give. Then
he returned u pltlful little amount Of
per capita. For years he didn't pas
a cent Of taxes. The Democratic par
ty OF Ohio seems to be the property Of
the FIRST eastern millionaire that comes
along. said Mr.. Weems and he said
this with profound respect for the DEM
oCFats who saw the inconsistency.
The Republican party began to tnlk
tariff as a vital question in 1880. con-
tlnued Mr. WeemH, and he went on TO
show "the wall Of protection the party
had built around American labor" He
quoted statistics Of the Imports nnd
exports OF iron and steel for Nvernl
years. saying that in the past year the
Anglican people sold seven and one
half times more than they used. In
nineteen years the Republican party
had made the country self-supporting
The people made one mistake-ln fol-