The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-27

ton. After the taking Of the next
federal census. Il viii devoive upon the
legislature to re-dlstrict the state, both
IN congressional and legislative dis
tricts. and II Is therefore Of vital I'M
poftanCe that the Republicans elect the
entire state ticket, He warned them
that Mclean and hiB henchmen would
not stop for one instant TO override eH:
cry custom and every president and
re-district the state 30 that the party Of
free silver might elect large majority
Of the congressman and also a United
States senator. all Of whom would OBJ.
struct and hold the hands Of loyal and
patriotic Republican President.
The speaker painted an eloquent pic
ture Of the panic OF 1893 and Of the want
Occasioned by II, and in contrast, drew
attention 10 the wave Of prosperity
which Immediately followed the election
Of President Mckinley.
He said the question before the people
in the present struggle 10 merely a
business proposition. Is II better TO
discharge a tried and trusted employe
and take on one who has been tried be-
fore and proven himself entirely unht
for the position? He called attention to
the Democratic party'S failure In the
Cleveland administration and how they
had 70 issue bonds to meet the running
expenses Of the government. Mr.. Bry-
an was the next horse they brought on
and he said the Ills Of the country could
be cured with "16 to medicine" that
there was not enough money in the
country to run its business. The Re-
publican party and Mr.. Mckinley said
there was enough money II It was han
died right. Mr.. Mckinley was elected,
and sure enough the volume Of money
was increased, and we still have gold
standard.
Mr.. DouRherty said he was not going
to defend trusts. but he said there were
certain corporations which helped the
country. II It were not for corpora
ton railroad train would not be pass
ing the building. There are some good
ones and some bad ones, just as there
are good men and bad men. The Re-
publican party may be relied upon to
make laws to wipe out the bad ones.
He said the Democrats had always been
against everything that was successful
and were everlastlngl.' trying to create
trouble between labor and capital, He
spoke Of the trusts which existed under
the Democratic administrations. both
state and national, the Standard oil
trust, the whlskey trust and the sugar
trust, all flourished under them and
they never said a word, but now that
times are prosperous and the 16 to l
idea can no longer be used to gull" the
people, they are attempting to hold up
the trusts as a monster and still they
do not even suggest a remedy. He said
the Republican party could be depended
upon to place upon the statute books Of
the nation the laws that would regulate
trusts, and the people would no longer
trust a party that had by tariff act in
1893 caused the suspension of about
so per cent of the manufacturing estab.
lishments Of the country, but would
rather leave the affairs Of state In the
hands of a party which had by another
tariH act and sound business policy
given to the country the most prosper
Gus period in Its history. The speaker
spoke at length OF the expansion policy.
and said that country has just as much
right to quell an uprising In the Phil
ippines as 1t has in Belmont county.
When AguinaIdo suTFenders we will
make terms with him and not before.
He closed with a magnificent appeal to
his hearers to vote for the liberty they
enjoy, for the flag and for the uphold
ing of the administration Of President
Mckinley,
When he closed the audience arose
and for several moments the applause
was deafening The band played an
other patriotic air and the chairman In
troduced Hon. c. L. Weems, OF St.
Clairsville. who was received with gen.
erous applause.
President Mckinley.
Mr.. Weems was in his happIest mood
and began by saying he had a speech In
him and he was going to get 1t out He
said that following. as he had. the elo-
quent talker who had so thoroughly
covered the ground. he was really up
against It."
The speaker then went into the ex-
pansIon question and defended the
policy of the Mckinley administration
in n most eloquent manner He cited
the fact that the Democratic party
does not enter protest against the an
nexatIon of Porto Rico or the Hawaiian
Islands. and why should they object to
the Philippines" He told briefly how
Dewey planted the flag at CaVite and
the conditions that led to It, and said
that the people would see to 1t that It
remained there. He covered all the
ground In a brief but exceedingly inter-
esting speech and even though the hour
was lutte, he held the attention Of his
audience to the last.
When Mr.. Weems had closed there
were numerous calls for Captain Dow
ener. who was present. but owing to the
lateness Of the hour he declined. There
were many Wheeling people at the
meeting, all of whom enjoyed 1t hugely.