The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-02

run your boat on tho rocks, as you
would by the election Of Mr.. Bryan, you
WIN DO guilty of the stupendous mad
mesa Of deliberately. and w1lfully wreck
Ing, not boat already in desperate
btrnits but q stately and splendid ship
with full sails on friendly seas, with
fayorng winds, with a clear chart and
b straight course, freighted with the
rich cargo Of prosperity and bound for
the sure port Of happiness, greatness
and glory. (cheers.)
Prosperity.
Our adversaries do not deny the
great and favorable change which has
been effected In the conditions Of the
country. They recognize that prosperi-
ty has succeeded depression, but they
undertake to explain that 1t is due not
to Republican measures and policies,
but to natural causes Their attitude
recalls the Revolutionary story OF
Ethan Allen and his Green mountain
boye who captured Fort Tlconderoga
and in recognition OF whose victory
thanksgiving service was held. The
preacher gave thanks to the great
father OF US all for his goodness In
crowning the American cause with sue
cess but forgot to Indicate that Ethan
Allen and his troops had any part In the
victory until Allen. somewhat lmpa-
.hent.; rose in his pew and inquired
whether the preacher would mind men,
tioning Just once that Ethan Allen was
there. (Laughter.) And SO. when you
recall the dark days OF the hard times,
whose memory fingers with you yet as
nightmare, and contrast them with the
splendid prosperity which you now en-
JOY, l am sure that even my good DEM
ocratic friend who honors me with his
presence and his attention here tonight
will not mind my mentioning tina. VIII
liam Mckinley is there. Great ap-
plause) He is there upholding the
American cause and carrying forward
the American flag as Ethan Allen was
during the Revolutionary war. The Re-
publican measures are there; the Ding
ley bill, with Its revival OF protection
to our industries; the currency law,
with its diffusion OF universal conf
dence and Its establishment Of financial
security. And to these measures with
others which are the fruits OF Republic
can administration you are indebted for
the prosperity you enjoy. And the
paramount question for you is whether
you are going to keep this prosperity
by retaining the government which has
produced It or whether you arc going to
throw It away by making the change
which would Immediately produce the
greatest financial panic and coEvulsion
which this country has ever seen. Every
prediction which Mr.. Bryan mada four
years ago has been completely falsifled
by events. Every argument which he
employed has been exploded. Every
warning he gave has been covered with
confusion and ridicule. Has hc learned
the lesson OF wisdom? Has he recant
ed his mistakes? A brilliant English
woman who was celebrated for her wit
was asked whether conspicuous public
leader who was guilty OF many political
mistakes had recantcd. NO she an
swercd, he has only cantcd.' Mr.. Bry-
an has cXemplified the same truth. On
the other hand. has not every pledge of
President Mckinley been faithfully full
tilled2 Cheers and cries OF ''yes.D
Has not every confidence been amply
justified. Has not every hope with which
you elected him been realized, ana more
than realized? And will you then COM
nit the destinies OF this country to the
hands of the prophets OF evil. OF the
evangcls Of calamity and of the archi-
tects and builders OF national prosperity
and greatness?
a Grand Tribute.
Continuing. Mr.. Smith said he had
been asked this evening II he could not
recall and repeat his tribute to Lincoln,
that was q feature OF his speech here
two years ago. He said even II he re-
membered all that he had said before.
which he did not, he would not be so
vain as to repeat 1t for the mere sake
of repeating. and would not repeat 1t
at all but for the peculiar analogy that
justified reference to that former ex-
preston.
e II was speaking then" said Mr..
Smith, ''of the providence that raises
great men for great emergencies. And
II I can recall, l did indicate that in
our own history great men have been
raised for great emergencies. There
was that grand statesman, William b.
Seward, the great secretary Of state;
there was that great, robust, sinewy
statesman from your neighboring state
OF Ohio, Salmon P. Chase, Lincoln's
secretary. OF the treasury; there was
the scholarly Charles Sumner: there
was the impetuous. fiery. unconquer-
able Edwin NJ. Stanton, also OF Ohio.
(Cheers.) But great as all these were,
there was greater, man who came
out OF the west, almost unknown. un-
couth, strange In expression and qp-
ptarance. but palpably endowed " the
great Divine Author OF the world witt
great and almost divine sagacity: this
man was great In his speech at Get
tysburg; great In wisdom In CONSOLE
dating the counscls Of men OF diversi-
fed oplnion-great was that prince OF
men, Abraham Lincoln (great ap-
piause), who was Just as supreme even
In. council with Sumner and Seward and
Stanton as George Washington was
with Jefferson and Hamilton and Jay.
The President Praised.
And II Lincoln was raised for that
emergency. am Just as clear In my
conviction that divine providence pre-
pared the way for what has TRANSFERRED
with us during the past three years"