The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-06
GREAT SPEECH
BY BROSSlUS
AT BELLAI.R.EI[
Last Night That Was Heard by an
Enthusiastic outpouring of
the People.
COLONEL 5DENNISON'S ADDRESS
1t Edgington Lane Was a Master
piece-Preceded by Speech
by Mr.. Laughlin. &

The first Republican meeting OF the
season at Belluirc last night without
any loud proclaim was q great gather
Ing OF the people who are well satisfied
with the splendid conditions that pre-,
vail after four years OF Republican ad-
mInlstratlon. They. were full of en-,
thuslasm and hardly had the Amerl-
Gun Mechanics band played Its first
tune until there were acres Of people.
gathered about the city hall corner.
and by the time Hon. Marriott Bros
slus was introduced the crowd covered
the four corners SO deep that the
speaker. said when introduced: II don't
know what you expect one man to do
with such an ocean OF people as this.
There was cheering everywhere, and SO
dense was the crowd that some Of the
committeeman gave way to the people.
and in the absence Of the chairman. of
the local committee. County Chairman
Bergundthal called the meeting to or
der and announced Senator F.;B. Ar.
cher as chairman.
Mr.. Archer lost no time with a
speech. but in a neat way introduced
Congressman Brosslus, of the New Cas-
tie. Pa, district. He was greeted with
prolonged cheers and as he proceeded
in complimenting the people of Ohio In
manifesting such splendid interest as
the large crowd indicated In the cause
OF William Mckinley the crowd broke
loose again with widest cheering.
Mr.. Brossius is q large, well-built,
strong mnn, with a full. clear voice, and
he devoted all of the preliminary part,
OF his speech to the President, declar-
ing in one sentence that "outside, of
his own home there was not a man In
all this world that he loved as he did
the conscientious. courageous. intrepid
William Mckinley, your own honored'
citizen of Ohio"
They Abused Lincoln.
Here he continued in Very enter
tanning way recitation of the abuse
heaped upon the immortal Lincoln dur
ing his administration for humanity.
and his country, and said that the
voices that maligned that President did
not voice the sentiment Of the people,
then, nor dc, those who heap abuse upon
our great President of this hour reflect
the, feeling of the American people.
They were not the voices of patriots In,
Z the days Of Lincoln. nor are they more
athe voices of patriots to-day yf
a The speaker said that God in his In
finite wisdom could scarcely form
more earnest and devoted or master
mind than that Of William. Mckinley,
and that he moved upon every propo-
sition with calmness and GOODNESS
that leaves no room for doubt about
his elaboration and calculation, and he
follows only the path Of duty as he
feels Providence, directs, thinking and
feeling only, for his, country and Its peo-
pie. u
He contrasted the Filipnos with the
,Cubans and referred to our treatment
of the latter and their treatment OF
Americans, and holding that the same
kind Of a part in the Philippines would
have brought about similar govern
ment there. The responsibility Of this
government; cannot be and will not be
shlrked in those Islands any more than
1t will be in any part of the United
States. Having responsibility we must
preserve order. open courts and school
houses. There are two aspects, the
, commercial and the moral. freely I'D
NIT that the commercial aspect is the
lowest one. That aspect alone would
not justify our or any policy, but our
great moral responsibility so surrounds
every phase of the situation that IL the
commerce of the world opens to us
while performing Just though onercus
duty We shall not seek to avoid 1t. Ex-
tending the markets means wonderful
development Of American Industries,
and happiness and contentment only
come to the great mass of the people
when prosperity Keeps the wheels OF
industry humming and all our people
employed. e3st,
The Open Door.
The open door TO China was touched
upon in an interesting way, showing
that we. with half a chance, will cap
ture much Of the fifteen millions OF
wares that will be sent there. We pos
sess the oceanic resting places on the
high seas leading to that open door. and
China needs our -four, the products of
our industries, our engines and our in
genuity that empire needs. and our
unriyalled achievements will reach
there In the front rank, md all .o,r
people at HONEYWELL be KEEP, busIly ON.
ployed. - ~
We hold the key'to the oceanic WAYS.
Bryan proposes TO surrender that KEY
to AgnInaldo. but Mckinley says wen
hold the key. and you, my fellow cIti-
2ens:j are asked to take your choice.
He pictured the grand march OF pro-
gross when the seas become the thea
try OF trade and commerce, and the
new world VIII zee this pathway to tho
markets of the world a ;eeming Amer
lean highway. We have been blowing
the ground for more than century,
now let Us pillow the seas as becomes
nation that commands the admiration
Of the world because II stands for hu-
mainly and all that the noblcst motives
Of man can prompt.
Right and duty are majestic Ideas
that stimulate the nobiest character,