The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-13

against the Standard OIL Company, the
very trust that was organized under
Grover Cleveland's administration. He
then launched on strain OF invective
against Mark Hanna and other Repub-
lican statesmen and said they were
slaves Of the almighty dollar. He said
all their wealth was blood money cX-
tracted from the actual producers.
The trust magnates. he went on, had
the people by the throat. He then
abused the New York Biscuit Company
and alleged that they were pushing up
the price Of biscuits. The audience
waited for some discussion Of the Is
sues, but they waited In vain, for the
speaker simply ranted about the In
flucnce Of the trusts.
One OF the vice presidents seated on
the stage went to sleep at this point Of
the speech and did not nwaks until the
speaker had concluded his remarks.
From the serenely happy look on his
face he must have been dreaming of
living under Democratic admlnistra-
ton, with Bryan In the presidential
chair. but he awoke-it was n dream.
The Porto Ricans, the speaker said.
were taxed Is per cent on all-gooGs e1-
ported or imported Into this country.
He said this was done at the !nstlga-
tion OF the owners Of the tobacco and
sugar. trusts. There was feeble at
tempt at applause ut this statement,
about the only scmblance Of enthusiasm
during the meeting. Hc said that there
would be time when every child In
this country would bow bis head In
shame for the blot OH the cscutchcon In
the way we have treated Porto Rico.
This government. he said. furnished the
Filipinos with 1000 stacks of arms. The
speaker attacked the executive and said
he had treated the Fllipinos shame
fully. Spain has not been able to con-
uuer the FiliptnGs In four, hundred
years. He wanted to know how We
could do 1t. If Spain could not. He said
many more American youths would yet
give up their lives In the attempt to
conquer them.
The cheap labor in the Philippines
would be pitted against the labor of
this country. The trusts were looking
for new fields to conquer and they
would soon go after the cheap labor of
the Philippines. He continued his
speech OF negation by accusing Presl .
dent Mckinley CT violating his oath of
Office by permitting the Sultan OF Sulu
to conduct n harem. He did not want
the American flag pulled down and sad
there was n great deal OF buncombe
about It. He did not say he wanted II
pulled down in the PhilppIne1. He said
the policy Of this admInistr :tior was
the dollar above the mar.
He said the most dcspicabl Issue be-
fore the people Of this country was the
full Dime: pail. He asked II the people
OF this country were mules and horses
that their stomnchs had TO be appealed
to. He then went on about the strikers
In the anthracite coal regions Of Penn
sylvania. and added that they did not
have. fun dinner pnils. thereby making
the full dinner pail an argument OF his
own.
The speaker said that the children OF
all these millionalres would squander
their ill-gctten gains and there was n
compensation IN that He said the
government Of this country was bad
and growing worse. He snld he would
call attention to one more thing and
then conclude. The remaining handful
OF people heavcd sigh of relief at this
declaration, as thcy wanted to hear
somebody else to relieve the monotony.
He concluded With some gaff about the
miners strike out In Idaho not bearing
In the least on the Issues OF the cam
paign. II -