The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-11
GERMAN
!. AMERICAN
VOTERS
Gather In Large Numbers in Richie
District to Listen to an Flo
qucnt Address by
IGEN, ski CARL KAPFf,
Who Spoke Eloquently and Effective
:ly on the Issues Of the
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The meeting In Richie district at the
corner. Of Water and Forty-first streets
addressed by General sixt Carl Knpff,
was a rouser and. attracted crowd Of
1000 persons. German-Americans pre-
dominated In; the crowd and they cheer
ed Justify and applauded vigorously
during General, Kapfr's address In Ger
man. Seated on the stage we're repre-
sentative German American citizens OF
the: Eighth ward. General Kapff's ad-.
.dressswas an eloquent and effective ex-
position of the issues Of the campaign
and ShIs convincing logic undoubtedly.
made many Republican votes. At the
conclusion Of his speech DR.. G. A. Asch-
man made an excellent address that
was well received. His address. though
brief. was a splendid argument and he
tore many of the Bryan fallacles TO
shreds. The speakers were escorted to
the stand by companies A and F OF the
Eighth and Fifth wards respectively,
the Upper Benwood club. In natty
white uniforms. and the Six Footers.
They made an excellent showing and
were enthusiastically greeted along the
line of march.
Henry w. Schrcbe acted as chairman
of the meeting and In neat and well
worded speech introduced General Slxt
Karl Kapff as the speaker Of the even
ing. Mr.. Kapff was greeted with an
hurrnh as he arose to address the
crowd. He began In German and spoke
at some length and was frequently in
terrupted with applause. At the con-.
clpsion there was an outburst of cheer
ing and applause that lasted for fully
three minutes. He then made an adj
dress in English.
Mr.. Kapff began his English address
by saying that 1t befell him to say his
German-Amcrlcan friends would excuse
him II he closed his remarks In English.
as they spoke equally well the English
language with that Of the fatherland.
George Washington said we must judge
the future by the experiences of the
past. He referred to the change Of adj
mlnlstrations in 1892 In General Har-
risen we had very good man. Wages
were pretty good, there was prosperity
and general happiness. The people
were told then IL we got 4 Democratic
President there would be an increase OF
| prosperity. Look at the consequences
that followed that change. They give
US free trade and what was the result.
In New York our laboring men suffered
the indIgnity of depending on soup
houses to prevent them from starvation.
1t was, this way9all over the country.
Had the people thought of the advice
of George Washington they would not
have suffered that change. In any in
stance In which we have departed from
sound currency and protection disaster
came OH as natural result of an I'M
wise change and suffering followed.
Same MS in 1892.
We are now In the same position we
were in in 1892. only the conditions now
ara even better than they were then.
os,, Won II thu .condI,,ons IN this conn.
,rv ora mt now nearly nc roo1 nc they
cvar worn NJ any linn in ,bc history of
nj. oorntr, r,w ,h,r On, orv MN
If hc 10 NOT n dcmoror,n ,sk for any
change you will mt bring suffering
mon vorrsp,f and your family. yo,I
n,,rot nc an Aunr,c,r ci,,7,n .yo,a
o,herwiss thon for IN, election OF VII
linn McE,nlrv and Rnoscyp,, rs nrsi-