The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-13
cIated Press made the following report

statement, and / therefore want 10 nm
swer It. Yet 1t Is almost Irritating to
have to answer such statement, Tor !
should hope that amy one OF common In
telligence would know that ! not only
never made such statement. but INIT
am Incapable OF making IT, At that time
! never spoke In the Auditorium TO he
gin with, and never said anything any
where to any human being out OF which
could have been constructed that state
ment. IT IS NOT ONLY a LIE. BUT IT
WAS MADE UP DY PEOPLE WHO
LATED BY OTHERS WHO ALSO
KNEW IT TO BE A LIE. aIg
1t Is nothing less than humillating to
q man OF Governor Roosevelt's charac-
ter that he should be called on to re-
flute such palpable and contemplate
fnIsehoods back woundlng calumny
that is ever ready to strike Its poisoned
fangs Into the whltest virtue.
Happily. however. the worklngman In
Wheeling knows on which side his
bread is buttcred, and has been butter
ed for the past three years, and he Is too
sensible to give any credence to such
rank appeals to prejudice and criminal
Misrepresentation. In the name of all
that a workingman holds dear, an OPP
portunity to earn something
for himself and those depen-
dent on him. why should he vote
for Bryan and revival Of those times
described by President Gompers, OF the
Federation of Labor, as N"DAYS OF
HUNGER, HORROR AND MISERY"
There is ample testimony from the
labor leaders OF the country to the bene-
flcence of Republican rule. Take. for
instance, the expression OF Dennis A.
Hayes, president OF the Green Glass In
ternational Association, who has most
eloquently said:
81 do not allow politics to mix with
my business affairs, but can not
help thinking how politics and bust
ness go together. I hope for Mr.. Nc
Kinley's election from the working
mans standpoint. When the Wilson
law became effective our trade was
reduced Is per cent in wages. After
Mckinley was elected wages wore re-
stored"
That's 1t. But the Democratic press
arc pointing out to-day few isolated
cases where wages have been slightly
reduced. but they carefully avoid telling
about the restoration OF wages under
Mckinley. and the further fact that un-
der the last Democratic administration
there finally was no reduction in wages
because there was no employment and
no wages to reduce.
The belief OF the workingman In the
Republican party as his best and truest
friend Is further set forth by the action
Of President Shafrer, OF the Amalga-
mated Association OF Iron and Steel
Workers. who after resigning his posi-
ton in that association said: ut was
my Intention to take long rest and
then go back to the mill, but have
changed my plans so far as my health
will permit. The Youngstown Vindica-
tor has announced in glaring headlines
that am for William ]. Bryan for
President. and that will work md vote
for. him. Tonight l offered my SER
vices to Chairman Dick, and inasmuch
as in me lies will do all in my power to
secure the reelection OF William Nc
klnley. I will go wherever the commit
tee thinks can do good. am for the
success of the Republican ticket, bellev-
ing that in It lies the hope OF the Amer
lean worklngman."
Other testimony might be adduced to
corroborate the statement that the Re-
publican party has stood and Is standing
to-day against the greatest menace that
| ever confronted labor-Bryanism. And
yet the chief apostle OF calamity and the
evanscl OF hunger. horror and misery
has the effrontery 10 so about the coun-
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try wailng. What has the Republican
| party ever done for labor" What In
the name Of the four and ever recurring
seasons has the Democratic party ever
done for labor. except to crush the life
out OF 1t and erect soup house monu-
ments to Its everlasting shame and de-
graduation. There Is this In the policies
of the Republican party that has bene-
fitted labor. and the Democracy can't &c,
away from 1.-THE full dinner pail, OF
which cx-Presldent Harrison has so clio.
quently said:
THE full dinner pail Is not u sord!d
emblem. 1t has n spiritual Significance
for the spiritually minded 1t means
moro comfort for the wife and family
more schooling and less work for the
children and margin of saving fol
sickness and old age"
Where McGraw Comes In.
Senator Spooner while In Parkersburp