The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-19

for the people OF this country to re.
member and practice on the 9Th day of
November.
To Build Up Commerce. d
Fellow citizens. existing conditions
and the history Of all the past points
you to the leaders OF the Republican
party as the men whom you ought to
retain In power. 1 desire to give you
one or two ether reasons why they
should be retained in power, The lead
ers OF the Republican party propose
policies for the future OF this country.
They propose policies upon the adoption
Of which depends the future greatness
) and prosperity OF our land. You know
how great our foreign commerce Is.
1t Is too late In the campaign for me to
go into figures. You know that our for.
cign commerce in ten years amounted
to the vast Sum Of 100000 900. You
know that our products from the farms
were sold in foreign countries; you
know that the products OF our manu-
featuring establishments went to for
eign countries. The policy OF the Re-
publican party Is to build up and make
stronger and greater In the future this
foreign commerce Of ours. What our
! leaders propose ia that these vast pro-
ducts shall be carried to other nations
In American ships manned by Amcri-
can sailors. and under our own flag.
(Applause.) 5al r,5
Now, this Is an important thing. Dur
Ing the last ten years Of psr, cent OF the
products which we sent abroad were
carried there In foreign ships. Only
9per cent were carried in our ships. We
paid to foreign sailors and ship own
ers the vast sum OF sl6o. 100000 for the
carriage of these goods abroad. The
policy of the Republican party Is that
this vast sum. in the future. shall be
paid to American ship owners and to
American sailors. (Applause).
And again, another thing which the
Republican party proposes is that ca
nal shall be built across the Isthmus,
from the Gulf Of Mexico to the Pacific
ocean. Why do we propose this? We
propose that this shall be done 80 that
we may have the shortest route over
which to tnrapsort our goods to the mil
Hons OF people In Asia and In the Is
lands Of the Pacific, who are bound to
buy our products. (Applause).
Democratic Scarecrows.
Well, now. my fellow citizens. 1t
seems to me as IL all the future as we'll
as the past appeals to you to cast your
ballots for Mckinley and Roosevelt.
(Applause). The Democratic party has
no good argument to present rs to why
they shall be restored to power. For
this reason they have manufactured
some scarecrows. and with those scare
crows they propose to blind the eyes OF
the people SO that they may not see
where the path of duty leads. Gov
crnor Roosevelt has talked to you about
the folly OF the talk about mllitarism.
There Is another Idea that l desire to
present in this direction, which also
shows the hollowness OF this pretcnse,
and that idea Is this: imagine that
the people of West Virginia know WILL
lam Mckinley as well az the people OF
Ohio do. and yet as a native Of that
ctatc I desire to say Il word rs to how
Ohio feels in regard to the President.
We know him. He was born in Ohio.
When but eighteen years of age he
6onned the blue. shouldered the musiSet
and for four long years followed our
flag over bloody battle fields. Gap
plausc). During those years he learn
co to love that flag only as Il soldier can
love 1t. During those four years he
learned to love the institutions founded
by our fathers, only as q soldier can
love them. 1t Is Just as Impossible for
William Mckinley to strike IN evil
blow at the foundations OF our republic
as 1t Is for the sun to shine at midnight.
(Applause).
They Know Mckinley.
The people Of Ohio knew William
Mckinley for years as congress
man. During al! those years all his
thought, all his brain, all his efforts
were to secure the enactment OF leSIsla-
ton which would elevate and give en-
ploymeEt to our people; which would
promote the growth OF our manufacture
Ing establishments: which would make
this nation greater and stronger. For
-FOUR years We knew him as governor OF
Ohio. During those years every duty
was faithfully performed. You have
known him for three years as President
OF the United States. And am going
Into the predicting business right now.
don't know ls ousnt to DO it. after
the tate OF MIR Bryan ana his prophc-
sies four years ago. daughter and
applause}. i;ut the proph2sy which l
deairc to MAKE Is this: When William
McKin!cy Is dead. not very many years
thereafter our Democratic friends will
Join with US In singing his praises as
they are now singing the praises of
Lincoln and Grant. (AppIausc).
For Mckinley and Roosevelt.
Fellow Citizens. l don't feel tina, I
can talk to you very long this after
noon. My train goes In little while.
but ! do desire to make this appeal to
you: New questions have come upon