The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-27
Tells Why BE has Forsaken Party
That Has Trampled Upon All Z
- 4: ;s 1870 Its Traditions.
LESS0NOF' s2NOTFORGOTTEN.
How This Former Wheeling Demo-
"a; crat Became Convinced Of the
Error of His Ways. Is.

49, ''''SHa " SiNe tHelHh soitle VI
my. reasons for my coming out strons
for Mckinley this next November
Ny, grandfather came 10 this city
from Germany many years ago, drank
bis beer and voted the Democratic
ticket; his son followed in his footsteps,
and took my beer and voted as did my
father and grandfather. In 1861 mar
red, a splendid girl, and we have three
[ fine boys, whom was. in spite of my
wife. bringing up in the same way CT
voting and drinking.
When Cleveland was nominated, my
Oldest bay, Jim, who was OF age, and I
began to whoop 1t up for Cleveland,
free trade and Democracy generally for
all we were worth, and just then the
Republican carnegies brought on the
Homestead. riots. and we determined,
with every mechanic around u.s. TO
Knock the stuffin' out OF the Republican
manufacturers who had been domineer-
Ing over US with their low wages for 50
many years. although I had been steady
at work Mt three dollars ana Jim at
three and a half dollars per day, but
we weren't satisfied and wanted all that
and more, SO We voted to kill the goose
that had been laying the golden eggs
Well, we had our pull and elected
Cleveland and then the banks began to
bust and the mills all over the country
to shut down, saying they had to make
some repairs, but 1t was the beginning
Of the hardest times We; ever saw.
Mother. who. had q mighty smart
tongue, always had 4 liking for the Re-
publicans and often jibed In with ner
sharp sayings, as. well Pap you had
lots Of Democratic theories. but the
facts seem too much for than, for they
don't bring In any money She was
about right. for my sons. Jim. Bob and ]
used to hunt harvest days In the coun-
try with its good dinner and a dollar
day, and not too often at that. therefore
We had to live mighty tight on the small
amount we had In bank, lucky for us
we had no rent to pay for We had Just
paid for our home before the. election OF
) Cleveland. Once In a while the River
side mill. where Jim and I worked,
would start up to fiji some small orders,
but every time It would start It would
be at lower wages for Jim and me. until
at last was only getting dollar and
half day, and / was mighty glad to
get that. Mother would ALWAYS scratch
up some baked potatoes or turnips: and
bread and water for us strong men. and
would generally spice them with her
sharp speeches, as ..Scarceness of Wis
dom is what there's the biggest stock Of
among the Democratic mechanics of
this city," again, Now pap you've been
reading nothing these wears but the
Register. suppose YOU borrow the Inte..
ligencer, or 10 hungry for n day AMI
buy It for a month. and thus read both.
sides, and try and help the bows TO rca-
son and think for themselves so as 70
know. how to vote in the coming eiec-
tion,5 because YOU and the other Demo-
cratic mechanics Of Wheeling made n
mighty poor move at knocking the stuttln.
out of the Republican manufacturers
for you told me only the other day thu;
you overheard one of the Riverside
owners say that he never wanted 10 see
another tariff. for the Cleveland ,,r,f,
had lowered wages so much that ,h,v
we're able nov to make mig iron for hes
than nine dollars per ton. which was
seven dollars hotter than had avsr be.n
done In the Ohio valley before and IL
gave them n chance tn sell their sur
plus TO foreign countrics," ~
Every night. mother the boys and 7
would read the Register and Intel,ipen.
Ger. and once In n while by stonnInr otf
the weekly allowance for beer woul1
get n big New York paner and then wp
would reason and discuss ,hair contents
and want TO say ripb, here that wc
learned n lot ami en,ovsd tbos. ev,n.
ings. November was coming soon 90
the Republicans pom,nnt.d JcKin,.v
with n platform NJ high thrift nrom,s.
ing more work better wages n fplI div
ner pail: a guild standard promisinp bv
tbat wbole 5oIIor for f,,, 5or,.
work. the MONROE doc,rInp and lots of
other good things. Then cnme the Dem.
ocratic convention Mt Chicago com.
posed OF Anarchists. Socialists POM.
lists and n few simon nure Democrats
The Anarchists nut in n n,an,s mr. 60
the Socialists n few moro wh,,p tho
Popul!s,s filled ont tho balance. than
Bryan made n speecb procla,m,na b,s
doctrine of FREQ coinage NJ silver nron-
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