Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-25

AL IQe b6dDOuL Hall, III Lie I<dot ASho,
the Union district Democrats held
very enthusiastic meeting. A short
parade took place in the early evening
and at the conclusion Of it, the meet
ing was called to order by Chairman
F. D. Strasser, who introduced as the
first speaker the Rev. Mr.. McDermott
Mr.. McDermott spoke mainly Of the
tariff and trusts. OF the protective tar
if, he said that it enriched the manu-
facturer instead of the workingman.
The manufacturer does not care for the
laboring man and does not care for
his interests. The labor problem is
the great problem of this country. Or
ganized capital and trusts are united
in their efforts to put down the work
ingman. They do not let men strike,
but suspend operations in the neigh
borhood and go to other mills of their
combine and fill the orders and leave
the laboring man to be starved into
submission. When your organizations
have been destroyed by them they will
put you to work at their wages. Did
these conditions come into existence
under the Democratic party? No; then
it must have come into existence under
the Republican rule. This is what you
are getting for voting the Republican
ticket.
The next speaker introduced was j.
B. Wilson, candidate for Prosecuting
Attorney. Just as Mr. Wilson took the
floor a Republican drum corps passed
the building, making great noise and
burning red fire. Mr.. Wilson said:
"You may march until your feet are
tired, make big noise and burn red
fire, but you will quit burning red fire
after the 9th of November next.
1--WE do not ask you to vote for us
because of an alleged prosperity. We
do not appeal to your stomachs or
your prejudices, but ask you as liber-
ty loving American people to vote for
us.
Thomas Jefferson, the founder OF
the Democratic party, the author of the
Declaration of independence, and who
with others wrote the Constitution of
the United States, the two greatest doc
trines in the world" Here he gave the
origin of the Republican party and
followed each up through their his
tory. He said the Democratic party
tried to show the people of the United
States that the protective tariff of the
Republican party would put the mon
ey and power of the country in the
hands of few people. The trusts will
show who misinformed the people.
The Republicans say there are no such
things as trusts and Imperialism, but
that the question of the campaign is
sound money.
He spoke of how Mckinley was OPP
posed to going to war to free Cuba. and
how he said that the taking of any
territory by force would be criminal
aggression But when we had captured
Manila bay and Manila city he be-
came a changed man and began to
wage a relentless war on the Filipinos,
and we became the aggressors.
He spoke of Mckinley accusing
Grover Cleveland of placing the dollar
above the man, but now Mckinley oc-
cupies the position he accused Cleve-
land of occupying.
| He next took up the divisions of our
government, explaining each of the
three divisions. Under the judicial di-
vision, he spoke of the legal methods
of trial. He dwelt principally upon the
method that has arisen in recent years
known as government by injunction.
| He said when a strike occurs the
mill owners go to Petersburg and
get an injunction to keep you from
parading on the streets or gathering
| in groups If you should disregard
this injunction, a sheriff, constable or
| United States officer arrests you for
having broken the law. The court or
Judge who issued the injunction be-
comes grand jury, petit jury, judge
and executioner, and says you have
committed contempt of court. You
may have not heard of the order, but
| he commits you to Jail.
The constitution says the court shall
not issue an injunction unless some
injury is premeditated. The law pro-
vides for all crimes. He spoke of the
Judge in Syracuse, N. Y, who issued
an injunction restraining the work
men from quitting work. He spoke
of trusts and the great financial crisis
that is bound to come to our country
sooner or later. He ended his address
with a review of the county affairs.
J. O'Brien delivered the closing ad-
dress of the evening, dwelling prlnci-
pally upon imperialism.