The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-05
HOWARD AND
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!. MlO|UNDlS'';'V'II[IL[LEI::.
They Open the Republican Campaign
in Marshall County Before
q Large Audience.
GENERAL HoWARD'S TRIBUTE il E
To Mckinley and the Republican
e Party was Eloquent and Effective.
caldwell's Great Speech.

KS The Republican mass meeting ut
sAIoundsyille last night was grand
{ success. The court house was Sflled to
2 overlooking WlthIas enthusiastic an au-.
Y dience Us any speaker. could ask for.
r. d, Watson, chairman OF the Repub-
lican county executive committee, call
{ ed THE meeting to order and named
Capt Henry Seamon,3 president OF the
! meeting, and Capt. Al o. Baker; Hon.
T. g. s.. McFadden, s. A. Hawk, y. Levi,
Samuel Riggs and D. Younken as vice
: presidents. In q. few remarks the chair
man introduced General o. o. Howard, !,
who was given an ovation when he up
peared upon the PLATFORM Il
General Howard spoke Of the neces-
1 sity Of iarouslng the patriotism of the
people and referred to the patriotism
OF the people during the war. OF 1851 -65,
y and OF the danger Of people giving
their minds to business matter to the
exclusion Of the more important mat
Z tiers at stake in this campaign. e He
paid his respects to the Issue OF 1s to
~" and asked Why do we want to
changer" and Showed that the conten-
lions of the Democrats were mere sup
Z positions. The Democrats, he said,
want to do away with the national
banks, and showed the advantage of
4 the national bank to the people, and
the people. want them E. e.
The speaker spoke at some length of
Y the wildcat" banks and compared
the general business OF the country at
the time they were in existence with
that Of the present time. He spoke OF
expansion in a way that met with the
: hearty approval Of the large audience.
I He said that Mckinley was not the
first expanslon!st. Admiral Dewey
was the first eNpanstonist. WeSdo not
need any further expansion as we have
u all the islands we need. The speaker
* then quoted the words OF President Nc
Klnley on this question. He said:
There Is no such thing as imperial
Z ism. have Travelled this country from
Z one end to the other, and L have never
1ound q man who wants an empire"
4 He reviewed at length our, acquisition.
y Of territory and then spoke OF the de.
yelopment of that territory, how we
governed the people In the acquired
territory. and then of the great wealth
OF those purchases at the present time.
AT the beginning Of the late war Hor-
ACE Greeley said: Let tho errlng Sis
s tiers 60" We didn't do so. and those
Z people are glad to-day that we didn't
let them go; that we didn't wait for
the consent OF the governed" Il
He then spoke of "miIitarIsm" and
exploded the arguments Of the Demo-
Gratis on that subject. There is no dir
ference between the two parties on the
trusts. We are attending to. them as
Z quickly US we can. The speaker. then
y spoke at considerable length Of the
trusts, and of the relations existing be-
i tween the laboring man and the en-
ployer, and OF the rights of each. He
paid his respects to the government by
injunction plank In the Democratic
platform in a very forcible manner and
showed the, necessity of upholdlngj the
integrity Of the judiciary In our coun-
try. 80
~ He then took up the pension question
4 and exonerated Pension Commissioner
Evans from blame In the many CEN
sures that have been heaped upon him.
sss The general then spoke OF the Can
teen. and said that the greater num-
ber, OF the army officers are in favor of
the, canteen; that II Is good temper
ance measure; as the men are supplied
with light beers. which are not harm
full. He said that the President found
there was difference OF opinion among
the army officers and then he was
Il Obliged to refer the matter to the ut
Sttorney general. President Mckinley is
q temperance man, has always been a
temperance man, Is n Christian man,
and yet some of the people are praying
that he may be defeated and Bryan,
elected. s...f. b = s,
Speaking of diplomacy, the speaker
said the President has led all the ma
,tions In diplomacy and they have all
acknowledged 1t.
:"Charley" Caldwell.
Hon. c. T. Caldwell was then intro
duced, He started OF by saying that
III w. ]. Bryan. who is now on the
icrcst of the Allegheny mountains, in
our state. had passed through Marshall
county two hours sooner we would
have had to hold this meeting out in
the ilelds. He paid an eloquent tribute
TO General Q. o. Howard and spoke OF
his brilliant military services and OF
W"Aos hou bO1c MS country III
time OF need and said that the majority
OF the men who, were bowling about
imperialism were all boys who had not
7 been born at that time or were too
: young to know what was going on.
he spoke at length on the subject Of
imperialism. You should not look to
Mckinley and the Republican party for,
II; imperialism never sprang from such
soil as that; but rather look to The
Democratic party for It. The Demo-.
Gratis say we should be turned out OF
office, because we haven't given the.
Cubans their Independence. Why didn't
Cleveland give them their indepund-
enceY He had the chance. but he had
the United States flag pulled down In
Hawaii. because the queen asked him
TO-. Why didn't he give those people
their independence? The speaker spoke
. or the war with Spain, OF the sons OF
the old Union and Confederate soldiers,
who marched shoulder to shoulder to
victory; OF them being led by generals
who had fought on both sides in the
war or lS6l-6 and OF the buryIng OF all
me past bitterness. He then said that
IS the war was good thing, and 30
y thought w. J. Bryan. for he enlisted
when the war was about over. He
spoke OF Bryan cnllsting In a Nebraska
regiment ana going down and encamp-.
Ing In. the saynnnas OF the south. bent
on going over on Cuban soil, and Just
as soon ms Spain heard of It, word was
passed TO General Torhl to surrender.
ana Tor the captain general to pull
down tho flag and come away. 81
The speaker then took up the tariff
z ana compared the present times with
those OF Cleveland's administration In
way that delighted the audience,
He then took up the treaty OF pence.
Ielllng OF the services rendered by w. ].