The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-16

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He also said the trusts contributed to
the Republican campaign fund. II
that be true then the Democratic par
ityj is responsible for trusts. A COM
,mittee was appointed under cleveland's
administration to go about the country
and look into this trust matter. They
rode about the country In n Pullman
car. and brought in q report that moth
Ing could be done. and that they had
better leave It for the next Congress.
In my state alone we paid In wages,
according to bureau OF labor statistics,
sI5. 900, 900 in 1894. Last year the wages
paid in this country was $4,000, 900.
The people know their interests do
not lie with the Democratic party, not
only in this state, but in every state
in the Union. The people know their
interests lie with Mckinley and the Re-
publican party. (Cheers).
Hon. G. q. Litchmnn.
The Hon. Charles H. Litchman was
then introduced. He was vigorously
appluuded as he arose to make his ad-
dress. He began by saying that never
in his life did he do better service for
the laborer than when he stood on the
platform and asked the worklngman to
vote for Mckinley tApplause).
The laws OF cur land guarantee to
us free speech and the right to assem-
BILE and discuss great public questions.
No land on the earth gives the oppor-
tunity that we Of the United States
Of America enjoy. Interested as we
are in securing whatever is good for the
greatest number in endeavorlng to
understand the policies underlying the
principles Of the great parties now be-
fore us. There are twelve candidates
for President. but TIE contest Is be-
tween the candidates of,the Democratic
and Republican parties.
He referred to Eugene v. Debs, and
said he had no unkind Words for him.
He believed he was. an honest man,
but he has no more chance Of being
elected President Of the United States
than he has OF flying to heaven, as
Elisha OF old. A vote for him is vote
in the air, and against your own prln-
clples You must vote either the
Democratic or the Republican ticket;
the one that comes nearest represent
Ing your principles.
1t is not question as to individuals.
but 1t is question as to what the In
divldual represents. Here In your own
state you see on every hand the wis.,
dom Of the policy Of the Republican
party. Under the policy OF the Demo-
cratic party you could not run your
glass factories or your coal mines. The
present conditions, contrast wildly with
those Of the years from 90 to 81. There
is now more employment of labor than
was ever known before. and higher
wages than were ever paid before, and
at shorter hours than were ever known
in the history OF the country. (Cheers).
Prosperous Times.
know as well as you that everything
Is not as we would like to have 1t. None
OF US will live to see the millennium
COM could quote statistics from
now until tomorrow morning to prove
that times are more prosperous now
than ever before. could quote you
Samuel Gompers. president Of the
American Federation of Labor. whose
report sows that there are 100000
NOR, people employed to-day than
there were then.
i I had the pleasure Of speaking In
your city In 1883. remember saying
then to you that II you support Pres
ident Harrison more prosperity would
come to our land. Was that prophecy
fulfilled? You know that 1t was. You
know that the year 1892 was the most
prosperous in the history OF our coun-
try. The Democrats told US that II
we elected them we could buy our din
ner pals cheaper. We believed that.
but the workinsman did not have any
dinner pail to put anything in. Great
applause)
Every man, whether rich or poor.
high or low, must have three things,
something to eat. something to wear
and n shelter. He must have work to
get them: II he has not the work he
must either beg or steal them. All the
workingmen ask Is an honest days
wages and an honest days labor. He
also wants dollar as honest as the Ia
Dor that creates II. s.nsa
On the power of labor to consume de-
ponds the prosperity; OF this or any
other nation. When the laborer earns
he consumes. When he cannot earn
he consumes only the bare necessities
Of life. This Is the cause of hard
times. The more money he is paid
the more he consumes. 1t Is proven
that during the last seven years there
has been an increase not only in the
wages paid. but there has been n re-.
duction In the numbers Of hours Of la
Dor per day.
Era of Prosperity. n
We all know what the conditions Of
this country were from '93 to .s7. And
we all know that prosperity from ~
down to the present day has been
greater than at any time In the his
tory OF the country. There has been
an unwonted increase In exports, and
the reason of this is that we put tar
IN on imports. We now manufacture
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