Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-06

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ting "a the head of the native who hight
tell him that ne aid NOT believe in chfistT'
For Humanityss Cnuse.
Think for q moment OF the boys who
left their homes and everything dear to
them, to go forth to endur the hardships
Of camp life and to face the danger OF
Spanish bullets. They went forward to
the call to arms for the cause of human
ity and. my God, think of President Nc
Kinley saying after the war was over. that
he had succeeded in getting so per cent.
more out of the Cuban people than the
Spanish government had. President Nc
Kinley calls the Stars and Stripes the flag
of rightful sovereignty. He must mean
that the people over whom the American
flag waves, as it does in the Philippines,
are subject to him, who is the sovereign.
l think We ought to go out of the war
business, because 1t Is unlawful and UNI
just. You cannot afford to carry 1t on.
The people of the country have never
voted upon this question. Just as soon as
we cease 1t, we shall ignore the govern
ment of an empire and preserve the peace
and freedom of the country.
D you approve of such a
when you nave to put a rife against the
breast of and say you must trade
with us as in the Philippines? If a
man believes in his country, loves his flag,
believes in the constitution of his country,
believes in government only with the con-
sent of the governed, and loves liberty,
he will not fail to work for the defeat Of
the man who seeks to overturn these prin-
ciples.
II know f1iH Uynt1 that Arrhid Camnh61.
who one time edited the Wheeling Intelli-
friends, that he feared that the Republi-
can party would some day have
Occasion for Regret
that Dewey ever entered Manila bay. That
stalwart Republican foresaw what has
now come to pass"
Mr.. Howard then pointed out that when
1t is realized that we have such a man as
John H. Holt. whose heart breathes only
the genuine spirit of liberty, at the head
of the State ticket, that reasons become
most manifest that we should support that
ticket. 1.-THE election of Mckinley will
simply mean an approval of has been
DONE. He has ~disregarded the constitu-
\ ton, purchasing ten million souls in the
Philippine islands, and making them sub
jects. He has also imposed an unjust tax
on the Island of Porto Rico. Some one
has said that war is hell. If you will
think of the man who tolls in the field or
the mill, to earn a dollar or two to sup
port the large standing armies, you can
not fail to realize the improper course of
the present government. If you believe
in such a policy as this, then, of course,
you will vote for Mckinley"
Remember that this government did
not extend its good offices toward helping
the brave Beers, who were fighting for
their liberties against British oppres-
SION"
Mr.. Howard then suggested to his hear
ers the dangers of trusts and pointed out
what they had done.
"You all remember that the old Hobbs
| glass factory was purchased some years
ago, and since that time not even an oc-
| ~casional hum of its machinery has been
heard.
"The Riverside mill is now being enlarg-
ed. but let me assure you that is is abso-
lutely at the control of the combine that
may close it down at any time, and perhaps
forever, if they chance to think that the
location is becoming too strong a union
place for them. The combines have but
one purpose, and that is to put up prices.
If the trusts are to control everything,
there is no chance whatever for the little
fellow. He can not start anything with
out fear. and at a great risk, for the COM
bines may at any TING absorb his business
If you are against trusts, then you Will
oppose the election of Mckinley. Mr.. Bry-
ans plan is simple enough for the pur-
pose of improving these conditions. He
| suggests that the amount of capital be
limited to each corporation so that 1T can
not eventually control one branch of bust
ness.
1.-The question to be settled is, are We to
nave a republic or repudiate the idea that
we can buy people. thus ignoring the prin-
ciples of a republic and practicing tyran-
ny"
The Washington District Democratic
Club, headed by a drum corps, also attend
ed the meeting.