The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-10-24
pemoeratIc Rally Last Night.

catalogue oil Inc cuElOSltleS that were
then and there exhibited. II there had
been nothing but the woebegoue couu-
tenances of those of the Democracy
who could understand how ridiculous
they were making themselves, the in
tensely delighted faces of the great ma-
jority who couldn't understand it, but
thought the meeting, as it certainly
was, a fair exhibition OF the marty, and
the laughter convulsed visages of the
| Republicans present, the scene would
have been sufficiently ludicrous.
The hrst appearance on the stage
was that OF Mr.. Albert Il. Lady.
This individual deliberately and
of malice aforethought announced his
intention TO make a speech. And he
might have kept his word of promise,
if he had been lie; alone. His speech"
was before him on an ominous roll OF
paper, and he refreshed his memory
/ full as much as his audience, for after
each inartieuIate humble, Of say II
minute in length, his head went down
10 his paper and he took, say two min
u,es. to collect himself for the next
humble. In about i've minutes every-
body saw the Iun-whistles, shouts,
and cat-calls began 10 abound. The
| speaker repeated his fell threat of max
! ing that speech. His listening brethren
| felt that while his speech WAS not quite
| silver, his silence was nnQuestlOnAbly
golden, and every pause to refer 10
| manuscript and regain his equilibrium
mental, OF course,) was greeted with
/ frantic applause.
At this stage, Democrat who knew
something, was heard 10 swear that the
I meeting had been gotten up by the Abb
/ olitiOnists for joke on the Democracy
IA plausible theory. The officers OF
the meeting wer5 evidently al their
Wits end how to get Lady OH the stage,
/ and are strongly suspected OF melting
the calls for other speakers, which now
became rather more frequent than
pleased Mr.. Lady, who reiterated his
! intention to make his speech. Folks
began to believe that lie actually would
made 1t, and the Secretary OF the exhi
! bition finally took the bull by
! the horns, had little private converse
ton with the said bull, which, il ap-
pears, had gotten into china shop, and
| by using some inducenent not made
\ public, persuaded him to retire.
1.-The next animal, ladies and gentle
mem, which the Democracy discovered
was on hand ut the show, was an ele-
phant-and that elephant was Mr.. Dan
| Edgington. Mr.. Edgington also had
come 10 that meeting TO make a speech,
and neither was he back ward in saying
so. Mr.. +. was in an eloquent cOndi-
ton, but the chief aim OF the leaders,
who were oy this time seriously
worried, was for the rest of the
evening TO keep Mr.. EdgingtOn
from making that speech. So amid
furious shouts for Edgington,
Smith, Tor whom nobody had heard
single shout.
1t now became evident that this meet
/ ing was Republican conspiracy
against the Democrats and the English
| language-and yet the unwashed
with IA voice as of all history and pro-
phecy, told them that "the Niger was
the most dumbest human that ever
was" the applause was tremendous.
In fact it was only equalled during the
evening by that which followed Smiths
hurting back the .'epitdPh of traitor"
which he said the Republicans were in
the habit OF applying 10 the modern
Democrat.
During this ovation Mr.. EdgipgtOn
had re-resolyed to speak and to secure
the next opening had calmly advanced
to a seat by the side Of the President.
With remarkable sagacity General
Feeney, the President, set the band to
playing before Smith had fairly LEFT the
Constitution in its purity with the Con-
stitution--lovers before him--and placed
that heavyweight Mr.. Parker, directly
before Mr.. Edg1ngtOn, who thus cut oh
so long from air and light, WAS too
weak to offer any remonstrance, when
Parker echoed the last note of Max
Eeinler's clarionette with his own dull
Get sound OF Fellow citizens" Mr..
Edgington went out to recuperate while
Mr.. Parker told his wondering hearers
| how he, Parker, by meeting which he,
| Parker, called once in Pennsylvania
where he. Parker, once lived, created
| furore, which, being kept up by his,
\ Parker's, speaking night and day
through Central Pennsylvania, utterly
defeated a legislative measure which
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
desired. Strange to say his audience
didn't fall down and worship either his
might or his mOdesty. Possibly their
sympathies were with the absent Edg
| ington, who, by the way, shortly re-
turned and assumed the position ofH cat
| BY a rat hole watching for any little
chance that might occur. But Parker
had evidently been put up TO keep Edg-
ington down-and he persevered with
| that purpose till heart and voice failed
him. and the former stratagem OF the
| band was promptly put in Tequisition
] by the President, But Edgiugton was
1
nor Parker either should "contract his
powers; :" and SO escaping the fifth time
| from the corner where the careful De-
mocracy had securely covered him up,
as they fondly hoped, he Strengthened
| his manly form and essayed TO
reply to the enthusiastic cheers for
Edgington. But the management were
too much for hum. The president en-
braced him, the secretary threw his
arms about his neck, and Parker again
got in front of him, and beckoned fran
tically to the crowd to quit calling for
Edgington, which they did for little
time.
Mr.. Parker took an unfair advantage
of the temporary lull, and introduced
! the Honorable j. w. Shannon. 1--WE
hope our Belmont county friends
won't fail 10 recognize their new
prosecutor under these blushing
honOrs. Mr.. Shannon was put
up expressly to drive away the
few remaining democrats. and de-
priye Mr., Edgiugton OF his audience
the managers also being under the sad
delusion that MIR. +. who had once more
gone out wouldn't be able to return
this time. Mr.. Shannon by repeating
the piece he learnt over in Ohio some
weeks ago, almost succeeded-the
exodus WIS prompt, not many remain
ing to hear Mr.. s. evince his familiarity
with rscent history by his reasonable
proposition to "wipe out this bogus
legislature Of yours, and "elect a sue
cessor 10 Governor Peirpoint, who
would treat the rich and poor alike"
When the ringmaster discovered the
house was pretty well empied he
stopped Shannon as ensily RS he had
started him, and thinking that Edging-
ton had gone for good Instantly pro.
nOuncel the meeting adjourned and