Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-10-31
Rich Report OF Democratic Meeting
over In wheeling.


Rich Report of n Democratic Meeting z
over In wheeling.
The Intelligencer furnishes rich report
ofa Democratic meeting heldat the Court
House in Wheeling, few nights before
the election over there. Dan. Edgington
was on hand in an eloquent condition" +"
and the main object of the Chairman
seemed to beto prevent Dan. speaking. TO
accomplish this "Hon." (helloD j. w.
Shannon, of Bellaire, and Max. Feinlcr's
clarionette were used to good purpose.
The Intelligencer says:
The nextanimal ladiesandgentlemen,
which the Democracy discovered on
hand at the show, was an elephant-and
that elephant was Mr.. Dan Edgington.
Mr.. Edgington also had come to that
meeting to make speech, and neither
was he backward in saying so. Mr.. f..
was in an eloquent condition. but the
chief aim of the leaders, who were by
this time seriously worried, was for the
rest of the evening to keep Mr.. Edging-
ton from making that speech. So amid
furious shouts for Edgington, the man
agement brought out Porter Smith, for
whom nobody had heard single shout.
1t now became evident that this meet
ing was Republican conspiracy against
the Democrats and the English Ian
guage- and yet the unwashed couldn't
see it, for when Mr.. Smith, with voice
as ofall history and prophecy, told them
that "the nigger was the most dumbest
human that ever was, u the applause was
! tremendous. In fact it was only equal
ed during the evening by that which
| followed Smiths hurling back the
"epitdfh of traitors, " which he said the
Republicans were i'm the habit of apply
| ing to the modern Democracy.
During this ovation Mr.. Edgington
had re-resolved to speak and to secure
the next opening had calmly advanced
to 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.. Edgington, who thus cut of
so long from air and light, was too weak
to offer any remOnstrance, when Parker
echoed the last note of Max Feinler's
claronette with his own dulcet sound o.
"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 nigh
and day through Central Pennsylvania
utterly defeated a legislative measure
which the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany desired. Strange to say his audi
ence didn't fall down and worship eithe
his might or his modesty. Possibly thei
sympathies were with the absent Edg
ington, who, by the way, shortly return
ed and assumed the position of a cat b.
rat hole watching for any little chanc
that might occur. But Parker had evi
IDENTIFY been put up to keep Edgingtol
down and he persevered with that pur
pose till heart and voice failed him, AM
the former strategem of the band wa
promptly put in requisition hy the Pres
ident. But Edgington was fully resOlv
ed that no 'pent up Utica" nor Parke
either should contract his powers
and so escaping the fifth time from th
corner where the careful Democracy ha
securely covered him up, as they fOndl,
hoped, he Strengthened his manly form
and essayed to reply to the enthusiast
cheers for Edgington. But the manage
ment were too much for him. The Pres
ident embraced him, the Secretary thre>
his arms about his neck, and Parker agai
got In front of him, and beckoned fran
tiealiy to the cIswd to quit calling fo
Edglngton, which they did for littl
time.
Mr.. Parker took an unfair advantage G
the temporary lull and introduced tn
Honorable J. w. Shannon. 1--WE hop
our Belmont County friends won't fail t
recognize their new Prosecutor unde
these blushing honors.) Mr.. Shanno
was put up expressly to drive away tn
few. remaining Democrats, and depriv
Mr.. Edgington of his audience-th
managers also being under the sad delu
sion that Mr.. E., who had once more gon
out, would n't be able to return this time
Mr.. Shannon, by repeating the piece h
; learned over in Ohio some weeks age
almost succeeded-the exodus wa
prompt, not many remaining to hear MI
s. evince his familiarity with recent hi.
tory by his reasonable proposition
"wipe out this bogus legislature of yours,
and "elect successor to Governor Peil
point, who would treat the rich and poe
alike.n
When the ringmaster discovered tn
house was pretty well emptied he stol
ped Shannon as easily rs he had starte
him. and thinking Edgington had gon
out instantly pronounced the meetin
adjourned and started the band as usua
But now, the sober Democrats, wh
thought that they had finally dispose
of this dreadful meeting, and that til
"winter of their discomfort was abou
to be made glorious summer" saw
their horror the departing few return
and from their midst came forth M
Edgington, who was for them anythin
!, but the Son of York.
Mr.. Edgington took the vacated stan
and addressed the meeting. The lat
3 hour at which we write precludes a
l extended report of his remarks, especia
: ly as the band, egged on by the aggrav'
I ted and bedeviled and confused and d,
ceived (but the alphabet won't sutflc,
1 Democrats, continued to play almost a
5 the while Mr.. T.. continued to speak,
r But Notwithstanding it has been gel
orally supposed, since the Beethoven col
2 cert, that Max. Fenlers blow was etc
nal, he here found his match. There
a windier. Mr.. Edgington triumphe,
. We have finally persuaded the forema
) to keep this form open long enough
g insert a verbatim report of Mr. EdginI
! tons speech, or that part which outlive
! the bands noise. 9Ie said 81 have fougl
the Democracy all my life. Go to Il
r polls tomorrow, boys, Pll be with you
0 Enthusiastic cheering, only stopped /
A the management putting out every ligl
Q in the entire house.
I
! SOMEBODY has nominated Mr.. Georl
| Il fNn Il Of th. II