The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-28

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Mats Ria9iag Spaoek1.-The Republican
rally At West Wheeling Saturday night
vas . splendid success, both In numbers
and enthusiasm. The gallant band Of ke-
publicans Of the town had prepared .
beautiful Hayes pole, nicely heEn and
painted red, white and blue, and during
the afternoon raised Il. The pole stands
100 feet high, erect, firm aud command
ing as lie men and principles !. Is intend-
ed 70 honor, bearing at It's mast head the
names Of Hayes and Wheeler and below
the starry emblem Of our nations glory,
never yet diShonered by Republican
hands. Much praise is due Mr.. David
Love for his indefatigable efforts to make
the pole and the meeting the splendid
success they were. Evening came and so
did one Of the best meetings Of the cam.
paign. The Etnayille Hayes martial
band headed the procession from BIdge-
port. Soon the shouts Of Wheeling clubs
mingled with martial strains from the
Virginia shore made the scene enliyening.
The 4tb and 9Th Wards Hayes clubs Of
Wheeling, In solid.numbeS, preceded by
their band, marched into position, greet
ed by three cheers from the Buckeyes.
On motion Of Dr.. Jnnkins, the meeting
was organized by electing W. W. Hollo.
way Chairman, who at once introduced
Hon. LORENZO Danford, who spoke with
his usual feryor and eloquence for An hour
and a hal, commanding the closest atten-
ton.
We cannot more than merely indicate
some Of the points Of his mastery argu'
ments. He first scathingly review
ed the action Of the Bellaire Demo-
cratic Congressional Convention, a
which he was assailed for his vote
on the Silver bill in Congress
handling without gloves the pretenders Il
honest reform, who, with blatant efront
ergo about beneath hickory poles, retail
ing the sayings OF that convention in re;
gard to his official conduct. He showed
10 the satisfaction Of all that his vote OF
that bill was Enthusiastically in the Interest
Of honest public economy as against the
aSaucious, grasping Vaccinations of thu
silver bullionists Who hoped to grab p
per cent asa private speculation in the
event Of its passage. His vindication o
his conduct In reference 10 this vote was
complete and overwhelming and showed
the shallowness Of the pretentions to re-
form and retrenchment OF the Democratic
party.
Passing on to the animus Of the recent
Confederate Congress, for which his ex
tensiye committee experience during q
session Of eight and q half months emf
nently qualified him, he laid bare his
tory, equalled in attempted corruption
and infamy only by the session Of Congress
in which the same rebel element held
power in the House under Buchanan.
While the howl Of corruption i:
hurled from every Democratic stump and
press in the land against Grants admin
istration, the report Of the Secretary Of
the Treasury shows only a loss Of ont
dollar and twenty cents TO the one thou
sand dollars under Grants last term
under Jackson and Tyler the loss wa.
about tea dollars to the thousand, and
though the Democratic press teemed
with accusations oil dishonesty against
Belknap, whom he was sorry to say
had sold his honor and fair fame
for mess Of posttradership pot
tage, yet the fact was that BY
neither him nor Secretary Robson had
the government lost dollar. Asa mem
Der Of the investigating committee, he de,
clared that Of. the millions disbursed
through the War and Navy Department:
by BelEnap and Robson the record shows
that not dollar was diverted from the
object Of its appropriation. And YET
from Samuel J. Tilden up and down i
kept up howl for reform, while the cal
endar OF the OF the House is oyerrun with
hundreds Of bills to reimburse the people
OF the South for every conceivable imagi
nary loss sustained BY them during the
war, aggregating $500, 100000, for one
thing and another. A man came before
his committee claiming $4,000 for 8
steamboat taken by the onion forces dur
ing the war; his loyalty and fidelity to the
Union during the war was established BY
twenty men. The case seemed little
plausible and the claim likely TO be
awarded. A little search OF the rebel
archives, however, revealed papers show
ing that the fellow had sold his boat to the
rebels at Memphis, had got his pay il
rebel money, and that he had skedaddlec
within the rebel lines, where he remained
during the war. This, said the speaker
is q sample Of Thousands Of cases that i'm
patiently await the advent Of Samuel }
Tilden as President, backed by Confed.
crate Congress, to swarm about the U. S
Treasury crying like the monk, give
giyel" Is
Democratic Civil Service Reform also
received aaying review, in which it was
shown to consist in turning out every
body-the lame, halt, INDECENT, and help,
less-to make room about the Capitol for
the rapacious, hungry crew that came uI
like the locusts Of Egypt, to get into the
public dough troughs al Washington. A
decrepit old colored man, an attache o.
the House for long years, whose exalted
office was that OF taking care Of the soar
and towels, was removed to make room
for an able.bodied man from Arkansas
The Captain didn't say, but we suppose
he was an et:rebel Major General.
Samuel J. Tildens record, with his
claims to the sufragessof the people, in
contrast to those Of Z. B. Hayes, was
next examined, and the true inwardness
ofthe great reformer, Tilden, was dissect,
ed with reference To the dividing asunder
Of Samuels political joints and marrow
exhibiting from all his past history how
unfortunate for the country would be the
accession Of Tilden to the Presidency,
The speaker pointed with pride to the
whole unblemlshed life Of Gov. Hayes
who was leading his column At South
Mountain against the enemies Of the old
flag while Sam. Tilden was writing the
war down failure at Chicago and de,
manding an ipglorious peace; finding il
our glorious leader, Hayes, a man worthy
OF the SURFACES OF the people, whose
country be fought to save, though he was
nearly shot 70 death in 90 doing, and
whom he commended earnestly and elo,
quenly 10 the whole nation as Its next
President
The Captains speech throughout wa.
listened TO with the greatest interest, and
evidently produced most favorable i'm
preston.
At its conclusion, Capt. Doyener was
loudly called for and made telling
speech, mainly devoted to West Virginia
politics, in which he clearly showed thai
The only difference between the Democra.