The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-08-07
THE REPUBLICANs.
A "Rally Ing Round the Flag" Of the
Disciples Of U1y sses.

the great Republican party turned out in
full force, to lend their ears, lungs and
souls to the great demoralized party in
the coming contest. TIE procession
proper started from the First ward, and
was composed of 100 members,
of the First ward Hayes and
Wheeler club, headed by Krsners band.
At the bridge they were joined
by the Island club, who fell
IN behind, and heightened
the procession materially. Passing
thence down Ninth to Market, down
Market to Twelfth, and up Twelfth to
Chapline, they were joined by the Third
Ward colored Hayes and Wheeler club
led by the Sumner band, at the Court
house. Thence down Chapline 70 Six
tecnth. and down Sixteenth 10 Main, and
the Fourth Ward delegation fell in, Vaas
band in the lead, swelling the number in
the procession to 345, actual count. d.
rectly in the rear of the whole, q party
of boys, some twenty or thirty in number,
struggled after.
In this order they marched to the
place designated for the orstorcal part
of the jollificstion, on Labelle street,
where stand was erected, and speakers
eager for the fray were present.
Mr.. G. p. Linch took the stand and
proposed the rame of Col. A. b. Cald-
well for President, and j. d. Stanton,
Esq, as Secretary, both of whom were
unanimously chosen for their respective
positions by the assemblage.
On motion, a committee Of five was
appointed to organize Hayes and
Wheeler club in the Fifth and Sixth
wards, and to take names. The COM
mittee is as follows: G. 2. Linch, j. d,
Stanton, e. G. Murdoch, Jacob Kemple
and Theodore Keller.
Chester d. Hubbard was first intro
duced, and spoke in glowing terms of the
fitness for the position of Chief Magis-
trate of Governor Hayes, enumerating all
his good qualities, and maintaining a
profound silence as to his evil ones.
John A. Hutchinson was then intro
duced by Mr.. Hubbard, as the next ora
tor. Mr.. Hutchinson went right to work,
as he supposed, at the head of the De-
mocrscy, and spoke of man named
Hendricks, of ILLINOIS. and warned the
people against voting for him. lie re-
viewed the past from 1860 to the present
time, and OF course gave credit to whom
credit is due (the Republican partly
for the present pure admins
tration. Tilden was arraigRed in con-
sequence of his being an attorney, and
accepting fee from railroad company,
but Golf was not molested. In conclu-
sion, he spoke of the present Attorney
General, and ostracised him for daring to
give legal opinion when asked for it
in the Burdett Bennett impeachment
cases, claiming that said opinion might
have influenced the one man whose vote
acquitted MIR. Bennett. AS If suddenly
selZed with an idea of more than ordinary
Importance, he launched again into his
praise of the Republican party, and asked
IN confident manner, "Who was it that
impeached Burdett2' "Hans. Good"
came the echo from the crowd, and the
impression sought to be made thus fell
still-born upon the audience. AS last
reference TO Gov. Tilden, he accused HIM
of associating with Boss Tweed, and one
John MORRISON, and said he was bad
man because he had been fortunate
enough to preserve his life, and had not
shed his "precious Democratic" blood in
years gone by. He also spoke of Gen.
Goh being held as hostage, and sem
fenced to be shot in retaliation for like
sentence of a Confederate officer by the
Federal authorities, and spoke OF his
beng sent to the penitentiary, and
there making matches, but omitted
to enlighten his hearers as to
the cause of his incarceration. Mr..
Hutchinson, however, was greeted with
frequent applause.
Hon. j. T. UpdegraB, of Mt. Pleasant,
o., was then introduced by the chairman
Mr.. Updegraf is large, tne-looking
man, and pleasant speaker, and but for
the slight hoarsness under which he was
suffering at the time, would really have
done much better than he did. He said
it was the determination of the Republi
can party to preserve in peace what had
been gained by war "a corrupt admins
tration, we suppose,) and that the
time of platforms had passed;
they were no longer Of any good.
The platform of the Republican
party, he maintained, was its history In
the past, and he would abide the result on
its record. He then spoke of dnte-beltu'n
times, saying that, as Mr.. Hutchinson
had gone back to 1860, he would "see
him, and 60 him four better"-(extract
from "Schenck's treatise on the Ameri.
can game"). and review the course of
events from 1856 to the present time. In
this review, ex-President Buchanan was
roughly handled because of his bachelor.
ism. He also made happy allusion to
Governor Tilden being in the same pre-
dicament saving that man who