The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-09-27
THE REPUBLICANS.
Al south Wheeling.

The Radical meeting in the Eighth
ward last night, was not so largely at
tended as 1t might have been, and our
brethren of the great "moral party are
muchly discouraged thereat. In the pro-
cession there were l26 men bearing
torches, headed by Kramer's band. The
route of the procession "is too numerous
to mention;" suffice it to say that all ar
rived at the place of speaking on the
square, at the terminus of the street rail-
way, in due time for the Orations. Mr.,
T. j. Hugus, was the meteor that dazzIed
the ewes of the bewildered RAIDS for the
time being, but meteors shoot, and as
this meteor is no exception TO the general
rule, he shot from the platform which
had been erected for the occasion,
in company with the band and his nu-
merous supporters, with suddenness
that was truly as tonlshing. The cause
OF this descent from the sublimity of one
e1perien cling the joys of a Republican
seventh heaven, was the giving way of
several plsnks of the platform from
which he was adducing evidence OF Rad
ical purity, but which, like the skeleton
of old, crumbled away on the fresh, pure
air of heaven having access to it. The
scene was ridiculous; the air was filled
with No. 9 boots and horns, and the
loudest applause of the night greeted the
speaker during his descent from the
aerial roost to terra tirma. But he was
not discouraged; he resumed his
speech and spoke out right loud about
how the Democrats would run the ma
chine if they got in power. Mr.. b. B..
Dovener, who is not the bird, however,t that
the first half of his name would Indicate
was then introduced. and went on with his
billing and cooling in his usual manner, a
detailed report OF which, in justice to
the people Of both parties, we refrain
from publishing. A little more music
was had, and sadly but slowly the cur
tain fell, and the show was over.
Al Fulton.
At the same time that the procession
for the Eighth ward delegation was
forming, the clubs on the north side of
the creek also formed into line and
marched out to Fulton, headed by Naas'
band and carrying torches. This crowd
was large,-larger than that which wend-
ed their way Southward--so large, in
deed that the very earth trembled beneath
the heavy tramp OF the myriads of brave
men and true, who were going forth to
battle for the "caws.' SO great was the
shaking of this mundane sphere that in
crossing over the hill and passing down
the incline on the opposite side, few
boulders were shaken from their resting
places on the ellis above, and
came railing down on the pro-
cessiOn. "a Democrat" was the eiac-
ulation that escaped the lips of the faith
tul, and hue and cry for gore was Mt
once raised; the ranks were broken piS-
tolls drawn and fired at the imaginary
Democrat on the cliff above; skirmishers
sent out TO effect his capture, and con-
s!erEation generally prevailed. But,
strange to say, no one was hurt; the
"man on the hilp' bore a charmed life,
and escaped the bullets of the
Republicans, and the heads of the Re.
publicans, in turn, were too hard to be
affected by few boulders. So great was
tho excitement occasioned by this pro.
miscuous firing of small arms, by the
men composing the procession, and
the nervous reaction consequent
thereto, that when the place of
the meeting was reached, Colonel
Poormsn, who was to speak, was con-
sidersbIy unstrung, but he made a speech
nevertheless, in every way worthy of the
occasion, and convinced, we have been
confdentially informed, very many of
his hearers that he was undoubtedly
the Poor-msn's friend, and was advocat-
ing has cause as well as that of Ruthy
b., the pride of the RAIDS.