The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-10-10
acknowledgement.
The Immense Republican Meet
N ing Last Night. r
Immense is no name for the monstG

Immense is no name for the monster
meeting in front OF the Court House last
night, It was the most magnificent affair
as meeting that has taken place in
Wheeling in this wonderful campaign.
We presume there never was a larger
gathering Of the people Of Wheeling than
the multitude that packed Twelfth street
and Chapline street, and all the available
space within the pillars and on the steps Of
the Court House, to hear General doff last
night. Asan ovation to the Republican
leader in this contest it was an event OF
which he may well feel proud all the rest
Of his life. COTS name has charm for
the Republicans of West Virginia second
to that OF no other man. His record as
u soldier during the war, and MS an adyo.
cate and defender, since tho close OF the
war, of the principles for which he fought
in the great contest, have endeared him to
the Union loving masses OF the State. His
presence, even before he said word last
night, was the signal for magnificent out
burst of enthusiasm from the vast audi.
cnce that filed the streets. Cheer after
cheer rent the air from the mighty throng.
What shall we say Of his eloquent
speech? 1t was magnificent. Despite
the severe wear and tear to which he had
been subjected in his long and arduOuS
canvass in the Third district, be caught
the spirit of the occasion and held the
people spell bound for nearly an hour and
half. No such speech has been heard
in Wheeling on either side during the
canvass. 1t was largely devoted to State
affairs, and us an expose Of Democratic
maladministration in West Virginia was
like knife that divides joints and mar
row asunder. He laid open the record
of the Democratic party since their ac-
eession to power with the kcenest sort Of
n Damascus blade, and revealed, as in
the light Of n noon.day sun, the hollow
ness and hypocrisy of their pretensiOns to
reform. lie showed how the expenses OF
our Legislature had increased, year by
year, from S2l 900 per session under Re-
publican rule up to Sl03, 900 under DEM
ocratic rule. lie showed that while
the Democratic Ring leaders had
ding.donged all through the canvass
about BeIknap, ~ their principal stock
in trade, they had carefully concealed
from the people the important fact that
every single Republican member OF the
House Of Representatives at Washington
had voted to impeach Belknap while
majority Of the Democratic members in
the West Virginia House of Delegates had
voted not to impeach Burdett and Ben
nett, and that had 1t not been for Repub-
licsn votes they never would have been
impeRched. And yet the Ring leaders,
suppressing these important facts, were
heard all through the State bowling for
reform. There was nothing they had
more cause to dread than reform. Re-
form would sweep the whole brood Of
them out Of Office.
We will not pretend, at the hour at
which we write, to give even the small
est digest of General GoG's eloquent
speech. 1t would be impossible, in
the time at our command, to do it justice.
Suffice it 10 say, that it was great sue
cess, and produced telling effect.