The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-01-13

OhMONhAIlU DUhCOhhE-1ne Uem0-
Gratis held meeting Of the Court House
last night, for the purpose Of impressing
upon the, rank and iile Of the party the
necessity Of supporting what Is generally
acknowledged 10 be q very weak ticket.
A band blovialed about the streets until a
fair crowd was gathered together, and
then the farce commenced. Uncle John
Boring, who was slaughtered in the Con-
veniion and who was strongly suspect
ed Of backSliding prOcliyities, was
placed in prominent position in
the court room and paciGed with
the privilege Of calling the meeting
to order. This he did by calling his man
Friday, Mr.. VIM. Taylor, commonly
known as Canada Bill" 10 the Chair.
Mr.. w. II. Schambra was then elected
Secretary, and the meeting was declared
ready for the transaction 81 business.
Little Johnny Pendleton was the first
speaker, and led of in his usual spirited
style. John has evidently forgotten all
about the CiCaars, and the Yampyres,
ETC., which he used 10 rave about last
fall, as he did not alluds TO them once
while speaking his piece. He was fol-
lowed by those oratoEical gymnAsts,
Messrs. J. Hanson Good and Bridge
CrAcrait, who strutted their brief hour
on the forum and gave place 10 Supt,
Byrne, OF the public schools. By this
time Uncle John Boring had become en-
Unused, and arose in his seat and said
that he had always been 4 Democrat, and
would die Democrat; he was not an in
dependent candidate for anything, and
intended 10 swallow the whole ticket,
crow or no crow.
The speakers appealed to their hearers
in the most extraVagant terms TO vote
the straight Democratic ticket, and moth.
ing else-yote for principles, not men.
No matter II they were good men on the
Republican ticket, the Democratic voter
was expected 70 cast his ballot for the
Democratic nominees, whether in his
opinion they be good men or not. This
was the gist Of the doctrine taught. The
Independent candidates, and citizens
candidates, were denounced us guilty Of
high treason, and voters were warned 10
be Eare Of them-to have nothing TO do
with anything that was mot Democratic
10 the core. ......
A committee Of three was appointed to
draft resolutions, which consisted Of DR..
J. l.. Reeves, John o. Pendleton and L.
q. Cracralt This committee submitted
the usual inllammatory resolutions, in
regard to, the election Of Tilden and Hen.
bricks by "a large popular majority"
and "hearlily recommending our repre-
sentatiyes in Congress to use their utmost
means to accomplish their inauguration
The resolutions, Of course, were adopted,
Mr.. Good got in little resolution Of
his own, before the close Of the meeting,
10 the effect that the Municipal nomina-
lions Of Monday were heartily endorsed
by the citizens OF Wheeling in mass
meeting assembled--the majority Of whom
had by this time retired to their homes.
When the vote was taken on this rcsolu-
ton about one-third Of those in the house
voted nay; when these numerous cries Of
"bounce 'em, ""put 'em out ETC., and a
scene Of the widest confusion ensued for
a time. Finally quietIwas restored, and
the meeting proceeded.
Afeature Of the evening was the excr
cises Of quartette Of singers from the
Fifth Ward, viz: Mesars. Fritz Ritter
George Stein, George Fritch and Andy
Stein. We can say Of these vocalists that
their selections were very appropriate
il their music was cxecrable. For in.
stance the Democracy could not but feel
deep and absorbing interest in the hero
Of one OF their ballads. A little girl lin
the song) is made 10 tell the story Of how
her father, perhaps after hearing the
election returns from the South, went
on tear, and like a good many
Democrats before him, spent the night in
the lookup. The girl hunts up her par.
lent, finds him in durance vile, and
appeals to the iailor to give the old man
a chance. But the jailor is stern and
unrelenting, and the o. m. goes to the
stone pile for thirty days. The affecting
story, no doubt brought up old reminis-
censes to many present, yet very few were
observed to weep. Another one Of the
selections of the quartette was a love
song called "Lottie Lee"