Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-10-03
THURMAN At BELLAIGE.
He Takes Sick CD After Having
Spoken I0 Minutes, and is
. Taken so Eiis Hotel.

From our Special Reporter. @
| We left Bellaire Monday morning enthused
with the idea that on our return home that
ievening We would find our town all aelow
with excitement, people. in vast crowds surg
| ing through the streets, the heavens ablaZe
with fire works, the all resonent with the
sweet strains of music, while long process
sion of torch bearers would illuminate the
thOrOughfarcs of the city sufficiently to rem
der our gas lights appear us mere puny dips
in comparison. Such were the promises
made us by Democratic leaders when we left
in the morning, and loving as we do the
poup and circumstance of glorious politics,
Its muss and fuss, the rampant enthusiasm of
| the brethren as they assembled 10 listen to the
glowing words of political truth as they roll
ed from the lips of Ohio's great Senator, aye
the so-c,illed coming President of the Uaited
States in the near future; but much to our
chagrin as the train passed over the arcade
we could detect no sign of anything unusual
going on in the city, no illumination, no
torchlightS, no fireworks, not even a delega-
tion with music TO welcome the sixty or sew
enty-five devoted Democrats who ha0 periled
their lives on the railroad and expended 65
cents for a round trip to this mass gathering of
the -unterrified. BIT at last after much toot
ing and blowing around town, about : clock
they gathered together about 800 or 800 peo-
pie, including two car loads from Wheeling,
about 500 of whom were listeners, the bal
ance consisting of boys and girls talking
sweet nonsense to each other, and young
gamins indulging in all the devilments of
iuvenllity. But ct last the music ceased and
order being restored and Judge Chambers
placed in the Chair, Senator Thurman COM
menced his speech which he continued some
ten minutes when he was suddenly taken sick
and forced to return to the Globe House. We
were very sorry for this, being anxious to
hear the distinguished gentleman, but also
anxious that the numerous Republicans pres
ent should hear him as they were there for
the purpose of contrasting his present views
on finance with those uttered by him six years
ago, and also comparing with the past plat
forms of the Ohio Democracy and the pres
ent, of some of the other States of the Union.
Judge Thurman was followed by Mr.. Okey
of Cincinnati, evidently a tledgeling at
speech making, and Messrs. Arnett, White
and Pendleton of West Va. We heard a
Bellaire Democrat after the meeting say to
another, id if the Repubs didn't have the
best of this meeting didn't they ?" What he
meant we don't know, but only give it as we
heard it. There was an utter lack of enthu-
siasm in the audience throughout the entire
meeting. No outbursts of applause, except
when those on the stand would give it start
when it would be feebly responded to, and
once we noticed Judge Chambers start it off
with slow rythmic tread of one foot, but his
face was as solemn as if he was passing SEN
tentence of five years to the penitentiary on
some poor devil for committing a rape, that
he didn't exactly believe in. May we have
more such meetings, excepting we don't want
Judge Thurman to take sickiO again.
The Greenbackers met Saturday night and
nominated - Richardson as their candidate
for Justice of the Peace. Of the meeting the
least said the better, for men who can sit and
hear Kcarney and Kearneyisms extolled by
their speaker without resenting it, evidently
need considerable political education before
they oould be safe voters.