Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-09
FACE TO FACE.
FACE TO FACE.
THE UNION GENERAL AND THE HOME
GUARD.
Chance Meeting Of General Ewing and the
Calico Cheftain-A Joint Debate
Forced Upon Them in the
Village Of Cheshire.

village OF OUeSHIe'
MIDDLEroRT, o., September Yes
terday was an eventiul one in the his
tory OF Meigs county Democracy. Never
in the history OF the party has there
been such an outpouring OF the masses
as greeted General Ewing. The Repub-
licans strained nerve Friday to have an
overwhelming meeting to welcome Cali
co Charley and throw the Democratic
meeting in the shade. The outpouring
Saturday and the success Of the meet
ing chagrined them and they begin to
see the handwriting on the wall.
Early in the morning Gen
eral Ewing left GallipOlis by carriage,
and Foster lett Pomeroy, and at ten
o'clock they met by chance at the little
town OF Cheshire. The place was full
of people eager to see how the leaders
would act when they met. They seem
ed TO have a lingering suspicion that
Ewing would call Calico Charley liar,
and Charley would say "Gou're anoth-
err" and the fun would begin. Fosters
carriage stopped in the middle OF the
village and was soon surrounded by an
eager crowd to scrutinize the great home
guard. General Ewing did not care
TO put himself on exhibition like prize
bull at a county fair, and he drove quiet
" to the hotel on the river bank.
Efforts were made to get Joint de-
bate. Hon. John Foreman, acting for
Ewing, called on Foster and told him
that as it seemed TO be the wish OF the
people General Ewing would consent TO
divide time with him upon the great
issues in the canvass. Foster turned
pale at this proposition from Union
General, and the muscles in the home
guards face began twitChing as II he
disliked the idea Of being forced into
battle. Fosters followers did not like
the turu affairs were taking. Calico
wanted to run for GallipOlis, but his
Republican friends said it would never
do for him to decline Ewing. At this
statement everybody smiled, but, really,
he ought 10 be in GallipOlis, and then
his voice was so hoarse that he could
not talk. But they put the screws on,
and he agreed to talk twenty minutes
and let Ewing talk as long as he want
ed TO.
This engagement was communicated
20 General Ewing, who consented 10 ac-
commodate Charley. They were es-
corted to grove in the village, where a
platform had been prepared. Here,
with the sunshine streaming through
the trees, the leaders were brought face
to face, and came up smiling like prize
fighters. The magnificent form of Ew-
ing lowered a head above Foster, VINO
smoked and tried 10 make an interest
ing corpse. The Republicans were in
majority i'm the crowd, and they were
very nervous, for they knew that Ewing
would play with Foster as If he were a
mouse, instead Of a man.
Foster laid himself wide open IN the
first sentence. He spoke about eight
minutes, called Ewing an advocase OF
initiation, said the Democratic party was
an advocate Of worthless, irrcdccmable
currency; and now, when prosperity
had been restored by John Sherman and
every body was busy and tiourishlng,
Ewing wanted to bring hard times. This
was his speech in anutshell. When he
said ne had to 20 the crowd yelled,
"Wait and hear Ewingn' "Act fair
"Don't 90" Charley blushcd, and said
"Fcllow-citzens, | would like very
much to remain and hear Mr.. Ewing,
but am suffering with a severe cold
and must hurry on to Gallipolis."
The Republicans looked sheepish,
and the Democrats were jubilant. Fos-
ter had not reached his carriage before
Ewing began, and for twenty minutes
he literally riddled the absurd and false
statements laid down by Foster. Gen.
Ewing denied that he or his party were
in favor of initiation. They were OPP
posed to the contraction and robbery IN
augurated by John Sherman. lie then
illustrated the beauties OF resumption
by pointing to the rolling mills in Pom
eroy, idle and in ruins. When he had
got through neither Foster nor his ar
gument could be found.
General Ewing proceeded to Pom
eroy and Middleport, where an ovation
awaited him. There were ten thousand
people greeted him as he passed through
the city at the head Of procession three
miles long. There were $50 vOtars on
horseback, $50 wagons and 40 carriages
in the procession, and in the evening he
addressed five thousand people in Pom
erov and two thousand in Middleport at
night. II the Democrats in ONO do as
well i'm the other counties as We will IN
Mcigs, the Democratic ticket Will have
thirty thousand majority.
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