The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-07-24
LOCAL POLITICS
COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR saAD,
OWs BEFoRE"
Meetings OF Republicans, Democrats
and GreenbacKers Last Night
Pole RaIsIngs and MASS Meet
Ings, Past, Present and
Prospective.


FFpApeChNts
THE SIXTH WARD MEETING.
A Democratic meeting was held last
nightat the intersection Of Twenty-seyenth
and Market streets, where numerously
spliced hickory pole had been erected.
Col. Wilson, Messrs. Good, Cracraft, Fer
gusson and others had been announced TO
speak, and consequently quite crowd OF
women, children, boys and girls,
with small sprinkling OF men,
had collected, mainly, It appeared,
as matter OF curiosity, If one could
Judge from the incessant noise that
was kept up during the whole time the
speakers were addressing the crowd. a
stand had been erected, which, by the
way, was very good one, and from this
the speakers said their little pieces. 1t
was after eight o'clock when our
reporter arrived on the grounds, but
none OF the speakers had as yet put in an
appearance except Messrs. Ferguson and
Houston, the latter recent Importation
from old Virginia. In a little while q
shout from the children heralded the ap;;
proach OF some important personages, ana
soon City Sergeant Sweeney and Coi VII
son came up through the crowd. Col;
Wilson was weighed down with several
large Congressional Records, which he car
ried into Wright's shoe shop near BY.
About half past eight O'Clock General Jim
Todd leaned over the stand and said, III l
can get your attention will call the meet
| Ing 10 order" and then named George Nc
Donald for Chairman, but as at the Wash
invton Hall meeting there was much din
Guilty in getting a Chairman. At last
Cen. Todd was nominated and elected.
Only Col. Wilson and II. B. Ferguson,
of those advertised to speak, were on
hands. and the latter OF these was now
introduced. The chief merit Of this gen.
tleman's effort was his brevity, as he occu-
MED only few minutes in an attempt to
lsolye the conundrum, "Why are We Dem.
ocrats?" and left the stand in as perplexed
a state OF mind as when he started out.
Col. Wilson was then introduced and
repeated nearly verbatim his speech OF
the night before at Washington Hall, an
abstract Of which we published yesterday
morning. His points in favor Of tarla
were even stronger than the position be-
fore taken, saying at one point. The
manufacturers need protection, the agri'
culturists do not" and at another "From
the time have been in Congress l have
ever voted to protect you"
The ISTELLIGEScER yesterday morning
chronicled the fact that Messrs. Hereford
and Faulkner had placed themselves on
record on certain question, but Mr.. Will
son had been absent or not in his place
7This was explained away by the Colonel
who said that he had for four month";
been Frustrated by an almost mortal sick
ness, and this had precluded the possible
ty Of his voting.
The Colonel was frequently cheered al
he proceeded with his speech, and wa
presented with boquets by little girls who
were on the stand.
While Col. Wilson was speaking Phlit
Kimberly put in an appearance, aud said
"Here's Dan Johnson who would like u
speak" Dan was brought forward to taxi
a seat on the stand.
Col. Wilson was followed by Judg'
Houston, who addressed the crowd a
"my countrymen," and the boys, WHIT
} were keeping up terrible racket as IRA
tails, snails and puppy dogs. but strang'
TO say even these pet names JAILED TO con
, ciliate the "kids," and the racket was KEEP
up. The Judge spoke for half an hour
during which he appealed to the lrist
whose harp now hangs with broker
strings in Tara's Hall; to the Ger
mans who boosted Humboldt; t
the Italian who came from sunny Italy t.
breathe pure air, &c. /; and to all who were
there to adhere to Democracy.
Col. Johnson then began atirade agains
Republican administration, against the
"bloody shirt" Republican policy, &c.
and assured the people that with the cleo
ton OF Hancock freedom would be assured
to those who had so long been slaves, an6
concluded his TRADE with the startling as
sertion thatthe Republican party bad treat
ed the South with as much barbarity a
England had shown Ireland. Hedemand
ed suspension OF this rindicitiUe policy
John q. Pendleton was called for anc
received with much enthusiasm. He began
by telling that fosslized puppy" story ant
then aftergoing over "De Golyer, ""Credil
Mobilier," &C., &C., against Garfield, said
that anyone who would vote for him (Gar
field) fought TO be buried in the lowest
depths OF Old Nick's Tophet." Johnny's
speech abounded in choice expressions
similar to the foregoing, and after he CON
cluded the meeting adjourned with three
cheers for Col. Wilson.
TIE ISLAND CLUB.
The Seventh Ward Garfield and Arthur
club met last night, with n full attendance,