The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-09-16
LOCAL PoLIrIcr.
General Campaign News Gossip of the
CIub Rooms.
oRRRSRGoKEEs' QUALIFICATION.


oRREsRGcKEBs' QUALIFICATION.
The Greenbackers otthis city have been
feeling very good for day or two, and
last night they held . ratification meeting
at the Court House. A very slim process
sion headed by Gators martial band pa.
raded the principal streets shouting and
cheering for Weaver and Maine. A trans
parency in the crowd attracted much at
tention, and cooled Democratic ardor very
materially. "PlaiSted is q Greenbacker,"
"Greenback Victory in Maine" and one
or two other similar inscriptions were
upon II. At the Court Heuse alaIge crowd
had collected, and when the meeting was
called to order the Court House was filled
almost to It's holding capacity. Robert
Marshall, Esq., called the meeting to or
der: and named ] II. Burt as chairman;
Mr.. Burt In taking the chair remarked
that the appearance Of the crowd did not
indicate that the Greenback party was
either dead, or in moribund condition.
It has been said that We are dying out;
All l have TO ssy is, Have you heard
from Maine. l want to keep on dying at
that rate at least once q year"
Col. James Bassell, OF Lewis county.
who is candidate for Congress in this
district on the Greenback ticket. was pres.
emf, and introduced as follows:
TMr. Bassell," said Mr.. Burt, twas q
teacher Of the, gospelin 1873, but Colonel
Wilson'S professions induced his with
drayal, The nnmercifnl whipping we
gave the Republicans in Maine q few days
ago can be repeated for the Democrats In
this district II our Republican friends will
help US in the attempt"
Col. Bassell began his speech by saying
that out Of six thousand papers published
lin the United States, fully one thousand
OF them support the National Greenback
Labor Ticket. He then reviewed the in.
ception and progress OF his party, its
claims uron popular favor; the slanderous
charges preferred against 1t by the oppos'
ing political parties and opposition papers,
The Colonel then turned his attention 70
the irredeemable currency question
which his party was accused OF wishing to
let loose on the country, and denied the
charge vehemently, as he also did several
others.
Finally the Maine election was reached
and the Democrats in the crowd began to
get ready to cheer, but they didn't 1.-THE
Cincinnati Enquirer and highly respectable
1+Wheeling RegiSi'r," began MIR: Bassell,
"claim the results as Democratic victory
It Is no such thing; it was q GreenbacE
victory and Greenback victory alone.
Let no Democrat make merry over any
such victory, IS 1t does not belong to them.
In no event will Hancock get the electoral
vote Of Maine In November. Rest assured
of one thing, either General Garfield OF
, General Weaver will get that vote. In
Maine there was no fusion. Plaisted
was no Democrat; he never voted that
ticket in his life; he came from the Re
publican party. The Greenbackers nomi
mated him and the Democrats ratified 1t
In this State we have detied fusion; We
want no bargain nor sale. II they want to
let the Republicans go the polls and unite
with us in our holy effort to forever bury
the Bourbon Democracy.
/ had hoped to meet Col. Wilson in THU
canvass, but he preached greenbackisn
so irantically In 1873, and as he cannot dc
In this year he does not care to be remind
ed Of It. His record since and the record
OF his party show that he was but dancing
the hypocrite before you that year.
..The devil was sick the devil monk would be
The dsIIl got we'll, bat devil monk was he"
In conclusion, gentlemen, / desire L
state that II the Thirteenth, Fourteenth
and Fifteenth amendments are evel
brought into into question, or their va
lidity questioned will again be on the
side OF the Union as was then"
ALI. Burnett, OF Charleston. was next in
troduced and narrated briefly the condt
ton OF things in the Third district
"Nothing but the act OF God can prevent
the election oil Henry S. Walker. Tht
news from Maine Is no source Of surprise
to us. Maine certainly went hellbent thil
time. Let not the Cincinnati Enquirer re
lioice over 1t as Democratic victory. The
tail can't wag the dog in that way II w
know 1t. The Democrats were allies, ye
IL calls 1t Democratic victory. Forty
seven thousand Greenbackers and four.
] teen thousand Democrats look Ike 9
Democratic victory, don't it, aud yet the
Enquirer says nothing about the Green
hackers"
The next speaker was Capt. Robert
Marshall, who spoke for half an hour in
an earnest and imprisoned manner abou,
the party, its destiny, lis past, etc.
. Referring to the Maine election he said,
'SThe Democratic party has ceased to ex
, ist and claim Greenback victory and
. only Greenback victory there, and
. challenge the claim OF Democratic vic
! tory. Only Greenbackers and Greenback'
! ers alone have been elected in that State
{ We say to the Republicans we will "fuse'
with you on the same terms"
The meeting was very enthusiastic
one to the Greenbackers and the Repub
licans, but TO the Democrats present Il
was as wormwood and gall and they LEFT
thef In much less inflated condition
than when they went in. at seems 4
wasn't Democratic victory after ALL"
FLAG PRESENTATION AT THE SIXTH WARE
REPUBLICAN, HEADQUARTERS.
There was an interesting time last
night at the Republican headquarters
in the Sixth ward, the occasion be-
ing the presentation Of a large and
beautiful flag by number Of the
Republican ladies Of the ward to the
club. On behalf OF the ladies Mr.. A. W,
, Campbell presented the flag to the boys,
and accompanied It with some historical
and political remarks in regard to the
symbolization Of the flag as an emblem Of