Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-09-03
POLITICAL POINTS.

take his scat,
For HANCOCK IS the man that don't surrender.
The Democrats here have wakened
up.
Fifteen hundred torches will soon be
distributed among the Democratic clubs
in this city.
4 stand has been erected at the Dem
ocratic pole in the First ward, Tor the
meeting tomorrow night.
,rrsncements have been made by
wh;,.h noted speakers will hurl Demo-
ratio thunder in this vicinity.
When the Young Mems Democratic
Club comes out in all the glory oil It's
new outfit, let the Garhelders hans
their heads.
The Eighth ward Hancock and Eng
lish Club met at kOch's Hall last night.
n will be prominent in tomorrow
nights exercises.
The Sixth ward Hancock club VII!
draw for 800 torches, or more than APP
,,.,red in the entire Republican process
slnn, on Saturday night
.,Toyn 10 tatters" will alone describe
the or"umeaiS or rather sophlstry oil
t;oT and Sturgiss in regard to Demo
c.atic misrule in West Virginia.
Was band, before leaving for the
Fulton mass meeting, last night, drew
a large crowd to the corner OF the Acad-
envy OF Music. 1t was good Democratic
music.
The Democrats OF Glenn's Run VIII
have a pole raising to morrow afternoon
Attorney General White and Counsellor
Pendeton will deliver the Democratic
message.
The Fulton drum corps is claimed by
lis members to he the boss drum corps
oi the county. They are practlclng
nightly, and mean to come into the city
some night and surprise their Hancock
brethren.
Cant. "Tonev" Stewart attrms, and
on his oath doth say, that when he gets
his company uniformed, he will put
Ham Davis and his colored followers
completely in the shade. He has said
il and he means II.
The Washington district Hancock and
English Club extends an invitation to
the various Democratic clubs TO attend
head of Seventh street, tomorrow SAT-
driay) evening at o'clock.
Radicals in this vicinity are heartily
sick OF talking about state issues. Never
again will Radical initiate Jeremiah
coll and pirate about Democratic mlsrule
in West Virginia. They cannot always
presume on the ignorance OF their audi
tors.
The Junior Garfield aud Arthur club
were out on dress parade last night.
They pranced over nearly all the princl-
pal streets of the city, yelled themsel yes
hOarse, perspired freely, and at last
went home iully impressed with the
idea tina, they had saved the country.
The Young Mems Democratic Club
will hold special meeting at the Acad-
rmy of Music at O'Clock tonight. pre-
paratory to taking part in the parade to-
morrow night. All young Democratic
vo,eas. not connected with the various
ward organizations, are invited 10 he
present.
There will be a large Democratic
( meeting at Haneytown tonight. The
bows out in that part oi Marshall Coun-
~ are aroused and doing glorious work
for the cause. There are many converts
from Rlicalism TO the Hancock ranks
reported The "boom' tonight viii he
large one.
The County Executive Committee
held an enthusiastic meeting, last night.
The districts We're well represented,
and beside them number OF promi'
ncnt Democrats put in an appearance.
From this time on the canvass will be
conducted will unusCal yigor and the
united party in the county will push to
victory.
The Central Hancock and English
Club met last night at the headquarters,
Wee. President Robert simpson in the
chair. After transacting the routine
business, the matter OF the parade Oh to-
morrow evening was taken up, ami the
club resolved to turn out ami to invite
all Democrats not members OF the ward
clubs to come and join them. Commit
tees were present from several clubs to
receive instructions as to the parade.
The nomination OF Garfield Tell like a
wet blanket on the Republicans OF this
neighborhood. The most strenuous ca
from the blow, but with meagre success.
Most OF the Radical enthusiasm is con-
fined to boys, who are not old enough
to fully appreciate the stain on the char
acter oi their candidate. But the vilest
mouthed Radical OF them all cannot say
a word against the fair name OF the "su-
perb soldier.
Preparations on grand scale will be
male for the meeting in the First ward,
on Saturday evening. Alter the Radical
boom is exhausted the Democratic will
still be growing and so continue until
alter the victory is secured. They have
lust begun TO fully organize and will APP
pear for the first time tomorrow even
ing. Many OF the equipments have not
vet arrived, but enough men will turn
out TO give an idea OF the Democratic
strength,
THE FULTON MEETING.
Our little neghbor, Fulton, was ablaze
with li.'ht and Democratic enthusiasm,
last night. The people turned out, how
ever, without regard to political COM
plexIon, to participate in the love feast
and llsren TO words OF wisdom. The
town was extensively illuminated and
tor the size OF the place, wore quite
gala dress. The meeting was on the Ma
tional road, the speakers occupying the
balcony of the residence of Matthew
SChuetZner.
Yaas' band had begun playing early
i'm the evening, ut the Academy OF
Music and when it finally started for the
meeting, it took number OF persons
with il. The music gathered up the
Fultonites in force and by the time the
speakers arrived. there were at least
five hundred people present. The meet
ing came to order by selecting John
Zoeckler. Esq, chairman.
JOHN o. Pendleton was first intro
duccd and proceeded to discuss national
issues in general way. Then State al
fairs were taken up and as some OF his
hearers had listened to Goh, week be-
lore. he scattered the charges then made
against Democratic rule, touching
particularly on the matters OF schools,
/ collection OF taxes and the increase OF
population, as shown by the census.
/ The applause he received was abund-
ant evidence that his facts and figures
/ touched popular chord.