The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-10-02
Wll.SOS.ISD CIsAcRAFr
tGcM the Cnrnpni.n for Mr.. Good In
Wheeling,


4 good crowd OF men Of ail partiss assent
b!ed ut Washington Hall SATURDAY, evening,
10 lear the predecessor Of General Coil is
mantrogl this district, and Hon. i.
G. Cracraft discuss the political Ssupg OF tLe
day. from Il Democratic standpoint. 1t was
commented upon US significant that Mr..
Good should remain silent, and Mr.. Carcarit
and Col. iinn snHnd the key note Of his cat.
Yass in his own hong, hEt still there sss y
good deal of anxiety 10 liear what could be
said by two such warm and able partisans Il,
his defence, for on the most nOncntous issue
of the campaign, the tariff question, his
campaign is Il defensive one.
The meeting was opened with some very
coed instrumental music by the City Band
tetore the vocal part Of t!ie' programme was
reached. W. e. llandlan called the ussem:
bly, to order, and named Philo Kimberly rs
Chu;rman. ". I. Wiley was mudc Sccrc.
larry.
These forpalties attended, to, Hon. \. q,
Cyacruft was introduced, unts RECEIVED With
applause. He made u characteristic spe,ch.
eAfneai sad q, lEes elaslent. lie Sounded
nothing that could be construed into All cx.
preston OF anxiety for the result, there was
an undcrcurrent which Impressed the
thoughtful listener TINT the orator recog.
hizcd llIut the iiemoa.utic cpn!iidate in this
district needcdall tile strength Of the Naety
and then some. He announced TINT The
Republican cause could not triumph
5uhirSs by treaclery i'll the
Democratic gdpkS' that Golf "could only
he ELECTED by llemocraty' y9tes," md he
urged the faithful not t0be I'recrcunt 70 lileir
old principles. "Do you," he asked, "think
Wheeling industries would BIZ likely to SUI.
fer one milionth part more in the hands OF
Aood than Coli? Can lie leave the bows
here, in the light O. their surnaces where lie
has so often ciaspea their iattds aud 10 10
than Goii? can pledge you that II any Q,les-
ton Shaalj arise between American monop.
oily. and American !sho, be will vote NIL tie
time for honest labor. II We may fua,, ti,l
future By the past, We may look Mt tile policy
Of his predecessor, Colonel Wilson, and why
Should he cbqnge II at this great juncture?''
ffe appealed to t!i1 iIe.locracy to heal their
differences and 10 forward 10 another vic.
tory; to refuse to be bought over By .tIIub
belts money" He made several attacks On
Gen. Con, which were as unreasonable rs
they were uncallrl ior. phl wound up with
the aujuration ''stand By your party"
coupled with the promise, "and your party
will stand by yol."-
Epl, wilson followed with q short speech,
differing from Cracrai,'s in the fact TINT it
expressed high appreciation for Gen. Golf
saying he was n foeninn worthy OF the spci
even OF the paragon among men who Ind
honpted the Democracy by accepting the
nomination for congressat tho hands OF That
party. The Colonel Charged The Re-
tried TO saddle the River and liurbor tiii
upon them, although he himself voted
for It, and aEteea %tth Horace Greeley that
the tariff was local a.!i no: q National
question. As usual With the Colonel he
Quoted poetry, not his old fnyorites about
The snake thst .'fi:gled in and rigsed out"
or the eolored man WHO w9' tile color OF
ebay Of ,obacker,N but thRt fqqSqiiliar atty,
"Mo,Ier. mayI so out 10 swimI
Yes. my darling 1R,lghte.: = WE z
Hang your clothes on hickory limb 81
But don't go near the water"
The Colonel did not speak as long rs he
had intended or his hearers would have
j.spd, on account 81 inlispostion Both lie
and Ar. 0raeraft were literally encouraged
by applause, and the Meeiing was quite a
cfedtable one 10 the DemocJaey, ''., p.