The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-19
A RIFT In TIE CLOUDS
LETTING IN a LlTrLt SUNLIGHT
"a Tho Harmonious Democracy on the Sandy Plains
Of Pafkerihsrs--ChAi1maa Lsonara'a Great (.
"o'asioA'-A Css,ar by Ills Own Vote
6ensTal Political Nsul and Gps.Ip.

Special Corrtspondenee ofihe Inielltge,eer.
PARxERsDuRo, W. VA, August 1S-Dua
in your eyes, dust in your nostrils, dust Il
your ears, dust in your mouth and dust al
over you-that Ia Parkersbury; at lees! pay
Of 1t. Talk about the aoot and dirt 0
Wheeling! I believe l would rather hav,
three SCOT microbes on my immaculal,
linen collar than be forced to diSes
sand enough to make fair basis for {
moderate s'z.d desert. The dust in thil
city rises on The least provoca!ion, and Il
some enterprising baker could God the &C.
tive principle OF the aspirations Of The
granulsted covering OF the streets Of thit
city bis yeast would sell on the ieyered
plains oi Persia like water melons at camp
meeting. The dust here ID peculiah,SIt
seems to whirl into tho air as il obeyipp q
magiclan's wand, and at sunset 1t wells The
atmosphere with yellow halo, and as
twlllght comes on apace, and one walks
10 the leafy avenues he imssines
be is promenading through tho groves Of
the Heeperides and tho tilny, yellow at.
mosphere the reflection OF the golden an.
pies that hang from the trees Of ''the gar.
den Of the gods." IA lIf& T7.
ver,there are computations which
oVefbalance the Inconvenience OF breath
ing dust, and the monotonous and forced
Diet OF sand Is forgotten amid the pleasures
OF the hospitality and social graces Of the
people, would suggest, nevertheless, that
the sssthetic soul In Patience, who wished
TO be waited away from the black Ace!.
DANA OF sorrow". that PArke.sburg is bis
picnic ground, Tor veritably he will find
this a realization Of his poetic dream,
Where the earth Of the dusty TO- day s
ls the duit OF the eAshy 10 otnorow. u +
- much for dust-all will come to IT at
LEoNARD's CIVIC TRIUMPH. y.
4 It would be worae than treason SUPPOSE
to venture upon any correspondence and
not have small portion Of political leav,en
in 1t. OF course it is not material that 1t
should be Republican, Democratic or
Greenback, just so 1t is politics, and in
view OF this "Leonard's Ovstiou.h ss the
Register terms ii, will come under this
head. David (they call him "Daye'' at
homee) arrived at Parkersburg, Saturday
evening, panoplied with the elorv o! elect.
ing himself Chairman OF the State Execu.
tive Committee, and as David was a!muss
unable to besr the weight Of his political
triumph, the Young Mems Democratic
Club Of this place resolved to help him sup:
port the unexpected (?) honor that had not
only. been thrust upon him but on
the city,. The tattoo beat and
the ,"atove-pipe" knights assembled, head.
ed by bfass band, which led the wsy
through the inky darkness Of, an August
night, marched tothe residence Of the d;stin.
guished gentleman. The young men, I
must IN truth Say, were fine and gentle.
manly looking set, and conducted them.
selves with a propriety in keeping with
the solemnity of the occasion. When they
arrived at MIR. Leonardo residence the
band, out Of respect for severe illnesa ia
the party retrained from disturbing the
nerves oilhe invalid and quieslybiyouacked
on the lawn. Meanwhile cries for "Daye!"
Dave and Leonard !""Leonard |" filled
the air until the newly elected chairman
finally made his appearance on the ver.
anda. e....r-- -
LEoNARD's SPEECH.
Alter hearty cheer from the membefs
Of the club, instigated by the captain, and
several lusty hurrahs for Blaine and Logan
from the outer edge Of the crowd, Mr..
Leonard began crazy quilt sort Of q
speech. One patch was made up OF thanks
Tor the compliment Of the serenade; that
ne knew 1t was not owing to himself,
but because he wss citizen or Wood
county; another patch was made up Of fast
colors depicting the corrupt Republican
party in contrast with the virgin purity
OF the Democracy, that had been so
long out OF Office that, said be,
we must have Retrenchment, Reform.
and Change" This wss a pretty bio
patch; in fact, it was neallyi,he whole Of
the guilt, and the unction with which lie
syllablisd Change took, So ( picturesque
reporter would say, "the entire audience
BY storm" and conveyed the same thirst
to his hearers that the young mans Bwees.
heart did when abe pointedly remarked TO
MIN that There was a soda water fountain
just around the corner" The Guilt Tas
finally made patch by patch, a glowing
apostrophe in rich red to sour elorious
candidate Tor Governor, E. Willis Wilson,"
being sewed in as centre piece.
II Mr. Leonard will treat leniently the
humble criticism Of a patien: and long cuf.
tsring hearer Of bis speech, l mildly suc.
gest that he made mistake in delivering
stump speech when all that was required
Of him was q graceful acknowledpue Of
the compliment paid him by thu Young
Mems Democratic Club. But then MI
Leonard made the speech. not I.
t5- HARMONY WITH A VENGEANCE.
Snow" said Mr.. Leonard, a lucid in.
terval intervening, Il see by to-day Cin.
cinnati Commercial Gaae.ls that bitter fac.
tons are rending the Bourhons Of
West Virginia in twain, and that al the
meeting Of the committee at Grafton there
was much bad blood shown. All ] have
to say is that the man who wrote that Tas
drunk" "a voice in the crowd, "hu1rrah
for Aussey." "Why, gentlemen, there
are no factions IN the party at ali, every.
thing is harmony" II Mr.. Leonard will
allow me I will quote a celebrated utter.
ance Of Patrick Henry in anawer to this,
who op one occasion remarked, .".The gen.
tlemen cry peace, peace, but thsye is no
peace" Here WIS an ovation 10 the
gentleman who was elected to q position
which was generally accepted as O triumph
tor the faction opposed to the administrs,
ton, and this at the home OF the SOVEREIGN
Of the State: Where was Governor Jack.
son? At home. Where were William
Writ jackson and Rolls Evans Homer
gentlemen associated in tho buslnets ri
Publishing the Sentinel. Where@yfes' -
where wore others Of q faction too numer.
Gus % mention az IN the narrow limits allotted
70 this article ?. Sleeping the sleep Of The
faction, Il not Of the just Il this be hal. ,
,m,ony, the bourbon Democracy are al
liberty to make the most Of Il. ~
Mr.. Leonard closed his speech By i'm.
ploring the true Democrats not to sell
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