The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-12
WILSON AND GIEBOH

st NuntinStOn-Iho Latter Longs to
Meet NutrhlnBon anu BArbee,
CoroGondenee Of The lnteuiga,er.
HUNTINGTON, August ia Democratic
ratification meeting consisting OF about
200 men, women and children was held
here last night. Tho speakers were Attor-
ncy General Watts, E. W. Wilson, Senator
kenns and Eustace Gibson. Mr.. Watts
wra the first speaker. He spoke briefly,
pledging hinaeli to euppor. the ticket,
though defeated for plsce on it. Mr..
Wilson spoke over an hour. Dsmagogy
and intense hatred Of the Republican
party, with a bitter attack on the tariff,
were the chief elements OF his speech. 1t
would have disgraced q "hoodlum Of the
Sand Lota." Running his fingers through
his hair and shaking the etand by lis
gestures he denounced the Republican
party in most bitter and uumessured terma.
Governor Jsckson's speeches were honey
compared with this. Meears. Maxwell and
Brown were the chief objec's oi his attack.
He peid there was no Republican party.
Alter the war they called themselves Union
men. He then spoke Of the "devilish en-.
mity'i OF these men in pacing the "devil.
ish prescription acte."" he said the Resub.
lican party had by Maxwcll's nomination
"1auuted 1t in our faces and inaulted III"
YOU CAN'T SWALLOW HlE,, THOUGH. Il.
"Hs ssid be was the worst pill in the
box, not even sugar.coated." g"It. Repub'
licans had wanted to thoy could not have
chosen two more Infamous mon than
Brown and Maxwell, unlers they had taken
Berkshile and hunted the State over" He
spoke Of the "inielnal Radical party" howl.
Ing about tariff. Tariff was not an issue oi
this campaign. He characterized the Re
publican party as 'tphrty OF thieyee, rss'
GALE, &C." He said in 1866 when 'clouds
ot political oppression hovered over the
Stste," the Democratic party o,slnizsd
because I'VE knew we were right" He
said 1t IVES great piece Of utatesmsrnhip
when the Democrats borrowed money
f,om tho school fund. The Democratic
party had administered State aifsira far
more economically than the Republicans
by 25 percent. Ths intelligent men OF the
Republican party who soy there has no:
been An economical administration oi
State affairs, "lie, and know they lie.'
He damned the whole "Bsine ceboodle,' y
and plead with. the Democrats not to be
bought with Republican money. he closed
by reading the statute concerning bribery al
elections, and saying after I'VE have fat
tensd out the, Republican party aa!te, thsu
il m elephant had tramped on them we
will place the mas3 on the toes Of our boots
and kick them over into Ohio where they
NAV 6nd some comfort and where they
belong" s.t. NJ;
a large number Of Democrats are dig
gus.ed, and threaten to bolt the head of the
ticket. Pa VIZ ittg-f
Senator Ksnns mado a manly and dig
nified speech-from Democratic stand
point, good one. S'iif h :s;ssl.iis; X, !
M. WHAT A LIE, Ny, ,CouNTRyMEN g.
Eustace Gibson closed the evening with
more temperate speech than was ex
pected. He denied Atkinson's vindicatiou
he said the Republicans had insulted tn,
Democratic by nominating Maxwell .ane
ratitying the nomination by singing
"MArchinp Through Georgia." and JohI
Browns Body" Ho extended specia
challenge to w. Atkinson, Dr.. BArbee
and John A. Hutchinson. He wanted
specially to meet the latter. He said I'll
was openly charged from the platform al
the Chicago Republican Convention thai
West Virginia elections were carried b,
Democrats by, the use Of the shot gun
murder and fraud, and not one OF our Re
publican delegates had manliness enougl
to deny it." u h. 4, .. -
With the exception Of Senator Kenna al
the speakers served notice that the "blood
shirt" was to be the campaign wa.chword