Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-08-01
REPUBLICAN ECHOES
Resounding From the Spacious Cav
ems Of Folly and
THE MOUNTAINS or sEcTloNALIsM.
Pointed Psncilings Of ProhibitOry, PrOscrip'
ssriptiSe Paragraphs, Photograph -
ing the Parkersburg POw-wow.

lA.s ssat ~ gA4tt -
sPARKERssURs, July 81 Sl.-tExcluSve.E J.
The pious old leaders Of the party Of moral
Ideas begged and prayed for Prohibition
plant, but the youthful gods Of the party
turned deaf ear to- the veteran suppl
csnts. FOur-6fths of the convention pre-
ferred sugar in their v--. II
"Let the temperance crsnks fall in be-
hind St. John" shouted the Ohio county
oulldozers. rHa uuTat TFgt j
With all their enthusiasm they couldn't
warm up the cold-blooded Maxwell
The big mistake was made when they
put Hutchinson at the tail instead of the
head of the ticket. ~,
Ifs Prohibitionist wants q slap in the
mouth, Just let him step into Republican
convention. g-----o ~ Z
The Ohio County delegation nsusested
over the Greenbsck crow good deal, but
finally choked it down. Ia cery-
Chairman Evans went to school with John
Logan. They studied their grammar les
sons out of the same book.
Maxwell stood ike an antiquated Ice
berg unmoyed and unthawed By the heat of
party enthusiasm.
Farmer" Mclean stood no show because
he was farmer and didn't muster with the
ring.
You are about to do what will bring in
eyitable defeat-I mean the nomination of
Maxwell, piteously cried Governor Pier
point, while the light Of true prophecy,
shining from his face illuminated the hall.
There are three Tyres at the Secretary s
desk whispered frontier delegate to the
REGISTER, two floral ones and Charles
Howell" .E
Tom Stsggers' bedfellow, the sable-hued
delegate from Marion, wanted Maxwell be-
kase de good book said dat one could put a
thousand to fight
Aleck Turner, the dusky delegate from
Ohio county, was the finest looking man of
the body. -r- (
Governor Foreman has lost caste since
be presided at the Registration Board. But
the nomination of Maxwell awakened echoes
of an old song that had slumbered in his
memory for twenty years.
Sweet are the juices OF adversely"
sighed the Inteligencer and with well af.
fected pleasure drank the Maxwell beer
fIom the Prohibition schooner that Boss
Atkinson passed to it.
Strike of another voter" muttered
Governor Boremsn when he found Maxwell
was leading.
PITY the sorrows Of a poor old man"
moaned the venerable Pierpoint, while his
scalp dangled from Atkinson belt.
Father, please father, come home" sang
the. Prohibi6onist to Carkskadon when the
resolution was showed under.
II yield myself willing captive" and
Maxwell fell into the arms Of the conven-
ton.
"As the hart panteth for the water brooks
so doth my soul long for the symbol of boss
ism" walled the Intellgencer chieftain as
he saw the plume of victory floating from
George Wesleys crest.
Senator Burdstt enjoyed the solitary dis
tinetion Of iepism, and he wasn't sure but
that he would vote for Wilson.
There are more eolored voters than
Greenbackers," said an ebony delegate,
and yet they give Us no Office"
Psrkersburg hospitality won the affection
OF everybody.
Col. Thompson, of the Ohio River road,
received merited praise for his personal at
tention to the welfare Of passengers over his
hns ..
IfJohn Campbell could have three hours
more time he would have evertopped the
curl of Ton Staggers' rhetoric. He had
Just come in sight of the first mile post
when the convention called time" on him.
The fact that Col Butterick neither knew
the name nor the residence Of his candidate
gave him "a sot back" so to speak.
Park Andrews, the gentlemsnly passen-
ger agent of the B. & D. at Psrkersburg
exerted himself in providing sccommoda
tions for passengers on bis hne Both rail
roads did well in their endeavors to accom-
modate the Convention.
Great many Republicans were hallucina-
ted with the idea that they had fighting
chance for the State ticket. When they get
home and so6erly look over the field they
will see the magnitude Of their delusion.
The Convention opened with prayer and
closed with war dance. -
The floral Tyre was the prettiest thing in
the Convention except the lady who pre-
sented it. .
The Republicans have decided upon a
vigorous and aggressive campaign. They
have organized their Safe Central Commit
tee by the election of W. J. W. Cowden,
ESQ.,, Of this city as chairman, and o. G.
Seofeld as secretary. Mr.. Cowden is well
qualified for the position of chairman,
having served number of years as secre-
tary with Boss Atkinson at the head Of the
committee, who gave HIM all the points
about accomplishing close and effective
The committee is organ
lied in the interest of Boss Atkinson,
who will be the power behind the throne IN
the direction of the coming campaign. The
headquarters Of the committee viii be in
Wheeling, and in less than six days
the organization which has been quiet
" going on for some time, will
be further under way than the Demo
cratic organization within the next thirty
daS. The Republican committees work
in this State promises to equal the famous
Dorsey campaign Of 1880 as fought IN the
Hoosier State.
The Republicans viii have listed every
voter in the State Of every political persus-
SION. The entire commonwealth will be
flooded with campaign documents OF every
description. Money viii be used lavishly
and iudiciously 10 secure votes. In fact,
the Republicans have inaugursted one OF