The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-24
EASE s,uuv's BLOWOUT.


Ease HlHHT'S Hl.OWUUI.
4 CrriitnbiG Display aud Large Gro wd.
Tho Infk.
Tbs demonstration last night was numer.
ically successful. For weeks all The energies
Ut the party Throughout tho Bta,e have been
bent to the work Of getting out the gang"
f,r last evening. From the Gro brick yards
Of Hancock 10 the obscure 'seng patch Of
Wyoming, and from tho political HAdcs OF
Wood county 10 the mountainous paradise
Of Berkeley the word was passed, ."I.st the
gtng assemble in Wheeling with their red
paint pots on the night Of the 3d." They
came. Jefferson sent itd gentle, patient
Dan Iuc4t; Berkeley let loose her leopins
Henshsw; Hampshire sent her iayorite but
very uncertain Aleck Monroe; Kanawhs
SAINT a jJb lot In Ferguson, WILSON; Wood,
Q !arri.r, HDsenlan and others, Wood seni
UnA,lle Caldwell and all her monopolists
Wayne Ferguson and Albert FulkeIson
CAME up from Logan and Wayne and pristina
obscuriiy. But why elaborate? They were
ell here and all more or less "rtplete,"
At "nirly candle Iightinf" the sound Of the
hewgsg and the rsverberatiou OF tbs TOM
tom were heard o. i the line OF pronieauCs;-
ties WAS formed. The parade WAS huge and
featurcless. Az much asa dollar aud half
had been expended for red lights Snd the
routa was blszs Of glory. Judge Houston
stood or the aide walk and Rtz.d and as he
gsz I'D he became IL Il .ted and erect. In the
matter OF erection hs could have given the
proverbial ranirod points. Mr.. L. W. Shall
hi nt.lty In Ia
and II WAS tine contest. The procession
after tho usual parade distributed i,uelf gen
efal,y around the exposed portiona OF the
Capitol aud prepared to stem the stream OF
elcqusuce thst had been damned I'D
against 1t for 10 these many weeks.
! At the north aide OF the Capitol John O,
| fsndiptou had been called upon to preside.
Theirs the crowd for All hour lister ed TO the
dazzling pla;itndes Of Judge Il. y. Brown
and the iscinating elcauence Of Vulcan
Walker. BY far the largest crowd had as.
sembied around this stand and when Walker
concluded 1t scattered. Ga the west side Of
the building Col. Robert White handed out
the oracles one by one with characteristic
grace. Senator ksnns Was the first speaker.
He told the sans old story OF Radical COZ
ruption and plumber" arraiened the "g. o.
p" Tor heattltssiy keeping out OF their inner.
I lNhQtS tOt tWeAtfNtSd2 }eafs tNe Atd%tu uG-
scended owners of this Country. He mxde
best against his heart or rather agsinst his
books OF railroad passes that 10y bstween his
hand and heart, talked OF stolen lands and
iilally sat down bathed in perspration after
declaring that the Republican party had or.
rogxlsd 10 itself the credit OF developing the
country when in isct 1t belonged solely to
God Almighty.
Dan Lucas Was next called from the OBJ
security Of q dark corner 10 assist III the dis.
persion OF the crowd that Kenna had failed
10 Ecatter. Col. Lucas talked Of J.fI.r.
sonihn and Jackson!an Democracy, stals eggs
Noah's food, the expedition OF Cyrus, Roman
senators, tbs Chicago platform and other
matters that not q single Democrat In the
crowd understood, and finally, with the as
sic!xnce Ct br!tk shower, succeeded In scat
tering as mystlhed q crowd as ever stood
| tcgether.
Col. Bob Blair Is not posted as to the latest
emendalionB md annota,:ous to The last
Oxford grammar, but he has pure Richie
county dicton that has millthuous sound
peculiarly grateful 10 Fourth wAJdsr's eafs.
| Il should be recL reant TO the cause OF Demo.
cracy II should SIT still byar in my seat,
ard not give my experience In this Dimms.
cratic class meelin'" For the next ten miu.
ute. this ct, molcgical and orthoepical
slaughter and photographed massacre went
on IL tbs infinite disgust OF Dan Lucas, but
10 the intense delec1stion Of the corporAl's
guard thnt yet remained.
A msn named Carr from Hardy county,
evidently a sewing machine sgsnt, as be
| ruferred to ClevelHnd inadvertently As
but hia audience nt the end OF two minutes
bad narrowed Gown 10 Col. White and Dan
Lucss. 'i
At the eouth side OF the building COL
Arne.t presided. He introduced W. l.
Wilson, J. W. Harris and others. Col. D. D.
johnson got OFT his speech that has done
yeomau service Hincs 1865. At ten o'clock
| the crowd had nearly Ell disappeared.
The mes,ings we're all large, fully {, 600
people tbronging the square. The electric
lgh,s were Numerous but poor. %
kramer's band on it's way up Market
! arrest after the demonstration on Capitol
Square stopped in front OF the Mcclure
| House to play collection. In an Instant Il
crowd numbering three or four hundred
had gathered and, although there had been
no intention to hold meeting there, it now
became absolutely necessary to trot ont
Zen " ilson, bat before Uncle Ben
could get around L. windy"
Wilson put in an appearance
on the balcony and harangued The crowd in
his choice ant-raiIroad vernsculsr. Hon.
i. Boyd Faulkner, bound not to IL, E. Willis
make point on him, followed. J. ". st.
CLAIR tho Fayei.o county chief, neatly nd
dressed the whoopinB. Jolly. rollicking
crowd. Then the crowd asnt ZIP call flr
All. Caldwell. Acaiu there wsa misuud. n
standing and Charlie 7. Caldwell, the wsl!r
known Parksrsburger, who bad just
Arrived, stepped forth arrayed in
tho historic New Msrtiusville linen
buster. The crowd fer sn instant
did not rocogniz, Charles bald pate, and
cried "Ths,'s net Al. Culdwoll-givs Us AL"
Charles rencaiug down picked up the skirts
Of that dnster, aud waved them over tbs
railing: Theu they knew him, and how
they did cheer. The Hon. Charles 7. made
few pertinent remarks that wsra we'll 70
caivsd and than tina ,naatipu rlored