Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-09-17
the EASTERN PAN-nllDlE:
A Great Meeting Of Jefferson County
Democrats.
E. BOYD FAULKNER THE ORATOR
Unprecedented Enthusiasm for the Ticket,
and Great engergy and Deter
mination Shown On
All Sides.
kASAwHA COUNTY IsOIpeNOtNTs

SnErrARDsrowS, September ls.-GEx.
elusive. Jon Saturday night the Clsvs.
land and Hendricks club at this place held
a public meeting in the college grounds.
Hon. SEQ n, Beltshoovss presidsd and
Hon. E. Boyd Faulkner delivered one Of
his logical and exhaustive speeches, and
was followed by E. J, Simpson, Of Martins.
burg, in thirty.minute effort which was
blillian, climax to Mr.. Psulkners causic
and eloquent review Of the corrupt Repubi-
can administrations.
An audience Of fully six hundred, .
large proportion being ladies, was in al.
tendance, and from the opening remark
to the close OF the exercises the closes. aud
most respectful attention was paid.
The Appearance Of Mr.. Faulkner
was greeted with cheers and applause
which were repeated from time to time o.
the speaker poured telling and effective
shot into the abuses Of the Republican
party and into the record Of the Republican
candidates. He showed up the tremendous
expenditures and the useless army Of office
holders. He ridieuled the navy, and con.
demned the policy Of an administration
which keeps locked up in the treasury over
$500, 900 600 Of the peoples money, and q
party which still cries out for more. He
graphically described the deialcations which
have taken place, and plainly showed the
necessity ofhavinga change in our national
affairs.
Ou state Issues
he approved the policy Of the State borrow.
ing IRON the school fund, and showed
wherein certain extraordinary and unpro-
vided for expenditures had made il neces-
sary. From beginning TO end the speech
was aggressive and convincing,
The active workers here were en,hused
by il, and the lukewarm were stirred up TO
the importance Of making an
effort for success, both in October aud No
yember.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Faulkner's ad
dress Mr.. Simpson was called for, and owing
to the chilly night he declined making q set
speech, but for about thirty minutes he held
the audience by one Of bis characteristic ef,
forts, replete with anecdote and metaphor.
Ills graceful allusion TO Mr. Faulkner -
being the choice Of the people who sur
rounded him tonight, one who would have
carried the banner Of Democracy into tho
very bosom Of the enemys camp and 1t
whose every step
shouts Of Victory
would have echoed, was greeted with pro-
is-eaA appliance Arrl~--. ~.. .i-- s:---
when he said that, whilst he felt agsnved
at Mr. Faulkners defeat, yet when a ms.
iority Of the convention decided that the
brow OF another should wear the laurels, be
loyalty raised bis hat and saluted the
morning star Of the West Vir.
ginia Democracy-E. Willis wilsoni
He urged the Democrats Of Jefferson. if
they had = majority Of 800, not 10 DO sat
isied with 49,, but TO bring out everv vote
and TO see that no effort was spared 10 pre-
vent the old arm chair Of the Presidescy
from being desecrated by that apostle OF
corruption, James g. Blaine, against whom
be best and purest men Of the Repabliosn
party are now arrzyed. Mr.. Simpsons per.
oration 10 which he gave description OF
So,embsPs Triamphai Music
Was greeted with cheers.
The meeting was . good and brilliant
success in every way, and 10 Mr.. Faulkner
and his friends especially, the enthusiastic
and general outpouring Of the people must
have been very pleasing and gratifying.
Every mention Of Mr.. Fsulkners name.
every ailusion TO him ELECTED IN Ovation,
such Ms lev men receive, and for Wlich any
man would be excusably proud.