The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-22
DEAD MEN sANDISSUES
SHAKEN UP pY HENRY s.wALKEn.
Tho Same old Speech Patched up md Rub.
bod up aud Made to do Duty Once More.
Tho Phnntoms " OF tho Fast
pnrnd cd A gain 10 Public View. IN

The Democratic demonstration Satur-
day night and the mass meeting ut Capitol
Square were evidently satisfactory to mem.
bers Of that party. They certainly did not
make any Republicans feel unhappy. Tho
parade made It very nice show, the mum.
Der Of men In line by, actual count being
about 200. Tho meeting was ono OF tho
largest seen in the city 80 FIR in this cam.
paign, and the audience remained more
patiently than that at tho Wilson and
Brannon meeting. Henry S. Walker was
the orator, and his familiar and gracefully
rounded periods recalled the bygonc days
when most Of his audience Saturday
night were very young, and when ltfs
speech first became familiar to tho public
Tho major portion OF the audience had
heard the spcecl, before, but so long agc
that IL almost seemed new in form, II no,
in substance. 1ESliI5 -tE-
Col. Robert White presided, and intro
duced Mr.. Walker very gracefully.
TllEsAME OLD SPEECH.
This gathering reminded Mr. Walker
rs gatherings OF considerable size inyaria
bly, Go, OF the scenes in this city twenty
years ago, when the campaign which re-
suited in the defeat Of McClelland was i,
progress. Those were tho days whicl
have since been SO fruitful in Democrat,
oratorical thunder on prescription ant
registration, and goodly amount OF THU
thunder revcrberntod over the heads o
Mr.. Walkers hearers. Blaine WIS arruicn
ed rs a false friend OF the adopted citizen,
OF the Republic, and the Democracy helt
up as their only hope and savior. Thi.
part OF the speech was recognized rs new
with Mr.. Walker, and chccrcd enthusias
tical|y. II WIS better put than Mr.. Wilson
pntsit, but the points were the same Mr.
Wilson has been trying to make all owe
the State.
Some very eloquent sentences were in
dulged i'll anent the glory and prospcrit,
o. the America Of to-day, and the Repub
licans were charged with claimin: ali thu
credit OF this,an with arrogatinc 10 them
selves the gratitude due from the countr,
to the Almighty. Instead OF building vi
the country and enhancing its progress
the Republican party had prevented /
from achieving iull measure Of prospect
". The piling up OF money in the treas
ury had left no currency for the transac
ton OF business, and the furmcrs OF til,
West, with their granaries full of whca
aud corn, could find no market. z.i
WEST VIRGINIA. W.
The Republican party was arraigncl TO
the condition Of the navy, and for squan
dcrlng the puhlic lands. Blaine WIS allu
ded to as corrupt friend Of corporations
But the part of the speech in which The
speaker seemed to glory most was bite
dengnGiatiop Of the late Judge NathDnic
Harrison. Mr., Walker devoted Of least {
quarter OF an hour to him, and stranger
would have received the impression thai
Judge Harrison and not Judge Maxwell
was at the head OF the Republican ticket
West Virginia was declared to he the
cynosure Of all eyes, rs au Dctobcl
State that the radicals had boosted they
would carry. The outside world is anX.
iously waiting and watching West Vir.
g1nia, which plays no !nGonsidernhlc par,
Us The advance guard iii this great battle
They want to know the true meaning Of
the reports that Blainc will carry this
State. Why Should West Virginia Change
the uniformity OF her Democratic lnaiori.
ties, while all the rest OF the country is
changing the othet Nay,s Il the hard:
listed ycomanry OF West Virginia yulner.
able to those men who come with u bride
i'll one hand and al insult in the other?
Ihe 1ndeReMdentS we're isHylle4!, 4;jHcaln
Pra!sed ana compared TO Arthur, who was
pronounced q dude, and then the speaker
driited h9cE into his heautifully-worded
but rather tired perorailon.