The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-04
A. I. BIG BIG. BLOWOUT.


A%BIG BLOWOUT
DrruE EIGHTH WARD DEMOCRATS
WHO Rally Around q Cleveland and lIcnd.
ricka Pole and Listen to Col. White and
Candidate Caldwell Talk About
ii Everything hut Cleveland.
The Eighth ward Is early in the field
with It's Democratic pole, which was ded-
icated with due ceremony last evening.
This Is tho second pole ypt elevated in
Wheeling, both being Democratic.
Steve johnson and Jimmy Nichols we're
leading spirits in raising this pole, and
they have reason to bc proud Of their
work, for It Is n very handsome stick. II
is about l4O feet high, and stands In the
vacant lot north olthc old Sugar Refinery
and Just below Thirty.ninth street. The
lIlE, VS " ID vi VIC llNCI uWukt WllCTG tlltIt
| Is alwaysa breeze. The Republicans help.
cd raise the pole and tho Democratic
forces propose helping the Republicans in
the near future " hen they propose nising
Blaine pole in the same open space.
Yesterday Il good substantial platform
was built about the pole, ind last night II
flag and strcamer were run up and the
pole dedicated. Two engine headlights, IL
few Chinese lanterns and the full moon
lit up the scene.
4. COL. WHITE CRATES. G
II was a little alters o'clock when Mr..
John Howard, Jr., mounted the soup box
Of the club announced TINT the services
would be begun by Col. Robert White.
The Colonel stepped out from behind
Squire Nlix's broad frame, where he had
retired to take of his collar and necktic,
presumably In order to catch the horny.
handed. Hastily ramming these into his
pocket he made his way to the front.
There were about one hundred voters
present, ind small boys and girls were in.
nnmcablc. They were nuisance, as they
always are on occasions Of this nature.
They screamed and yelled ut times 30 us to
almost drown the speakers voice.
Shortly after the Colonel Ind COM
lnenCed the Jefferson drum corps arrived,
milking q biz racket, and the Sixth ward
Democratic club soOp followed, escorting
those old wRr horses, General Jim Todd,
Porter Smith, William Mylcs md others.
The crowd was swelled by these aCcessions
to about 800. BY the time the Colonel
had concluded it was considerably less.
! Ithpd been reported TINT Judge Brannon
WINS 10 speak, and that served largely to
draw together as large a crowd NJ there
was. r5s-
Col. White plunged In something
after this style: "Aly friends l am both
proud and happy to stand here tonight
beside this magnificent pole. Here he
jarrcd himself and the platform shook.]
observe with pleasure ihpt it is IN old
Jacksonian, jetlereonian hickory fIurl
pole, and | see that 1t points to i bright
star in yonder blue armament and that
gtnr is bright and shining and not ta,oed
[jak]
rIg FRoD OF &c.
f"My friends, In is70"--nnd then fol-
lowed the Colonels funeral 0tal!ap over
tho "irod' OF that year, intcrspcrscd with
frequent illusions to that venerable relic,
s. ]. 7, Tho Colonel carrying out the
horny.handed idea, dfoppel bis "s's" in
m easy oh-hand manner md TOLL many
funny stories, some with point and other,
without. Finallyhc attempted m aUp)y.
sis Of the Republican National platform.
1t was hard Hsrk and he labored, espec-
ially when be undertook IL show that the
platforms OF both parties as far as ll.9 tSr;G
question was concerned, were alike. He
pretended to read the Republican tariff
plank. lie stated that it promised to cor
rect the inluitifs Of the present tariff.
1.-THE word IN the Republican plank is
inequalities" Ss :. p. e
= The Colonel made many more remarks
fully us foolish. He howlcd about the in
ternal revenue "that taxes the whialey Won
drink and the snuiryou rub, and drew a
pathetic picture Of poor woman having
the snuff she rubbed taxed.
Then he made an appeal 10 irish CATH
o!lcs to stand by the Democratic pafly.
He went for Blaine as matter OF c6lirse,
| but not once did he mention Cleyeiand's
nu,ns or nttempt to arouse any enthusi-
asm for him. Ho spoke about one hour
and quarter, part ii the time with one
foot OH the soap box and the Other On Tho
desk-nn acrobatic feat requiring conssiiitl-
erabIa spppleness.
LrrFLE Al on DEcK. (, q
The Colonel spoke SO long Tint Hon,
ALI. Caldwell, who was booked faf, the
nsxt speech, like the rest Of the audience,
grew quite impatient, and sat and swung
his legs IN a very tisconsolate manner. As
soon us the Colonel Md hisserap book had
retired, the Hon. All. and his ttcsaD book
came to the front. The Hon. All, mike
the Colonel, had gotten himself up in On
Immaculate, white collar, shirt and tic. lie
commenced by making some very gallant
illusions to the ladies. He wr,lt further
back than the Colonel. He started With
Grants first term and gave reasons, probb:
ably satisfactory to himself, whythe Dem.
ocrats had moi aeenred the Presidency ut
cacl,, succeeding elrfI!9n, and finally
from mentioning Clevclmd's nalGa, Ito
undertook TO speak intelligently on tic
tariff question and only let his individual
position be fully understood, when some
one asked him, "How about Tho Morrison
bill?' and be replied that had he been in
Congress he would have voted against Il.
He rambled On for 4 time about the
''thieying Republican party" and then he
turned 10 State issues. He Started with
the Grafton conference and the Fusion
ticket that res,lted from it. Tint ticket
is evidently n thorn IN the side Of the Hon.
ALI, judging from the manner, in which
he howled over if: 1t was both amusing
and disgusting to watch his. frantic kicks
ut it. q il'5t,'es { i. ~
The present State school fund debt was
his next topic. lie first compared the
school figures Of the last hv6 years OF
Republican rule in this State withthoso Of
the first five years Of Democratic rule, and
really showed III On admirable manner
how the splendid free school system. cs.
tablished BY the Republican narty Ind