The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-16
.AsV:ERYGOOD IMjIEETING
AND, rwoyERY POOR SPEECHES

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AMI, TWO VERY POOR spEElIlEs
At Capitol Square Last NIght-E. W. wilson
fuilis tho Predictions of tho Intelligent
Ger and doe. the Republican Cause
ES oood-Judge Brnnnon on Hand.
Not less than five thousand people lis
tened to E. ". Wilson's tirade at Capitol
Square last night. Clubs were present
from nearlyevery ward In the city. Shortly
before o'clock, DR.. Thomas I.unsford,
DR.. J. X. L.llanles.y, Mr.. Robert Simp.
son, nwood W. Shallcross, John S, My.
lor, Colonel Robert White, Hon. G. W.
seabright, D. II. Leonard, Lewis Baker,
Jacob Sweitzer and other Influential and
prominent Democrats appeared on the
stand. Mr.. Wilson came upon the plat
form upon the arm Of Mr.. Naylor. lie
carried with him an overcoat, the Code OF
West Virginia, mud one or two otllcr urti-
Giles which he did not use during the
evening.
Mr.. Saylor called the meeting to order,
and called upon Mr.. Simpson to preside.
Mr.. Simpson without any predatory re-
marks launched Mr.. Wilson upon the
"seuof up.turncd faces"
] TIE IMPORTANT ISTELLIGEScER.
lie began by saying: 81 wonder wheth.
or the Wheeling lSrELliGEScEn will re-
port that there was anybody here tonight
There arc almost enough here 10 give MS
fifteen thousand or eighteen thousand and
some 10 spare. The editors ofthe lIepub.
lean papers in this State, II We can judge
from their papers, appear to think TINT
} my special mission should be to make Re.
publican speeches. The Republicans
have throus hout misrepresentcd tho State
officers and myself. will now read from
the Wheeling lSTELLIoEScER Of this morn.
: ing; -,
"'There was q conspicuous absence oil
those Democrats worth cover ten thou.
. and dollars" from the little leyec for q
cent held by Windy Wilson in the Nc
. Lure House lobby last night. They prob
, ably rccoliect his famous uttcHtnce al
| Grafton. "rhe day Is not far distant when
organized labor will take up arms against
aggregated wealth. | do not mean for.
tunes OF ten thousand dollars, for might
come under the head myself" Wilson
! comes high but he can't be dispensed
WITH -
Now, fellow citizens, denounce the
man who wrote that and the editor who
les / nj, 1pt., Gal, |
made that or any such statement. never
mid any such thing" Here that labor
sOilcd citizen Jetf Davis yellcdI "WC
know you didn't" while the contingent
which was heading for the nearest refresh
, ment stand cried $50 do we." ayes, they
are doing all they can TO injurc me with
tho lahnring men Of this State, and ut tho
, same time TO injure mo In the eyes o.
! capitalists and men in easy circumstances
| deny that they have the right to mis-
: represent mo and then deny to me the
, right to call them misrepresentcrs md
liars. When Mr.. Hart said Il few days
ago something like this, "The law firm Of
, st. Clair 4 Wilson works u very fine game
down in the kanawha Valley. 81, Claii
looks after the interests OF the coal opera
, tons and Villa Wilson steps in at the
right time TO get the miners out OF trouble.
st. Clair throws the men in the water and
Wilson pulls them out" he knew that he
was writing IN abOminable ialsehood,
Mr.. Wilson then proceeded TO give a
five minutes verbal advertisement oil the
somewhat famous firm Of St. Clair 4 Will
son, explaining where they ''divicd" and
! where they didn't, The meat Of the ex-
! PLANTATION was that no man who came into
their office ever went out without hiring
!. one OF them, nc difference ii the other one
should be on the other side, and further
!, that lie Wilson, not st. Ulair) had never
prosecuted any one in the name OF the
State even when the chrome had some
times been several thousand dollars.
: THE SINGLE CLOG ACT.
, $50 much for oneof their statements, u
. cilurkled the speaker, "and when come
TO the tariff + wifi mike them dance Jim
Crow" Again Colonel payis went into
convulsions, which only n rcprovlng glance
from Colonel Swcitzer prevented from be-
coming fatal,
Mr.. Wilson than at great length at
tempted to show that under Democratic
rule the expenses Of running the Slate hpd
been thiriy-thrce percent cheaper than
under Republican administration. The
levy had been kept down, he claimed,
in the face OF the. fact that $500, :
29i 81 hal been expended in the erection
OF public buildings pi all kinds in all Sec
lions OF the State. Criminal charges had
been increased in the last ten years, but
they can be explained by the great in
crease in the population OF the Stale.
Mr. Wilson next turned his attention To
Mr.. John Roman, OF Charleston: "This
Roman says he is IN Irishman. Several
years ago Mr.. Warren whs nominated
against I'm, for City Sergeant OF Charles
ton. Roman did everything to beat him
and did succeed in defeating him. To-day
he is engaged in trying to 10 defeat SIr.
is an IfiGhman and true Democrat. This
is Roman. lle was 4 strong adherent OF
mine for some time. lie asked me TO
appoint him janitor of the Capitol in the
event oil my election, told him WIS not
making any pledges, lie then went to
work to beat me. | bent hin nj every
point. He came to the State Convention
held IN this city to beat me, but with the
assistance Of tho Ohio county delegates !
WIS nominated, and es lang as Hive l
will feel grateful 10 them. You recn Of
Ohio county nominated me. Roman
turned up at Parkersburg st The Republic
can State Convention, and told NUMEROUS
falsehoods about me. These lies have all
been reiuted. Roman VAST in this city for
several days, and while here showed a roll
rs thick az a mans arm. lie is now tray.
cling around the State poisoning the peo-
pie with Republican money"
The Irreduciblc school fund In the hands
Of both parties came in for its dissection.
The difference between the regular and r.
reducible funds wag explained in a man
ner that only served to Involve the COM
plications involving each Of them to n
greater extent. " -
Mr. Wilson then turned His attention to
the discussion Of the tariff. AsusuaI in
introducing his topics lie took his inspira-
ton from tho IsTELLIGESCER. lie said;