The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-10-01
AFRAID5OFTH E TRUTH.
srrcN1rN or lNToLrRANoE
On Tbs Part OF Democratic, parti'anA Mt .
Meeting In Market Hall Last Evening.
Two Democratic speeches Listened to
and n Republican IIootcd Down.

A mass meeting Of colorcd voters was
called to assemble At Market Hall last
evening by a very peculiarly worded notice
in Mondays Register. The notice is sig.
niiicant, In view Of what was said last
night, and It Is therefore quoted:
"Tuesday evening n Colorcd Mass Meet
ine will be held IN Market Hall. J. A..
Hunt, OF st.. Clnirsville, and WI. %liarnctt,
OF bridgeport, have been secured to tell
their brethren how 10 vote ut the coming
election"
Pursuant to this cali probably u hun
drei white Democrats Of more Or less
prominence, II lone colorcd Democrat and
saventy.iivc or n hundred colored l.cpub.
leans gathered in tho hall about 8 o'clock
Inst night. The latter were attracted by
curiosity to sec what excuse for m argl.
ment could be offered to induce n colored
man to vote the Democratic ticket.
Az ALLEGED KEvEnESD.
The first speaker was 4 man who was
! introduced ~ "llcv." William Hunt, oil
st. Clairsville. Ills speech was n plea for
independence. lie did not nsk my
colorcd man to vote for Cleveland or for
anybody else. He only asked them 10
exercise their judgments. lie said that in
Ohio Il colorcd mans civil rights were
guaranteed tohim, rs well asin Kentucky
though botl, were Democratic. In this
State they were, not. tle could not 60 &c
the Mcclure house and demand the same
treatment a white man received.
A voice: sis this State Democratic OF
Republican,"
Tho speaker: "ITow'd you git In hyuri
Who sent for your
r Another voice: "Answcr his question:
The speaker: swell, ri answer hi
question, II you want me TO-. This State'i
Dimccmtic."
A voice: "That's what | tl,ought!
Laughter and cheers.
!, This was Il specimen Of the speech. |
=. was pitched on Il very low key, and tlier'
was probably not Il colored man in til,
audience except Sam Robinson, the lon
colorcl Democrat referred TO above, VIII
could not have made n more iorciblc an,
logicalpolitical address. "ltev." Mr.. Hun
seemed to recognize this, for he cut hi
y speech very short, with the excuse that !
WIS too hot to speak longer.
= BMDGErORrER TALKS.
!, W.. Barnett, Of Bridgeport, was mex
presented. lie isa much more intelligcn
man than the first speaker, and mad
!. about us fair and able u speech as the nv
erage Wheeling Democratic stumper. II
asked a respectful hearing. lie said thu
if the Republican administration OF to
# day was rs pure and able as that OF Abru
ham Lincoln he would be Il Republican
and the Democrats walked the echoes wit
their applause. He referred to the sta
4 route business, and the Democrats wer
wild with delight. lie mentioned Cicye
, land, and Il storm Of Kisses greeted til
: name which was with difficulty browne
out by the Democratic clacquers.
Both speakers accused the colorc
4 voters OF 'ac,ins the fool' and voting jus
rs the white Republicans told then
G to vote. Taken in connection wit
their avowed purpose in coming here-"t
=" tell their brethren how to yote'-this wa
), funny. ,a
Barnett touched Oh the tariff, and dc
|. nounced thigh protective tariff us u fraud
lie said:
! "You may think ! do not understand
this tariff question 1t is few laboring me
who do; but | know I'LL about it,