The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-11-02
ION TO RICHMOND"
AT vInerN1A's CAPITAL,

: He Tells the "Bcst People OF the sthte" 9
tho Grimes AgsinSt tho Elective Fran
chIae-Republicam Prospects In New
, Yc.k and the OH Dominion.
, RICHMOND, Va, October Sl.-The rea
culmination Of the VirsiniN canvass &C
Cured tonight ia the Sherman meeting
in this city. The storm OF ribaldry ant
abuse from the Bourbau prets and publi'
increased in fury up to the last moment
and hardly phrase or epithet that on'
Arab would use in TRADE upon anothtl
has been omitted, and the Democratic
method of meeting the honest presenta
tons Of facts by honorable and couselva
tive men has been fully illustrated. The
campaign has heen one Of tie most excit
ing and most notable ever held among the
States, snd feeling has been wrought uE
to high degree Ofheat.
The coming OF John Sherman has
aroused something Of the thrill nf exci'o
ment that runs through the multitude
Wubl lue IlOu D uGA - ENbtIFu ahA lLf
people crane their necRs 10 see what
comes Of it,
Mr.. Sherman came up from Petersburg
in the IN rDiug aud went to a hotel. he
received q great many visitors, Of course
only Republicans b0DOriug him with q
call. He took drive about the city with
the Chairman Of the Rplblican Commit
tee, and called upon Governor Cameron,
who received him very Courleously. Alter
pleasant chat he returned 10 the hotel,
where he remsinVd until 6o'ciock, when
he went TO the house If John s. Wise, ard
took taa with Mr.. and Mrs Wise. AT s
o'clock he and Wise appeared upon the
platform amid great cheering, mingled
with some groSns from the outskirts.
Wise introduced Sherman, saying that he
was glad some one else wss to bear the
blunt Of the speaking, fer hs had travelled
seven Thousand miles and made seventy
spt eches in campaign. He bespoke for
the guest the courtesy for which Virginia
has been noted.
SOUTHERN CIIlvALRY ~
The audience greeted Sherman with a
resound OF the famous Southern ytlls, and
the Senator won't at once into the merits
OF the case. He had not talk lopg before
there began to be Disturbances on the
Democratic fringes Of the grest crowd
The sneaker was interrupted by yelling
and offensive remarks, so much 20 that he
was forced several times to wait for the
noise to subside. 1t was a new experiences
fpr John Sherman TO be insulted by a
gathering he was addressing on political
issueg.
When Sherman concluded aud John
Wise came TO tho front Of the platform
there was a tremendous uproar, which
kept him from speaking Tor some minutes.
After many efforts he succeeded in thank
ing the peop'e for the courtesy with which
they had treated their distinguished visi-
tor, excepting, he said, few blaCSguaTds
on the outskirts Of the crowd. Wise at
tempted to proceed, but the yelIs and
groaus and Insulting remarks and jeets
continued. At last he broke forth in a
most eloquent and impassioned remon-
etrance and appeal 10 the decency and
courtesy OF ViTginians, which compelled
attention and procured comparative silence
for the moment.
"For your own sake" he cried, ''ior the
cake OF the good maine Of Virginia, for the
FAKE OF courtesy and common decency,
for Gods sake, my fellow.citizens, realize
the shame and disgrace you are perpe-
trating, and cease. Realize that you are
In no provincial town, no crossroads, no
Alexandris, where blaCEguardism rlna
riot unrebuEed. You are in the capital
city and metropolis OF your State, and in
the presence Of an invited guest, who is
one OF the most distinguished fellow-citi-
Zens ci our common country. You are in
the presence OF the Nation, which, without
regard 10 politics, will condemn and de-
nounce the outrage. l am your fell"w-
citizen. lappesl TO you as brother Vir-
ginian for fair play and free speech, here
in the home OF my childhood and the land
OF my people before me Tor two hundred
and fifty years pause, beseech you, and
do not add further shame and diRgraCe 70
our city and to our people,"
1t ia doubtful il even this appeal would
have procured silence among the chivalry
had it not been backed up by squad Of
poiiCo who gathered about the locality
where the disturbance centered. ! walk.
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found that the men perpetratiNg this dis
grace were not the laboriug men, not the
Colored people, not the roughs in the usual
acceptance OF that torn, but men, young
men, wearing silk hats and carrying canes
and smoking cigarettes, representing, in
fact, the native "best people," Wise made
wonderfully eloquent speech, the occur
rence seeming to stir him up and bring
out the best in him, and he soon had the
crowd roaring in applause, laughter and
cheers.
sHERMAN's tPEECH.
Mr.. Sherman spoke as follows:
1.-THE first favor l have 10 ask OF you is,
as this is an inclcment night, that you
allow mo to wear my hat 80 that l will
stand on footing Of perfect equality with
the rest Of you, because you all have hats.
Laughter and appiause.l Now, fellow
citizens, accepted the invitation Of the
Republican Committee OF Virginia 10
come here aud participate in your canvass
with some little doubt, because ot the
representations that had been made in
regard to my position, but still willing at
any time upon the call Of duty to come
here and bear my testimony as to the
principles and policy Of the Republican
party,
ii come to tell you why, in my opinion,
tho people OF Virginia, Democrats and
Republicans alike, should aid us in re.
storing the Republican party to power
again, not only in Virginia, but in the
United States OF America, and 10 give you
reasons, II can, why the Democratic
party, or, as you properly call it here, the
Bourbon party, ought not to be trusted
with the administration OF this great Gov.
ernment Of ours. [Applause, Now,
there arc ono or two things l have OBJ.
served since came TO Virginia, the first
OF which gives me great pleasure. l tiud
thnt the RepnblicAnS ei Virginia are wide