The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-03-11
rn1Rp pARTY MEETINGS,
Two Distinguished spsAksra at the Disciples
Uharah Yesterday and Last Night.

UhnFGh Yesterday and Last Night,
Two small political meetings we're held
in this city yesterday in the Disciples
Church, on Market street, South Side.
The first one was held at o'clock in the
afternoon, at which there were present
ssYsnty-eight people, Of which number
fully three.iourths were ladies, The
second meeting was at 80 in the evening
and was attended by crowd that pTobR-
bly, numbered $50, one half Of which, at
least, was made up Of ladies'. These meet
ings were advertised as "Prohibition Mass
Meetings" 10 be addressed by Professor
A, A. Hopkins, OF Rochester, N. Y, q
memberot the National Prohibition Third
Party committee, and organizer Of the
Southern Department; and by Mr., Cars
kRdon, Of Keyser, this State,
The meGtings we're two OF series that
have been arranged for in several towns
Of the State by the Prohibition Commit
tee, which are bsing addressed by these
gentlemen, the purpose being the agita.
ton Of the Third Party idea and the
formation OF Third Party clubs, prepare
tory to next falls eleCtions.
Tuesday night Messrs. Hopkins aud
OaEskadon spoke at Petersburg, and to-
night they will be at Fairmont, where a
local election Is soon to take place.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Carskadon
made opening address, The audience
was 60 small and the acoustic properties
Of the church 80 poor that much OF what
he said was lost, Mr., Csrskadon seemed
grievsd because the Republican party,
1.-THE dear, grand old party to which be.
longed for so long time" did not make
fight against the slavery Of rum and put
1t down as 1t had negro slavery in lSBl,G5.
de was also sorry that the Democratic
party did not take q stand against license,
but it was from the Republican party that
he expected the most,
Mr.. Hopkins said that Mr.. OaTskadOn
had so thoroughly discussed the issue that
nothing was left for him. He evidently
labored under Misrepresentation as to the
section Of country he was speaking in.
He seemed to think he was in the far
South when he stated that the dominant
party in the North had been keeping
ltself in power by playing on the
peoples sentiments, aud claiming
that ''you good people of the
South are still dlsloyal." He then went
on to insinuate that that the liquor traffic
Of the North was allowed by Republicans,
and that q party that allowed such dis
turber Of lie to exist was itself dialoyal.
Prof. Hopkins said 1t was time Tor the
organization OF the Third Party-lhe
liquor interest already had two powerful
| onau N do Ito bidding
In the evening, Proi, Hopkins led oiFand
Mr., Carskadon coming second, said, as
Prof. Hopkins had said OF him in the Rf-
ternoon, that 80 exhaustive had the been
former speakers treatment OF tho subject
that nothing remained for him. Alter
this exchange Of compliments, he proceed.
cd To again expose the fostering condition
Of the body polite as viewed from his
standpoint. Neither Of the speeches diff
iered materially from those delivered in
the afternoon.
Neither speaker attempted to compare
what the two parties in this State have
done for the temperance cause. Mr.. Cars
kadon said he was thankful that no had
an opportunity to speak to a Wheeling
audience, as in the last Republican con.
yention in which he had taken part, he
had been Missed by the Wheeling delega'
ton.
Rev. Mr.. Hull, pastor Of the Chapline
Street Church, presided. AT the close Of
the evening service, j. Melvin Richards
sang a song which he prefaced by speak.
ing Of tho Prohibition Club, OF which he
ls President, towhich belonged" reclaimed
men whose button.holes had been loaded
with blue ribbons"