The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-10-21

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From he Editor Of The in,eIlgern.
PITrsHURau, Oct. 20.-While Mr.. Blaine
was quietly sleeping at his hotelths people
were pouring into the city and gathering
about the Monongahela House. Before
he could dress himself they had overrun
the houao in search Of the hero OF the
day. II he had been President for lie he
could not have been more eought. II he
had been the lowlest citizen in the
land could not have been more easily ap.
preached. There were no diatinctions.
Everybody was well received, black and
white, tho handsomely dressed city man,
the plainly clad farmer, the laboEer in
bis working clothes. They vera oil equal
when they came before the great leader,
and ho was as equal as the plainest Of
them.
OLD FACRs REMEMBERED.
When the Washington county brethren
came o thefronthe toldthom of with that
marvellous memory for names and fsCes
which is always accepted az compliment.
This he kept up NIL day. As the process
sion wended its way 10 Exposi-
ton Park the people Cheered him by
name and he responded by raising his
hat, which left him bAFe.headel q good
part cf the time, When he recognized a
familiar face in the crowd he gave 10 ex.
ira bow, or a Semi.milltary toes OF the
hand, and smile Of "howdy do, old
fellow" and the old fellow aeemed as
pleased as boy with a new bean.
shooter.
THE PARADE.
Tho idea OF the parade was TO say to
the world that Pittsburgh believes In pro.
lection to American industries aud In the
foremost champion Of those indus.
tries. The parade was crsdltable,
but not such q thing In its way as | sup.
posed the great manufacturing and great
Republican city Of Pittsburgh would hava
done at such q time II she attempted
to DO anything. The horses with waving
plumes (Pluned knight, remembOr), the
clubs OF marching men armed With plug
hats aud canes, and bands making music
were all we'll enough in their way; but
they didn't tell tho story OF Pittsburgh's
industries as those industries themselves
can tell it. As political parades 90 It was a
big thing, and Ohairman Bob III.
lliott, Of the County Committee,
mounted on ACry Bteed, looked as proud
Rs hO had right 70 be. This distin.
guished statesman will be identified by
tho folks ut home as one OF the active
spirits in the Wheeling Natural Gas Com.
pany. Chris Magee, who presided over
the meeting and rode with Blaine, beaver
and Chairman Jones of the National
Committee, is another man who came
into Wheeling through that pipe lima.
President Finn Of the gas company would
have answered to his name when the roll
was called II he hadn't been down In Bel
lalre testing Ohio Justice.
AN IMMENSE CROWD.
One Lig demonstration Of this kind is
very like another. Therefore, imagine all
sorts Of people in all sorts Of vehicles and
on foot, hurrying over all the bridges 10
the Exposition Park In Allegheny, pour.
ing In Tor an hour before the speaking has
commenced, and still pouring ID for half
an hour after General Bsayer has begun
to give them the pure milk Of the word.
Imagine the speakers stand full, aud
good many thousAndG Of people packed
In the grand stand and on the rspe course,
every laat one Of them bound 10 SEQ
Blaine II tho good woman with the tall
hat will give him u ChaDDs OK get him q
stepladder. Picture few pampsred SONG
OF luxury lollipg 10 chairs perChed on the
roof Of the grand stand, tried TO tssi.
mate the people aud gave 1t up. hear
estimates Of ID, ,OOO aud Of 80 coo. What
ever the number was II would have bson
vastly greater II II had not been
that BlaInO had come along to
plttsburgh by easy StSEeS and given
Western Pennsylvania good chance to
hear aud Eee. him.
his 0REAT SPEECH.
But there was crowd enough, and the
speech has gone to the worldly this
time is, doubtless, In the London TINES
Office producing The usual BlunsophublC
spasui, have hoard Mr.. Blaine make
speeches In Congress and out Of II, In the
HouSe, In the Senate and on the stump. |
have heard him make more polished
speeches, speeches oi moro beauty and ot
more lre have never heard Nj. Blaine
make, or heard oi his making, . more el'
leCIve speech than his Of To-day. Two
ideas run through It, Bnd there ia q
close connection between them.. These
ideas he stamped upon the minds Of the
people and then hammered them in, His
points were simple aud could DO easily tln'
derBLuod hLs language Cleat.Cnt hlb At.
gument Logical, his illusLTatlonB apt and
cumulative, and by tue time he was
through the fabric Of his argument Was u
S6lid ts tlis granite Of Ills adopted State.
There was never q llght not much ges.
turs, very little taIslhR 0i tho voice be.
yond hiS ordinary speaking tons. put
every shot lit tho mark, aud that was
what he was thBre iOh lie
had grip on bis audience
which he could have held Tor hours,
But hls speech WAS comparatively Bhorl
HO seemed as iiesh. al tue end % he wa
1t tho beginning, though, lie has talked
clear across the State.
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