Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-11
HUTCHINSON IN RITCHIE.
Spectacle John Works, or Political Haw-
thOrnes to q Small Crowd.

NaoAhCS W - oiuAh OEo"us
Special Ttiegram 10 TIE Register.
RITCHIE C. H., w. VA October TO-
Evidently the g. o. p. is losing its grip or
the people Of Richie county. Yesterday
was the memorable occasion for Spectacle
John to make his key note speech of the
campaign in Richie, and to this end
ample and full arrangements were made
by the Chairman of the County Executive
Committee to have the old line horses Of
the z. o. p. out in full uniform to hear the
man who had so recently beheaded p. W.
NJ, Ritchie's beloved son and standing
candidate for Congress. Posters some
days in advance announced the grand
bear dance" and as the day drew nigh
q smile was to be seen fitting across the
pleasant and alabaster eountenance OF
John Thomas, whose surname is "Es-
senee," to think what have done,
but, alas, the joy and pride Of a
Chairman's expectations were doom
ed to disappointment. The day
has come and gone and the grand turn out
of the G. o. p. proved to be most perfect
fuzzle, only thirty-seyen responded to the
call OF the chairman. Excuses were the
next in order and Spectacle John" said
he did not expect large attendance as he
came not here to talk, but to see some of
the prominent men in Ritchie, and he saw
them. At this announcement sort of a
rustic was perceptible. among the prom
inent for fear the doodle" might be dis
covered in their anxiety to suppress the
fact that twas abroad in the land.
If the candidates and office seeker had
been drawn out of the crowd there would
have only been left six Dem Ocrats, five
Prohibitionists and three Republican
voters, two of whom would have voted for
JOhny and one for Hogg.
The speech consisted in telling some old
story that the Democratic party had failed
to keep its promises when it came into
power; that under the administration of
Grover Cleveland over seyenty-fve mil
lions Of money, had been hidden away IN
the treasury vaults and that the people
were therefore deprived of its use, all such
stuff poured down the throats of the <. o.
p. Continuing in this strain he asserted
that by the time Cleyeland's time was out
he would have ut least two hundred and
fifty millions put out of the reach of the
people.
He then dwelt upon the congressional
platform of the democrats adopted at Pt.
Pleasant, stating that because the cOnven-
ton by resolution endorsed the admins
tiOn of President Cleveland, and the
course of Gibson it demonstrated that they
were antagOnistic to each other, and there
fore HOgg was placed in position by no
means enyiable He then spoke of the
tariff, claiming that high protection tar
iff was what the people needed, and with
out which the industries OF this country
would suffer, and that the labOring classes
by free trade would be brought in contact
with the pauper labor of the old world.
Evidently he showed cOnclusiyely that he
had had Political Economy to little pur
pose. He finally dropped upon the tenn
peranee question, stating that he was
neither a drunkard or gambler. What
be meant by it we were at first unable to
realize, but upon reflection We were led to
believe that he meant his opponent
had some leaning that way. Iethen turned
his guns upon the ProhibitiOnists or third
party rs he called them, and he made
this most astounding assertion. THAT
no third party ever succeeded, he certain
ly forgetting that the very party whose
cause he was then espousing was third
party at one time, made up ont of the two
great political parties of this country viz.
Wings and Democrats.
The speech fell like wet blanket upon
the party, and the result of its influence
will be keenly felt when the ballots are
counted for Congress in this county, in
November next. JOhny will realize when
it is too late that to fool with Democratic
Pork is politically viewed unwhOleSomefOr
Republicans. HOgg speaks here on the
18th, and he will warm up the z. o. p. by
its many inconsistencies
both in principle and affiliations. The
ProhibitiOnists in this county will salivate
JOhny. They take no stock in his tenn
perdnce procliyities, aid think he realized
it to-day. 1t is obvious that the Repub-
lieans have q feeling OF insecurity from the
amount of button hOleing that's going on.
Look out for good results in Richie