The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-07-02
.EX-GOY. ]. P ST. JOHN.
4 RlApER oF.TnnINEEILIeENcER
And he Gives his FavoFlte,Journal "a Good
send on. from ths'Platsorm Last Even.
Ing to the ESslusioR Of sIost Every,
thing Else-some Funny Stories

leader, who recently lectpFed at the
Wheeling Opera House TOT ANAL audi
snes at 25 cents a head, was announced
TO appear again last evening at the Capitol
rink, free Of admission charge, This an
nouncement had the effect Of attracting .
large crowd to the rink, the audience be-
log nearly equally divided between ladies
aud gentlemen, the ladies possibly out
numbering the sterpsr sex by q hundred
or so, Probably 1900 people were in the
rink at one time, but they did not all stay,
Just as the clock struck 8, Mr., St, John
entered the door, and the crowd catching
sight Of him broke into applause. He adj
yanced to the platform accompanied by
Rev. Messrs, Long, Dornblaser and Hess,
Mr., j, NJ, Clouston and Others, A choir
composed OF young ladies, under the lead.
ership Of Mr.. j, Al, Richards, and with
Miss Alma Conner at the organ, sang
"Ws will welcome that beautiful day
ltWlllcOne by aud by
When ali Christians will yOIe Us they pray, etc,
After the singing Of another prohibition
song, Rev. j, H, Hess led In prayer,
There was more singing, and Rev. j. o,
Hull introduced the orator Of the evening
in very neat little speech, presenting
him as a somewhat phenomenal peTRon-a
christian polihCian-the Abraham Lin
coin Of our time, the Martin Luther Of the
new reformation, the President Of the
United States few years hence, This re-
mark was cheered to the echo, and when
Mr. st. John advanced, the applause be-
came still more hearty.
Mr., ct, JonN's REMARKS.
Heatonce disclaimsd any political ambi-
ton orany other ambition, except to be q
faithful, earnest Christian, and to close up
every dram shop in the land. This senti-
ment was also heartily applauded.
The speaker said he had something to
say he knew would please his audience,
and on the same principle which govern
ed the boy who ate the pumpkin pie first,
lest he might die before he reached 1t at
the last, he would make the announce
ment at once. With this preparation he
announced collection Tor the benefit OF
the cause al the conclusion Of the meeting.
Weare often reminded, said the speaker,
that this work we're engaged In Is slow
work; but the slow trains have all been
slde.tracked and We are now on the light.
ming express making forty miles an hour,
and It will not be long till we are safely
landed in the grand union depot Of abso-
Lutte prohibition Of the liquor traffic.
ICheeTs.1 He told Of an old deacon who
held a prohibition convention all by him.
self over fifty years ago in Maine, nomi-
mated candidates and voted for them. In
telling this story, he spoke Of the deacon's
bcll.cFowned hat much like the old
fashioned Churn. BE remembered how
churnng with that kind Of Churn, went,
and he always blessed the man who in
vented q Churn with crank. Indeed,
lately Il had been discovered that there
was good deal Of power In a crank.
Laughter and cheers.
The old deacon lived to sec prohibi-
ton statute on the law books Of Maine,
and In 1884 the people OF Maine "made
way for the Prohibition party" by $4,000
majority, rCheera. That man was Gen,
Neal Dow, the father Of Prohibition. The
pEoRIess u tIe pATliN.siSC. ' ~ - 49,
Drlely skeSCaeu oy ie.ea aeiS ~. isT ,sas
natural that the old party politicians
might lie awake nights and hate some.
body. [Laughter.]
A bTATEsMAN FoR AN EDITOR.
l noticed this morning in the Wheeling
ISTELLloESoRR, q very good newspaper,
edited by very able and erudite states
man. Laughterl and having large Circu.
lation la ripple Of applause the prophecy
that "Mr. Wolfe, who has already nomi.
mated himself as the Prohibition candi.
date for Governor OF Pennsylvania, will
probably regard the submission plank OF
The Harrisburg convention as knocking
him out in the first round"
In the first place, desire to say to the
editor OF the fNTRLLIaRNCRR thatit Ia not
.he pact1Se IN iue alOn .t pS, "
10 N no .H tbemselyes. T6ey are reSu.
isrlv mt in nomination by delegates sent
rom the neonle. and when the time
co,nss Pennsvlvania will have in the field
a candidate who will make Il mighty In.
terestina ior the old parties. TApplailse. /
Mr. Wolfe. or the Prohibition nominee.
whoever he NAV be, / apprehend will be
EnocEsd ont in The hrst Tound yery much
iiEs iSe man in Inc old story who was
i,oss,;ng If a tieht in which he said he vot
Ia sntsyoniat down and held him down.
he ,yss asIad bow he hsld him down,
and he raniisd III cot nv ,,ose hetwsen
s;s .ao,h orj ci,,e to bin,n TTorsbtsr /
i'-T ~ iis.,,J H. I,rn, Ir,.s,,,,n
onn o o,Sas nsnsr ~ nolitIc;an to show him
: RAJ o'I H. ,t,a p Diank NJ The psnnsyvanis
: ny ~ ~. LIZ nnnsoJ nsObii ,t.;om That