Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-20
A BIG MEETING.
fRR PR0HIBIrIONISrs RALLY IN GREAT
SHAPE, LAST EVENING.
The People Addressed BY Rev. Sam Small, VIII
Makes One Of Els Characteristic and
Ringing Speeches.

The Prohibitionists had a rally at the
ALEXANDRA Rink last night and 1t was a
People from all sections of the
city focked to the rink, and by 8 o'clock a
large part Of the seating capacity was occu-
pied with ladies, gentlemen and children
to the number of sbout 1000 or ] 200.
The Third party is certainly making
things lively in the city, and yesterday
afternoon they had a brass band ont in s
wagon traversing the streets, which result
ed in stirring up q great deal of interest.
The Executive Committee in this county
certainly deserves credit for the manner in
which they are pushing the campaign.
A stand had been erected in the centre OF
the rink, which was handsomely decorated
with Prohibition bunting. II was occu-
pied by Rev. Sam Jones, Geo. E. Fuller,
James W. Bodlsy, J. NJ. Clouston and 7.
J. Cartright. shortly past 8 O'Clock,
after the brass band had played several
airs, Mr.. Geo. E. Fuller called the meet
ing to order and announced az the presid-
ing officer Mr.. ]. W. Bodley,
CANDIDATE FOR STATE AUDITOR
ON the Prohibition ticket. Mr.. Bodley
received with cheers. He called upon
Mr.. Cartright to! offer up prayer, after
which he made a short address, in which
be said his first pleasure was to be born in
wheeling and his pleasure now was to be
present to .hear the only live issue before
the people discussed by q live man; tina!
the people were not gathered to hear dis
eussed issues that were settled forty years
ago. He said he wa n Third party man,
had no apology to make for being 30 and
was glad of il. He then introduced Rev.
Small, who said:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FELLOW
CITIZENS OF WHEELING AND WEST VIR'
GINA: / am certainly pleased to greet 80
large q company of the good people OF
Wheeling, who have turned ont to hear
the great question of prohibition discussed.
This Question is now being discussed
every place, and, like BaDqno's ghost, 1t
is sitting at the fessts OF the two old par
ties, and do what they will, they are IN
able TO Danish it. They said that prohibit
tio1 was the hobby of cranks. Well, II
nav have been several years ago, bnt now
the cranks have increased 10 a multitude,
until this November they will cast one
million votes for God, home and native
land.
THIS BODY OF CRANKs
are not to be sneezed at aud no one Is
sneezing at them now. Several years ago
the old parties made a great deal OF fun OF
the Third party because they didn't think
their votes amounted to much, but when
one of them came out short and lost the
tight they stopped laughing and haven't
laughed any since. That party had Its
laugh first, fortunately, and now II Is
stomping around and cursing at the Third
party. When these men tell you they are
going to abolish the Third party Just tell
them that that party formed itself into a
hollow square and passed resolutions That
they were not going to be abolished.
We have much doubt about b efforts
Of the political parties 10 help the con-
dition of the workingmsn, when l un-
derstand that over $3.50, 900 are spent an
ually over the bars of this city. How can
Won fail 10 see that the greatest curse TO
the w~orkingman are the III s~aloonsin this
city. In ten years enough money is spent
over the bars TO buy all the manufactures
iu the city for the workiDgmen. For the
same money spent in u year $50 homes
could be purchased for workingmen. They
say the man ia the head OF the family.
Yes, he is until he becomes a drunken sot,
then his wife has to become the head Of
the family and make q liviOg for 1t. You
have no right to call amsn the head OF the
family when he becomes unfit for
EARTH OR EVEN HELL.
Prohibition is the only thing that can
correct the evil.
You o have prohibition before you in
West Virginia, and now how are you
going to vote? / have no patience with q
mugwump in politics or religion. If you
ara in favor of prohibition walk up to the
polls and cast your vote for it, and II not
cast your vote against it. Don't sneak
around like q dog in favor of nothing.
Who put the question before yOn? II was
not the Third Party. The Democratic
and Republican parties did it, and what
did they do it for, to kill il? Voice-cer-
tsinly. Any one who does not vote for
the amendment is a Democrat OF Repub
lican. They can be nothing else. Every
prohibitionist in this State is going 10 vote
for the amendment, Notwithstanding
the lies and Misrepresentation OF some
people and newspapers.
The statements made about my alleged
conduct in my speeches at Moundsvlile
Yesterday are false, and if they were told
by anyone but the immaculate editor OF
the InteQiqeneer they would have been
UNMITIGATED LIES,
but with him it was about as near the
truth as he was able to get. Loud
laughter and applause. But l needn't
expect anything better from a man who
would mash himself up against the coun-
ter of o hotel, and then go and
make editorial comments about people he
saw there. If l couldn't he 8 gentleman,
| wouldn't go about the streets casting the
shadow of a dog. [Cheers and laughter. ]
He can kick and curse as much as he
wants and make all the comments about
me he desires bat that is all it amounts TO,
and it doesn't go with me. It's a case OF
good bye. sweetheart, good bye. Wild
applause. If he thinks he can keep the
Prohibitionists from nominating n csndi-
date for Congress in this district by abus-
ipg me, he is mistaken. / am not here TO
be bulldozed and neither are the gentle
men who invited me to come here. But
let US get back to a subject that there Is
something in. More laughter.
Here the speaker quoted several passages
from an LateHigeneer editorial, and sum-
ming it up said: The hteHigeReer says
the Republican party will defeat the
amendment because the Third party has
come into the field. The
THIRD PARTY IS IN THE FIELD,
and every vote of that party will be cast
in favor of the amendment, and q candi-
date will be put into the field in this dis
trict. If the Republican party think they
are going to bulldoze the Third party We
will inst step in and see that they get