The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-11-01
fellowsin Office who wanted to s!ay in

0 fellows In Office who wanted 10 s.ay
F.. Office, aud the little fellows out oil oiil
who wanted to get In and knew
would never put them in-who owe
turned the result. They served noti
; OF contest on me, and such n no,ie,
, petty technicalities, charges Of fraud |
me and by you. They thought woul
not contest. They thought that
view Of the Democratic msi6rity !
tho tribunal l would let thei
seat Judge Fleming. They learned be
ter. Out Of m original claim Of 1000
corrupt votes, they came by degree
down 10 800. And in all those thou
ands OF pages OF testimony there is nc
one word that points to tho corrupt us
Of one cent. Who denies that2 ]
there is, who was tho witness? 0
what page is his testimony To you
honor ] leave that, Democrats or RI
publicans. They found come poor pee
pie not entitled 10 vote, had votet
They had been used to voting. An
just eleven OF thom voted for Flemin
more than voted for Gotl. And les
boys voted--just three more for Flemin
than for GoT. Something must b
done! So they sent men around 10 sur
vey district lines, and up in Brook
county they threw ont seventy ode
votes-men who have voled wher,
they did in 'SS more years than an
old; men who have represented thei
county in the House Of Delegates, ant
the Senate Of the State; yea, in the Con
gresspf the United States, and on tn,
bloody fields OF tattfc. The scenes 4
Charleston were Fcandslous. ..rtis
never painted scene so disgraceiul
Men were drugged until they lost theil
manhood, and marched. down the aisft
and cast the vote they had said the,
never would. When they seated
Governor Fleming, what did he
do? He took one Of tho jury-one O.
the jurors-and made him Superinten
dent Of the Penitentiary. liz took IN.
other aud made him Adintant General
He took another and made him Mine
Inspector. And the men who guarded
the Jurors were remembered with good
positions. I would not have IN Office
the people did not want me to have
God save this State from another such {
history. Voicc-"Amen"1 Ny Dem.
ocratic friend, will you not join me in
that prayer? I ask YOU toad by yout
ballots next Tuesday to put the stamp
of disapproval on that thing!
He used this to illustrate tho necessity
for the national election law, saying
he did not know anywhere that they
needed it worse than in West Virginia.
With eloquent, brief remarks on the
pension legislation OF the late Congress,
General Gof passed to a consideration
OF the local ticket. He gave Hubbard
another strong endorsement, apoke
highly OF Hon. N. E. Whitaker, OF Hon.
W. II. uearna and OF the local Republi.
can ticket as a whole, adding that he be.
lieved John Cummins would run into
the Legislature at Charleston at the same
speed he runs his lightning train over
the Baltimore & Ohio from Grafton to
Wheeling.
His closing remarks were received
with tremendous cheering and applause,
and scarcely a man left the hall in the
solid three hours OF the speeches. The
attention and order throughout was
never excelled anywhere. There was
perfect order, only interrupted by ap.
plause. G5,
GAIT. DovENER srEAKs.
When Gen. Golf finished, about two
hundred people beside those on the
stsge rushed up to shake hands with
the speakers, and there was a regular
ovation for about three minutes. Part
Of the audience had left, but the rest
remained and kept calling for Dovener
until the Captain was obliged to respond.
He had spoken only a few minutes,
creating frequent applause, when he
turned and drew oil his oyercoat, which
started the applause afresh.
Speaking OF the frying fat business,
the Captain got off good one at the ex.
pense Of Alr. Grady. He said Grady
would not talk 30 much about that il he
had known that the people OF this State
had had $74 900 OF 'fat" fried out OF
them to.pay the expenses OF uDseatins
the man rightfully elected Governor
taht Doh4pItat AlEJt Lakc I4!S seats
Capt. Dovener spoke eloquent,y and
well for ten or twelve minnles. In con.
cluding he said he and Mz. Hubbard
were to speak at New Cumberland next
Monday night, and John 0. Pendleton
was billed there for the same night. Ii
he wanted to have q conversation with a
Republican, the Captain you'd accom-
modate him.
At this juncture Mr.. J. @. Brady, Sec.
retary OF the Republican Committee,
said something to the speaker.
"Oh," said the Captain, "that is dii.
ferent. ! am informed that since the
Republicans announced meeting for
New Cumberland, John 0. has changed
his date, aud will speak in Brooke coun.
ty." This was loudly cheersd.
The crowd seemed reluctant to leave
even when Capt. Dovener ceased speak.
ing, but the people gradually filed out
and a demonstration in many respects
the greatest Wheeling ever saw, was
done. - ls.2..
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