Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-10-02
wHooprNG UP THE CANDIDATES.
A Republican Handshaking Down In the
Eighth Ward.


Eighth Ward.
The Republicans Of the Eighth ward
/ focused in Notes Hall last evening
for the two-fold purpose OF
greeting w. 7. Hubbard ana
airing their respective candidates; All
the star Republicans who pull the
political strings of Richie were on
deck including Prof. f. II. Crago'
u. II. Burt. John DeYine,
is. L. Brice. c. d. Thompson,
Dr. Mccoy. Charles Morningstar, DR..
Pines and others. There was plenty oil
standing room in the meeting, and
good deal Of seating room, II there hau
| been any seats. The entire body oil the
| hall was unOccupied, the crowd ranging
around the four walls in one tier, giving
the scene the appearance OF a hollow
square.
F. H. Rinehart called the meeting TO
order. and after J. A. Ankle had read
letter of regret from y. +. Whitaker,
w. IL. Hearne, attorney at law,
was introduced. who jocoSely
remarked at the outset that he didn I
much EXPECT to be called upon this
evening for speech. After referring
to the fact that there were no flies on
/ the Congressional candidate, Mr.. hearne
worked the protectionist racket win
more vigor than Gen. con ala ms
broad shield of American law during
the last campaign. He told how the
great principle of protection had made
the Pan Handle what 10 is to-day how
under the benign influence OF protection
those magnificent manufacturing works
of Benwood and Wheeling had sprung
from the soil. Mr.. llearnc explained
the beauties of protection (that was
never known 10 protect with all the
glib and cuteness of an Arizona land
agent.
The guest Of the evening, Candidate
Hubbard. then took the floor. The
speaker said so far this fall three things
had already transprod to fill him with
inefTable gladness. One was Tom Reeds
triumphant return, another was the
sliding through of the Mckinley bill,
and the third was the formation of this
vigorous Republican club in Richie.
Even this early in the contest have
begun to be arraigned, and already been
termed By my opponents an arrant dem
agogue, candidate with an ignorance
so dense that il was only cqualled by
that of my hearers. Some of this may
be so. and may say haven't even read
the Mckinley bill, but | think before
we get through this contest, that my
opponents will lipd that know thing
or two about that beniliccnt measure.
When my friend PendletOn gets me out
i'm that debate he'll probably tell me a
few things about the Mckinley bill, and
one of them will be right in the line of
a little bit of legislation | once engaged
in. Mr.. Hubbard then told of rcSolu-
ton he introduced in the House of Del
egates in 1881, in regard TO the stop
ping of convict labor in the making OF
cigars. and compared it with the Forty
ninth section of the Mckinley 6bill,
about the dutiable increase on imported
goods made by convictS. The point
made here was not graSpcd readily by
the crowd, and there was very little
confusion. Mr.. Hubbard then gave the
boys some cautionary words about get
ting their working clothes on and get
ting down to business, and not feeling
50 tarnally ovcr-cOniident. The speak
or did not forget to occasionally turn
around and bestow little tally on the
other candidates who were uncOmiorta-
bly, huddled together on the stage.
After Mr. Hubbard had run down, the
chairman called upon Candidate John
Cummings, who said he was no speaker
as BrutuS was. but he could run an en-
CINE, and the next person detailed to
pcrmeate the air was Charles Morning
star, who modeStly stated that il was
his first oifensc. Naturally enough,
Charles was little new on the tariff,
and in his reference to the Chinese inn
migration act, showed that lie had not
wasted any midnight oil reading the
COlGrcSSi0ndl Records. Mr.. Maxwell
was called upon, and after referring TO
the fact that he was a wool grower told
how protection fairly shot the hair
right out of the most callOuscd-
skinned lamb. Ed. Robertson then
held the boards down for a
few minutes while be gave his candidacy
political push, and was followed by ).
l.. Brice in a few brief remarks \
short address by Mr.. Meighen closed
the ceremonies, and then the boys all
got together, and had a good hearty
laugh over some of the protection chest
nuts which had been sprung on them
during the evening.