The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-09-09

COLUMBUS, ONO, Sept. s.-There are
eighty-two counties nthe State OF Ohio,
and it is considered u good campaign for
any man if he succeeds in visiting one
half Of them. Mr.. Mckinley has al.
ready made speeches in twenty-soven
counties, and has averaged aspeech and
half per day. On Tuesday, a week
ago, in Delaware county, he made five
speeches within ten hours. He has still
forty-eight working days before him,
and by the time Nov. rolls around he
will have visited every county in the
State.
A constitution Of iron and will Of
steel enable him 10 plan and to execute
that which involves personal exertions
that would startle the ordinary public
man. He knows neither day nor night;
he knows neither anxiety nor worry,
but like the modern silent, self-contain-
cd steam engines, he realizes his full
strength, and develops within himself
resources to meet every emergency.
Tomorrow, gentlemen" he is liable
to say, I'VE will rise at Z. We have IL
country meeting twelve miles distant,
and carriages will await us at s. We
will return at 4. At 5 in the evening
we have meeting here in the hall. AT
midnight we will reach Columbus, and
! find that one train for the next ap-
pointment will depart from Columbus
att q. IN" Such are sample days or
ders.
ONE DAY IN TIE WEEK AT HOME.
One day in every seven belongs to
Mrs. Mckinley. She suffers him to
make engagements for the other six,
and she claims the one us her own.
High up in the hotel in which they live
ut Canton he has little office room.
Piled from floor to ceiling are books and
records, and scattered here and every
where are samples OF glass and tin and
ironware contributed by manufaCtur-
ers, who proudly send him the first
fruits OF their new factories. Mrs. Nc
Kinley always awaits him here. She is
satisfied to be near and see him. She
reads and looks. He sits and writes.
The high stack OF unsigned letters grad.
ually melts, but between the signing Of
each one is word, jest or smile for
Mrs. Mckinley. The door Of this little
sky-ioft office, No. "a, stands always
open. The word no sooner passes that
Mckinley is in town than the process
sion up the stairway begins to move.
But Mckinley writes on. One by one
they drop in, and he has word for
everyone. As rapidly as they come in
they drop out satisfied. But Mckinley
never ceases to write. There is no rest
for him, and will be none until No
Vember.Ss
Fortunately the Ohio leader under
stands the art OF resting. He can twist
himself up in the seat oil a day car,
close his eyes for twenty minutes and
wake up refreshed. He can draw
about him the folds OF his familiar gray
Inverness cloak, and throwing himself
back in the carriage cushions sleep
while the wheels rattle over rough
country roads. Just now he is the
picture OF perfect health. The usually
pale face has little flush OF red, his
stride is long and firm and he moves
with the air OF weft-fed man. And,
blessings piled on blessings, what an
appetite he has! Stimulants? Never.
Smoking is his one weakness Pressed
to tho limit OF physical endurance, he
is liable to forget himself and smoke all
day, but this year Mrs. Mckinley has
him well in hand. She has forbid OK
cessive smoking and that settles it.
THAT FARMER VOTE.
An odd impression still prevails TINT
somehow or other the Ohio farmers are
going wrong aud are preparing to jump
the political traces. Now, as n matter
OF fact, there are only sixty thousand
voters all told in the open and secret
branches of the Alliance of Ohio, and
they nre bound by no moral obligation
or understanding to vote the alleged
Peoples ticket this fall. They say that
they do not intend to, and certainly
the size Of tho frequent country meet
ings and the unparalleled enthusiasm OF
the farmers who farm BEARS witness to
this testimony. There is nothing like
these monster country meetings under
the leaves in the open mir. On one re-
cent occasion the correspondents got to-
gether and planned to take count OF
MI the conveyances at the place of meet
ing, Tho sum total was $50, and this
included vehicles of all sorts and sizes
from two-whceled jump cart with ca.
pacity for two to traction engine and
consort.
It is curious sight see our country
cousins going to meeting behind trac-
ton engine. The threshing season is
now at its height, and it is a very easy
matter for honest Farmer Jones to
decorate his "steam portable" with
muslin colors, hitch on q wagon or two
behind, gather up q hundred or so Of
neighbors and go steaming along the
highway even twenty miles or more
with flags flying, bell ringing and
whistle sereaehipg.
These farmers have well-understood
system OF their own in getting up their
meetings, and it requires no apologies.
Exits and entrances are provided at the
groves, special constables are on hand
10 keep order, and a speaking space OF
three or four acres is inciosed with rope
or wire. Trunks of trees radiate from
tho grand stand like tbs sticks of fan,
and across them are laid planks, which
answer we'll enough for seats. The vii
lage band and the glce clubs furnish
music, and the fires 81 enthusiasm once
lighted sink only with the sun. 1t il
infectious and Intoxicating, and il
takes q man Of India rubber to with
stand it.
The eiIete East may sing and whistle
its comic opera ditties if it please, but