The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-09-30
SACRED SOIL INVADED
Democrats have a Rally in the
Banner Republican Ward.
MESSRS RILEY and ARNETT CRATE
To a Small Crowd--TyplcaI Demo-
cratic Speeches orthc Present Cam
paign..John A. Howard in the
Fourth ward-Polihcal Gatherings
Past and to Come.

Tho W. L. Wilson Tariff Students,
Respondent in their white uniforms,
the North Wheeling Faulkner club, the
Sixth ward Democratic club and the
Kenna club, went wei to the Demo-
cratic wigwam on the Island last night.
They did not go over together, Tor some
reason. The Tariff Students and the
North Wheeling club we're led by the
Opera House band, which returned to
the city as soon As the little procession
reached the rendezvous. Promineutin
the North Wheeling line was a trans
parency, on one side Of which was the
designation
"FAuRKER DEMOCRATIC CLUE"
This was probably the painters fault,
as may have been another inscription
on the reverse:
We Want no Force Biz
Ftdn! 0BteIS at dc POhG
4 Quarter Of m hour after the process
sion passed over the bridge tho kenna
club came up street and marched over
to the Garden Spot, and after another
similar interval the Sixth ward club
marched alone over the same route. 1t
has evidently been decreed that when
the Tariff Students lead there Will not
be much OF a procession.
II was late when the meeting was
called to order, amid the usual con-
fusion, by County Chairman Klncheloe,
who named K. A. McCabe as chairman.
Mr.. McCabe made a brief speech about
the glorious Democracy, and introduced
n :. Riley, who devoted most OF his
talktaIkto the new ballotlaw, afterwards
speaking on the provisions oil the
Federal Elections bill, which he called,
Of course, "the force bill, but he for
rot to say anything about the presence
Of deputy marshals at the polls in
Wheeling in 1888, to bulldoze legal
voters, by the special order OF Grover
Cleveland, and he declined to say
ANYTHING about the .tarili, because
Col. Arnett, who was to follow him,
would devote tins time to that issue.
After promising, ii elected Attorney
General, to be attorney general for the
state and not the Democratic party
alone, he retired.
Then Mr.. McCabe introduced Col.
Arnett, who opened by saying he had
labored long and haEd for the Demo-
cratic party and had never asked for
an office. Then he launched into an
culogy Of Grover Cleveland, comparing
him to Jefferson, Jackson, Clay and
other lights Of the past, much to the
disadvantage OF the aforesaid lights.
They had said things, but Cleveland
exemplided them. Col. Arnett admit
ted that there was something in pro-
lection, and took his cue from David b.
Hill via Cleveland's letter OF accept.
ance. He made some unworthy dema-
gocic references to Homestead, but did
not advance one argument on the tariff.
\ specimen Of his style was his refer
ence to the word tariff" which he
solemDly declared owed its origin TO a
famous pirate who levied a tariff" on
the people OF an island and collected
it. The colonel actually used this as il
somewhere in it there was an arGu-
ment. He gave most of his time to
the so-called force bill" and the
threatened liberties OF the people and
things like that, j..
The crowd in front of the speakers
stand possibly averaged 200 people,
men, women and children. Most OF the
clubs lett as o as they decently
could.