The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-10-13

The largest meeting ever seen IN
Etnayille was that which greeted Gov.
William Mckinley last evening. The
demonstration which preceded it was
also highly creditable, and those people
who have been bemoaning the lack OF
en,husiasm in the Republican ranks
will have to sing another tune.
The governor spoke to a large mass
meeting at Flushing in the afternoon.
There we're not less than four thousand
people in the assemblagc, and they were
intelligent people, miners and farmers
whose prosperous looks gave the lie to
the Democratic calamity howlers.
The meeting was held in tho tennis
court. Capt. A. Lee was called upon to
preside. A special train from Bridge:
mort took out tho Mckinley club, OF
that town. A parade was given at one
o'clock, the escort meeting Mckinley
at the station and escorting him to the
place Of meeting. The Bridgeport club
had the post OF honor in the procession,
which was q half mile long. The New
Athens cornet band led, and behind The
carriage in which the speaker rode
came tho Uniontown band, followed nv
carriages and horsemen. There were a
large number Of Goa! miners in the
line, most OF them mounted on mules
from tho mines. Large crowds came on
special trains from every direction.
MrKinlcy's eloquent speech was re-
rc;yad with the Greatest enthusiasm,
especially his concluding remarks. in
which he urged tho speakers to rally to
the support OF Col. Poorman, aud elect
him to Congress by au overwhelming
majority.
THE .ETSAvlLLe RLoworT.
Wheeling sent Il good delegation TO
the meeting last night. headed by the
Gilbert military band, OF Piedmont, and
having four or I've drum corps in
tho ranks. In line were the
Young Mems Escort club, the First
ward club, the Madison district club,
with drum corps, tho Tariff Champions,
the Eighth ward club and drum corps,
and squads Of several other clubs.
As the little procession marched up
Market street the scene wa brilliant IN
deed. Seldom is so large a quantity Of
py%rotechnics burned on so short =
route.
At Bridgeport the clubs were met by
two clubs from Martins Ferry, with a
brass band, the Bellaire club and Hack
ett's band, the Bridgeport Mckinley
club and a band, and n or two other
organizations. There were nearly q
thousand men in the escort which &C.
companied Governor Mckinley TO the
place OF meeting, Just east Of the office
OF the Ktna mill, where q neat and COM
modious platform had been erected and
profusely decorated.
Already a tremendous crowd had
gathered there. The scene ali along the
route OF march was unusually brilliant
There was scarcely a cottage. however
humble, along the line from Bridgeport
TO Etnaville, that was not gaily decor
ated and brilliantly illuminated. Lam
terms, red fire, roman candles and sky
rockets we're everywhere, %streaking the
sky with white upon a solid glare Of
crimson light.
All in all it was one OF the best dem.
onstrations over seen in the Ohio Valley,
and it wa appropriately located under
the shadow OF the booming mills which
have grown there in q few yearg under
the hene6cent influence of the Repub-
lican policy OF protection.
William Alexander, OF Bridgeport,
was chief marshal OF the big parade,
and his assistants we're Capt. o. NJ.
Davis, Capt. Burget &cConnaughey, T.
c. Robinson and J. f. Waters.
Governor Mckinley rodei in n carriage
with Hon, L DGnford, OF St ClairSviile,
Messrs. Charles Hs;nline aud ]. Z.
Trueman, and Just behind was a car
riage occupied by Messrs. ]. X. Hall,
Frank Stanton, Capt WIN. Travis and
DR.. W. L. Stathers. all OF Wheeling.
The carriages were escorted in the mid
die of hollow square formed by the
Wheeling escort boys.
M'KlSLRY's SPEECH.
When Governor Mckinley ascended
tho platform he was greeted with vocit-
erous cheering by the enormous thsonS,
which packed the open space for a !o2g
distance around. There were, of course.
varying estimates Of the crowd, but
about five acres OF ground we're filed.
Mr.. William Lloyd, of Etnaville, call
ed the meeting to order, and III. Charles
Heinlino acted as chairman. lie refer
red to the historic Garfield meeting at
-Etnayille in 1879, and quoted a predio-
uon he then made Of future growth Of
the r%eighboring industries-a prodic-
ton OF which the t%ultilment, due to
protection, vas Ear beyond anybody ex-
pcctations. Mr.. lIeinline introduced
Governor Mckinley, who was again
heartily cheered.
The Governor said he would not
make a long speech, as tho hour was al
ready late and no had spoken at great
length at Flushing in tho afternoon.
lie then launched into a consideration
OF the Importance oil tho approaching
election, and the sacredness of tho ball
OF, A man can only express his views
with effect, he said, by voting the ticket
o! ono OF tho political parties. He as
sumed that the election in November
would clothe with power eithor the Re-
publican or the Democratic party. He
was hero to discuss nos men, but meas
ures. Men Gre nothing in such a sam
ptugn except as they represent princi-
pies. There arc many differences be.
tween the Democratic and the Rcpub-
lean parties. but thore are but two
measures or when they fundamentally
disagree. One Of these is the tariff and
the other the state bank scheme OF the
Democratic platform.
he recalled the old times when there
were as many different %currencies in
circulation as there were states in the
Union. The state bank notes of that
era had no legal tender value, and they
were