Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-11
OHIO REPUBLICANS
CONE OYER 70 WHEELING 10 HOLD A JOL-
LITIGATION MEETING,
With q Few Active Politicians from this City
Wheeling Republicans to 90 10 Co
lumbas To-day.


There was magnificent demonstra-
ton of the Ohio county Republicans at
the Odd Fellows Hall last night. There
must have been nearly $50 present, in
cluding several from Etnaville,
across the river, and the meeting was
about as lively as a funeral. A few
humorous stories with no bearing on
politics brought forth laughter, and
one reference to Mckinley was the
cause of slight applause, but en-
thusiasm was entirely wanting over the
result. However, part of the crowd
was held and the meeting lasted about
TWO hours. There was considerable
speculation as to what the Democrats
would do with the tariff, and much dif-
ference of opinion as TO whether they
would live up to their platform or come
around to the Ohio opinion and keep up
protective tariff.
James X. Hall was made chairman
OF the meeting, and George B. Caldwell
was the first speaker. He thought the
Republican victory had come down like
the Kansas rains, in answer to prayer,
and like them was regular gully
washer" He thought all prospect Of
Democratic success In 1896 had been
washed away
Col. c. L. Poorman, Of Bellaire, said
that in the last few years he had been
through so many landslides that he
hardly knew where he was at" de
drew a word picture OF the result OF Re-
publican legislation, showing 300 banks
suspended, twice 800 mills closed,
smokeless stacks and fireless furnaces
and charged the offensive Democrats,
who as yet have had no opportunity TO
cause ANYTHING, with having done 1t all.
The triumph OF Democracy, he said,
had grown out of thirty years OF Re-
publican rule. The soreheads OF the
Republican party and those who fought
against the party-this was the con-
glomeration which had elected Grover
Cleveland. He spoke Of Grover
Cleveland's wild team" and the
Democracy which would always make
enoungh bunders to cause Republic
can victory. he said the recent cleo
ton had saved the country, for it would
make towards Of the Democrats and
they would be afraid to carry out the
pledges OF their party.
Mr.. C. B. Hart thought that Mchin-
lev had been running in every precinct
in tho country where an election was
held and that the result showed that OF
sll the great men of the country, Clay,
Webster, and all the rest Of them,
not one had ever taken firmer hold on
the hearts and intellects Of the people
than Mai. Mckinley. He tattied up the
Democrats who voted with us" and eX-
planned the big Republican vote by say
ing that people out of work were sim
ply voting in the hope Of making times
better. He became humorous over the
Presidents Thanksgiving proclamation,
and represented Republicans as eating
turkey on that day, while the Demo-
Gratis would be eating crow and rooster.
He waxed eloquent over "a free ballot
and a fair count" He said ballot box
frauds had taken the place OF shot
guns in the South and that
bv reason OF these frauds the
Democratic victory Of 1892 was not a
fair expression of the will OF the people.
He urged organization and the help OF
those present to wipe out the entire
Democratic representation in Congress
FROM West Virginia.
C. l.. Weeks, of st. Clairsville, COM
plimented the Democrats by charging
them with consistency, and said ne
thought they would not change their
policy. He said his party had torn the
Mountain State from the very jaws Of
hell and hoped 1t would turn out next
year and break the Solid South.
c. J. Heinlein, young man from
Bridgeport, Representatives. from
Belmont county, spoke of West Virginia
as Ohio's gift to the nation, and told
how they together had driven the
rebels out. He said Ohio had given It's
big majority because they had had a
fair count, and whole lot OF stun
about frauds and fair counts in the
South.
George w. Atkinson spoke Of the
lessons to be learned from the result OF
the election. The first result will be
the inevitable nomination OF William
Mckinley for President in 1896, and
any one might as well try to dam the
Ohio river with corn cobs as to try to
prevent it. He predicted the inevitable
nomination Of Mckinley for President
and Car Reed for Vice President, and
said that before them the Democrats
would fly as chaff before the wind.
The second result is that tho Demo-
Gratis will change their policy with re-
gard to the tariff. He thought they
were not all fools, as shown by the way
so many OF them voted, and that the
Democrats at Washington were smart
enough to profit by the result in Ohio.
Another result is that Grover CleVe-
land, the car of his party, can no lon
ger dictate TO his party as he has been
doing.
The last lesson to be learned from the
election is that the Republican party is
not dead. This seemed to be one Of the
most surprising lessons to be learned,
and gave the speaker so much eneour-
sZement that ne predicted that in 1894
West Virginia would send a solid dele
CATION of four Republicans to Congress.
Capt. B. B. Dove-er seemed to think
that because Andrew Jackson and
Thomas Jefferson were dead that the
Democratic party had no statesmen.
He had seen almost nothing said about
VIM. L. Wilson since the election and
asserted that the Democracy is dead.
Judge R. Fl. Cochran told a number
OF anecdotes which broke the solemnity
of the occasion and had no bearing on
politics They put the audience in a
good humor though and made it appear
willing upon the suggestion OF Mr..