Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-11-02
-FOUR OR A SORT.
Messrs Hart HOOtsn, Brady and Whitaker
Speak in North Wheeling.
TIE "REGISTER" TIE MAIN TOPIC.
Three Hundred and Fihy-Fi7s Persons Was High
Wafer Mark - Mr.. Whitaker Succeeded in
Talking Them Nearly all Out Of the Hall.
THE "REGISTER" TIE MAIN TOPIC
The Republicans held a grand rally

The Republicans held grand rally
! in the First ward last night.
That is to say, it was intended to be
a grand rally, for no less than four
speakers had been provided for the &C.
cassion, and the North End rink Sc
cured, which is capable OF accommodate
ing $500 TO 5000 people.
When the meeting was called TO order
by Captain William Otto, at eight
O'Clock, there were just one hundred
and thirty-four persons present by act
nal count, this number including several
ladies and score or so of boys with
good lung development. These kids"
had seats on the bleaching boards on
the south side OF the rink, and applaud
ed everything with enthusiasm, shrill
whistles and the energetic stamping OF
feet eking out their voices. The boys
were responsible for good deal more
OF the somewhat desultOry applause
than were the speakers, for whenever
the boys started racket suudry OF the
Republicans present felt in duty bound
TO keep 1t uD.
The meeting was remarkable for TWO
things-itS interminabIe length, and
the many illusions TO this paper. In
fact, the REGISTER Is such thorn in
the side OF the Republicans In this part
Of the country that no Republican meet
ing is complete without lot Of denun-
ciative remarks leVeled against IL, and
no Republican speaker feels properly
equipped unless he has several copies
OF this paper In his clothes.
Captain Otto introduced Mr.. Matthew
Mumiord, pottery employe, as chair
man, aud with the statement that be
was not pre- pared TO make speech, the
chair introduced Mr.. c. b. Hart, OF the
Intelligencer. Mr.. Hart began with the
remark that he was glad 10 be able to
again talk TO his old neighbors of the
First ward, and said be had not moved
very far away-"just across the hill-a
little nearer the poorhOuse, in dis
trlct hope TO see carried on Tuesday
and added to the column Of protection"
This produced rapturous applause
among the boys on the bleaChers. Mr..
Hart then said
beloved, we shall take our text this
evening from the local Book Of Demo
cratic Chronicles, otherwise known as
the Wheeling REGISTER. Here dozen
or so small boys near the door of the
hall were summarIly and nOisilY fired
out, and the resulting racket caused
Mr.. Hart to observe that be didn't
think there was fire. The speaker
referred TO hon. w. l.. Wilson as mis-
representing the Second district, quoted
at some length from the speeches
Of Hon. Wood Daily and Hon.
John A. Howard, rang the changes upon
Mr. Wilson's London banquet, and
dwelt upon this until he succeeded In
imparting a decided English flavor to
mis- remarks. Free trade" and "free
traders" were next assaulted by Mr..
Hart, and ne rambled along until about
half-past eight, when a drum corps and
the shouts of lot OF boys announced
the coming of Mr. Whitaker and Mr..
Hooten, the stellar attractions Of the
evening. Mr., Whitaker'S appearance
near the platform brought round OF
applause, the hundred or so voters
who came in with him found seats,
and then the audience seJtled down
again TO worry through Mr.. Harris
somewhat ponderOuS and deliberate,
but not impressive remarks. Mr.. Hart
took up. among other things, that por-
tion of Hon. John A. Towards remarks
which criticised the IntelligencCTS
article Oh the day after the meeting
of the Clarksburg convention, in calling
attention, for base purpose,to the fact
that Mr.. Howard was "a member OF
several Catholic societies, " and said that
the IRteUigencCr did not assault Mr..
HOward's religion, and after reading
the aforesaid article. in his paper, the
speaker said II Mr.. Howard had been a
Methodist, or an EpisCopslian, a mem
Der of the St Andrews Society, or of
the Y NJ. c. A, or CT any other society,
it would have been lust as natural
to have mentioned the fact No doubt
it would have been just as natural,