The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-10-20

the hundreds aboard to the throng,
having with themthePt Marion band.
A special train from Fairmont came
in at IL o'clock with seven cars
packed with people. They were ae
companied by the Rivesville band.
The regular Pittsburg train came
in at ll:45 1t was longer train
than ual and every car was crowd
ed with representatives of the Ran
dali and Carlisle clubs of Allegheny
county and great numbers of the
County Democracy They bad With
them the Cathedral band, of Pitts
burg. Soon afterwsrd long special
train come in with Braddock, Nc
Keesport and Fay county people,
who marched up town headed by
Rutter's band, of Uniontown.
There was then in town a surging,
seething mass of humanity, the like
of which had never been known be
fore. Although the good omen of
the skies clearing was not actualized
for any extended time, as there were
intermittent showers all morning, it
was not complaining crowd, and
the drizzling elements but added to
the enthusiasm. A determination
seemed rife that no intervention of
atmospheric condition should damp.
en- their ardor, if their apparel and
skins were not dry And it didn't.
There was no organized parade,
and while the bands played and the
people cheered and ate-for the ho-
tells, restaurants and lunch counters
were besieged-the people contented
themselves to wait till 1870, when
the speaking would begin.
That hour came, and in the pub
lie square there was a solid mass Of
people. Every window of the court
house was peopled with listeners, the
court house steps and verandas were
crowded, and men were on the tops
of nearby buildings, even across the
street. The stand erected for the
speakers occupancy was at the east
front of the court house, and was
handsomely festooned with bunting
and Wilson portraits. The stand
was filed with people, few to speak
and the remainder to listen.
Hon. John j. Brown presided over
the meeting 1t is rare of late years
to hear Mr.. Brown as an active par,
ticipant in functions of political
nature, but it is a treat when he
does. His dignifed bearing com
mAnds attention from all, even
those who do not know The
estimate put upon his charac-
ter here at home, and at the
sound Of his voice there was silence
in the vast throng. His address was
short but replete with the grand
truths of Democracy. When the
speaker paid a tribute to Hon. VIM.
L. Wilson, the first of the greatest
of those many cheers with one &C,
claim was given, and this tribute
was paid in quite elegant style and
use of language. Then he introduce
ed eX Governor A. B. Fleming, the
first speaker of the day.
Gov. Fleming is never received as
a stranger here, and when he arose
there was cheer after cheer He
said that as he looked upon the
thousands before him he felt that
the Republican charge of apathy in
the Democratic ranks had been most
amply disproved, No one could look
upon this great outpouring of the
Democracy of the central and west
ern portions of the Second District
and not believe that the Democratic
voters in Mr. Wilson's district were
aroused as they had never been be
fore, and that they were determined
to secure the reelection of VIM. L.
Wilson by a larger majority than he
ever before received. Touching upon
the tariff and the work of the pres
ent administrator and of the Fifty
third Congress, Gov Fleming made
a ringing and eloquent exposition of
the Democratic policy and purposes,
and passed from that to an arraign-
ment of the Republican party, which
provoked the widest applause, He
did not fail to artistically call down
the Republican calamity bowler, and
this he did in terms not to be mis-
taken, and there was logic in his
reasons also. Mr. Wilson had then
arrived and quietly got upon the
platform without the speakers
knowledge, and seeing him the GOV
ernor closed, amid cries of go or, :"
and insistence on Mr.. Wilson's part
that he continue. The speaker ex-
planned that he had already spoken
for half an hour and now the people
wanted to hear the man who was to
succeed himself in Congress by the
voters of the Second West Virginia
district.
Mr.. Brown was felicitous in his
Introduction Of Mr.. Wilson.
1t was some time after ising To
his feet before Mr.. Wilson could
make himself heard. THIS very
juneture nf the fnneiion had been
awaited with an enthusiasm which
had been pent up for wide expan-
sion at ehis period AS Mr. Brown
pronounced his name and indicated
Mr.. Wilson with n graceful gesture,
then full vent was given to the
voices Of the crowd; repetitions OF
genuine explosives in hnzzans were
given that were most cheerfully,