Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-10-26

and that thew expected that
ronntv to give Hon. John A,
Howard a rousing majority
He appealed to the farmers Wnom he
addressed to stop voting for hign tAAA'
ton and dear necessaTies OF lie Shu try
a contrary policy Of low taxation ana
cheap essentials Of life, and this sent
ment met with a hearty response from
MS audience. ,
Al New MartiHsville, which was
reached at ten o'clock, the crowd mum
bered six or eight hundred, there being
mapy Ohio citizens mingled with the
strong army of farmers from Wetzei
county. Some of these Iatter
had come ten aud fifteen miles
20 see and listen TO Mr.. wilson,
and they cheered him to the echo wnen
Senator Camden presented him. Mr..
Wilson spoke from the rear platform OF
the car for over twenty minutes, anu
was apDlauded again and again lie
| scored Mckinley hard In the auuress'
and made sharp contrast between tue
policies of the two great parties concIu-
sively demonstrating that the Demo'
cratic policy must afford a very large
measure of relief to the AGRICULTURAL
J class, after long years Of high taxation
and dear necesSaries OF lie,
At the conclusion OF his speech many OF
the sturdy Democrats OF Wetzel crowd
ed about Mr.. Wilson 10 shake his hand,
ana he enjoyed their hearty greeting<.
until the train pulled out Col. Robert
Browse and strong delegation OF down
river Democrats boarded the train al
this point.
At Sistersvile the crowd was even
Iarger than at New Martinsville. the oil
men being out in great force, while the
farmers were in town from away oacK
In the country and from all along tne
Ohio side OF the river. Mr.. VII
son left the car and addressed
the meeting from the porch OF Mr..
| Slemaker's residence, close oeslde
the track. His speech was about ths
same length as the one at New Mar
ttnsville, and the applause was fre luent
and hearty. His receptions at New
| Nartinsville and Sistersville were truly
great affairs, and Indicated a healthy
interest on the part OF the Democrats
OF the river counties in the issues OF
the cam mDaign.
Al Friendly there was q crowd OF
three or four hundred, aud the scenes
and incidents at New Martinsvil!e and
SIstarsyllle we're repeated. Mr.. Wilson
was introd uced by Senator Camden and
made another fine address which evoked
hearty applause.
The train reached ST. Marvs, Pleas
ants county, at 11:45, where 500 people
had assembled. Senator Camden hrst
addressed the audience, that Mr.. VIII
son might obtain little rest. he told
the pannle OF the great meetings 10
J wheeling WelneSc-r ~,s ht. and of the
great enthusiasm 10 all portion,
OF the State. The appearance oi
Mr.. Wilson was the signal
for prolonged cheering, which
was repeated at intervals during the
best speech Mr. Wilson made during the
trip. That his audience was apprecia.
tive was abundantly shown, aud after
the train started those on board con-
graduated Mr. Wilson on his effort.
At Williamstown there was the usual
large crowd, and more than the usual
enthusiasm. Manv Marietta citizens aud
lot Of the college boys came over, and
Mr.. Wilson as Did his West Virginia
friends. A. ten minutes OF one the train
pulled out for Parkersbure, amid the
cheers OF the crowd and the concerted
wells of the Marietta College students.
Before be left the Democratic ladies' Of
ST. Mary's and the ladies' OF the Wo-
! mems Christian TEN perance Union pre-
santad Mr.. Wilson with some very hand
some flowers.
The train arrived at Parkersburg at
| 1880, and was met at the depot by a
reception committee with carriages
aud two bands. Mr.. Wilson was re-
ceived with enthusiasm wheR be made
his appearance. The party were es-
/ corted TO the Court House Square,
where 5000 people had assembled. On
the stand were seated about 200 ladies'
and the leading Democrats of Wood
! county.
Hon. B. NJ. Amber was chairman
and made rattlng little ad-
/ dress, aud introduced Assistant
Secretary of the Navy McAdoo, Of New
Jersey. Mr. McAdoo began by paying
a splendid tribute TO Hon w. l.. Wilson
! and then began his consideration OF the
tariff question by saying that as 3
stranger VINO had been reading Mr.. Nc
] Kinley's remarks as he Travelled along
the Ohio valley, last week, be expected
| to see in the river towns and cities
swarms OF locked out aud striking oyer
| atiVes, and to look upon the pale, pinch
| ed and starving faces Of needy women
and children. To his surprise, be not
| only found the people apparently we'll
! fed, but prosperous, cOnteuted and happy
! In the knowledge that since the passage
| Of q Democratic reform tariff law busi-
Ress was reviying and manufacturing,
mining and transportation resuming its
| accustomed sway. he congratulated
his vast audience upon this prompt re-
sponse Of the business interests OF the
country 10 measure devised by the
Democracy for the relief OF the people,
and assured his hearers that the i'm
provemeut they had witnessed within
the past few weeks was but an earnest
OF the much better things to come, when
the Democratic policy should have had
chance 20 bring about all that its adher-
ents claimed for 1t. Passing 70 the
present Democratic administration, be
viewed its work aud contrasted IL with
the administration OF Harrison, which
had closed with depleted Treasury and
with the symptoms Of a coming panic
distinctly visible in the business skies.
and he then took up the inevitable evils
OF the Republican protection policy,
which had all but wrought ruin upon
the whole land. The calamity howlers
were roasted by Mr.. McAdoo.
why, 3 working mao in want eKcites
smiles 10 Tom Reed. A tattered tramp
is a picture Of soulful delight TO Nc
KinleH. A sight OF q poor mans home