Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-10-24

the seating capacity was already half
occupied.
1us- before the meeting convened a
REGISTER reporter had q brief interview.
with Governor lacCork,e. during Wnlch
he said the daylight meetings al bar
ncsville and Woodsie.d were very
large. four or five thousand people as
semblsng at he last named place. Inc
Governor gave /. as his opinion tn&1
Nr. Campbell
WOULD CARRY THE STATE,
and said he had been making a mag
ntfcent campaign. and had carried the
r.7Dla with him from the start. GOV
er,r V-.cCorkle left the hall aJ hdll-
mast Ten. Immediately upon the compile
ION Of his speech. and crossed the river
IN Renwood. where he took a special
rain over the Ohio River road l0r
Peven-wo9d. where he arrived early
his morning and thence proceeded 2-
once to Spencer, where the asylum IN
.-srlg- Jon opens at ten O'Clock io-uay'
The Governor has been doing the hara-
~ sort OF work in Ohio, during the
mast couple of weeks, bU- is standing Il
frs, rate. and looks we'll
The meeting was
CALLED TO ORDER
a5ort nine o'clock by Albert Kennon,
Chairman of the Belmont County Demo
cratic Executive Committee, who intro
lree5 John r. Campbell, candidate Tor
Ra0reeeu-a. CT Bell9ire, 2s Chair
man. Tn calling the meeting 10 order,
lrr. Ke0non read a telegram from Gov
erncr Campbell TO The effect tina, ne was
Sick q. Hamilton. and expressing his
great regre- ,ba, he was unable 10 De
present. The telegram was as IoliCNS'
Hamilton. Ohio, October %.
SD mCcrC-ic Committee
81 am sick in bed. Governor Mac
C9rzle. Of West Virginia, viii ill my
a0roiu-mer- at your city. l desire 10
express nav sincere regret and dlsap-
Dc.u-uen- MOI 20 De present.
JAMES p. CAMPBELL.
Tn being introduced To the meeting,
Mr. <enron expressed his satisfac-
ION at The immense proportions of the
audience. and his disappointment az the
absence of the Democratic GuDernator-
ial candidate. e eulogizel Governor
Campbell as
a CONSPICUOUS LOVER
of honest government, and upon his
allus.0n % Mr.. C3mpbeils Presidential
possibilities The audience broke into a
mighty cheer. which was repeated with
interest when Governor MacCorkle was
introduced. he began by saying:
Bows. we haven't had a chance to
cheer for O Ions time. Get upon your
feet and give chree hearty cheers for
James =. Campbell
The audience responded to man,
and made the roof ring, while Governor
NacCOrkle sang
"They must come down
They viii come down
Glory. glcry halleluiah.'
He then launched into his address,
which was closely pUnc,uated with ap-
p.ause
~ the very outset. he said:
"lIy friends. DO not come 10 you as
greet and eloquent public speaker.
Whatever note I have achieved has
been FRI other things. But I wat 10 say
-ovou he. every patriotic c.-izen--every
man who
LOVES A MANLY MAN
every man who loves an honest govern
uent. mus admit thet the people are
rising as .hov have not before for
twenty-five years. 9nd tda, the rising
tide of Che Democracy is bearing James
p. CamDleu ON i.s crest towards the
Ccvcrn0rsnip. A week or so ago I was
with Mr.. Mckinley. and he said: Why,
AIR. MacCOrkle. we are President-mak-
Ing in this campaign. And I said 20
him: Governor Mckinley. in less than
TWO weeks / viii be i'm the President
making business myself, and
THE COMING NAN
will be James 2. Campbell "
a little further along he said:
I am here tonight TO talk 10 a LOT
OF poor. old bald-headel, back-sliding
Democrats. and after bit ] want a
couple OF front seats cleared out and 1
want you 90 come mp and kneel down
and let me talk 20 y8U. (Cheers)
Amt you ashamed of Yourself, you
rable wre,ches? (Cheers) What
made You DO t.? Who was It. my
friends. but your grand old Mckinley?
He was ha man chat did it, who has
been making the laws of this great
country. for the past th.rty-fve years?
Wasn't it The grand old Republican
par,y| And that is the party who is
responsible Tor whatever hard times we
have bad. II YOU had hard times your
Republican parry and your friend Nc
Kin,ey are
RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
The people see It. they are sorry for
VIVA they did q the last election. and
when this election is over. you VIII see
tile people with a majority of $4,000 or
more. cling You more iluen,ly than I
can ,hg, mistake has been rectifed.
I am going 10 talk solid facts 20 you,
you repe1.act m0uners. (Chears) I
am SONG 20 tell y0u sinners against
Democracy and the people of ,ha error
CT your ways, and awaken yet more
thoroughly In your hearts the contri-
ton I know you are beginning to feel
away down in your hearts. (Cheers) Is
there q working man here tonight?
Voices; Yes. Yes0 Well. I am glad
20 hear il. Did You ever hear Of hard
times under Republican rule and Re
publican laws? Do you recall the riots
of 1917 and the succeeding years? Have
you Forgotten
HOMESTEAD.
with its stockades and its soldiers and
its PinkertOn detectives and its Win
chester rifles? Who was responsible
Tor those horrible and narrowing
scenes if it was not William Mckinley
and his Republican friends? (Cheers)
And yet because. in @ few hours, we
did NOT crorraT i0 -ferLtfrc- rho r--osc