The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-23

which he travels. Whsfattnchad to tho
wheeling exprAas At the Junction ~
was transferred To-. the Cumberland
I. branch. and came up I'M the feEullr
train, arriving In Cumberland at $40.
All along the route from KIng'A creek
up. the factory whistles sounded o cld-
rus ofwelcoin1. htsthe'blg Black Horse
sewer pipe works, the train stopped
while the engine tooks,water. and the
WorRmen passed through the car and
were introduced 10 the genial senator,
VINO gave all the boys n cordial hand
shake. AT The Chelsea, aba. there were
. number OF people, aiil when the d..
pot at this place was reached there was
Il large crowd OF ladies' and gentlemen
prelent, At the request OF some OF the
party. Senator Eikins made o few re-
marks from the rear platform ua his cur
70 the crowd, and three Hearty cheers
were given him. II
On his return trip toSwheeltnE Mr.,
Elltlnss car was transterrei at SteuDeh-
Vile. and as soon us 1t was known that
he was there d crowd Of several hun
drcd people assembled about the car aud
Insisted upon Il speech. They wanted
him TO remain over and speak Tonight
but the senator's engagements would not
admit OF that and he made u brletspeech
from the car platform and was loudly APP
iplauded. l'
Captain Garllcls. one of the most
loyal Republicans In the valley. sent
his steamboat the steamer Princess,
down to Toronto, with two barges and
brought up q large delegation from
that place. There were forty wheelmen
In the Toronto delegation. who had
their bicycles decorated and rode In the
~ an a IL
whe6lmen. There We're one hundred
wheelmen IN thu procession.
One of the novel features OF the pro-
cess!on was the Young Ladies' McKin-
ley Club. numbering about one hun-
dred, who marched in the procession.
with red, white und blue sashes and
gold badges.
Tie Meeting.
Judge Campbell presided at the
meeting and In 4 most eloquent speech
introduced Senatpf Elklns. The senator
said the meeting was the largest meet
Ing, considering the population OF the
community, he had addressed during
the present campaign, and that II the
yellow emblems counted for anything.
the golden rod was safe. and would be-
come the national flower Of this Coun-s
try. Ee entered right into the discuss
lon and proceeded 10 attack the falla-
| cies OF Alr. Bryan and his party. He
said he liked. In the discussion OF these
| questions. to present facts, and always
carried them with him. The Demo-
cratic party, he said. could not stand
facts. Among other things the Senator
showed by statistics how the laboring
| people had prospered under Republican
| administration, and how the working
npnn1a had hSan q h1a 1aN- trnp
In the savings banks. 8 81
He said he did not want anybody to
go away and say she had abused the
| new-fargled Democracy. He simply
put upon the witness stand some of.,he
| most distinguished Democrats IN the
land. and read what they said about
| Mr.. Bryan's policy.
It IS estimated that fully five thou
sand people listened TO Senator Elk!ns'
| speech. which was made from n plat
form IN the court house square. The
immense audience gave him undivided
attention,and his sledge hammer blows
and mastery arguments produced
good impression. Among those who lis
tened to the speecifNwas the First Vot-
| ters' Club, OF thislplace, composed Of
eighty young men who will cast their
| first vote for Mckinley and Hobart
| Another novel feature was brass
band composed of young ladies, who
discoursed good music
Ttare were abdGt' 1000 people I'M the
parade, including clubs from Liverpool
and Steubenville.
Senator Elkins stated to-day that
this Is the. third speech making tour
he has made OF the state in this cam
paigr. that during, the second tour he
had noticed that Htthe tide for sound
money and protection had set in since
the first and that on the present trip
| he has been impressed with the fact
that the Republican cause has gained
strength since his second tour. He IS
confident OF success In both state and