Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-26
C. P. DORIS MISTAKE.
Attempted to Make an Address at Addison
when Not i'm "a Condition to DO So.
AnnTSON w Va October 49, 1896.

ADDISON, w. va, OCTOBER H. 1870
To the Editor Of the Register.
Sir:-Addison. Webster county. West
Virginia. is the home of G. l.. Dorr Re
publican nominee for Congress IN the
Third Congressional district. Mr.. Dort
has been absent from town FOR some TIME
as we suppose looking after ms interests
at other point in the district. FOR some
reason during his absence, the niue VII
lage has been unusually quiet. ana lne
citizens went about their business WIN
out interruption OF any klnd But on me
18th inst. Candidate DOrr very uneNpecI-
edlY put in his appearance, from WhlcI
time a Veritable reign Of terror mas Deeh
i'm progress, reaching CLIMAX on odtuI
day night. on the morning OF thdJ Gay
posters were distributed broadcast over
the town. stating that lion. =. tEoO!v'
of Pennsylvania, would auuItsS inc Nlli,,
Zens on the political issues OF the Gay,
1t was soon known to the people that MT.
SeVbold would not be present, that ms
business here was not of poltlcal halute
at all. and that DOrr ana the hon w.
& Dodrin had made the annOuncemeIll
tn draw a crowd for their own little et-
forts. At about 1880 o'clock the AuGlSou
Cornet band proceeded TO the our
House where they bowed long anu Iouu'
Rut DOrr did not make his appearance
The hand then marched to the residence
Of the Would-be Congressman. "heIe my
played longer and louder IMAM oeto.'i
But still no Dorr. BY TINS time lle UaNu
was Disguised and about TO repair 10 tIl'll
respective homes, when 10. MI. boiI en-
terad nnon the scene from dark alley, i'm
tow of a huge darkey. Dorr was Iust
about as drunk as he could be- anu "utu
he ATTEMPTED to step from the street lnl9
his own door. fell down Ihen lhe Dan"
pIaved some more. Boss Dodrill mere APP
peared and after fixing Dorr up, the an
nouncement was made that Jhey were
readv TO proceed to the Court HOUSE. ,
When the procession had arrived AT me
Court House. Boss Dodrlll' SeelhE tHd9C
Dorr was too drunk to stand alone hllllE
requested that the band play dlo'Hci
niece or two Cwhle Dorr sobered up a9
music had a tendency TO drive from tns
minds of men the poHtlcdl iiue9 W..
have been so closely drawn. bul lle poF
well knew that no music could DE rehueIvN
sufficient to extract whisky from an over -
soaked human body or blind the eyes on
sober men However, they needed lH5
command of the ringmaster ana pay cN
Ev actual count there were present i'm
the room exactly nineteen persons t"TlNS
/ of whom were Democrats anu ,,e,nbdrs of
publicans, exclusive OF the IltiIuvI ~
the band. DOrr. staggering over the iOOi''
Ladies and Gentlemen mot a lady pres
ent1.-The people of the Third ConEIe5-
e;l1.l district elected me as their stand
ard-as their standard-aS their SttHu.iI"
bearer. on the 18th day OF july i,,D ,,I-,..s
$50 to represent them III thS Co.i7 L.,
of West Virginia for the next four y. aIs.
If Won will vote for me Ill VIII vote 10
I nrotec. YOU and your manulao tute'2.
ask YOU. my fellow cltlzshS; $40 va 3
Z have made me your standard peaIvI' 10
vote for William Jennings Mckinney Tor
! Congress. and not 10 vote LOT "! o ~ el
! CIeye-Villiam Bryan. who says thal one
ounce of silver shall be worth sixteen
Rinrmastcr Dodrill claps his hands. and
the band played some more -, ,
Candidate Dorr then introduced BlIl D''5
,iU v-bo talked for a few minutes i'm such
maudAn. drunken manner that no one ne
i'm the house ever will know Just Whal ~
/ did saw. and for this reason, II Is said
made the better speech of the TWO. Ana
the band played Dixie. s..
eusting and disgraceful scene IN the MS
forv OF the town. Strangers visiting tne
snrings here We're shocked. ana Dorr :
marty friends condemn him in the most
bitter terms. and say that instead OF pc
ING sent TO Congress he should be treat 81
to n ride on the sharpest rail TO be found.
! MAY its like never be repeated IN Addlson:
As TO the truth of the above. sworn
statements from the best citizens OF the
town can be procured that the AFFAIR was
! even worse than here reported
REPORTER.