Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-20

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November 10. 1896.
| The reception rendered the Faulkner
Silver Club at Fulton last night, was the
/ biggest event that has taken place in that
I town since the campaign. The boys
marched to Fulton in body in full
uniform and i'm all their campaign regalia.
They turned out sixty-dve strong and
opened up the campaign of 1900 in true
Democratic style. The attention they re-
ceived marching through the streets could
only be compared TO a popular demonstra-
ton The Fulton drum corps and club
met the boys at Eleventh street and es-
corted them out Plenty of red fire was
burned along the way. When they reach-
cd Fulton they received an ovation. The
ladies fulfilled their promises in way that
left nothing TO be completed Long rows
of tables loaded down with tempting eat
ables were arranged in Stanke's hall ana
the boys. attended by the ladies. did ample
Justice TO the feast. After supper the rest
Of the evening was delightfully."- passed
i'm dancing. The members of the club were
profuse in their thanks for the big feast
and splendid hospitality extended them
and expressed their appreciation through
the president of the club in warm terms.
Within the past few days the name
of Mr.. William b. Simpson has been
brought up in connection with the
nostmastership of Wheeling under the
coming administration, and has met
with almost universal favor. Mr..
Simpson has a great many very lnnu-
entail friends among the citizens OF
Wheeling. irrespective Of party, and
the hestowal of the Office upon him
would have the distinct approval or a
large majority of the people of this
community.
The Wheeling Intelligencer, 10 in
1uence bets. misrepresents the report
of Secretary of State S. NJ. Taylor. Mr.
TAYLOR has absolutely refused to decide
who won the bets made that Mckinley
would have $4,000 more votes than
BRYAN in Ohio, and anybody who has
been fool enough to surrender on the
Intelligencer's statement has simply
been fooled out of his money by a rake
publication.-Bell Tribune.
The newspapers have started the
Riverside furnace four times since the
electiOn the first time with 500 men,
the second with 200, the third with Low
and the fourth with 125 men. When
il does start it will make five items IN
the Mckinley industrial boom. 1t was
shut down a few weeks ago because
the men refused to accept reduction
in wages. -SteUbenville Gazette
It has been suggested, since the cleo
ton of Mr.. Payne to the House OF Del
egates from Fayette county, that II
would be nothing more than right lot
the Republicans TO give one or more
positions about the Legislature 10 p
resentatiyes of Mr.. Payne's race. MT
PAYNE is the first colored man ever
chosen to the West Virginia Leglsla-
ture.
OF course. Col. Hart. of :he Intelligencer'
will take the Spanish mission in case he
discovers an the better places have neeh
pre-empted. The Colonel reads Spanish
and can say 'bUenos noches. car
r,nbor' Isl senor." Eel Diablo" and a few
other brief remarks. This is where he
would have an advantage, in the foreign
service over Charlie Bachmann. in case
the latter should get the Belfast job.
Charlie is just trihe rusty on Irish.
They do say the Ohio county Republic
can ring has reorganized and transferred
IFS field of activity TO city politics And.
d. is further alleged that all the offices
have beeu slated. Messrs. Schultze Con-
neu Caldwell Johnson. Steinbecker,
Bowers. ct al. are recommended to have
-,ri,-ste interviews with sam Boyce.
mo- NI,nat. Capt Billy Travis,
Zoe" E,lson and DOC" Taylor. They
can tell how it feels to triie with the
powers that he.
Another item Of political gossip which
has the merit Of piquancy is that MI
Walter Rnehart is an asPirant for con-
sular position to the Island OF Sicily
This appointment, if made. would be IN
the nature of another reward of merit,
for Mr. Riuoharts herculean efforts for
the gold standard are well known.
Among ahose mentioned for Council in
the Eighth ward on the Republican ticket
are Fred. Williams. for the First Branch
David Hahne. Vim. Rose, Richard Miller
and Matthew Hercules for the Second
Branch. 1t is given ont that DR.. Stathers
will not bee a candidate
C,overnor-elect Atkinson is the busiest
man i'm town these days. His mail runs to
about two hundred letters every twenty
rour hours. and his stenOgraDher and
tvpewriter is working over time. His
coming ExcelIency is beginning TO realize
that nublic life is not all roses and leisure.
Some inquiry has been made as to the
extraction of Mark Hanna, the Mckinley
campaign manager. Mr.. Hanna is de-
scondant of the Scotch-Irish race. He is
"a born American His greatgreatgrand-
ratber Thomas Hanna, emigrated from
ireland in 1864 and settled in Penusyl-
vania.
friend ~ the Register suggests that
if folks will keep looking alternately at
the position of Secretary of State and Hon.
W / w. Cowden. the two objects will uld
rratelv come into the same field of vision.
stranger things than this have happened.
II IS said that Conrad Bremen, the cigar
manufacturer. of the Eighth ward. has
dead sure cinch" on a job as deputy sher-
ill., There is nothing so uncertain, how
ever. as a sure thing.
There is a strange bsckwardness about
our friend AR T. &. Franzheim in com
ing forward at this critical stage. Mr. Ed.
would grace diplomatic post in the land
+ of ceramics. lasquer work and tidal waves.
Have Won noticed how the combat