Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-03

| uted by Republicans to every one wh1
| would wear them or fiaunt them about
while Mckinley pictures of ali sizes
and Mckinley badges of several varie-
ties appeared in surprising quantities
This would have been bad enough if II
had been all that happened, and would
have fully shown the disposition to in
terfere with the demonstration on the
| part of those who do not worship Nc
kinney and Mark Hanna as the only real
opponents of American craftsmanship
but il was only the beginning of things
nuch worse. A crowd of young men,
wearing good clothes, but hOodlums at
heart, rushed through the crowded side
walks IN solid squads with linked arms
yelling for Mckinley; other squads were
given large Mckinley portraits on long
| sticks which they carried high in the
| air or thrust into the faces of Demo-
Gratis, while Still others, armed with
cubs, stood along the edge of the crowd
IN the darker portions of the streets,
| midway between electric lights, and as
| the procession passed struck the sticks
OF red fire from the hands of the young
men delegated 10 carry the torches. In
the Second ward black Republicans
went even farther AS Mr.. Bryan's
| carriage passed Eleventh street a gang
| OF negroes concealed behind the front
ranks OF the crowd threw rotten toma-
| toes at the candidate, and the white
horses We're struck by several OF these
missiles, while jeers, sneers. Kisses and
ye.!s for Mckinley were heard at vari-
Gus points. And Republican citizens
Calming to have good manners and
popularity supposed to have good sense.
openly encouraged this. On Market
street men were mailing large Mckinley
portraits on poles and handed them TO
| squads of young ruffians, with instruc-
| tons to carry them and yell for the Re-
publican candidate.
AS rule the Democrats paid little at
tenCon to this sort of thing, although
IN TWO cases officers of marching cubs
VINO were armed with canes knocked
down particularly obnoxious rufians.
The next time anything Of the sort oc-
ours however, there will be trouble with
a large 7. Democrats have stood about
as much Republican insolence as they
care TO. The Republican programme of
interference was commenced at the Rel,
meeting in the Sixth ward. and has been
continued ever since. 1t will be at
tempted once too often. Democrats do
not make Republican demonstrations
an occasion for interference. They are
perfectly willing to allow Republican
demonstrations to pass off quietly
peacefully and to give that party hIll
swing in its meetings and parades. and
ask and Will insist upon the same treat
ment in return.
a great many cases Of pocket-picking
were reported yesterday, and there were
undoubtedly many more which were not
reported. The work was done by an or
gained gang which makes It a point
10 be at every Bryan demonstration and
works the crowds with the skill of ex-
perts During the first day Mr.. Bryan's
party was in West Virginia a number of
distinguished gentlemen were robbed
Ex-senator Henry G. Davis being
among ting number. His loss was re-
ported here as being $3.50. Col Fitz-
gerald, the Populist candidate for Gov
ernor, was robbed twice After the
thieves got his pocketbook Mr.. l. c..
Ralphsynder pressed a loan OF ten dol
lars upon the Colonel, but in half an
hour the thieves had the ten dollars
also. Hon. w. c. Handlan was robbed
OF considerable sum, and It was stated
that Col Thomas O'Brien had like un-
pleasant experience Hon. c. H. Tur-
ner, of New York City, who addressed a
large Democratic meeting in the Sixth
ward last night. was robbed of all tire
money he had after the Bryan meeting,
and Col w. w. Arnett lost S206 at the
Baltimore and Ohio depot Oscar Wild
had a $50 dollar diamond taken from his
shirt, at the intersection of Market and
Fourteenth streets, while watching the
procession. Chief Marshal f. II. Lang:l
was robbed of SIG or SIS, and even His
Honor the Mayor was relieved of his
pocketbook. Fortunately it contained
no money. Rusher Mann, OF Monroe
county, o., was robbed of a pocket book
containing $3S and a large number of
valuable papers; DR.. Burton, of East
Wheeling. lost his pocket case of instru
ments: Joseph Weight. Of the Sixth ward,
was robbed of $2S; A. W. Sheppard, of
Bellaire, was touched for $40 and lot
of valuable papers; Mr.. Martin, of Zoar,
O.. lost a pocketbook with valuable con-
tents. and so II went. More than thirty
poke books were found yesterday on
the Fair grounds, at the depOts, in ash
barrels. garbage boxes. etc, which gave
a pretty good idea o. the business done
by the thieves. Doubtless many more
pocls tbooks were thrown into the river
and creek. In two or three cases
thieves were grabbed, but they always
succeeded in making their escape in the
dense crowd.
In addition to the large number of
distinguished gentlemen upon thu
speakers stand at the Bryan meeting
and mentioned in yesterdays Register
there were Col. Robert McEldowney,
Hon. Sep. Hall. Ex-Governor Fleming,
Governor MacCorkle. Hon. c. H. Tur-
ner. Of New York; Hon John o. Peyton,
Col. Ned Wood and General Holly. A
larger number of well known public men
have seldom been seen N this city.
The jam on the South Front street
stairway of the steel bridge Thursday
evening, was something tremendous.
Once the crowd was wedged in so tightly
that a lady was badly crushed and was
only saved by being lifted bodily over
the heads of the crowd and passed along
to the foot Of the stairs.
Mr.. Bryan is as confident as ever as
n fhe result of the election. On the way
to Wheeling he declared positively to
members of the Reception Committee
that he would be elected. That his con-
fidence is well founded was proven by