The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-29

who formed nj the public building, corr
ncr at 7:30 o'clock. When the band be-
gan to play and the column moved down
Sixteenth to Market. there were Just
twelve members OF that once proud and
numerous organization, the Young
Men'sDemocratIcC Clubdn line. Theetforts
OF the few In line to induce Democrats or
former Democrats, who lined the side
walk at the public building square. to
drop In line. were quite funny.
The conversations In several cases ran
something like this:
Say, -, you're a Democrat. Get
In line here"
mot this year: some other year." was
one of similar replies.
And so 1t went.
outside OF the uniformed members Of
the Young Mems Democratic Club In
line at the start of the parade. forty-six
men were in line, together with fifteen or
twenty boysOn the line Of march there
were some accessions. but altogether.
counting the boys, less than 100 marched
to the Windsor to escort the principal
speaker. General a. J. Warner, OF Mari
eta, to the Opera House.
The Opera House Meeting.
The melting ut the Opera House was
attended by large crowd of the faith
full, but In the audience and on the stage
many OF the old time Democratic leaders
were conspicuous by their absence, and
when Col. Arnett, later In the evening,
referred TO this fact, the house was as
still as graveyard and the faces Of the
rank and file grew long as he made a
plea for the wanderers to return to
their old love"
On the stage, where chairs had been
placed for the 100 vice presidents named
by the committee, only fifty were occu-
pied and the more prominent men Of the
list printed In the Register were not seen
during the evening. John Minkemeyer
was present and occupied seat In the
centre OF the stage. Everybody In the
house knew he was there. for John start
ed the applause ever and oft with one OF
the most original outlaws ever thrown
at an unsuspecting audience.
The meeting was called TO order by ex-
Sheriff w. C. Handlan, who named Mr..
Julius Pollack as chairman. Mr.. Pol
lack said that the object was TO ratity
the nomination of Bryan and Sewall
and the platform upon which they were
nominated. He said that two years ago
when he met with such an inglorlous de-
feat at the hands OF Mr. Whitaker for
senator, he argued with the people that
the tariff was not the cause OF the hard
times, but that 1t was the money; now
the Democrats had come to see that his
diagnosis of the case was correct Mr..
Pollack's remarks were not received
with any great manifestation OF enthus-
lasm. but when he introduced Gen. A. J.
Warner, the applause was general.
Gen. Warmers Talk.
The gentleman from Marietta began
by saying that coming events cast their
shadows before and that the enthusiasm
of the people showed that they would
triumph at the polls in November. He
spoke of the various conventions that
have been held, beginning with the Re-
publican gathering at St. Louis. which
declared for the gold standard, and COM
pared 1t to what he was pleased to call
the grandcst convention In the history of
the country. In his mind all former
conventions OF oil parties have been con-
Quoted by politicians. but in the Chicago
convention the politicians got a black
eye and the people ran things to suit
themselves. He said the politicians had
come 10 Chicago to find that money
could not buy the silver men Off.
General Warner then proceeded to
eulogize Bryan and stated that no nomi-
nation since 1860 had been so we'll re-.
ce!rel by the people. In speaking OF
Sewall he said he knew the gentleman
well and although he was we'll off In tho
worlds goods, nevertheless he was a
good man and worthy to have his mama
on the ticket.
He referred to the silver mems convcn-
ton Mt st. Louis and said he had been
largely instrumental in having 1t held.
He had been at the meeting last Deccm-
Der In Washington, when 1t was deter
mined to hold n convention and II the
Democrats had not declared in favor of
silver. he would not have been In Wheel
Ing speaking In favor of the Democratic
nominee. He did not say much about
the Populiats' action In not placing Sc
wall on the ticket, but passed It by mere
ly saying that It had been delegated to a
committee and would probably be set
tied all right,
The True Patriots.
One amusing part of General War
ners talk was when he referred sar-
castically to the subscribers to the bond
issue by President Cleveland. as being
the true patriots and the saviors of the
country. F
The speaker said tho states west Of the
and Scwau and when hcsfound that the
statement tCkled the audience. he used
II every whip stitch" When he began
arguing the issue lie said there was onlyt
one and that Is money. The standard 1
was Eold and silver mp 10 1874, when
the change was made for u purpose He Z
said that when the 'crtme" was pcrpc-
,ratcd the government owed s2,Se50N0,-
0O0 war debt and he wanted to know
why 1t was that onc-half OF tho money
Of the country was destroyed before
the debt was paid, Eo tried to show thut
the two metals were about equal then
and that the action OF dcmOnCtizatlon
cut of half the money from the people
The country at that time didn't know
what It was dolNg. lie admitted that
the matter had been argued In Congress-
far two ycnrS aud had been printed In
the Congressional Record, but made
the statement that not single refer
Cpcc to the n act was made In any pa
lgr In the country. lie also startled his
listeners by asserting thnt majority
pt nll the great American papers were
owned by Europe,
Snys Prices Arc TOO Low.
lie said that at present prices for pro-
ducts and commodities are too low. The
aa''''se WIZ MUS man WIZ ieeti huuu
when he wakes IN to realize he Is got ,
ting his food and wearing apparel too
cheap, and without doubt he will fall
all over himself In his hurry TO get 10
tho polls In order that he may vote to Z
pay moro for everything he buys. In
General Warmers mind prsccs are toe +
low and money too high and tho only