The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-07

uay, was q SUCCESS In every particular.
The weather was against It, but the rain
did not keep the crowd down as much as
was expected. Two Of the best meet
!ngs held this campaign were held and
the speaking waSsof the finest. Judge
Lansing, OF Nebraska. electrified his
audience In tho afternoon and Hon. Pat
rick O'Farrell. OF Washington City, did
the same at night.
The day was about aS miserable as far
as the weather was concerned as could
have been selected. In the morning
rain poured down until about noon.
when Il cleared up n little while, just
about long enough 20 give the clubs an
opportunity TO escort the speakers from
the McLure House to the park without
getting wet.
The DoveRer and Atkinson clubs OF
the Eighth ward. turned out In large
numbers and headed by Mayors band
and the Elkins' Cadets bugle and drum
corps. escorted the speakers in carriages
over the route printed In Saturdays In
telligencer and to the park.
The Elkins Cadets did not turn out as
had been announced, but their failure to
do so was not on account OF not being
sufficiently drilled, az was stated In
Saturdays News. The boys are drilled
to perfection and X was only through a
misunderstanding that they did not ap-
pear In the escort. Some person posted
notice on the door OF their headquar-
ters that they would not turn out owing
to the weather, and many of the mem-
bers reported and after reading the
notice returned home and took off their
uniforms. Hereafter they will report at
the hall for parade, rain or shine. and
there will be no more misunderstand-
ings Of that kind.
The parade started from the Mcclure
House about o'clock and when 1t
arrived at the park II was nearly 3
o'clock. consequently the meeting did
not open until half an hour later. 1t
was the original intention to hold the
meetings In the open air. but the
weather made It necessary to hold both
in the large pavilion. where seats were
arranged to Accommodate the crowd.
The Afternoon Meeting.
The afternoon meeting was called to
order by ". H. C. Curtis. Republican
candidate for legislature. who in q brief
speech introduced Judge l. W. Lansing.
OF Lincoln. Neh.
AS Judge Lansing arose to address
the audience. the applause and cheers
were deafening and 1t was some mo-
ments before he could begin. He pre-
faced his remarks by saying that he
sometimes thought that the chief centrs
OF attraction around him was the fact
that he Is from Lincoln. Nebraska, He
was native OF the same city which
William ]. Bryan called his home and
was ne!ghbor OF that gentleman. he
living In the Fourth ward and Bryan in
the Fifth. He spoke OF the prairles OF
his state and compared them with the
beautiful hills of West Virginia, which
he said II spread out would reach al
most 10 the state OF Nebraska.
He said that he supposed the people
out here wanted TO know what kind OF
people they had out there In the Wild
and wooly west. In answer he said. I'VE
eat, sleep. wear clothes, probably not as
good as you do out here, or as good as
we did four years ago, out still we live
pretty much the same as you do here"
AS TO Mr.. Bryan he said he was a
Gnod nelghbor. a good citizen and a
Christian. but very poor lawyer. He
IS gifted with CAB In very large Quantl-
ties and II he knew how 10 exercise his
talent In this respect. or had sound
judgement, he would be n wonder, but
he had not the judgment 10 back up his
gift OF CAB and was therefore a dema-
gogue OF the worst type. When he
made his speech IN the Chicago conven-
tlon, they called him the boy orator Of
the Platte; when he appeared at Madl-
son Square Garden they called him the
boy reader OF the Platte.
Judge Lansing then said he had been
questioned several times about the large
crowds Bryan was drawing everywhere
he spoke, and had been asked Il he
didn't think 1t looked bad for Republ!-
can chances OF success. In answer he
said NO"
1t Is Curiosity.
Why" they would say. Just look at
the crowds he Is drawing-e0.0 900 in
Cleveland. Columbus, Buffalo and every
city he visits" To which the judge an
swercd. That's all right. Last week
5000 people crowded Broadway in New
York city, and Bryan wasn't there, but
Ii Hung Chang was." The people were
there curious 10 See him just the same
Ils they are curious TO see Billy Bryan.
don't know how you people are down
here in West Virginia, but out our way
We rush TO see everything and every
body that comes along. II brass hand
goes down the street hustle out OF my
Office TO see It. especially II It makes rs
good music as this one here to-day does"
Bryan won't carry his own state, Ne
braska. First, because We will have
state pride out there OF such caliher
that Will not permit any demagogue
wh0 tries 10 array the poor against the
rich. to carry the state. Second. be-
cause two years ago he so disrupted
and dlsorganizcdt the Democratic party,
that to-day there are 1900 OF them
who Will not support him. He left them
SO they didn't know where they were
at" Thirdly, six years ago he was n
candidate for Congress and he told the
farmer he was not getting high enough
prices for his grain, and he went hefora
the working men In the cities and tolI
them they were paying too much for /,
what they ate and wore. He told them
both that the tariff was too high and
they were being robbed. He even went
80 far as to tell the farmers OF his dis
trict that II they elected him TO Con-
GresS they never would have any more
seventy.cent wheat. They elected him
and sure enough they haven't had sew
enty-cent wheat since. They are lucky
to get fifty cents q bushel for It now.
Another reason why Bryan will not
carry Nebraska is because h voted
and campnigned against the Mckinley
bill, which encouraged the beet sugar
Industry, which had just begun to
raise Its head In hIs state. By destroy
Ing the sugar bounty. they closed two
sugar retner.es In Lincoln, which turn
ed out 10000 tons OF sugar annually,
and employed hundreds Of men. II
Knocked out the farmers who had :
started to cultivate their farms and
raise heets. and they don't forget the
treatment they received at his hands.
The repeating OF the Mckinley bill also
destroyed the large industry OF man
ufRcturlng binding twlnc In Nebraska,