The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-13
POLITICAL NOTES.
sIeetlt, s 81 In tic Eaturs ana Gossip Abon,

Meetings In the Faturs and Gossip About
~ the Clubs.
The following letter from prominent
wholesale produce house 10 South
Side retc.iler, Tells Of the ebbing silver
. wave:
81, GENTLEAfEN:-As n matter OF In
terest 10 you. and as showing how the
farming communities in Ohio, Indiana,
4 illinois,, Kentucky and Michigan feel
upon the money question. now an i'm
portant issue In the ensuing election, We
beg TO state that some two months ago
we sent inquistes to agentstin almost
every county in the states named to as
certain the prevailing sentiment. An
? swers to these Inquiries We're very gen
Y eral, and showed a result OF g. per cent
{ In favor OF Free Coinage of Silver, and
80 per cent In favor Of the present Gold
Standard
As indicating 81 sweeping change in
sentiment during che period named, we
q may state that within the past Two
weeks we made similar Inquiries OF the
same parties. and the answers show 25
Z per cent in favor OF Free Coinage and
20 per cent in favor Of the Gold Stand
5tard.
The Elkins Cadets held meeting last
might after returning from the East
I End meeting. 1t was decided to so 10
I Aioundzville Tomorrow evening. The
y train leaves the Baltimore &: Ohio depot
Z at Ills. The club meets at their head
quarters at Gas. and will march to the
depot. The fare for the round trip Is
4 very low, thirty-fiv. cents. The Cadets
will go TO Parkersburg on the 22nd and
to Pittsburgh on the 3lst Of this month.
The secretary was instructed at last
4 nights meeting to invite the Americas
Club. of Pittsburgh. as guests OF the
& Cadets during the big demonstration
here. October a. An Elklns Day in
Wheeling Is proposed by the Cadets.
Many prominent speakers will belnvited
The date will be set later. a committee
+ was appointed to consider plans OF per-
3 fnanent organization. The committee
4 will report at the next meeting.
The Register said A.. ]. Warner ad-
I dressed 5000 people at East Liverpool.
i A gentleman living at that city says
there were probably 500 people at the
meeting and that there will not be more
Z than this number OF votes for free silver
I'm that city OF l.. 900 inhabitants. :
- The evening paper yesterday publish
ed sensational story about IN alterca-
ton between the drum majors OF the B..
s b. BDoyener Club and the Six Footer3,
Z during the excursion to Canton last Sat-
+ urtay. Tht. article states that both the
drum majors were powerful built COL
4 ored men," The misunderstanding IN
4 question did occur. but those who know
&C.sE. Wagner, the drum major of the
Il Six Footers, were surprised to read that
he was "a powerfully built colored
man." When he appeared in the parade
last night he was the same fair COM
plxioned. slender-briit young white man
that he has been ever since he grew to
a be eligible to belong 10 the Six Footers.
1.-THE account of the trouble was. eNagser-
ated.
al { Popocratlc meeting held Mt the
street car barns last night was failure,
cloth as to crowd and attention. There
n were only 700 persons present, and the
i voices of the speakers were almost inau-
< dibIe on account Of the.poor order pre-
I ynillna. Many OF the marchers kept up n
X din with their drums, and In other ways
added to the confusion. The poor atten-
Stlon given the speakers cannot be
{ charged to Republicans. Hon. John A.
! Howard was the principal speaker
80 Last HlSNt pdIauc VI lHS IppoSitts
y contained new transparency. one
with AZ much poor judgment as the
previous ones carried. It had inscribed
4 on sit--in poor lettering, Of course-"W.
3iJy. Irwin, the Next Sheriff OF Ohio
+ County" Such an inscription might be
appropriate after the Ides OF November
Z mad not the fatcs dccreed otherwise.
Z There Is q Republican marching club
named after the next sheriff.
"A young man who was In the employ
!, of a well known Democratic candidate
5on the county ticket. complains that he
Z was discharged for going to Canton last
Saturday, He says he asked to get of
TO 10 with the club OF which he Is n
4 member, and his boss told him II he
4 went he could not come back TO work.
:. Tho Sixth ward Republican club will
4 meet tonight Mt the Headquarters on
Z Reimbursement street. They VIII be
4 .addressed by Hon. J. C, Brady and
z others, a full attendance OF the Repub-
.tlicans OF. the ward Is requested. ~ !,
ono week from Tomorrow Senator
& Frye. of Maine, one OF the most brilliant
U orator, In the country. will speak In
Wheeling, and his coming VIII attract
h 1nnny strnngers from surrounding
y towns, The meeting will probably take
y place lnSthc aftcrnoOntat n polnt'yct tn
Z DO determined upon. The committee