The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-15
WATTS AND GRADY
At the Opera II0use Last Nieiit+A Large
Crowd, Int II Doesn't Eutlhase TIL SEM
,,or & rN,ly sttra Them Up.

ator Grady sttra Them Up.
The state Democracy had1their In
aIngs In Wheeling last night in vel
coming to the city their candidate for
governor. General C. c. Watts. and
that rather entertaining and amusing
Tammany orator, Senator,Tfhomas i.
Grady. The. main meeting was held In
the Opera Housp. which was preceded
b. Il very crcdItablc street display.
There wits some delay lii starting the
parade and The people whoAad gather
ed In the Opera House became very
inpatient. Finally Charles +. Arm
stead, tho colored speaker 81 Charles
ton. W. Va, was discovered among
those seated on the stage land was
called out. He responded by remark
Ing that as there were some "sixteen-
horse power electric light speakers to
arrive shortly. TINT taIlyT candle
like himself had no business showing
his weak eftulsence. He said lie and
mountains, on the heights sWferc the
lightning never struck, and that every
thing In that section was for free silver
even the purllng llttl9 -uiountain
streams. After relating a few inconse-
Qucnt!2l anecdotes which hti no APP
p!!cation TO the questions at Issue. he
resumed his scat. "d
Then the FESTIVE audiencendisCovere
Hon. John o. Pendleton. That gentle
man related how he had Just returned
from stutnplnE trip through the
state, and he wanted to solemnly i'm
press the luminous fact upon his hear
ers that the cause OF Democracy was
growing everywhere w:thTfrec silver.
lie Vas also pleased to be1nble to con-
yey the startling intelligefcd' that free
silver sentiment was becoming lustier
every day IN Wheeling. All OF which
was submitted, and, Of cotiise. up
roariously approved by the,n.s,audlence.
He then dwelt on the Chestnut about
the wage-earners being afraid 10 an
nounce their sentiments publicly for
fear Of losing their situatidns.'
Avid AssertioiG!'!
Finally without the qulverrot an eye
lash he claimed that four-hfths OF the
sound money Democrats in Wheeling
were now In line, and that OF the time
Of the election they would allIFe'urn TO
the fold" and with ru.nter OK He
publicahs would Join In Regulating
Mckinley. After this effort Mr.. Pendle-
ton claimed that his VOICE was none
too good. and what he had. left he
wished 10 save for future engagements
In other parts OF the state. - =.
Ex-unfted States Marshal TInson, a
very pleasant faced old gentlenan,w was
called out. The burden akshIs COM
plant was that his son was Il sound
money Democrat. and hls.-son-in-law.
was a Republican. Everybody looked
on Alr. Y-insun with compassion and
after saying q few more words he sat
down ,,...T
At this juncture the sixteen horse
power electric, lights" as, Mr. Arm
stead so eloquently Designated them,
arrived. By this time the. orchestra,
dress circle, gallery and stage, were FILL
ed wifi people, among the.5 audience
being number Of iadles.roft County
Chairman Thomas N. Dartdh lost no
time in calling the meeting TO order.
and designating Mr.. NJ. T. .TiSsa US
chairman. After referring 10 Richard
Henry Lee in the continentalJe congress
Of 1TI6 and making some sort. or APP
rlicatIon to the Chicago convention Of
1875. he would now Introduce our can
dllate for governor. General Watts, he