The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-08
WAS RATHER FROSTY.
Not The Weather, but the Alexander Meet
Ing In the East End-POor Showing OF
Marc hing Clubs.

Ing In the East End-Poor Showing OF
Mare hing Clubs.
Hon. Ross J. Alexander. of Belmont
county. O.. addressed the silver Demo-
Gratis last night in the Beabout club
room. in the East End. There was n
slim crowd present. The dodgers dis
tr!buted during the day, made press
Ing call FOR large attendance, and yes
terday mornings Register urged all the
marching clubs to participate In the eS-
cort. The escort consisted OF but four
clubs. neither OF which Shaved IN
strongly. The Bryan and Sewall. and
Young Mems Democratic cubs failed 10
arouse enough enthusiasm among their
members to make a respectable showing,
and consequently decided not to parade.
The few chairs in the room were filled.
and the other Spectators were Obliged to
stand The. number OF people standing
diminished during the progress OF Mr..
Alexander's lnnS-winded speech, and
the few remaining became SO restless
that chairman +. II. Langc was fire.
Quently obliged to call for order.
Mr.. Alexander, as Is expected OF all
P0pocratic orators, talked chiefly on
silver All tn. Ills that man ls at pres
demOncilzcd-ns he termed Tin 1873.
He waxed very eloquent over the alleged
crime, but gave no reasons why the fol
lowers of Bryan In this section OF the
country have never paid attention 10 1t
before. He claimed that. the bill was
passed without the knowledge nf those
who voted FOR II, or tn. speaker of the
house, and that no human being has
since been able to tell why the bill wa,
passed. mo wonder" said the speaker,
that II has been called crime; 1t was
conceived In sin and brought forth in In
!quity."
The speaker maintained that the sil,
Yer question was a very simple one only
their opponents having difficulty In faith
Om!ng Its intricacics, n statement that
brought forth some applause. The sill
Yer mine owners have been cheated by
the government, was also another state
mcnt advanced. Whether the govern
ment would be cheated by forcing 1t to
pay an Inflated price for silver as de-
sired by the western jagitatOrS, was a
proposition left undIscus8-d.
Mr.. Alexander used many of the
stock In trade" silver arguments. so
familiar TO the audience. that when he
branChcd of on fierce denuncIntl0n of
Dhihn anu tpl IUl dLIDII'' HIS VI tu 'rhil-
tors experienced n temporary relief.
But silver bobh-d up scrcnely ut many
intervals of his prolonged speech.
a new scheme of political mlthcrnat-
les was advanced by Mr.. Alexander.
The New England states, with an area
cQuallnE Ohio's. have twclcvc senator's,
while Ohio has but two. Kansas. with
Its large area, has two senators. The
speaker seemed to think that rcprcscn-
tatlOn By population should be changed
to representation by area. None Of
those little New England states with
their large populations should have
more dictatlOn than western or south
crn state. According to his reckoning,
Nevada should have about nine ScHa-
tors. Nevada Is for silver you know.
Ills remarks along this line were very
sectional In their character. which he
tried TO intensity by anying that in
Maine the per capita was $l2S 50, to
S26 Il In old Virginia. He denounced
I'll. government b0ndholdcrE. who, h"
said. pay no taxes for the support OF
government institutions: that the poorer
classes were Disseminated against by
legislation favOring the richer. The
Republicans always favored the rich
and the Democrats have been the friends
of the poor, This statement. like his
others. was supposed by him 10 need no
proof, therefore he failed to produce
any.
Mr.. Alexander was In n dcnOunClng
mood last night. II. denounced the late
tariff bills. saying the Wilson bill was
second in lnlnulty only TO the Mckinley
bill He scored the Democrats for re-
fusIng to accept the dDGes of the Boy
Physician. John Sherman wa9 termed