The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-21
Was That Which Greeted Captain
Dovcncr Last Night.
NEARLY 5000 PEOPLE PRESENT.
AMI They All Remained untn the Meet.
Ing was ovcr-Cap,a,n Dovcnrr Made n
Grand Speech, aMd Hail Fun with n
silver Man In tho crowd-Mr. Charles
hardet Hart Also Spoke Senator
ElLlns at iIenwood Saturday Night.

last nights meeting In the Sixth ward
would have been attended by more than
one-halt OF the crowd that stood and
chccrcd the speeches as they were Civ,
en- by the speakers OF the evening. There
were between $500 and 5000 people
packed In the lot around the speakers
stand. and the enthusiastic cheers which
rent the mir ut intervals. showed that
the sympathy OF the audience was with
the ans 30 ably ~champloncd by the
next congressman from the First dis
trict.
1t was n crowd remarkable for Its
staying qualities, for Notwithstanding
the air was uncomtcrtably chilly. the
people stood and gave the strlctest Mt
tentlor to every word uttered by the
speakers, In fact. II was a grand meet
Ing In every particular. tho largest and
best ever held In that section OF the city,
n Il indicates that the people and cs-
recially the working people OF Ohio
county, are fully aroused on the Oucs-
lion as to whether they shall be paid In
honest oOin for an honest days work. or
be given Il ttty-cent dollar nuu no
y chance TO got work.
1t was S o'clock when the h. II. Dove
ner club. numbering over 100 men, and
the G. W. Atkinson club. almost MS
strong, marched from their respective
headquarters IN the Eighth ward To the
place OF meeting. headed by the Dove
ner drum corps. The stand was erect
ed by the citizens OF the sixth ward In
m empty lot on Thirty FIRST street near
70 Iunnh md ,,.aa ha,. a. ,lI,r I..,1nt.l
with bunting and flags for the occasion.
Handsome portraits Of Mckinley and
Hobart were among the decorations.
When the clubs arrived the lot was
packed with people. and many ladies
graced the occasion with their presence.
Mr.. Thomas DAVIDSON, the county
committeeman from Webster district.
called the meeting to order and In a brief
speech introduced Our Congressman.
Captain B. B. Dovener." The applause
and cheers that greeted the gallant cap
tain as he stepped to the front OF the
platform could be heard for blocks
around and continued for several Sec
onds.
Captain Dovencr began BY saying he
was glad to be able to address the cItI-
Zens OF Webster district once more. and
thanked the people for the magnificent
attendance. He said II was proof that
the people knew the danger that was
threatened the country. and were ready
and able TO avert II.
Dovenrr's Speech.
The Republican party" said Captain
Dovener, stands to-day for exactly
what 1t has stood for since It's birth,
honest money and a sound tariff sutfi-
c!ently high to furnish revenues TO carry
on the government" TIE speaker then
proceeded TO pay his respects to the gen.
tlemen and the statements made by
them at the meeting held the other night
around Dan O'Brien's pole. He desired
to call attention to the statement made
by Mr.. Pendleton In regard to the ma
tional debt being contracted with the
understanding that 1t be paid In either
gold. silver, or grecnbacks. That Is
not true" said the captain. "and Mr..
SPendletOn knew It when he said SO. The
debt was made with the promise that It
be paid In golu or It's equivalent" Here
the speaker took OccusioE,to say THAI he
had understood that some fellow was
going to be present at the meeting load
d for him, and he wanted to say that II
any person had IN question to ask. let
him speak out, and he didn't want any
Republican or sound money man 10 cry
put him out" for he would make him
feel 50 sick In n few minutes that he
would get out on his own accord. He
referred TO the Register printing the
speech OF James G. Blaine and trying to
make It's readers believe II was Il speech
In favor OF free silver. He was prepar-
ed TO contradict that statement and had
a copy OF the speech with him to use In
case any smart silver orator In the crowd
might want Il little information on the
subject.
In speaking OF Col. Arnett's speech ut
the O'Brten meeting, Captain Dovcner
Z took occasion 10 say that he had not n
word to say against his opponent, and
eve II he could say n harmful word
against him. he would refrain from doing
SO. He called attention to the prlnci-
Piles each stood for. and said, III you be-
1!eve in protection to Americas indus
tries, a sound dollar and n chance to
earn It. I ask your votes: but II you be-
1ieve In free silver and free trade, vote
for Colonel Arnctt, for he represents that
side OF the question:
The speaker then reminded the audi
ence OF the prosperity OF the country be-
fore the election OF 1892 and how I'M
I'd medIately after 1t became known that
the Democrats had elected their Presi-
dent and Congress. the factories closed
and general depression relyned through
out the land. from 1862 until 1892 the
4 Republicans controlled the government,
and In that time we doubled our papula-
tation, our industrial and our wealth,
and the United States was the grandcst
and greatest country on the face OF the
earth. Its people were the %happicst,
s best paid and most contented people In
the whole world. And right in the midst
81 OF this prosperity William Jennings Bry-
81 n n unt nm In hIg pIupn In thn rIpur.sr
OF the United States ana said the coun-
try would prosper better under Il low
tariff than 1t was then, and advocated
the passage Of the Wilson bill. The
speaker read an extract from Bryan's
speech In which he said III the tariff bill
we're passed wOrkiugmen would be bet
ter paid and their condition be greatly
improved"
Don't &c, Any Now.
How much has your salary been In
creased. workingncn?" WoIce-"Wo
don't get any now.'D Just think Of It,
10000, 900 men turned out Of work. 49,
a, 000, 900 men whose wages average 81 50
per day equal to SIC. 900, 900 per month,
wiped out Of circulation. This condl-
ton OF affairs confronted the Congress-
men and senators and thcy stood like
men ns bercft Of reason as lunntIcS, re-
fusing to remedy the great wrong that
had been enacted. You remember the
condition of he times prior to '02 and
you know what Il has bccn since. DO
you want tn1kccp on In the same old rut,
or do you want to make 1t eve, worse
by pjnsslng n free silver law? They do
cclvcd you then: are you going to be
fooled agaln?"
He called attention to the strange
lenders In the pOnOcratic marty OF IA.