Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-10-29

Me1s{ers band, which had been en-
gagged for the occasion, stood out in
the street for fully half an hour previous
to the meeting rendering airs for the
purpose of drawing crowd. Finally
they gave it up, going into the Opera
House, where an audience consisting
of men and women, and numbering
about 300, had gathered for the pur-
pose of getting piece OF the large
chunks OF Oratory and music which
was promised them. In this they were
disappointed, for neither speaker tore
of anything unusual in the way OF
oratory.
The meeting was called to order
about eight o'clock by Central Commit
teeman Samuel WestwoOd, who intro
duced Mayor Shipman as chairman,
who in turn introduced Gen. Holdings
worth, of Cadiz. That gentleman en-
gagged the attention of his audience for
about half an hour or just until the
crowd would come in, so he said. In
the course of his address he touched
upon the condition of business in the
past few years and the present; the
election of William Mckinley and the
peacefulness that settled down over
the country after the rainbow of prom
Use appeared to them. Democratic
rule of the past was taken up and dis
cussed at some length, in which he in
formed his listeners that it was rule
of poverty and ruin, and to avoid any
such thing again he admonished the
voters to turn out and vote the ticket,
every one of them.
The General attempted to arouse
some enthusiasm by dwelling upon the
heroic acts Of the late war, but he
failed There was no enthusiasm IN
the crowd except when he finished.
Then they applauded, and a lone dog
in the rear of the house made howl.
Col. Robert Nevin, who had been
saved until the crowd would come In,
was then introduced, although the
crowd had not come The Colonel be-
gan by arguing with himself why any
American citizen should vote anything
but the straight Republican ticket, and
then proceeded to give his reasons why.
In the past six months the United
States had been making history, and
the Republicans and Democrats alike
were the cause of it. William McKin-
lev was the man they had ordered to
proceed with the war against Spain,
and he had proceeded in an admirable
manner. and now that he was in the
midst of it both parties should,
through honor, good faith and love OF
country, support him until it was
finished.
He followed this up with another
reason why he should be supported
this year, which was because OF the
way he had issued the bonds to carry
on the wal, which was far different from
the method used by Cleveland during
his administration.
Col. Nevin then waded into the war
and told the same old story we all read
long ago in the papers, ending it by
telling his audience that he was not
afraid of imperialism, and that in his
opinion the United States should dom
mate over every country on the West
ern Hemisphere that is not republic.
After declaring himself upon this
point he drifted back upon his main
subject, the support the people should
give the President This, he said, the
Belmont county voters could assist in
by re-electing Hon. Lorenzo Danford
to Congress. This brought him to the
point he was after. and he concluded
b. telling his audience that il they
wanted a continuance of prosperity to
vote the Republican ticket.