Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-06
TIE LAST RALLY
Of the Republican Campaign in This
County,

HELD IN THE OPERA HOUSE LAST
EVENING-THE AUDIENCE A
SMALL CNE. AS THE NIGHT WAS
BAD-THE ADD R E S S ES BY
CAPT. B. b. DOVENER AND JUDGE
JOHN A. CAMPBELL.
The Republicans held the last rally
Of the campaign, in the Opera House,
last night.
The meeting was called to order at
eight O'Clock, by B. S. Allison, Esq,
forward and take the front seats. On
the stage were Judge John A. Camp
bell, Henry Baer. William SchultZe,
City Engineer A. L. White, Charles
Vankeuren, Thomas G. Britt. S. 0.
Boyce, Councilman Horkheimer, Benz.
Connolly. Will Baird. Charles W.
Franzheim, and half dozen others.
The house was almost one-thlrd
filled, there being a great array OF
empty seats down stairs. and only a
few scattered people in the gallery.
Mr.. Allison's Introductory remarks
were somewhat lengthy and covered
good deal of political and historical
ground. He presented Capt. Dovener,
and the candidate was given very
hearty reception, in answer to which
he said he proposed to wind up the
campaign on this platform tonight.
and l am going to wind up a few things
that have been unraveled. the past
week-up on Market street. | have
been in some danger, myself, in my
life, for few hours, in situations these
people would not put their finger in.
In the first place, you know my
friend Robert Ford, gentleman Tor
whom, in whose dotage, | have the
highest regard. He has been running
in and out of Democratic headquar-
tiers to-day, and | understand he has
signed a paper. Put it down in large
letters that | never promised him an
Office. and no one in this district has
certainly known that he would receive
an Office in this district until he got
it."
Capt. Dovener next took up and de-
Tended his Pacific railroad vote,
his remarks being in substance,
but in more detail. the same
explanation he had made in Benwood,
saving Congressman had voted in this
matter as business men and without
regard to party. But let no man I'M
dertake to stand up before me and say
that either the offer of a farthing or
a million dollars would serve to induce
me to swerve from my line of duty.
He then reviewed the gunboat Wheel
ing trip to California, in the fall of
1887, and attacked the Regis
ter bitterly, and named its
representative at the meeting
personally for a cartoon published
in the Register in September, 1897, al
though the representative of this paper,
who was thus named. had no knowl-
edge of said cartoon until after it was
published. Yet Capt. Dovener. we'll
knowing this, for he had been told of
it long ago, dragged his sometime
guest before the audience and pilloried
him as a beneficiary of the Captains
courtesy and kindness. in re-
turn for which he had later
proved ungrateful, and returned charity
with something essentially different.
The charge made by Capt. Dovener
was as baseless as it was uncalled for,
and was an exhibition of bad taste I'M
worthy of the Republican candidate.
The gentleman employed by the Reg
lister, who was one of the California
party, did not go as representative of
the Register, and was not under salary
in his absence. He was simply guest,
and went in a private capacity, upon
the same footing, presumably, as
others. The Register is fair game"
| for Capt Dovener; its employees should
be let alone.
The next matter taken up by the
Captain was a letter published in
Moundsville, recently, and he recalled
that he had given the writer
a half dollar ito help him along" and
in return for that the letter was writ
ten. He promised the answer would
come from the voters on next Tuesday.
Capt. Dovener next undertook to de
fend Hon. J. V. Blair from the Regis
ter" and construed some remarks
about the New York Democracy, ap-
pearing in the Register, to be a reflec-
ton upon the Democracy of Mr.. Blair
and the Register. The construction was
rather far-fetched and the connection
tri1e obscure, so far as the Captains
defense Of Mr.. Blair" was concerned.
Very few people present saw the al
legged point.
After promising that Judge Campbell
would be heard from after him. Capt.
Dovener took up the political argument
of the evening, and spoke at consider
able length. His line of discussion,
aside from what is referred to in
the opening paragraphs, was not essen
TALLY different from other addresses
made by the Captain, and is more or
less familiar to the people.
Judge Campbell was accorded a cor
dial reception by the audience. and
made an excellent and well-tempered
address, in which he reviewed the is
sues from the Republican standpoint.
and bespoke for his friend Captain
Dovener and the Republican ticket
generally the votes of his hearers His