The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-30

Well Received.
The Republicans of Bellalre were seri-
ously handicapped by the heavy rain
Saturday night and what gave promise
Of being one Of the largest political
gatherings ever held in that town was
spoiled to a great extent. However,
the meeting was held and there never
was more enthusiastic audience gath
cred together on any occasion than
that which greeted the next governor
of Ohio.
It was the original intention Of the
committee to hold an open air meeting,
and a large covered platform had been
erected on Union street and beautifully
decorated for the occasion. A large
portrait Of President Mckinley was
hung in front and around it on either
side were portraits of Judge Nash, Sem
ator Foraker, Senator Hanna. Cover
nor Bushnell and other prominent sons
of the Buckeye state.
The principal portion Of the town was
profusely decorated early in the day.
and from early morning until evening
the farmers from the surrounding coun-
try we're coming in to hear the issues Of
the campaign discussed by the man
who is destined to lead the Republican
hosts to victory one week from to-mor-
row. The result was that by 4 o'clock
the capacity Of the boarding stables
was taxed and country rigs were to be
seen on all sides. About that hour,
however, 1t began to rain and It was
soon evident that the plans Of holding
the meeting out of doors would have to
be changed, and the committee at once
secured the city hall and word was
passed around that the meeting was to
be held there.
AT 1880 o'clock the doors were thrown
open and in a few moments the room
was packed. Hackett's band played
number Of national airs and at O'Clock
the meeting was called to order and
Hon. Joseph ]. Gill, of steubenville, Re-.
publican candidate for Congress from
the over-the-rIver district. was intro
duced as chairman. and in a neat
speech he defined his position on the
various issues and was listened to with
the greatest attention and applauded
enthusiastically. He closed by intro
duclng as the first speaker Congress
man George K. White, Of North Caro-
lima, who spoke for nearly an hour and
made one of the most entertaining
stump speeches ever heard In BellaIre.
He fntersperced his remarks with
number Of funny stories, which served
to keep the crowd in a good humor and
1t was almost continual laugh from
the time he began until he closed. He
illustrated his criticisms Of the Demo-
cratic party with humorous stories and
did 1t well. Congressman White is a
coIored man, and can take of" the
southern dialect and habits to perfec-
ton.
Hon. w. D. Taylor, congressman from
the Eighteenth Ohio district, was next
introduced, and discussed at length the
issues of the campaign. He is a force.
full talker and held his audiences at
tention closely. He clearly showed the
falacIes of the Democratic platform and
urged the voters to vote as their con-
science dictates. He compared the con-
dItion Of the times at present to those
of three years ago and asked each man
to think for himself ana act for him
self
Mfr. TAYLOR was Interrupted a number
Of times by generous applause and 1t
was evident that the crowd was deeply
impressed by what he said.
It was 10 o'clock when Chairman Gill
Introduced the next governor OF Ohio.
and the reception he received was
rousing one. owing to the lateness Of
the hour and the fact that there were
no seats and the crowd had been stand
ing a long time. Judge Nash refrained
from making a long speech, but what
he said was to the point and covered a
cheap of ground" He began by saying
that he thought the Bellaire people
should appreciate his visit for one
thing, and that was that he broke a
long dry spell. He said It was the third
time he had spoken in Bellaire and all
three times It had rained, and there
fore he would advise the citizens Of the
town to send for him to come and make
a speech when they wanted rain.
The speaker at once entered into
straight forward discussion Of the cam