The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-23

The election Is over, and each person
who worked actively on either side has
] n fund Of good stories recounting inter-
esting events connected with the con-
test. Some that are excruciatingly
funny now were not so humorous Mt
the time. Others are spicy because OF
the CONSERVATION they produced In the
ranks Of the enemy, and still others
because Of the resultant chagrln in the
home camp. For weeks and months,
these stories Will be told in political
haunts to the dedication OF the rank
and file Of the several parties, who IN
consequence OF their rendition, and of
the revealed Importance OF the narra-
tor, will bow down the more in hero
worship at the shrine of the manipula-
tors Of such egregious political achieve
ments. q.
~ Preached the Gospel.
or nll who will indulge themselves in
the innocent pastime Of thus entertain
ing their compatriots, none will be so
rich In personal experience as the
spell bnder"-he who went forth and
preached the gospel" to every crea-
ture who went over the highways and
along the by-ways-and sometimes
through the hedges-reveallng the
glory Of his party's past, the magnl-
2fcence OF its presence and the gram
deur of its future; who proclaimed to
hypnotized audiences with stentorian
voice and impassloned accent and
matchlcss eloquence and unanswerable
logic the grave fact that the pernetuity
OF the. republic, the progress of the
nation, the prosperity Of the country
and the happiness OF the people de-
pended upon the success Of his party.
He 1t Is that is most rich In remlnls-
cences and entertaining in t-election
anecdotes.
Compliments the Orator.
Campaigning In West Virginia has
. many, phases. a brief description of
two will suffice to show the contrast.
In one. there is prelude in the form
OF, a parade through some Of the mag
niflcent streets OF one of our large and
prosperous cities. The coming Of a no.
ted orator has been hcralded abroad,
The people are eXpectant. They crowd
the streets. They become enthusiastic,
even tumultuous. Bands are playing;
drums are beating; horns are footing:
hundreds are shouting; red-nre galore
reddcns the heavens Amid such in
spring surroundings. the speaker pur-
sues his way in a comfortable carriage
from his hotel to an auditorium, where,
amid the plaudits Of the assembled
host-who are seated in comfortable
opera chairs-he proceeds to save the
country The audience hangs upon his
honeyed words like the multitude on
Mars hill upon the eloquence OF the
apostle of old, and their rapturous ap-
plause adds to his Inspiration. All too
soon the address Is ended, and the
speaker Is overwhelmed by the cor
gratulatory multitude. each one eager
to. grasp the hand OF the modern De-
mosthenes
Vast Good Accomplished.
The meeting was great success.
Vast good was accomplished. The
faithful were encouraged, and great In
roads were made In the ranks Of the
opposition. The newspapers TEEN with
praise of the orator, and much Of his
del!verances find verbatim expression
in the morning journals. The happy
recipient OF ali these en"omiuRIs goes
his way. confident Of the reward laid ul
for him by the fathers of his party.
That Is one picture OF campaigning In
West Virginia. We will give another.
The speaker alights at Il way station in
the mountainous portion OF the state.
with but store and house or two In
sight. He was to have been met by q
committeeman. but the meeting did not
materlalIZe. He searches in vain for a
livery stable. No buggy Is to be
found, not even riding horse. Finally.
after considerable persuasion and
somewhat Of inducement, he finds quar-
tiers upon the upholstered (?) running
gears OF n lumber-wason. and starts n
dozen miles up the mountain, every foot
OF which grows sleeper and rougher un-
TILT is all that the 'spell-binder" can
do to maintain his seat upon tho rear
axle.
The Log School House.
Finally, when he thinks flesh and
blood can endure It no longer. he is un.
loaded about $3.50 p. m. In the midst of
an interminnblc forest at log school
house. to find Il dozen people waiting to
be electrified by his eloquence. With
visions OF tenderloIn steak and hashed-
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