Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-22

At Pittsburg Owing to the Lateness
Of His Speech at BunalO-Special
| Ohio River Car Awaited Him, and
| Conveyed the Democratic Leaders
Who Were to Meet Him, to Hunt
| ingtOn.
| The mere announcement that Will
liam Jennings Bryan would pass
| through Wheeling at 1875 o'clock yes
terday morning, and that his special car
| would be detached from the Pan Handle
train and taken to Huntington over the
Ohio River road, was sufficient to at
tract a large crowd to the station here
yesterday morning. There were be-
tween 1900 and 1900 persons present,
and there was craning of necks, and
moving forward for a more advantag
eous position when the train pulled in.
When the Wheeling Democrats who
had gone to Wellsburg to meet Mr..
Bryan stepped from the train, and an
nounced that Mr.. Bryan was not on
board, the information was discredited
| by many who thought that the distin-
guished Nebraskan was anxious to OBJ
| tain rest, and desired to avoid showing
| himself publicly. This view was
| strengthened by the fact that his spe-
! cial car was attached to the train, and
the corps of newspaper correspondents
who were accompanying him on his
tour, were present. Many persons went
| up to the Top mill, boarded the train
at that point, and rode down to the
| depot To satisfy some who were more
insistent than others, they were permit
ted to go into the car, and learn for
| themselves that Mr.. Bryan was not
present.
| Judge John H. Holt spent Saturday
night as the guest Of Col Wiley Beall
in Wellsburg, and boarded the train
at that point. Gen. T. S. Riley, Capt.
A. P. Garden, c. H. fancy and R. S.
| Kincheloe went up over the w. & l..
E. road to meet the train at Wellsburg.
A big crowd had assembled there, and
| as at other points, would not believe
| the statements of persons in his special
car that Mr.. Bryan was not aboard.
The newspaper correspondents and
Mr.. Bryam's private secretary stated
that the distinguished Nebraskan made
lengthy speech at Buffalo Saturday
night, having been persuaded to pro-
long his remarks by the assurance that
he could reach Pittsburg by another
train in time to catch the regular train
out of Pittsburg arriving in Wheeling
at 1875 o'clock. AT four o'clock yes
! terday morning, the train stopped at
board the special car were awakened
by persons pounding on the windows,
and asking that Mr. Bryan show him.
self. They say that several hundred
| people assembled at the station at that
early hour. The train to which Mr..
Bryan's special car was attached, wait
ed at Pittsburg for 25 or 80 minutes,
but departed when it was learned that
| the train upon which he was a passen-
ger was reported an hour and a half
late.
| Capt. Geo. H. Moffett, of the Ohio
River road, was in Wheeling to take
charge of the special car, and attach
parlor car of the Ohio River railroad.
L. E. Smith, of the Blennerhassett Ho-
| tel, also came up. Col. John T. Me-
Graw, of Grafton, was present, and
in company with Judge John H Holt,
was to go to Huntington with Col.
Bryan The special car was attached
| to the train, and the information was
given out that Col Bryan would leave
for Huntington by way of Columbus.
Last night it was learned that he ar
| rived in Huntington early this morn
| ing, reaching Kenova over the N. & W.,
thence going to Huntington by special
| train.
There were proportionately big
| crowds at all stations along the Ohio
River road, to see Bryan. At Ben
wood, Moundsville, New Martinsville,
there were large numbers. At Sisters
vile it is said that the crowd was par
ticularly insistent, and some hot heads
threatened not to allow the train to
proceed unless Col Bryan would show
himself upon the platform
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