The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-28

GIVES HOLT "A
COLD WELCOME.
Republicans Pour Out to Listen to
His Harangue, While Democrats
& Remain in Seclusion.
THE CANDIDATE CALLED DOWN
For Statements Known to be Untrue.
Devoted His Attention to Trusts, a
Imperialism and Hanna.

Special Dispatch to the 1ntelligencer.
SISTERSv1LLE. W. Va. July 27.-rf
the campaign OF Judge Holt, the Dem.
ocratlc candidate for governor, is char,
acteriEed all through with the same at
tention and enthusiasm us the meeting
which was held here this evening. he
will certainly pull OF from the race
before the election In November.
The gentleman arrived in the city.
this evening between 4 and o'clock.
and was met ut the station by two or
three OF the members of the Democrat
&c committee. who live in this city. He
was escorted to the hotel, and later m
attempt was made to get crowd by
having the city band come out. Tho
band. instead of going to the hotel and
playing In front OF the house. went
down the street, where a number Of co.
lections; were rendered. after which II
marched to the hotel. and the crowd,
not knowing what was coming of. fol-
lowed.
More Republicans Than Democrats.
1t is a positive fact that there were
more Republicans In the crowd that
listened to Judge Holt make the speech
than there were Democrats. The band
took q large crowd with them as they
moved from place to place, where they.
played the first selection. and the peo-
pie on the streets seeing the crowd, fell
In line. wondering what was coming Of.
After the band had played couple
OF selections IN front OF the hotel,
George NJ. Mccoy. candidate for attor-
ney general on the Democratic ticket.
appeared on the porch in front Of tho
hotel. and In a Very short speech In
troduced Judge Holt. The latter stated
that he had not intended making q
speech. but IN spite OF his assertion to j
that effect, he haraIgued the Republic
can party for the benefit. OF the crowd
for about twenty minutes. His princi-
pal hobby was Imperialism. He talked
principally on that subject and became
so bitter that on two or three occasions
he was called down by some OF the Re-
publlcans who helped to make up the
crowd he was addressing.
Did Not Dwell on Bryan.
One OF the most noticeable things
about the speech made by the honor
able gentleman this evening was the
fact that while he mentioned the name
of William Jennings Bryan once or
twice, he did rot dwell on the subject
long. The principal part OF his speech,
was devoted to Mark Hanna, Mckinley
and the trusts. a spectator who SEEM
ed to be informed, after listening TO the
talk OF the candidate for n few MIN
utes regarding the trusts. made very
pertinent remark. He wanted to know
what the Democrats were going to do /.
with Van Wyck and the ice trust. An
other made the remark that were it
not for the fact that the Standard Oil
Company owned everything in the oil
country. he would not have had o
dozen people at the meeting this even
ing. and the chances were that hs
would not have stopped off at this city
at all.
Poor Town to Talk About Trusts.
SIstersville is n very poor town for
politicians TO talk about trusts. Tha
Stanenrd Oil Company. which Is accus-
ed OF being the mother OF trusts, owns
pretty nearly the entire town: It pays
good wages al! the time and has never
been known TO have q strike.
Judge Holt will go TO Middlebourna
tomorrow and will attend the Demo-
cratic county convention, which will be
held there, for the purpose OF nomi-
mating candidates for the different Of
fees TO be filed In the county at the
coming election. In the evening, after
the convention. he will make an ad-
dress.