Evening star., 1900-10-18
Gov. Roosevelt Cordially Greeted in
West Virginia City.
MAKES MANY REPUBLICAN VOTES
Grand Parade Tonight to Close the
Days Work.
WHITE MAKING GOOD RACE
.ciaI Dispatch To The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch To The Evening Star.
WHEELING w. Va. October 1S.-Gov.
Roosevelt's visit of three hours In this city
today was sufficient to demonstrate the
fact that he won the hearts of all who saw
and heard him. 1t was republican day as
well as Roosevelt day for hours and hours
after the Roosevelt special had gone down
the Ohio river hundreds and thousands OF
people marched the streets here, and the
playing of bands continued until late In the
day. The enthusiasm did not abate one
whit after the departure of Gov. Roosevelt,
but the demonstration Is growing III mag
nitude as the day wanes.
The great parade to be participated IN Dy
marching clubs from all over this part OF
West Virginia the bordering counties OF
Ohio and from Pittsburg and nearby rem
syvania towns will take place tonight. II
is To be a splendid affair in every sense.
Ten thousand persons will be n line. Gov
ernOr RoOsevelts tour OF West Virginia mas
begun most auSplciouSly and is ecllpSlnS
anything Of the kind made by other men oil
note. 1t doesn't seem to be curiosity which
brings the auIle ont TO see him. Ihey ap-
pear 10 be Interested In the issues, anu 70
day has been one Of vote winning for the
republicans.
Cheers for Candidate White.
The cheers were not all for the rough
rider" though. A. Il. White, republican
candidate for governor, referred to as ''the
James G. Blaine of West Virginia. presided
at the meeting here today and accompanied
the party down to his home town, at Par
kersburg.
They already call him governor while
here. and his election by 1900 is predicted
by every republican and Is conceded to be
q sure thing by frank democrats. He said
to The Star correspondent today that he
Ia confident OF great victory, not only for
himself but the entire state ticket and
Ena tat
Wheeling entertained Lafayette in ISL,
and has entertained many notables since
then. among them being Admiral Dewey
this year but none of these received q
greater welcome than did Governor Roose-
Welt today. His arrival at no n and his
visit of three hours was one round of
cheering. hurrahing and merry-making
During his speech. soon after noon, 1o0D
people listened thoughtfuily to his words.
cheering now and then with all their might
Democrats for Mckinley.
There is quite undercurrent of repub-
Hcan sentimeI In the state among class
OF men who are not expressing themselves
openly. They are democrats who will vote
for President Mckinley.
These We're interested spectators today
and number many hundreds. There was
not room to doubt the genuinenesS of the
spirit which prompted the great demon
stration here today. The President S name
was chaered for minutes at time until
Gov. Roosevelt had to avoid referring TO
Mckinley. because the cheering was TAX
ing precious time from a speech which
was all too short for the crowd.
This first congressional district will elect
3. B. DoYener. the republican incumbent.
His majority, he says. Will be anywhere
from 900 to 2 900. There is diSSatiS
faction in this congressional district among
republicans
In his speech here the governor said, in
part: with me coming up in the car
u loo a
about the campaign. / remarked TO him
that did not see how any man who was
right thinking. and who also had his heart
in the right place, could fail to be with US
in this campaign. That is the way | feel
bout ii. | am not speaking as politician.
but from the standpoint of a student of
history. When come to look at Presi-
cent Mckinley he seems to have the kink
CT keeping in the right things.
Not only has he faced greater problems
more successfully than any man since LIN
coin. but than any man before Lincoln, ex-
cepting Washington. Washington went out
of office in 1877, and it sixty-four years
before any President stood in the White
House who had to face grave problems
difficult problems, great dangers tC
the nation President Mckinley has mad
to face and successfully faced tApplause).
There have been other Presidents, as at
the time or the war OF 1912 and at the
time of the Mexican war, who have had to
face foreign problems but President Nc
Kinley stands not only for the honor Of the
nag abroad, not only Tor Hnanclaf and
economical prosperity at home but Presi-
dent Mckinley stands the special rep
Tesentative and embodiment of cause of
liberty and the unity of American life.
We have never been threatened since the
days OF the civil war with an arrest OF our
national progress and civilization as we
have been threatened by the Organism de-
mucraCy during the past five years. The
preSent-day democracy. under the lead of
Mr. Bryan and his lieutenants Senator
Pettigrew. Mr.. Altgeld and Richard Croker
tappldusep. and the representatives OF Goe-
bel in Kentucky, has nothing whatever in
common with the democracy of jefferson
and Jackson"