The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-26

Inelr supporters.
NEW YORK. Oct. 2s.-The deadly sur
face carncstness OF all hands connected
With the campaign, on both sides, over
here is patent even In the portralture
ofsthe four national candidates as ex-
hlbited In the sections given over to the
virtually exclusive occupancy of foreign
peoples.
Down In Mulberry Bend, for exam
pie. where the more or less sunny Slcil-
lans make merry with cochineal chiantI
: that never saw q vine and cut their
bread and friends with stllcttos. the
banners labeled Roosevelt" make the
vice presidential candidate OF the Re-
publican party look like any mellow
eyed. wax-mustached, langulshing 1tal-
ian tenor, with his hair plaslered and
oiled and celled down his forehead,
Italian barber wise. and his cherry lips
half parted, as II he were just about to
burst into mellfluous breathings uneht
the loveliness of his lady's eyebrows.
In the same quarter the banners that
are marked Stevenson" give to the
mild, uncharacteristic countenance OF
the Democratic vice presidential candi-
date all OF the scanned, leonine strength
of the countenapce. OF Crispi, the great,
II deposed, Italian statesman; indeed,
the Stevenson portraits could easily be
mistaken for daubs of Cr!spI. We're one
to believe the Italian quarter political
banners that portray Mr.. Mckinley, the
President must be u very rakish. bril-
gandish-looking person, indeed. and his
annual bills for hair oil must eat n
frightful hole in his income. The pic
lures of Mr.. Bryan down on the bend
make the Nebraska candidate look like
nothing SO much in life or fiction as q
weird series OF studies for portraits Of
Fra Dtayolo, and one involuntarily
looks for him to leap out OF his painted
setting. yank u pair Of twin derinSers
out of lurid sash, and shon; inc Ital-
ian equivalent for Hands up-you'ro
covered."
Irish Candidates.
Stroll down to the Cherry Hill district,
which, by the right OF might. Is still
held against all Corners by natives OF
the ould sod and their descendants, and
You will be amazed to find what roll
distinguishing broth of boy our Sc
date President is. as depicted on the
political banners. Mr.. McKinley's facial
characteristics are. OF course, shrewdly
preserved, but he appears to have made
4 sudden and extraordinary reversIon tc
the physlosnomical pecul!arlties OF his
mooted Irish ancestry. With L rimless
top hat stuck on his head and dudeen
hanging precar:ously In the outside
band thereof, and perhaps the simple
addition Of set OF neck whiskers, Mr.
Mckinley on these banners would re-
semble any potheenjoyous celebrant a,
an Irish fair.
Mr.. Bryan is Haunted forth rs a
braye, proper. gossoon, with rosy cheeks
preternaturally blue Irish eyes, and 4
general expression Of almost lnconc2lv-
able amiability. He is made to look like
the Autographs OF leading participants
in Irish plays. and one expects him to
step down, strike an attitude. defy thu
whole British army, slaughter a few
dozens OF evictors, and then signaling
for the limelight, chant mellow song
with reference to the manifold virtues
OF his own Kathleen, Mr.. Stevenson
well. down In Cherry Hill district thl
Democratic vice presidential candidate
strikingly resembles, on the political
banners, no less garrulous and divert
ing notable than the renowned Mr.
Dolly, OF Archey road. while Mr.. Roose-
welt Is made 10 look like HlbcrnIan
paving contractor In 4 big way OF bust
ness.
In the German Quarter.
Step over to those sections of the
East Side, Wherein the Teuton!l races
dwell In the greatest numbers, and you
will find Mr.. Mckinley bodied forth or
the campaign banners wearing all OF
the uRassuageable gloom OF 4 hero In
one OF Schiller's dramas. He looks 4.
II no Joy In this life or In the life tc
come could dispel the heavy cloud OF
woe from his brow: he looks.well. hc
looks Just like that bust OF Beethoven
with which we are all familiar. A few