Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-14

Figures aside, no one can deny that
the current is setting away from tle
Republican party. NOBODY can deny,
in the face OF these returns, that Nc
kinley is weaker new than he was in
1886, On September LIST. 1886, the
leading Republican newspaper OF Chi
cago printed the following editorial
paragraph concerning the forthcoming
Slection in Vermont:
If the rock-ribDed and mountain
buttressed Democrats OF Vermont give
hid and comfort in any way to the Re-
publicans to any extent the same con-
dition of affairs will be sure TO pre-
vail in other States to d greater de-
gree
BY the same system Of logic the fact
that the Republicans Of Vermont and
Maine are this year giving aid and COM
fort TO the Democrats should be an in
fallible sign that the same conditions
will prevail to a greater extent in
other States.
The remarkable reception accorded
Mr.. Bryan at the University OF Chi
sago this week when he addressed over
pne thousand students on the live top
icS of the day is still being commented
On in Cnicago. The Democratic Pres
idential candidate was greeted with
college cheers and yells and it was d
good half hour before he was allowed
to begin his address. After the recep-
ton Mr.. Bryan remarked: ''f'or UNI
.rammeled enthusiasm and genuine
aoise give me the college man every
lime Kent theatre, where Mr.. Bryan
spoke was damned long before his ar
rival and the crowd assembled outside
he doors and under the windows out
numbered those who We're fortunate to
gain admittance nearly two TO one.
MIR. Bryan was beselged by this throng.
Men and women blocked the way OF
The carriage until ne consented TO
speak to them lie stood on the seat
OF the conveyance and spoke for quar-
ter of an hour before the crowd could
be Induced to release him. AT the ter
mination of Mr.. Bryan's address from
the theatre platform the audience press
ed down to the rostrum TO grasp his
hand. For many minutes he heir
levee. When Mr.. Bryan entered Kent
theatre every available foot OF space
was taken. Men perehed in the win
dows and hung in the arches that sup
port the ceiling. The alsleS were Jam
med with women. AT MIR. Bryan en-
trance Oedlam broke loose Tor sever
al minutes the hall reyerberated with
ear-splitting slogans OF the colleSlanS
When Mr.. Bryan arose to begin his ad-
dress he was again greeted by burst
of cheers. The shrill yell OF the uni
rersity men started the pandemonium.
Here are some excerpts from Mr.. Bry-
ms address that caused the students
10 cheer Justify for the speaker:
Il practiced law until | became so
busy prosecuting the Republican party
Tor grand larceny that l did not have
time to defend people charged with
petit larceny.
Il want all the avenues kept open
SO that every child born into the world
will have something to hope for.
This Republican system of private
monopoly is condemning the young
men to perpetual clerkship.
If the Republican policy continues,
You will be pounded until you do holler
enough
1.-THE poor men will furnish sons for
the army, but the contractors and the
sxploiters will reap the profits
Encouraging reports from State or
Plantations continue to come in at
Democratic national headquarters.
Cato Sells, of Vinton, Ia, who headed
the Iowa delegation at the Kansas City
convention, says there is no State in
the Union in which the Democrats are
better organized or more united than
In Iowa The Olney letter, he says, has
had and will have decided influence
with the so-called sound money ele-