Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-03
mn CAMPAIGN n RAlpozrH,

trary, which appeared in the Intelii-
gencer Of the 28th ult., from that sheets
correspondent at Huttonsville. Hon. ].
H. Holt, Democratic candidate for Cow
ernor, was received IN this county
| wherever he spoke by the largest and
most enthusiastic audiences Of any
political speaker of either party that
has visited this county during the
present campaign.
At Horton, where he made his first
speech In this county, on the 25th Tin
stead OF at Elkins. on the 9th, as
stated in the Intelligencer, whose cor
respondent knows so little about Ran
dolph county or anything else that
perhaps he did not know whether Hor-
ton was in Randolph county or Ohio
county,, the mills at that place shut
down to give their men an opportunity
of hearing the next Governor OF West
Virginia, and a magnificent and en-
thusiastic reception was given him.
| At Elkins, on the 9th, when he ar
| rived In our city he was met at the
| train by Hon. H. G. Davis, and was
entertained at the Senator's magnifi-
| cent residence, "Graceland,' for sup
| per, after which, in company with
| that distinguished Democrat, he was
/ driven to Posten's Opera House, when
| he was greeted by the largest crowd
| that ever attended a political meeting
of any kind here, except at the Nc
| Dayton Joint discussion OF 1898,
when, as in the case of the Holt meet
| ing. standing room was at premium,
| and many were turned away by rea-
Il l.,s~~ oh II, 20 cv0t In G.
sion to the hall, and for nearly an
| hour and a half Mr.. Holt was given
| the closest attention and most liberal
applause. After the meeting such
reputable Republicans as Attorney w.
| E. Baker, himself a Republican
"stumper," admitted it was one of the
| best political speeches he ever heard
| in his life At both Delivers and
/ Whites meetings mentioned by the
Intelligencer correspondent, while
| they we're greeted with large aud
| fences, yet at both meetings empty
chairs were in the large Opera house,
and Mr.. Dolliver, when he should hap
pen to see man standing in the rear
of the hall, would say, Plenty OF room
in front, gentlemen.
After speaking he was again driven
| to the home Of Senator Davis and
there entertained until IL o'clock the
| next day, when he was driven to Bev-
| erly in Senator Davis private carriage
| and accompanied by Hon. E. D. Tai
bott, member of the State Committee,
as we'll as the late defeated candidate
for prosecuting attorney; Hon. c. II.
| Scott, chairman of the Democratic
committee; W. Bland Allen, secretary
| of the Randolph County Democratic
club, and other leading Democrats OF
| Elkins, who went to Beverly by rail
and were present at his meeting.
There was a large crowd of ladies
and gentlemen present to listen to
| him, and he was received by Lew
Greynolds, member of the county COM
mittee of Beverly district; c. w. Hard
ing, the successful candidate for pros
ecuting attorney; Attorney J. F. Stra-
der, Major T. P. R. Brown, ]. S. Cogar,
of Addison, nominee for State Senator,
and in short, nearly all the Democratic
lawyers and leading politicians nof
Beverly and also by the Beverly brass
band, instead of being met by no one,
as charged by the Intelligencer cores
pondent.
The next Governor of West Virginia
was next driven to Huttonsville, ac-
companied by the chairman of the
Democratic committee, and again 'the
defeated candidate for prosecuting at
torney," whose troubles seem to touch
the heart of the Intelligencer cores
pondent, and when the hour of 1870
came Mr.. Holt found it difficult to
make his way to the front of the
school house, in which he spoke, so
thick was the mass of humanity piled
up, where persons we're sitting down
in the seats, on top of the seats, on
top of each other and in the windows,
standing in the center aisle, standing
in the side aisles and in the doorway,
and the way in front of the door, and
in that uncomfortable position they
sat and stood and would not go away
for one and one-half hours, while, with
all the glory of the truth which filled
his soul, our peerless leader poured
forth words of Democratic wisdom,
interrupted only by the most terrific
shouts of applaus eand approval.
He left Huttonsville on the 9:10
train for Elkins, and many Democrats
in this town, who knew of his COM
ing, gathered at the Hotel Randolph
and assured him that he could count
on an increased majority from this
county on the 9Th of November. He
was besieged by callers until 'the wee
small hours of the morning." and left
on the $50 a. m. train Friday for
Charleston, much gratified at the re-
ception accorded him in Randolph
county.
AS to the lack of confidence and
trust in the acting chairman OF the
Democratic committee" by the Demo-
Gratis, that is simply a bald state
ment," as not only the Democrats
have confidence in Hon. C. H. SCOTS
political sagacity, but the Republicans
are also confident that under his con-
troll of the party machinery they will
this year, as in the past years. when
Scott was at the helm, return one of
her very largest Democratic MAORI