The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-10
A HUNDRED
PEOPLE HEAR
STEVENSON.
In Wheeling Tuesday Morning,-It
Was the Poorest Showing Demo-
Gratis Ever Made, and
! DISGRACE TO THE PARTY.
On Whose Ticket Stevenson is Run
ning-Down the Ohio River on
Special Train.

Less than 100 people, Of whom fully.
half were Republicans drawn through
curiosity, greeted Hon. Adlai E. Stew
enson, of Illinois. the Democratic can
didate for vice president, in this city
yesterday morning ut 0 o'clock. when
lie made brief speech from the rear
platform of his Ohio River special
train. Mr. Stevenson had reached The
city from Coshocton ut 7:o7 on the Pan
Handle, and was met by committee
OF local Democrats, headed by Captain
PANEL Garden, former captain Of the
capitol police at Washington. with
whom Mr.. Stevenson was acquainted
during his term as Vice president In the
second Cleveland administration. He
was escorted to the Windsor, where the
distinguished visitor breakfasted with
some of the local leaders.
About o'clock Dir. Stevenson board
ed the special Ohio River train, and a
moment later appeared on the rear
platform and addressed that mighty
audience Of one hundred briefly. He
was introduced by ex-Congressman
John o. Pendleton, and said
Fellow Citizens. FrIends:-I am indeed
grateful to you for the compliment you
have paid mo by coming to the depot ut
meet my old friends OF Wheeling once
Tore. see by your countcnnnccs that
there Is something q little different from
what there was four years ago. l tell
you. my friends, 1t Is the same every
where.
/ bring you tidlngs OF good cheer from
go back will take home tidings Of good
cheer from the progressive state OF West
Virginia.
This Is contest OF profound interest.
II Is impossible TO touch now upon all
of the issues OF the campaign. We are
threatened with 4 great trust evil, which
has driven our young men out OF employ
ment and prevented them from using
their capital-ther brains. We are also
threatened, my friends. with n continue
ance Of n war that is absolutely unjus-
titled upon far-away people. directly
in conflict with the principles of our
government. Such men as tell you there
| are no trusts tell you there is no war
in the Philippines. The train is about
to start now, and l hope you will make
good the prediction / make regarding the
| outcome of the election In your state
The meeting was an awful frost, and
must have surprised and disappointed
Mr.. Stevenson, especially when he re-
called the magnificent reception and
great crowds that marked his visit to
Wheeling Just before the close OF the
campaign of 1892 or course It is ad-
mitted that the local Democratic man.
ayers showed rare mendacIty in the
lack Of arrangements for the
Stevenson visit but even the bare an
nounccment that their vice pres,den-
tlal candidate was coming ought to
have attracted at least thousand peo-
| pie. Think OF Teddy Roosevelt coming
to Wheeling and being met by 100 peo-
| Pile; why. five times that number would
| go hundred miles to see. him, II he
were not coming here In few days.
All In all, 1t was the worst kind Of
showdown of Popocratic apathy and
shows the truly demoralIzed condition
of the local organization Of the Bryan
ties. II Republicans Of Wheeling had
thought that their Democratic friends
were not in n position to accord Mr..
Stevenson n reception BETTING his
standing and the high office he filled
and to which he again asplrcs. they
would willingly have turned out and
made up n respectable crowd.
At Benwood larger crowd than that
at Wheeling was in evidence. There
Mr.. Stevenson was introduced by Mr..
Pendleton. and said:
| Ladies and Gentlemen:-I fully appre-
ciate the kindly words Just uttered by
my friend. l am also fully nppreclative
oil your Kindness In meeting me here this
morning. need not tell you that the
questions to be settled THIS November
deeply affect the interests OF our country.
| II has been wisely stated that oil poll.-
heal power comes back TO the people after
q, while. ! am certain It will do so ut
the next election, November G.
| We will soon be called upon to deter
mine whether this administration shall
be continued In the interests OF the ia
Vored Few. and whether we shall he COM
PEELED to witness continuance OF war
upon n foreign people,. The country will
come back 10 the teachings OF Washing
ton and jefferson. l am an old-fnshloncd
man. and believe In the old-fashioncd
| principles Of our forefathers. Shall there
| be q continuation OF this war? Do the
| people desire peace and n return TO the
principles OF the Democratic party?
The train made short stop at
Moundsvillc, where the candidate made
another short talk, and ut Sistersville
there was thlrty-minute address,
while ut New Martlnsvllle. Mr.. Steven
son was the principal speaker Mt big
barbecue. He finished the day with
meeting at Parkersburg in the evening.
a we'll known Wheeling Democrat.
in single sentence explains the small
audience that greeted Mr.. Stevenson
here. and at the same time admits Nc
Kinlcy prosperity when he said to the
Intelllgencer last night:
"Oh, we are to busy to turn out for
campaign speeches"
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