Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-29
DEMOCRACY OF WAYNE
IN THE fight TO WIN.
In SUPPORT OF WHOLE TICKET
CANDIDATE WHITES SPE e c HI
CHEwED INTO GUN
WADS.
SpaciaI to the Register.

Special to the Register.
WAYNE, w. Va, September 2S.-The
Democracy of old Wayne has not been
in such good fix for battle fer years
as it is now. fractional differences have
been wiped away, all party members
are united in support of the whole tick
et, a thorough organization of the
county is about completed, and every
body is enthusiastically at work. Never
has such determination to win been
noticed among the rank and file.
On Monday great meeting took
place here, and it SO happened that it
furnished a good illustration OF the
difference in strength and feeling of 1.-THE
two parties. Hon. A. b. White had been
advertised to speak on behalf of the Re-
publicans. Hon. Joe Chiffon and Hon.
George Byrne for the Democrats. The
attendance of Democrats was very large.
They came singing, in twos and threes,
by dozens, and In fifties and hundreds,
for several clubs Of a hundred or more
members came in marching order. Mr.
White spoke at IL a. NJ, and had a
very good sized audience to start with
say twe-thirds as many as the court
room would hold At the conclusion of
his speech he did not have much more
\than half as many as at the beginning
The Democrats held the fort in the af
erpoon. Mr.. Chiffon did not arrive.
nd
=. Byrne Made the Principal Speech,
kng preceded by a fifteen minutes
lress by Mr. George j. McComas, and
owed by Mr. p H. Napier in more
|nded remarks. The court room was
ked to its capacity during this meet
all the seats occupied, and every
available foot of standing room was
ytaken UP. The halls outside were also
i full, and at least two hundred men
stood about outside the building, unable
to get in and all staid until the finish
Mr.. Whites speech was well received
his jokes provoking a good deal OF
laughter, and the more salient points
Of his argument being greeted with ap-
plause. But there was nothing that
could be called enthusiasm, even among
the comparatively few Republicans
present. At the afternoon meeting, on
the other hand, the applause was fire.
quent and loud, and the enthusiasm
fairly bubbled over throughout the
whole of the three speeches. Mr. Byrne
had listened to Mr.. Whites speech, and
when he took up certain sections of it
and made reply, the crowd showed ap-
probation by its shouts of approval
When he quoted Whites statements
that the State now has 100000 acres of
virgin forest. showed that there are
about 100000 acres in the State all
told, and then called ON the practical
80 cement Of his hearers to say whether
sHike half tle territory of the
State was still coveted by virgin for
est. it brought forth loud applause; then
when he declared that this was
About as Near the Truth
as the average statement made by Mr..
White and the other Republican ora
tors, he was cheered to the echo. A
few points in Whites speech were TAX
en- up in a similar way by Mr.. Byrne,
and when he had put in about fifteen
minutes in this manner there was not
enough of the Republican candidates
speech left to wad shot gun. With
the exception of these references the
democratic speakers put in their time
almost altogether in discussing imper-
iaiism, and the audience showed its
appreciation by every sort of demon
stration known to political gatherings.
II was great day for Democracy,
and will prove a help in the work of
making Wayne county give the largest
majority she has given in a dozen
years.