The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-17
SEVERAL FROM RITCHIETowN
Said to Have Been tho Only Precinct
in Virginia That Gave
Lincoln Plurality.
BRIDGES ARE THROWN OPEN
To the Public and to Clubs Before
and After the
Speaking. u

Ahe Invitation 10 the First Republi-
cans" who voted for Fremont In, 1856 or
for Lincoln in 1860. to send their names
to the Intelligencer that they might be
named as honorary vice presidents Of
the Roosevelt meeting tomorrow, is be-
Ing literally responded to. Already the
following veterans have sent Inv their
names:
Voted for Fremont In 1S56-James T.
Wilson, Sand Hill. Marshall county; f,
M. Chalfant, so Twenty-fourth street;
Peter Greer, 525 Market street; A. Har-
ris. 1856 North Front street; William
Wilson, 31ol McColoch street; George G.
McKown. Wheeling: C. P. schambra,
Wheeling; S. R. Sells, IT'S North Huron
street; Samuel Cole. Wheeling; ]. N.
Christleib, 26o7 Eoff street; John Nc
Kee, So Eighteenth street; John shoup,
Benwood; James Brown, Bridgeport,
Ohio; Henry ]. Leasure, Mount Pleas
ant, Ohio; General A. H. Beach, Wheel
Ing: Joseph Dudley, ST., Wheeling; Cap
tain Robert Cowan, (voted In Mary
land). Sc Virginia street
Voted for Abraham Lincoln In 1860
John Roemer. Robert Y. Britt, John r.
Britt, Captain Andrew Britt, T. A. Hall,
John Frew, Christian F. Zorn, Captain
William Winder. Wilson johnson (voted
In Maryland). A. H. Forgey. ]. NJ.
Brown, 1o4 South Front street; Adolph
Fritz. 44o5 Jacob street; Q. C. MccIem-
ent, 124 Virginia street; Joseph A. Faris,
a Kentucky street;B. Schul. 1884 Woods
street; William Hare. sr.. A Twentieth
street; Henry Seamon. Moundsville; H.
S. Richards. Wheeling.
Badges for the old timers, which will
entltle them to reserved seats In the
grand stand at the state fair grounds
Tomorrow afternoon. may be had at
the Intelligencer counting rooms this
afternoon after 2 o'clock
Following are extracts from some OF
the letters received from the old timers
by the Intelligencer yesterday:
Joseph A. Faris. Wheellng-'I voted
for Lincoln in 1860 and for every Repub-
lican candidate since"
]. N. ChristleIb, Wheellng-Aged
seventy-nine years; voted for Fremont
in 1856 and every Republican candidate
since.
Q. c. McClement. Wheeling-"I was
one Of the voters who helped TO elect to
the Presidency of the United States
Abraham Lincoln. In the year 1861"
A. ]. Seamon. Moundsville-"I have
the honor to give you my fathers name,
Henry Seamon. In addition to the
above might further state that he has
voted the straight Republican ticket all
his life and will continue to do so.
Marshall county will show up with her
usual big Republican majority, and on
next Saturday We desire the Wheeling
brethren to come and give us big
time"
s. r. Sells, WheelIng-"In 1856 l cast
my first vote for John C. Fremont. l
voted for Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and
am proud oft. Hurrah for Mckinley"
James Brown. Bridgeport, ohio-"I
am In the SEVENTEEN year of my agr,
and voted for Fremont in 1856 and for
Lincoln in 1860 and 1864. And I have done
more than that; have voted for every
Republican presidential candidate from
1856 TO 1885, and expect to vote for an
other on November G, 1900 which Will