Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-27

sample Was Accorded an Ovation
/ ON the Stnge and on His Way Back
to His Hotel.
Hon. B0urke Cochran was unable to
fulfill his engagement in Wheeling last
night, owing to throat trouble, which
he contracted earlier in the campaign,
and which reappeared in Cleveland
Thursday evening. The National Com
mittee sent DIR. S. w. Sample, of Min
neapolis, to fill the Wheeling date, and
the substitution was more than salts
factory. DR.. Sample Is stranger here,
and for that reason would probably not
have attracted the audience that fairly
jammed the Grand Opera House, but
all who attended enjoyed a speech that
was conceded to be the most eloquent
and logical made in Wheeling dur
ing the present campaign. His choice
diction, his convincing argumentative
STYLE and his frequent outbursts of elo-
quence, made the address genuine
treat. He fairly held his hearers spell
bound. The seats were all Occupied,
and the aisles crowded when he COM
menced. He spoke for nearly two hours,
and the theatre was still crowded when
he concluded in a brilliant peroration.
1t is to be regretted that lack of space
prevents the publication of verbatim
report of the masterful address.
The speaker was escorted from the
Windsor Hotel by the Young Mems
Democratic club, and the Webster and
Richie districts marching clubs. The
turnout was excellent, and the march
ers were frequently applauded. The
sidewalks were crowded. When the
speaker had concluded his address. a
hundred men and women on the plat
form pressed forward to congratulate
him. while many in the audience rushed
upon the stage and an impromptu re-
ception was held. On the way back to
the hotel. the demonstration amounted
to an ovation.
DR.. Sample made a splendid impress
sion. and is certain to have a large
audience any time he speaks from
platform in this city.
Col. whites Remarks.
After the meeting was called to Or
der Col. White was announced as its
chairman. Col White made an excel
lent ten minutes address in which he
took occasion to define his position in
the present campaign. He said he had
not supported the candidates in the last
campaign, and in so doing had follow
ed the example Of an illustrious citizen
of West Virginia, Hon. William l.. Will
son. He directed attention to Mr. VIII
sons declaration during his last ILL
ness that he could not give his voice
to the endorsement Of the Republican
policy of imperialism. Col. White said
he conceived it to be his duty to follow
Wilson in the last campaign, and he
felt it to be his duty to follow Wilson
in the present campaign. He had care
fully studied the new issues which
enter into this canvass, and prompted
by conscience and patriotism, he would
support William Jennings Bryan.
Col. White said that in the present
campaign there are involved the vital
questions of>the liberty and freedom
of the citizens of this country. He had
always opposed high protective tariff,
a tax unnecessarily levied and untustly
collected; but more than he opposed
protection in the earlier days did he
oppose imperialism at present. He
briefly discussed the Philippine situa-
ton, and argued that no Democrat
could favor a tax of any nature except
such as is necessary to meet the ex-
pense of the government economically
administered. He briefly touched upon
the trusts, and denounced the tendency
of the administration to build up a
monied autocracy at the expense of
the people.
In concluding Col. White warmly
eulogized Hon. Bourke Cochran, and
then made the announcement that he
was not in condition to address the
meeting. on account of his voice. The
committee had sent another gentle
man, equally as we'll qualified to dis
cuss the issues of the campaign. in the
person of DR.. S. w. Sample, of Mime
apolis, whom he introduced.
nr. Samples Address.
When the applause which greeted DR..
Sample had died away, he Immediately
began his address and from the first
held his audience spellbound
1T must be a great disappointment
to you." he said, land it certainly is
| a great embarrassment to me, to be
| here to speak In place of that match
less orator of the American platform,
| Hon. Bourke Cochran. However, we
are here to consider issues which are
vastly greater than any personality,
and credit your intelligence sufficient
ly to believe that far more than you