The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-10-12
C.HhRLE.5T ON
GIVES HUGHES
GREAT OVATION
GREATEST MEETING
EVER HELD IN CITY
ICen. Lilly Presided Showing
Get Together Splrlt---Amer~
lean Rights Keynote.
,rci;.l Dispatch to the IntelIigcncer.

Special Dispatch to the Intelliscncer.
! CHARLESTON, W. Va, Oct. IL
Charleston was aflame with enthusl.
asm tonight to greet the Presidential
candidate, Charles Evans Hughes.
when he arrived here on his special
train, ending whirlwind one day
tour of West Virginia. The statc arm
orv with capacity for seating S;H
thousand persons was packed 10 tAe
doors lrng before the candidate arrlf'
ed and thousands on the outside clam'
ored unavailingly for admiltance: Hon
! Joseph H. Gaines. headed the fecep,
tion committee that net the tram Shd
escorted the nominee 10 the armorT az
the head Of ono of the biggest pa:ades
! Charleston ever saw. Attorney Gcner'
al Lilly. defeated candidate for the
nomination TO: Governor presided over
the meeting. In ClarksburS, TINS
morning Mr. Hughes was greeted ny
an audience Of more tnan four 1houS
and from stand erected in the court
house square. Later in the afternoon
ar lIuntinGton he was greeted by a
crowd of twelve thousand persons
They filled the chamber Of Commerce
auditorium in that city TO overfloWlne
and chcereG mis- utteranccs loud ana
long. One of the greatest denonSlra
tionS of the day occurred at this Hunt
ington meeting. \ voice from the al
dicnce asked How about the Vir2 f:ia
debt" Mr.. Hughes replied: The Flr'
gina debt. sir is a matter which Inc
supreme court of the United States
gave lis best attention and unanimous
" rendered 4 decision which YOU and
everybody else ought TO respect.
The demonstration that followed
WI
further attempts were made 10 heckle
the speaker.
Robinson Given Ovation.
Judge Ira r.. Robinson, Republican
candidate for Governor, travelling viii
the Hughes party. received ovation!
at every stop. At Clarksburg thi:
morning the Judge made a brie
speech. At Parllersburg. Huntington
and Charleston tho crowds cried Give
Us Robinson" after Mr.. Hughes hat
finished. bur the speaking arrange
ments in those cities had provided fol
the presidential nominee as the onl!
speaker. so Tho gubcrnatCrial candl
date made but one brief talk.
In all his speeches today Justice
Hughes declared for the maintenance
Of the honor of the flag and American
rights on both land and sea. He said
1--WE are before the world. A great neu
traI nation. 10 rindicatc the integrity
of international law and the rights OF
neutralS, and | stand untlinChin%ly fol-
the maintenance Of the rights of Amer
lean citizens with respect 10 life, prop
crty and commerce.
He indicated quite clearly that his
doctrine would stand whether it IN
VOlvcd Germany'S submarine warfare
the British blacklist against America
or French interference with our mails
: He condemned the Mexican policy ol
the Wilson administration, and said
that We had internationally been at Wal
and peace with Mexico ever since the
Vera Cruz affair.
What He Will Do
Il am asked. hc said. What will
do in Mexico ii I am elected. / an
swer thai no man on earth can tell
what particular sort Of mess we shall
be in March next. But / do say that
fthcre arc certain PRINCIPLES that should
be REGARDED as the cornerstone of uur
policy. there and elsewhere. The first
is that We will not mcddlc with MAJ.
terS that do not concern us. The sec
Ond is that we will not only say that
We will observe the rights of small
states but we shall in fact observe
them. The third is thai is that VIC
shall have It understood that while We
intend to observe the rights of states
and not 10 meddlc with matters that
do not concern us. We propose at all
event Mexico and elsewhere that tho
lives and property Of American citi
Zcns shall be- prntcctcd.'
\ strong example Of The get together
spirit that pcrrades the Republican
party in West Virginia WAS given IN
the events Of The day in that three de
fcatcd candidates for important offices
took active part in the days program
At ParkerSburg Ex-Governor \. T.
White defeated for The nomination !Or
us. Senate. presided over the meeting
AT Huntington Hon. w. L. Hite. an
other defeated candidate for the same
nomination. presided and in this ci: y
Attorney General Abe Lilly proved his
interest in tn" success Of the party by
presiding over the meeting.