The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-10-12

Climax At Parkershurg
The Parkersburg meeting was tne
climax with respect 10 the northern
and Central sections Of the state.
Promptly at one O'Clock yesterday. rN'
actly on schedule time. the Hughes
Special of ten palatial New iork ZEN
tral Yestibuled coaches. drawn BY TWO
of the Baltimore & Ohio railroads 5 TN
est passenger locomotives, and man
ned bv crew Of Baltimore * Onlo
trainmen, in addition 10 the regular
crew OF the special. rolled INTO TIC
Sixth street station, where Dig eager
crowd was watching for first gllmpSe
of Justice Hughes. and the distinguish,
cd guests in his party. AS he stepped
20 the platform. with Mrs. Hughes at
his side and Judge Robinson immedl-
ately behind him. a storm or applause
broke forth, hundreds cheering at me
top OF their voices for the next preSl-
dent" The outburst was the signal
for the explosion OF battery or Tor,
pedOeS back at the river Dank, ana
from the moment the cheering DeSaa'
the bedlaiu never ceased until Justice
Hughes anu party were seated on me
special platform in the center OF Court
Square.
Accompanied BY Mrs. Hughes. Judge
Robinson and Ex-Governor A. =.
White OF Parkersbur&, Justice Hughes
stepped from the train into waiting
automobile, in which were seated also
his bodvguards. Col. Frank Tyree AID
Secret Service Officer Sylvester Hri2r-
ton. State. officials. prominent state
Republicans and distinguished mem
bers OF the party were hurried l1to
other machines. and without delay tat'
parade which had already been formed
started for Court Square.
Bio Parade
Commanded by Colonel Dan Tuli2y.
the parade moved up Green street
from the station to Seventh: iowt:
Seventh to Market and down Market
to Court Square. Leading the pageant
was the Citizens band Of ParkerSburs
immediately behind which marched
members OF Andrew Mather Post No.
II. G.A.R., with many Of the older
members Of the Hughes Club OF Park
ersburG. Following the Old Soldiets
and Club members was the big auto
mobile bearing Justice aud Mrs.
Hughes. Judge Robinson. Ex-Governor
4. +. White and Mr.. Hughes secretary
Lawrence II. Green. In nine other
cars which followed were Chairman
Joseph Holt Gaines and members OF
the Republican state executive com
mittee and prominent Republicans
who had boarded the Hughes Special
at Grafton and Clarksburg. rs weli
as representatives of the metropolitan
press who are making the tour with
Justice Hughes. Then came lhe Ma
rietta Band. leading big delegation
of citizens of Marietta and Washing
ton county. Ohio. Next in the line
came the half hundred or more mem
bers of the official reception commit
tee. with citizens Of Parkc:shurg and
vicinity or foot bringing up the rear.
For more than an hour before the
Hughes special arrived in Parkers
burg, the four blocks leading east
west, north and south from the Court
Square intersection upon which q
stand had been erected was throngeC
with people who would not risk goine
TO the station and missing an oppor
tunity to get near the stand willis
Justice Hughes WAS speaking. Their
precaution was not without cause. fol
when Justice Hughes and party ar
rived, 1t was with extreme difficulty
and only by the use Of force that prac
tically the entire police force of Park
ersburg were able to part the way
through the cheering crowd for Jus