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

tice Hughes and his escorts to get to
+: the stand.
i Guests on Stand.
Promptly at lis o'clock, when the
representatives of the press and olu
f! soldiers had been seated on the STAND,
the distinguished guests OF the city
ascended the platform. Ex-Governor
Albert B. White. of ParkersburS, Tho
: was 70 preside as chairman, and
! Judge Robinson led the way. AS they
stepped to the platform new storm
of applause for Governor Robinson,
broke loose Judge Robinson acknoTI,
; edged the greeting with u smile ana
a bow, then stepped aside TO make
way for the man of the day, as Justice
Hughes, with Mrs. Hughes at his side,
was ushnred onto the stand and to the
rail. The the applause broke fortn
again with all the luStiness that ten
: Thousand voices could command ana
i,norhar battery Of torpndoes at the
I river shore announced to the country
FOR miles around that the next presl-
; dent of the United States was about
TO speak.
/; The time Of the party was limited,
on account of the long jumps 10
! Huntington and Charleston, and little
time was consumed in cermonious IN.
PRODUCTION. Ex-Governor White stepped
to the front Of the stand rs soon as
tue storm of applause had subsidized
and in a few brief but we'll pointed
remarks presented Justice Hughes.
/: We are here today to greet the
next president of the United States.
I count it high honor and great
privilege that | have been chosen
upon this occasion to present TO this
mammoth gathering representing the
sentiment not only of Wood county
but of West Virginia, former Governor
/ Charles Evans Hughes Of New YORK
: who will be our ncxt president was
all that Governor White had to say IN
+ introducing the distin cuished guest
. The gathering knew why they were
;therr. they believed that Governor
! White had prophesied truly, and they
we're eager to hear the man Of the
/ hour.
, No Prelminaries
!: Justice Hughes did not indulge long
( in preliminarins. but dived at once in
to a discussion Of the issues of the
! camuaiSn. Because Of the strenuous
can: paign. he finds it necessary to use
IA low tone. but his voice was clear
as was his face radient at the reccp-
tion he had received and his words
! carried well to the edges 0t the vast
assembly. He spoke for less than q
half hour, bur save for outbursts OF ap-
plause that many of his remarks caus-
cd. he was not interrupted and the
crowds listened With almost breath
less stiffness for every phase OF his
message.
At the conclusion Of his address,
Justice Hughes and party were hTr-
ried 70 their waiting automobiles AS
fast as the press Of the throng would
! permit, Hundreds clamored for a
chance TO grasp the hands of Justice
! Hughes and Judge Robinson. and it
required the combined strength Of Mr
Hughes guards and several policemen
to get them through the crowd with
out being crushed in the jam. All along
the driveway TO the station. chauffeurs
had TO push the crowds out Of The WY
way with their machines TO get
through tho streets at all. Arriving
at the Ohio River division depot, it was
found that railroad and city police had
! been unable to keep back the throne
that pushed to the steps leading to
4 fCont1nued on FaEe Ten.)