The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-10-26
|G. O.P. GUBERNAT0RU
| CANDIDATE IS ORATOR
| At BIG MASS MEETING
WARNS HIS FRIENDS OF 8
DEMOCRAT PROPAGANDA
Anticipates His Election Next
Week By Greatest Majority
Ever Given W. Va. Cover
Major Bond and Mrs.
Eloise Hugh es Daniels
Speak for the Republican,
Ticket

son, whom he charged, attempted % eA-
force imperialism upon the peoples ~
the United States; picturtng the g1ee4
sxtravagance Of the DemocfAttS peH
support and cooperation 70 orUaltn14'
labor, Judge E r. Morgan, Rapphe1n
nominee for governor. R1t sventng -
livered the principal address q NJ
Every seat on ths nrst door of the 49,
atre WAS taken and several persons WofN
seated in the balcony.
The large audience WaS almost eQpAl.
;ly divided between msn and woman vet.
ers Of ohio county who rspsassdy
Of his talk. It was one OF the mog ~
thusiastic and lAfgest attended masttn11
Of the present campaign IN Whe0RG.j
The rain storm did not preyent Yen Ssyt.t
Neither did 1t dampen their enthu1tAa
Judge Morgan spoke for one he~f.
following Ark E1oise Hughes DSnteh ~
Huntington, and Major John G. Bp
lican gubernatorial candidate did Aef
start his address until S:46 but he III
his audience In close attendA0ce U1A,
he concluded q few mtnuteS attef ~
O'clock. Not Q man Or woman len 80
Democratic 1ropaGaA1a i,
The Republican gubernatofial nomtneel
said that the Democrats vera SPREADING
the propa ganda In wheeling that M
friends realized he did not h4ya
chance to win and urged the Hopuhte.s
ans to support Arthur b. Koontx IL.
Oe ivy friends" Judge Morgan lail,.
i"they are not friends Of mine. TheytI4
trying to deceive you II you conN
have Travelled around the state as have
going to be elected by the largest mati
ority ever given governor OF thie
Judge Morgan ssid he favored orsan.
lied labor; that labor had Ttns @ sam. nl.e
neither labor nor capital has the ttEht
he Continued, to think they, are R1byA,
the law. II the law - mot obeyS1 SiE
will mean the decay OF our Eoysrnnlen1a;
the Industrial welfare Of wheeling fna
the Ohio Valley that = protective hr!n
be adopted an provided by the RApA23
lican platform. 1T Is not only nsSes
Morgan said. ''but II - also necessefy
for you to support your congressional
candidate who will have voice In p9sU.
ing the protective tariff measure.
Dsmocrstio Press
The Democratic newspapers Of west
Virrinia stood solidly behind Samuel
Montgomery during the primary. hss
now giving more space, to the Non.
Partisan candidate than 1t Is 70 M
Judge Morgan said that when M
viii undoubtedly do as he has DONE g
other sections OF the state-charge thai
ne was cheated out Of tho primaries. II
Morgan said $4,000 loyal RepubiicAAo
had voted for him at the primaries Hhen
serious charges against him.
Hon. w. p Hubbard, Who presided -
the meeting, charged that more than
25, 900 Democrats voted at the primaries
and in every instance they cast thef
ballot for Sam Montgomery.
introduced ~ EubbazN -
Hon. w. P. Hubbard who was chair
man of the meeting, in Introducing
Judge Morgan, said after a careful ins
yestlgation he was confident that every
man on the Republican dcket is ;tne
primary election. Mr.. Hubbard nidi
"In the primary election there Nere
some 110,009 votes cast for all state
candidates, excepting one. The e.ndi.
votes were cast for the candidates for
the office Of governor. Who Were those
5000 voters who came to the polls And
voted only for Eoyernor1 Were thsy
enough when he enters the polls to yete
for other. candidates. No, those 25,eoo
votes cast only for tho gubernatorial or.
nee were Democrats. They were cA1t
tion and fraud and these charges wefs (
lust as vigorously denied. I will not
say disproven. for they were nct
proven" --,
made by this candidate that there wer1
not sufficient ballots in certasn voting
precincts for all voters. There arc two
ballots allotted for each vote cast n
the preceding primary, he sat6 wnicn
proved his assertion that the 1900
votes cast for governor only were the
ballots OF Democrats who entered the {
Republican primary to vote for only .ons Z
man. He then paid a tribute to judo Z
Morgan whom he said he has known Tor
years. -.
Judge Morgan, In part, said: II want
to pay a tribute to the boys who wsrO
so ready to give their lives In the re-
cent great war for their country. Aftef
listening to Major Bo-d speak I cAnnol
but help think Of the xoeful waste and
extravagance Of the peoples money BY
the war" EE
Judge Morgan paid a tribute to the
colored people OF West Virginia, saying
that one out Of every three rec colSfsd S 1Sss mss
one out OF every eight white msn Nero
indicted into the service. R
women Of County. Active
II just want to say ono word 70 the
ladies'" Judge Morgan continued Prom
what information I have received the
Republican women Of Ohio county have |,
Neen very active in this campaign. II
you women take an active interest In
the campaigns. no man will show his Z
credentials who Will not nave = cisAf
record. -