Show WELLSVILLE ENTHUSIASTIC Mr Howells Triumphant Progress Is Watched With Pride Vcllsvll1e Oct S A large and enthusiastic S thusiastic Republican primary was held tonight The following delegates were appointed to the countyconven tion at Logun on Saturday John K Lealhan D Phillips N G Allen Brig ham 11 Maughan A B Manghan William Wil-liam W Hull William S 13ottl lon Alexander Spance Alternates Mrs Joseph How > ll Mrs Dr Phillips Mrs Agnes Allen Mrs Lily Ames Mrs Lyrno Thorpe D P waIters Thomas Jones and Mitlhuw Shull The feature of the primary meeting S was a speorh of Alexander bpencc liltherto a stalwart Democrat and one of our best illizins who dcclured that he could no longer align himself with a party whirh was bused on 1111Ameri can principles and would work and OLe for the Republican parly whirh he was aillsrieil was the constructive party of Ihu I nation a t Jail whoso present policy was clearly based on principles which were conducive of Lime greatest good to time greatest number S There were H largo number of other former Democrats present who announced an-nounced that they I look the rame grounds as Mr Spenco whose Kontl ments they staled voiced their own Thi triumphal sweep which Mr How cli In making through the Stale is watched from hero with satisfaction and pride The careful registration shows that Howell will carry his own city by at least 120 majority The Democrats Dem-ocrats have usually carried It by about SO The emigration from the parly of reaction and retrogression to that of patriotism and prosperity continues steadily and bids fair to leave the Democratic band wagon without any occupants at all Considerable amusement was evinced here today at tho silly attempt lo bo lltllc Mr HowollK educational ability by your morning conlcinpoiary In alleging al-leging that ho referred to the distant State of Boston If air Bewail did make such a statement it wan a mere slip of the tongue But the meteoric King in his opening address here made statements which either prove him to be an unmitigated blockhead or a knave a blockhead to show such sublime sub-lime Ignorance or a knave tq presume on the Ignorance of bin HUdlomo Here SMO two InsUmccH out of many in hit hlatoiIcaJ Wollhvllle address by Way of poof Ho raId Sir Charles Uilke John Morley John Bright Thackeray and W IS Gladstone were all opposed lo Groat Britain havintr colonies Now King ought to know If he doesnt that neither ot the gentlemen mentioned wore ever opposed to Great Britain Brit-ain having colonies and he was simply trying by the use of unfamiliar namcn to show his audience that he was avery a-very great scholar 0 Another ulntemont of Kings Intended lo Impress his hearers with his profound pro-found historical knowledge was aa follows fol-lows CiieNsir never dreamed1 that he would destroy Pompeii I am speaking of his early day This is certainly manufacturing history with a von neance for there are very few schoolboys school-boys who even In their earliest days fall to recollect the story of horrible burning of that USfated city through the eruption of Ml Vesuvius Your correspondent could give a great many other Instances of Kings wonderful erudition I I but they I arc unnecessary un-necessary a I present The local Demo craip such as there arc forvcntly hope that Kings first VclIsvllle speech will ho hlu last |