The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-09
OR CONGRESS.



II looks little as II the politicians Of all
partes in Upshur county did not know
exactly whether they are afOot or a.
horseback. For instance, q Greenback
meeting was held at Buckhannon few
,Iays ago, in which ex-senator Dan Farms
worth tlsepub.,) and ex-Delegate Tom
Farnsworth, DEM took part. Captain
Tombstone, the Republican candidate for
House of Delegates, also took part, tot
limited extent Ex-senator Farnsworth
VA. member OF the Cranberry Summit
Congressional Convention, and is under
stood to be supporter OF its nominee, who
does not stand on a Grccnback platform.
Tom Farnsworth declared that he was a
s,raigh,out democratic could only go into
thedc!d as u Democrat, "-butwould endorse
any good man nominated by the Green
b,ckers. CaptPoundstorc, the Republican
candidate, seemed TO be in doubt about
the Cireenback platform. .sInsubstance" he
endorsed it, but could not exactly say
what i,s substance was. GAS it contained
no demand for the repeal Of the Resump-
ton net, it implicitly favored resumption,
and he could, therefore, endorse it as a
whole" The Greenbackers thought this
position little too much mixed for them.
It was like the case of the girl who was
sor, o courtcd and sort o not, but rather
more sore O. than sort o not So they in
tcrrogatcd the Captain further. We quote
from the Banner as follows:
Captain Poundstone was called up and
asked il he would abide the action OF the
Convention, il nominatedH
lie said he had been announced in the
papers for some time as the Republican
candidate, and hardly thought would be
right to submit his name TO this Conven-
ton. ...sa 4-r.s
Chairman What we want to know is,
will YOU abide by the action OF the Con-
ycntion il your name is allowed to come
before it? ..i.
The Captain didn't know exactly how
the thing was. His answer substantially
was: Yes, sir; l guess not.
Capt. Phillips ,theu nominated Mr..
poundstOne. Owing to Mr.. Poundstone's
retcence on the main point, he was quiet
" dropped"
Col. Latham was apparently the only
speaker present who entirely UNDER
stood himself, but he was ruled out as not
being in harmony with the GreenbacSers,
while Tom Farnsworth, who announced
himself as strmghtout Democrat, and
who said that "if the country was to be
saved at all it would be by the Democratic
party was allowed to put in and help
run the machine. Col. Latham was, there
fore, Obliged to go to the front door of the
Court House in order to get chance to
be heard. This he did, and the people
heard him SO gladly that, according to the
editor OF the Bonner (Dem.l, he drew a
large portion OF the crowd from the room,
whereat Tom Farnsworth was so filled
with sorrow that he remarked that he re
GREETED that Latham had allowed himself
to bensed asa tool to disturb and try to
break up the meeting"
A. - 80 :" ~ ~ r..aS..ls.,.
Hle slahuaFu bearer OF Tue Ireehpack
meeting over Captain. n. G. Mundy.
lie is n merchant Mt uinklesville and
of Republican mite cedents in politics
Co,, pornds,oro n;t, NO ,.os,no CON
,ruo n ho Tho Ponuhli.,n candidate aud
. M; ~ NJ. 'S 81, -. '.,
"'os' i'Ne'! t"''i F"'i's"or''i VIII oe "ot'''
innInI hU tho nnmnpRnNNs Tho RunnRp
seems to be in doubt rs TO its own position
in all ,h;s moIor,o Tho ol;,o- ornor,co.
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, ss'! "'|'.' ~ sea- M poAues Jus, ~ tl'.'
my. ~ Is ,'1'" 70 .e.l MNa' Is uie popu'
~ . '"'''' ino lon.leHlls .'.' .i.ef,'ole'
~ '''o"s' .,'e eau "s' n"''''l,'s - 'tet
serves those lines, once so popular III Eng
land,
&c @tiT4 bless the KlnsEI mean the taiths defender
BaI Who prseSisT Is, or who I. King
T r 1I'., US I T,l-Ih,F. quite another thing
Sa ,i, roun"s'vne' ns N'pppi'T y,
T , says 'na' h'S Platform Is ~ 'oi'
lows ,,1,
ne Is 10 favor o, uni, nno I'm s inOr;n
classes; opposcd to imitation; in favor q
usury law, either State or National; OPP
DoSrI in TIM County Conrt syatnm and in