The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-18
From Guernsey County, Which
Was Legislnted Out Of the Dis
trict Over the River.
CAMBRIDGE, O., May II.

CAMBRIDGE, u, May IL.
EIIton IntsllIsener.
We are glad that you still take an In
terest in US and sympathiEe with the old
Sixteenth District In their loss oi an OPP
portunity to be represented in Congress
by son OF Guernsey, which seemed to
loom up SO grandly during the past few
weeks. Now that il Is all over with Us
and there are no inducements for lying,
no we'll informed man in that district can
afford to deny that Col. J. D. Taylor
would have distanced all the candidates
10 the field. he had the good will OF the
masses in all the counties and the strong.
est working forces, representing the besi
element Of the Republican party. This
is now publicly conceded. No Republi-
can paper opposed him, and the Demo-
cratic papers in this part Of the district
were only afraid the Republicans would
do SO sensible a thing as to nominate
him.
As 10 the other candidates In thus coun.
~, we have had none since the with
drawal Of Hon. r. w. Anderson, whose
friends would all have supported Taylor.
All the kilograms sent from this place 10
the Commercial against Col. Taylor were
written by 8 young renegade with dis.
eased head, who, to our knowledge, has
been announced an applicant for all
the following Offices, for no one Of which
be was ever nominated, II indeed he got q
single delegate on his merits: Town
Council, Legislature, Auditor, Consul TO
Germany, Adjutant General and Chief
Clerk to the Secretary Of State. There
may be others, but for all Of these he has
failed, and as result he ia now, TO all in.
tents and purposes, q Democrat, having
voted for Bishop lasi fall and against the
Republican candidate for Representative
and other important candidates IN this
county. The presumption oi such aman
now talking about being = candidate for
Congress before Republican Convention
is simply shocking.
You have heard OF the valuable win
dows broken in the Guernsey National
Bank, postoffice and other buildings here
within the past few weeks, damaging
property TO the extent Of several hum
dred dollars. This was done as re-
yenge upon prominent temperance men
on account OF the enforcement Of the
temperance laws in this county. Last
night we had another shower OF brick.
bats and dornicks, accompanied by the
destruction OF ornamental shrubbery.
Hon. G. J. Albright member Of the
Council which recently passed temper.
ance ordinance, was visited by these van.
dals, who stoned the front windows Of his
dwelling and cut down the beautiful
shrubberry and evergreens in the yard.
Col. Taylors dwelling windows were also
stoned, breaking the shutters and one
window. He enforced the temperance
law rigidly when Prosecuting Attorney
and has advocated prosecutions ever
since. These would.be assassins are no
doubt in the employ OF the lowest
class Of liquor venders and II
they could be caught this morn
ing they would be lynched or stoned to
death. The excitement and feeling are
very great. The Mayor and Council will
institute vigorous measures for the cap.
ture OF these vile miscreants. There Is
a standing reward Of $500 offered for the
detection Of the wretches who broke the
postofice and bank windows fsw weeks
ago. So tar this species Of intimidation
has failed to accomplish its purpose.
Temperance measures can now be moved
another notch forward and sustained.
We have total abstinence Council and
a Mayor Of the same complexion. One
Of these mornings some window-smasher
will be gathered up from the sidewalk in
a harmless condition. L. A. NJ.