The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-06-19
The Congressional Canvass Over
the River.


Correspondents Of the IntsllIEenoer.
We do not know all the Republican
candidates for Congress in this district;
for those with whom we are acquain.
ted we have great respect and do not
know, and are not disposed to think or
say, aught OF i'll against any Of them.
But when We reflect on the past and the
many hard battles we have had with the
Democracy here, the name and form oil
Colonel Poorman comes 10 our recollec.
tion as the foremost In the Gght-M a
leader who has worked his way from the
shop, the field and the press room, to a
position where he knows and feels the
wants and rights Of the masses and has
the grit, intelligence and tact 10 maintain
them against the desperatest assaults"
Never did man do more valiant battle
in the cause oil Republican government
than he 10 the campaigns from 1868 to
1859, as editor OF the Belmont Chronicle
and for agood portion Of the time Chair.
man Of the Republican Committee Of
this County. From a Democratic major
ity OF some 1900 in 1862 this County be-
came Republican in 1868 by from 100 to
800. When his person and life were
threatened, and he was exposed to insult
and the most bitter attacks he never
sweryed. Attacks were turned from can
didates upon him, which he met and par
ried and repealed, ending with victories
which commanded the respect and admir-.
alton even Of his enemies.
He planted himself upon the high
grounds Of political and moral right
We shall never forget the grand cam
paign OF 1867 when he led the van in this
county and eastern Ohio in favor Of that
political equity which has since been
eneraited on our National Constitution.
He with a few others had the courage TO
meet on the stump and every where the
life long prejudices Of men, and educate
them up 10 that higher plane Of equal
rights TO poor and rich, low and high,
black and white, bound and free. The
Iaboring classes in him would have q
candidate, who during nearly all the years
Of his active, useful fife has toiled with
his hands, not only s but 10, 10 and some.
times 20 hours Of The "a. We have heard
his co laborers say that he could do nor
work in the shop, at the bench and any.
where than any man they rel saw-and
this he would do cheerfully, and counted
himself not degraded because he earned
his daily bread in the swet Of his brow.
Poor himself, he was, and ia, ever ready
to divide his last crust with the poor
he has known and felt their every want
and pang, and is keenly and intelligently
alive to their best interests.
During all these years he ha1 been a
most diligent student-his energy indus.
try and working capacity, mental and
physical, are wonderful and there Is
scarcely an industry whetherit be agri-
cultural, mechanical, manufacturing or
what, not 10 which his head or heart o:
hands have not been directed. The wri-
ter has known him intimately for years
has seen him tried "a II by fire and
would trust his integrity and judgment
under ordinary OF extraordinary circum'
stances as far as any man with whom we
ever were acquainted.
He deserves and Is fitted. for any posi-
ton to which the people Of his district or
State can call him, and no man can DO
found who would serve his people bet
ter and who has a broader view OF men
and the wants OF his great district than
Col. G. L. Poorman. This article is writ
ten without a dream Of his as to its auth
or; prompted only by a most sincere ad.
miration for the man, and a belief that
were he known by the people Of his dis
trict as he deserves TO be known his nom
nation would be made almost by accla-
nation. Here's our hat, and heart and
hand and voice for c. L. P0ormsn.
BELMoNT.