Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-22
THE BIG GREENBACKER.
WALKER wAKsO UPA SECOND TIME
By a Register RepOrter-Ihe Situation
Viewed through Pair Of Green Cog
gles-Evepthing Lovely in the
Third District-"True ln-
wardneSS" Revealed.
moi MAKING, BUT BREAKING
STATES"
BUFFALO, W. Va, July =.


Full reports have, suppose, been
forwarded you. This, Putnam county,
is the center OF the Greenback move
ment in this part OF the State. Buffalo
District is the strongest Greenback Por-
ton OF the county.
Mr.. HENRY ;. WALKER,
of Kanawha delivered the Fourth OF
July address and also a Greenback
speech in response To serenade at
Buffalo the same night. He is great
favorite with our people, and as one well
posted in the purposes and prospects ol
the party in this State was particularly
we'll disposed to free conversation amid
the genial surroundings which greeted
him here.
Mr.. Walker was the guest Of Mr..
Thomas Atkinson, one OF number OF
influential farmers in this part OF the
Kanawha Valley, and a most decided
GreenbacSer.
The splendid, old brick mansion look
in out from grove OF grand old oaks,
upon a fine scope OF Kanawha bottom,
splendid slopes OF wooded kanawha
hills. acreage as fertile as ever yielded
grain T. the harvest or pasturaSe to the
herd, spoke too highly OF atiiuence and
intelligence to sanction the idea, that in
this section at least, the Greenback
cause is espOused only by the advcntur-
Gus and worthless elements OF society.
The truth is that the movement here Is
backed by the best men OF the county,
especially OF the Democratic party, and
that il derives its inspiration from
homes OF ease and comfort
while its campaigns are matured
AMI lei by men who are familiar with
the newspaper and the book, aS well as
with the plough OF the farmer and the
PICK of the miner.
Your correspondent was one OF q
number who called upon Mr. Walker at
Mr.. AtkinsOn's residence. Finding HIM
willing 10 yield-tO the pressure OF an IN
terview jOtted down notes OF our talk
which here send You. Ii Is not IN
harmony with much of the current OF
opinion gwen the public through your
columns from other sources; but tits IN
teresting as showing what the men
think who i'm six weeks last TALL worked
up the most astounding political revo-
luton known 10 our experience.
THE STATE OUTLOOK.
Your reporter openedthe conversation
by asking Mr.. Walkers opinion Ot the
prospects OF the new party in the state.
ssThev are better than at any time
since the work OF organization began.
"To what DO you attribute the I'M
prOvement?
"Mainly to the course OF Congress OF
the extra session. Both old parties uni
tel To force upon the public the consld-
eratiol of issues that were unheard OF
i'm our last campaign. 10 Is undOubted-
lv true, that the people are bitterly op-
posed To the Use of troops and SuperNls-
ors and marShals 20 control elections,
hut these are not the leading topics OF
public interest. The Congressional
campaign i'm West Virginia last fall, was
made upon the money question. All
parties were interested IN It. The
Democrats prOiessed 10 be as good
GreenOackers as the GreenbacSers them
selves, and the Republicans better
Greenbackers than either. Three gen
tlemen were elected as Democratic NOM
inees who stood upon more pronounced
Greenback platforms than those OF the
Nationals in many States. They were
merely 10 serve a temporary purpose
10 save the Bourbon nominees from
defeat. That done they burned the
bridge a. il they expected the stream
would run dry by the next time they
wanted 10 cross. They came back %
the people, and when asked what they
have done towards paying the bonds m
grecnbacks, abolishing national banks,
remonetizing silver, and compelling res
titution .irom the land-grabberS and
railroad mOnOpOlists, our West Virginia
Bourbon Greenbackcrs hang their heads
and point to Sam. Randall, name ia
miliar to everybody who knows the his
tory of land piracy i'm West Virginia, aS
the best they could do 20 destroy mon
Opolv, but "bv the help of the Lord
they have cut Oft the ratiOns from the
marshalS,' and they point to a handful
of hali-paid Deputy MarshalS in this
State who are chasing a few woOn>hine
scenes OF poverty and want, which the
officers themselves only entered Govern
ment service 10 escape.
"When Senator Bayard took the Demo
cratic party OF the Senate 10y tine throat
AMI shook it tin its ribs ratified against
its backbone, he eNtIuyuiShcd the Green
ba K Democracy OF W est Virginia.
The masses OF men who voted the
Bourbon ticket IN this State last Fall,
are Greenbackers at heart. They voted
the Democratic ticketto get rc,iet within
the ranks of the party. They have been
vicumized by false prctcncvs. They
are disposed to resent the treatment.
They are coming 10 the GrccnbJCS party
every dav. There are Bourbon eluiS>I-
ries ON these grounds tU-day-to coax
or cajole these old Democrats back %
their ancient allegiance. Ii can't be
done. They cannot be brought back %
the fold by few political prctendcrs
who not only deceive them, but insult
their intelligence by explanations.
"GOu speak of an Increase m the
Greenback strength; what evidence have
you OF it?'
"The daily organization OF greenback
clubs i'm various parts OF the state, and
the connection Herewith Ot men oi
great prominence and influence, not
heretofore identified with the cIu>r.
Colonel \. K Barbee, of Mason, Cap
tain John X. Thompson, OF Putnam, J.
r. Hansiord and W. III. TompSinS. of
Kanawha, known all through the val
lev; two OF these as fighting Conteder-
atcs. all of them as Democrats now
active, Jealous Greeub3ckers. our
young friend "BirI' Nash, a rising
young lawyer OF tins county, VIII to-
morrow announce at the Winfield con-
yention, his adhesion to the Greenback
party.
Men like these and many others whom
| could name represent an immense in
fiuence in the Valley, and it's bound to
count. Within the last three months
Greenback clubs have been organized
in Union and POca Districts OF hana-