Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-06
SMOKED OUT!
SPEAKER MOFFETT COMES TO THE
SCRATCH!
Resurected by a Register RePOrter-He
Turns Away from His BullOeSs to
TaIk Polites-He 0iseOurses
on the Past, Present
and Future.

or rested his teet upon the blue grass
pasture fields OF Poeahontas-a hand
lit rally flowing with milk aud honey.
LtaIning that | was in the ueighbor-
hool OF Speaker MoiIett a visit was
ma le to that gentleman AT his home at
Cloverlick. y few years ago the elder
COwarlin, of the Richmond Dispatch,
spent a simmer vacation in this locality
AMI wrote a series OF articles descriptive
OF the beauty oi these Mountain por-
ta's," rivalling in the beauty of their
description MOore's "Nale OF Cash
mere Well might he, ior it is all here.
SEATED upon the front piazza Of the
Cloyerlick farm mouse, in the cool OF the
evening, mine host having just turned
i'm from a hot DAYS work i'm the mead
ow wh,rt the hay harvest is now pro
crossing, and tue crop prospects and the
be,i markets having been discussed, the
RsGIsrER venturcd upon political topics.
"Well, Mr.. Speaker, what are the
prospects for 1850 in the State and ma
tional conteStS?'
IL have my opinions - was the re-
sponse, "but l hesitate to give them.
You know that am not much OF a par
tizan. once thought that the more
plrtizan zeal a man in public life dis
PLAYED, the more commendable It was.
| have 2utlived that notion. The re
quiremcn,S OF party will sometimes con-
hct with the public interests. would
rather he a patriot than a parti-
zan, however much attachment |
may hav, for the principles of
any political organization. / have
often admired that noble sentiment Of
G. GtrriSou's: The world Is my country;
IN mkind nv cOunuymen.' 30 n you
ar I'm search Oi reliable data from which
to prusnuStiCate the political future, u
might be well iur YOU to pump some
GU more familiar with machine opera
tiOls.'
But. Mr.. Speaker modesily sug-
geS-cd the REGISTER, "cveu your pOht-
ical enemies give YOU credit iur possess
inc "A cool head and Tor rendering inn
partial judgments. We all know that
YOU have a habit oi irarlesSiy speaking
your mind. whether your opinions bc
popular or not.
"Wcll. then, ID IL is merely an opinion
YOU want, here il l.. think IN the Ma
tional contest IL will be Grant and Til
den. Grant with the Republicans, be-
cause with them il Is duck or no din
ner'; 10 l. Grant or no success. They
have been Shrewd Ia revive the war H.
sues, and the Democrats i'm Congress
foolish enough o. ald them IN doing 50,
although il may have been q necessity
with both parties to do So.
''Whv lovou sty "a necessity Tor both
PARTIES 10 hoist the bloody shirt
In the first place the Republicans
know that ID they can SuItIiy the North
against the solid south with Grant lead
in, the Northern columns another aP-
pnmattoN is inevitable. That's why
they want tu ii.ht UUdcr the bloody
suirt standard. The Democrats depend
up,n "a snliI south. 10 has reached that
point in tu, south that nothing but a
r.vi,.,I nf the war i~,ucS can hOld the
whites tug.thcr. There Is large indie
p,nGrnt. dissatisfied element in the
South. There are the 0ld line Wings
who don't relish Illcn u bit, nor do
they haukcr after any Democrat oi the
Martin Van Burcn school. And then
there 4, a large debtor class in the south
who are diSsuStcd with resumption, and
they du not take % any man "t the hard
money school And there are the friends
of the Texas Pacific and the southern
Parifc roads who don't want IN anti
Subsidy president. ~ il Is easy 10 see
that il would take very little 10 break
up the solid Democratic organization m
the South. - the leaders m Congress
Thought IL wise 10 adopt the Republican
p1licv ior holding the dissatisfied Re
publicans i'm the North in ranks. What
is sauce Tor the goose Is sauce tor tine
gander. So both parties have deemed
it necessity to make sectional ISSUES,
"Whv are You 80 certain ui IIIden
nomination.
Because hc has the money, and
knows how % make an INSCRIPTIONS
Use of il. When the next Convention
assemblies IL will be Just a. II Was az II.
Louis-packed with Tildcn's hircllngs
and the wishes Oi the Democratic mas
seS Stiilcd.
'.You speak harShly when YOU say
Mr.. Tilden Is un>crupulouS IN the use
of money.
Yes, harshly but truly. Ills con-
nectiou with the cipher telesrdmS ought
10 dann him in the estimation OF every
American citizen But ! speak nom
thrbook. less than iour months Jgo,
while in the city of Washington, |
70 az
member al the Democratic NATIONAL
Committee. remark that he spoke
whereof ne knew when ne affirmed that
Samuel j. Tillcn WAS the biggest
scouudrel in American politics.
Iii the wishes of the masses oi the
Democratic party could be- consulted
who would be- their choice
Thurman unqueStlonably. Ills .rea,
ability, the purity of his public life ami
ms long service i'm the party have given
him stronger hold upon the masses
than any other prominent Democrat.
But il takes money 20 con
troll political convention now
aiays. Judge Thurman hasn't the
money, and if he had he wouldn't use
it. ,..
"Who will win in the Ohio canvass
"Thc chances are iu favor oi Poster.
lie is popular and will srt the Sol'd Re
publican vote. Ewing Is diStaSteiul To
the hard money Democrats, and has
lost his gripon the tirrenbackers. There
is only one thing that can save hun,
and that is Thurman'S influence. IL It
Was once understood that Ewing'S clec-
ton meant Thurman's success IN the
Presidential canvass, then the show
would be- better. As 10 is, ID Ewing
wins hr will want To- take Tnurman's
shoes As a Presidential candidate, hence
this lnkeWarmneSs.
"D,you think that Ewing Will ia'I to
capturc the GreenbaCk vote
{" am sure Of it. The fireenbackers
arr embittercd against him because o
his support to Randall. | was in Wash
ington a few DAYS during the exciting
contest between Randall and Blackburn
/ heard Gen. Ewing say to Col. Wilson
of This State, Wilson, We ought 10 elec
pll.h,,rr f,r n Randall Is elected