The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-03-13

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.,nk Of the baltimore and Ohio
,..ji,qnotcl IL quot, at VI and 81.
,,,,xo bat routine business was trans
,tJa J'a'.i the Pittsburgh Nail meeting yes
srIy ..,
"a Al, wheeling Pnprr-A Model Dem
10 W." OrrniIe Organ.
St. -, indebted to a friend for a copy
W., S,a, [,"wr.,crn Virginia Argus" of April
,ap ag' ,,ll &. ". Clutter was the editor
,.'I ,.Jbi, paper was AIRED hot Democratic
ia.". d. n' + n', was All organ with a big o.
%%s.J,,Incwspapcr NJ %.I oithc caueus that met
sss N Capitol lI,eo'hcr night The The Tom'na, ,
+,.[,or +,,, the Presidency in 1874 had not
v. a',,' I.tn made. andthe iy" had llyingat
y, ..'r Md head the names Of Martin Van
T,,.a s,' for President, and Col. Rich NJ,
rISop. SIr., for Vice Prcsidcnt-thc two de-
I, s.,.l candidates Of 1910. Henry Clay was
s,.,,.l in the .lye in way that must
I,,. made hi. heart sad when he passed
s,a,h Wheeling. The Wings must have
", j, al setoi scllaw0gs II the half said
A., Them in the .lnpp was true. Being
nor1p it Of course toll the truth.
The editor hal just returned from a
,,s,b, absence among friends in the
.,estain,, and his leader assured the
0.n,cay tina. "the mountains arc on
~ More than that, every Democratic
,,,,, .eem, to consider himself commit
" clone to push on the column" "rhc
,aallr he observed, would bGtO "knoCk
i. prospects Of modern Whiggery into
A, middle Of the next century" And,
NJ, enough, 1t was pretty badly knocked
atye,r, although four years thereafter
anOyerel sufficiently to elect old Zack
rrlor President But rs an organ Mr..
Cater, Of course, fcIthimself bound to Use
tous language and hence he projected
a.opposition into the middle OF the next
eaiHry.
aCaI Ilavmond father Of the Judge) was
.athe leading Wing in Marion county,
sIhe and d. Eidwell were rival candi-
aslor the Legislature. The argus takes
pusatly column OF editorial comment
o. debate between them at Fairmont.
EarellOi course demolished the Colonel.
Being a Democrat, and the Argus being an
oTin, the Doctorcamc out far ahead. 1t il
oaIy surprising to the modern reader Of
bis ancient organ that the Wings had the
taehty to pit any body against the Doc.
b,; he was such wonderful man. And
WthOse Of US who saw the Doctor at a
ker day, when he had risen from the Vir.
GHia legislature to the I. S. Congress,
Vsp never struck with the idea that he
VS. anything more than very common
Pie sort Of an individual.
The Argus was a poor specimen Of a
ls'spaper. It was too much OF an organ
phauewspaper. However some OF tho
siretisements are interesting, K. G.
&uhGu was Secretary OF the Washing.
bn bnTeupeance Society, and then as now
hey hal a temperance agitation in
oCr midst D. NJ, Edgington was an
bounced Us 4 candidate for the Whig
ANIMATION for the House Of Delegates.
John Scott Of Marshall, was announced
"a Democratic candidate for the legis.
hGn Capt, John Miller, OF Brooke, was
recommended as Il suitable person to rep
Nseat that county.
lines were hard in those days, but the
Wigs seem to have had n little spare
tnsu their pockets, for the editor calls
stsntion to the fact that though money
sS1ne and times are hard, the opposi.
har4H find funds to purchase badge Of
sSHcion CLAY flags and badgesl. How
ut, it would not look well ii they were
b tSlRloR this Federal custom. They
'se, in the days OF yorc, the black cock.
" teieraIists, and in 1910 and 1914 the
siSPrty."
lae .loOp was true blue Democratic
''aa' ltsmote the Wings lip and thigh
sSe'y opportunity. II We could only
sNt Clutter nowadays, by some process
" eihe' what Il serviceable person he
'Ooid make as an editor OF the new organ.
Vace upon time the Venetians, mindful
y 'He' former glory, turned lisgusted
H'" the Fabian policy pursued by their
: commander, aud cried out, "Oh, for an
s0af oI old DAndolo!" So might the
lsaocFa's hsrCabonts, who are 50 sadly
's,o'aR organ, and who are so disgustel
'a The gentle nature Of the stimulant
ENea ont to them, cry ont, ooh! for such
SetitOr as Clutter"