The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-11-15

once II lOOh'pOOhtu 90 100 luln lot be.
LIEF, and assertions are freely made that q
mighty plot Is on foot 70 sWlndle Kama.
Wha ont oil her frugal earnings. Accord.
Ing TO these wary fellows, Governor Math.
eWs and Auditor Joe. Miller ate eDd0avOr.
Ing 10 make capital (nOpun intended) out
Of the lfal aud second district. Treasurer
West Is In the pay Of ClaFksburg, aud Gen.
Bob White and Secretary Brady have
some MachiayellRn designs which are not
clearly indicated. How iheae deep designs
are % DO Aysrted and the money Cotton
at once, does not appear. Nothing has
apparently been settled except the pun
l6hment VI the perpetrators, which In.
Cludes political jAyhAwklhg and ham.
alTlnRing, beheadinR and qnAftering, ilay.
Ing, lis6ulbOwOling, and general diSsCni.
nation 10 tho four quarters Of the earth,
Of tho unhappy fragments.
poLIfICs.
The result Of the recent elections does
not seem To have had much effect here on
existing organizations. Tbs situation Ia
very much like that which prevailed after
It. Anthony's sermon TO tho fishes:
The pixies went on stealing,
The rrlS vent on eOlpg,
iach hsllghL6i Wsle they,
but plriefted The oil WaJ.
The GreenbackeS and knights oil
Labor associations have been busy during
tho week past initiating into their LODGED
the gentlemen from the mO0nShinG dis
tricD, who are here In attendance on the
Federal Court. The Democrats are organi
IIng for another Htraight-Out fight, and
some OF the Republicans In this neighbOr'
hood, lam sorry to say, manifest as much
willingness rs ever 10 decker and trade
with HnybOdy who has either goods OIL
promises 10 offer.
Possibly a little more detailed account
Of the situation ought 10 be given. To be-
gin With
rIig WALKER MOVEMENT, &C.,
which Is deserving Of some special at
lentiOn TO your readers. inRslnuch as ar
earnest effort is now being made by IL
supporters TO effect d coalition with the
Republican vote, dates back TO period
considerably anterior 10 the last Con
gTesSlohal elections. Prior 10 these cleo
tons the employees oil tho various coal
salt and iron operations along the line o.
The river aud railroad above and below
Ibis city, for a distance OF thirty.dve OF
Iorty miles, had, ~ they still have, nu
organization among themselves for the
purpose Of mutual Improvement or mis-
CellAneous determination, whichever
might 10 regarded as for tho time being
most essential. This organization, made
up Of assemblies" each assembly In,
cludlpg convenient space Of territory
was scattered along over q considerable
distance, but could DO readily concentrated
whereverit wasthouglt necessary to "rnn
OUT tho employees Of a recalCitrant opera
tor, or having somebody whose exit il
the ordinary course Of Justice was consid
cred too long prOtpCted. am told
by those who have tho best means Of
knowing, that these assemblies at one time
included over three thousand members
and that they still could be relied upon tC
furnish that number OF voters for any
measure in which they were interested.
Into this organization sometime prior e
bis Congressional course, Mr.. Henry S
Walker is understood 10 have made an NJ
tempt to enter. He Is said to have
been blackballed by the assemblies In
this city and in BrownBtoWn, in which he
sought membership, and to have only
etIcied IN entrance by founding a new
lodge above Charleston, on the Elk river
Once In, he made the best Of his opportu
mites, and adding on tho Greenback Gle
ment as tub for the outside whale, he
organized with a partial support from the
Republicans OF the district tho following
year, which carried him within two thou
sand votes OF an election to Congress
There are no very good facilities for ana
Tying the vote cast for him at that time
but It seems 10 he conceded here that he
got about thTee.iourths OF the Republican
vote polled. As to hiRfuture prospects,
can only give YOU such data as have COME
under my notice here and that which
has been furnished me by member
Of ali political parties from various por,
tons OF the District. From members oil
the GTeenback organization have assur.
Ances that their work Is steadily gaining
in the District, and that the result Of the
recent elections has had no damaging
effect upon Il. Webb, the County Super.
iutendent OF Schools; Chapman, an ex,
member OF tho House of Delegates from
this county; Swinhurno, the Clerk who
was recently indicted into office between
two days., and whose GrGenback ADLER.
ents camped in the Court House yard for
several days to keep Judge Joe Smith from
turning him out; all say that the Green.
hackers are three hundred stronger in this
county than they were when they car.
ried It BY majorities ranging from four IN
eight hundred. They say, moreover, that
they are organizing Putnam, Jackson and
lsoRne counties, and that their agents
travelling as patent right agents, have
been in every county OF the District and
report iIatterinR prospect oil success.
On tho other hand there arc some
INDICATIONS OF WEAKENING
II not assurances OF dissolution. There is
no doubt but that tho result in Ohio and
elsewhere has discouraged those members
OF the party here who hoped to sec it at.
tain National supremacy. A good many
OF these who were formerly active, have
expressed their belief that tho end has
come and Indicated their Intention to quit.
Second, the lack Of interest in the public
meetings recently called. attended a
mass (3) meeting at the Court House last
night, held under the auspices Of the
Charleston GreenhaCk Club, and II Il was
q sample OF greenbaCk iervor and interest
here, the article must be on the wane.
There were about seventy.tlyG people in
the meeting includinGa good many who
attended through motives oil curiosity, 10
whom my venerable friend, James MGdi.
son LaIdley, armed with 4 thick stick, was
endeavoring TO demonstrate that busbel
oil blue beans possessed far more intrinsic
value, and was by all odds better circu.
Iatlng medium thAn a hpshel OF hard
money dug from the bowels OF tho earth.
There was solemn stiffness about the
meeting that suggested u funeral with q
quiet corpse and well behaved atten.
dance.
Lastly, the dissCnsions which have
sprung among the would.be leaders Of the
organization ought TO count for something
In measuring its probable future success.
For some time past there has been a
breach between Walker and and Col, OH.
yer 4. Patton, another burning and shin.
ing light In the GreenbaCk congregation
here, growing out Of disagreement in the
division Of prospective offices. Patton
wanted to he Judge, and Walker, who
had promised somebody OlSe, intimatcd
that he was better fitted TO DO a crier,
HlT'c ittr ldcryInr. Now, Patton has start.
Cd newspaper here, the Wal Timinia
Mirror, with tho avowed intention Of
smashing Walker aud running for Con.
grcss himself. AS 10 bis ability to do Il |
cannot speak with certainty. lie has had
considerable experience and variety as a
politician, coming in as Democrat after
some service in the Confederacy, subse.
Iuently marrying cousin Of General
Grants and adopting the family politics,
aud, alter brief term at Santa ie as land
Register, returning to take hand In the
GreenbaCk movement He has consider.
able huency as writer and speaker, and.
as Capt. Bowers said about himself when
over'threatened, he "can throw as much
mud as the man on the other side,p Tho
tirst number Of his issue seems to be Eort
Of 2 ieeler, but there arc some references
In II TO unfortunate attempts to combine
whisky with DOlitira which IO1;on.n 49,