The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-10-29
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FTRsii Joint 7Dkf5psstod ~ writ Court
ssu s'kie HShse ON aiotdsy.1'd '''rh
From the Witt seusty Mentor, b g't N '.,'ri
a Itlwas announced early, last week that
Ben . lyEilson,f Yoplds address the ciIi,
xens, al .lhi4le county, atRli4abeih on s.tur;
i,AaHopoabiOp had, been made
Ibs the Republican Executive Committee
llbf "a flint discaGsiSn between the two
,sandidsEss but tRel Chairman Of the Dem.
ecraIc COMMITTEES ,hAuy, refused, and
backed. square down nthe,proposition.
Observation-Disclosures report diligently cir
Su{attd ibyI DefhdGfats 'that Hhlekinson
iShI'ahaid to- meet the DodgiSg4 BEN"
iie'tact gRs becoming cd notorious that
mi. lWiIsHn'c6u!u !dbt taEs his Yec0ta and
tthgscathins ie1HHSia,l6ps vi NJ, Hhich;'
ilnS6fi;; 'ahd'the clgnIof ii Ills own party for
ihFif toicle&r up Ms record was becoming
10 loud that there was no ALTERNATIVE bht
TO put on a bold from and endeavOr at the
risk Of defeat 10 stem theiide OF opposition,
,hy participating with Mr.uHutDbins0n in
a Joint discussinns 10 tIis not likely the
experiment will be repeated. iTo;put as
gogd a face on. the matter aA possible and
% atohe for Big short comihgs In this res.
'pettli the past,, he himself invited Mr..
Hutchinson ID meet him here, in which he
was, very iudisGTeet, and SHOWED lhatllis
'iOresipht was far infsriot to that of the
CHAR man u The Democratic COMMITTEES.
81 The County Cont being III session,
eui.es npmber oippeopleu from the sur"
TopyGlpg county wsrs - town, and a
large audience assembled at TIE, C1urt
'H6lss 10 Hear Tie discTssiOh. Nr.Wilsou
opened thedebate'in ID speech Of twenty
minates, and occupied the entire lime III
trying 4oerefnte' the charges previously
mad q aeafnst him by Mr.: Hutchihscn.
The first sentence that he SPOKE indicated
thStthet GOlohel was mid, And the longer,
he spoke tuethaddeE he Eoth He ravdd,
foared, blusterkd, denounced and vilifel
Not a charge Brought against his record
by Airp Hutchlnson could he satisfactorily
explain, and 'the7best'tha be could do wis
toldenounce any one "that had the tenler.
iity itopassail ihis records he being man
tlot to honor and integrity" Ind a ina.
~ Thethihness OF Iis ex.
.Ctises weteliapparerit land visible u the
nake,t eye AMI were received by the Demo:
Gratis ahdaIRepubIicaus alke With broad
smilesiotincrednlhy. TWAS RstrhnRe sigh.
to see member of Congress, a Repre-.
sentative Of the people III the ati6nal
Government, compelled 10 resort to. cal.
'umhy saniI abuse and, appealing 90 The
Of his audience In order to
prove that hs had represented them atall,
He read letter from j. N Camien aud
another from ~J;~ j. Jackson which he
claimed cahpl6tRly fefhted the. charge
made by thu ILalkip6 RsdH that Lhemopey
toE The improvement oil the,
Little Kalawha was secured by and
through tie influence oil those gen Temen,
aRdHHatft wis not secured by the efforts
of, Ben Wilson, in|Fhateyer credence his
apdItorau did, lattaeh to these letters
completely, y4piEhea ghen, .Ar. ,HHiphin.
son took the stand, and ~ mastery
way and with an inVincible array
d fsctsVproved oconclusively that these
letters were misrepresentation and per
versions OF the tasls in the case. It was
evident 10 oil that Mr.. Wilson had not
used the means at his command to secure
my considerable appropriation for the
Of the, Little Kanawha, and
that II was OPPOSED 70 his interests 70 do
so. Mr. Hutchinson showed that while
Mr. Kehna, o. the Third District, had Sc,
cured appropriations 10 The AMOUNT Of
5000, 600 for The & tedt KanRwha, Mr. VIII.
son had only secured SS4 900 for the Little
Kana&hA, and the bill had o clause an.
II that the money should not be
used iorlocking and damnIrg the y yer, but
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