The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-08-30
Jahc JncL.on In GreenbrIer.

We notice in our GreenDrler letter tliat
Jake Jackson made speech st Lewisburg
the other,day in which he denisd using
the language quoted at the head Of
this paper from his Fairmont speech. 1t
seems that be had to 90 TO some far of
place to make this denial. We publicly
challenged him to make It when he was
here in this city, We called on him to do
so either in card or in public speech.
He did neither. This too, noLwithstand-
ing, he came OF the stage the next day at
Washington Hall and EXCUSED himself
from making 2 speech. He was here for
two or three days, sud in all that time
made no sign on the subject. Phe public
can judge Of the degree Of credibility thRt
should be attached to bis denial at Lewis.
burg under such circumstances For q
nan whose name ia Jackson this Is very
shabby come OF.
We observe by our latler that his
Greenbrier speech shocked at lesst one
Democrat who vas present by its vulgar.
! ity. Jake is coarse man, and we are not
surprised that he made vulgar harangae'
A public speaker who can not safely be
heard by lsdies is indeed poor specimen
to set up as a candidate Tor Governor.
The contrast between sturgiss and jack
son in this respect was pointed out by the
Parkersburg Journal few days sgo. II
is ugyk ked distin ction between the two
men.
We observe by the letter Of our cores
pondent that Col. W. P. Thompson fol-
lowed Jackson in short speech, in which
he said that Garfield went into Congress
poor and had amassed fortune. This,
our correspondent very properly says, 10
news to him. It will be news to every.
body who knows Garfield. When be was
frat nominated for President the WASH
ington Capital-a, Democratic paper
made the following remark abont him:
"Gatfield holds to-day the honored posi-
tion Of being the oily poor man among the
political leaders" f
Henry Watterson, Of the Democratic
Louisville Courier Journal, says of him:
"He would not do dishonest act for his
own sake. or its own sake"
Thos. A. Hendricks, OF Indiana, a man
whom all Democrats know, and many OF
them idolize. spoke Of him before he was
nominated, as follows:
81 will tell you whom think the Re-
publicans should nominate. and whom |
/ O., ,sider their strongest man. He is a trls
man, a MAJ; Of principle, an honesi man, and
,yo4a make good iofe'ident tor us all. Per-
sonally consider him tho bt't man you
could nominate. I,reler 10 Gs4, James
A. Garfield, Of Ohio"
Now these men, whom We thus quote,
all knew Garfield personally. They are
Democrats, and they have observed him
in Congress from Democratic standpoint
Jake Jackson knows nothing about Gar
Geld except what he reads in Democratic
papers, and his speech at Washington
Hall here showed that he only very blum
derinply understands the points that are
used against him. One can hardly tell
whether Jake's blunders proceed more
from thick head or rom his undyipg
hatred 10 the Republican party. They
are possibly attributable to both.
VIZ observe that Jake alluded to the
Salary Grab again. We expressed the
opinion when he was here that he would
not tell the facts OF the case In his noxt
speech, nor would he tell that both OF the
West Virginia Senators were Salary Grab
. bers. From the fact that our correspon'
, dent, who has written a very careful and
conscientious letter, makes no mention O.
, Ibis having said q word about Davis ol
Hereford, nor Of the fact that Garfield ney
er drew the back pay, except to cover y
into the Treasury Of the United States
where Hereford said it belonged, but tt
which Hereford never returned 1t, ws In
+ fer that Jake made the same speech tha
: he made here.
We suggest that Jake, in his nextspeeci
on salary grabs, should pay come attention
!. to the facts that have come out at Parkers
burg in regard to his grab Of back pay a
/. Proseeatlng Attorney Of Wood county
a This is . matter that comes home to Jacob
b and shows that he Is natural borl
S gPbbsF 0I back pay. Ben Butler ha