The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-09-22
Iron the Wheeling Register.l
Radical Subterfuge.

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Radical Subterfuge.
The desperation of the Republican
scramble for office in West Virginia
is not more conspicuous in anything
else than in the willingness to aban-
don both principle and party fthcre,
by they may attain their end. They
are willing to become Greenbackers,
Changers, Nationalist, Communists
and even Democrats ifby such masks
they may deceive and mislead the
Iunwary.
The secret Organizations by which
this plot is being developed has just
had another exposure through one
of the victims who had been inveig-
led into the camp.
Mr.. G. W. Anderson, late owner
and editor Of the Mercer county
Journal, was lately caught in this
Republican trap and swindled out Of
his paper. He was not long in get
ting his eyes open, when he turned
about and exposed the whole bust
ness. He has addressed the follow.
ing letter to his late paper, the
Journal:
PRIScEroY, August 23d.
To the Editor cftde Journal.
DEAR SlR:-I feel that / would be
recreant to my duty as u good citizen
if did not expose to public gaze
some Of the nefarious practices Of the
Greenback party in this section. 1t
is well known to the people of this
county that, for some time, I have
been editing Democratic paper Mt
this place. Fayoring a Grcenback
currency, | was very much dissatis.
fed with the financial plank in the
National Democratic platform. l
felt that | could not, conscientiously,
give it that support in my paper
that would give satisfaction to the
Democracy. A dissatisfaction seem.
ed already TO be rising, and so sold
out my paper at ruinous sacrifice,
and Joined q Greenback club. | had
thought up till this time that the
fusionists were real Greenbackers,
and friends Of the laboring classes;
but was only short time till | found
that / had been led into the midst Of
a den of Radicalism. The party
leaders knew that | was very much
dissatisfied with the Democracy; SO
they gave me some insight into the
secret workings Of the party. Green
hackers, instead of working openly
like Democrats do everything in Sc
cret; so that one portion of the party
don't know what the other is doing.
! was told the reason of this was,
that there was q great many converts
from the Democracy, who would not
approve of all they were doing
Some Of their leading men told me
that they didn't care a cent for the
currency question; that their sole ob.
ject was to break down the Demo
cratic party of West Virginia; aud
that the only way they could accom-.
plish this was through the Green
back party; that Henry S. Walker
had a secret understanding with the
leaders of the Republican party; and
that the Republican National Com.
mittee was to furnish part of the
money to carry on the Greenback
campaign in this section. | was al
so told that DR., Robinson was re-
CURED by the old Republicans, before
his nomination, to pledge himself to
vote for q Republican United States
Senator. When found that | was
among q set of men who were secret
ly upholding the hands of John Sher-
man, | determined to return to the
household of Democracy.
AS much as | hate to make myself
conspicuous, 1 would feel that l had
neglected a sacred duty, had | not
made these facts public, so that 9TH
ers may not be deceived by this hyp-
ocritical organization.
G. w. ANDERSON.
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West Virginia never had q better
Governor than Mathews, Under his
administration every dollar due the
State in the way of taxes, for 1S7S-79,