Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-08-26
WILLIAM I'll ENGLISH.

WILLIAM H ENGLISH.
RANDALL, the Radical evangelist hat
teyer that is, who is engaged in stump
ing for tie elitcation Of the small boys
OF this city, is fond of arranging lion.
WILLIAM II. ENGLIsu, the Democratic
nominee for Vice President. ;yr certain
oiienses which are grouped below. The
article is clipped i.on the New York
sun, hut it was probably prepared by
RANDALL. ENGLISH is unfit to be Wee
President for the following reasons:
1. Mr.. English has been almost wholly
out OF politics for the past twenty years,
meanwhile devotIng his time mainly To
lis private aiIaiTs. We do not stop to
prove that no man is duly qualified Tor
the Vice-Presidency who has not been
constantly engaged in partisan politics
during the period III question.
II. Though Mr.. English was always
Democrat, and was leader OF that party
in Congress through,the administrations
of Pearce and Buchanan, he two or three
times during the war showed his indie
pendence in a way that must elicit the
ccnSure of consistent politicians Ike
General Banks and Carl SChurz, and OF
newspapers like the New York Iridium
and the Cincinnati Commercial lie
voted for Oliver Z. Morton Tor Gov
ernor, and for Mr.. LincO.n's reelection
To the Presidency.
IlI.--To strengthen himself in In
diana, Governor Morton offered English
the command al regiment OF vOlun'
teers, assuring him that the President
would embrace an early opportunity to
make him a General. Now listen 10 the
reasons given by this "COpperhsad for
declining MortOn's offer. He told the
Governor that he knew nothing what
ever OF military affairs, and was appre-
hensive that he might share the fortunes
OF most oi the political Generals, who,
by laundering in the lield, got 4 good
many Oi their soldiers rCeuieSsiy killed
Oi course i; is the height OF pres ump,iOn
for such a man t. run for office in OppO.
sition to tickle; headed by such mill
tary chieitaiu rs James \. Garfield.
". Mr.. English gave Sl0l 10 the fund
raisei at Indianapolis for The sufferers
by the Chicago fire. lnc Garfield
newspapers need not hay" harped so
much Oh this subject To- convince every
body that fnglisn's conduct Was despic-
able. True, they do not alicGe that he
got the money from Cakes AmCs, either
as a dividend or loan. They only in.
sinuate that he chisellcd il ont OF some
body: and as each OF the Republican
editors and orators who take tins matter
to heart doubtless gave more than S!uO
to the Chicago sufferers, the argument is
irresistible that they, and not William
IT, English. ought I" Il" CHOSEN 10 the
Vice Presidency.
V. We shall now uncover 4 portion
of Mr.. Euglish's business career in
which his cruelty was rs original in con-
ception as it was EiabUliCal in execution.
He had led an enterprising lille, and had
not wasted its fruits in wild speculations.
lie WAS therefore able 10 answer the
calls OF the people around him Tor the
loan uf moderate sums OF money, the
repayment Of which they checiUily OF
Tered To secure by mortgages on reai
estate. 80 they took the money, and he
took the mortgages. When the time Tor
payment came along, several OF those
persons refused To return either the
principal or interest ni the loans where
with they had been accommodated by
English. And what did this hcartlrSs
mons .pr then do? lie devised Il sch-me
the bare mention OF which has made
every Carried lawyer ana editor in the
country shuiirr nj its ingenuity and ITS
inhumanity. lie iOreclOScd some oil the
mortgages: and he was Uvertaken with
the fate which he might have expected.
In several instances the property did not
sell for the amount OF his debt. He was
thus swindled ont OF 4 portion Ot his
money, and was compelled To take Judg-
mentS for the deficiency, which judg-
ments we presume he will sell tOthc Re
publican National Committee for five
cents on the dollar. perhaps even Tor
less.
VI. Another matter hardly less afro
cious than that lust named has come to
light. Ii seems that some years ago Mr..
English erected IN indianapolis num-
Der OF SNUG houses, adapted to the Oc-
cupancy ~ persons OF small means,
which ne offered at very cheap rents.
At the time, this enterprise OF Mr.. Eng
lush elected the warm appreciation OF
his fellow citizens. But hiS iniqultOus
designs had not then come 10 the sur
face. He actually let these houses with
the expectation OF getting his rents. OF
course, he met with the usual luck, and
.i,anfn.l n al
dues. lie appears To- have lost his tenn
per once or twice; and he had the au-
dacity 10 turn ont three or iOur bad ten
ants who would not pay, in order 10 get
in good ones who would. The Repub-
Leans show their usual saglcity by max
ing this one of the issues OF the cam
paiyn; for what can be more clear than
that man who is So infatuated as 10
try TO collect his rents has no right TO
run for the Nice-Presidency?
VII. The most startling of this mans
oItrI-es against society and his country
remains To be mentioned. We should
not believe the story except for the pos
tive assurance OF its truth from one OF
the most distinguished journalists in the
Mississippi Valley. English dwells i'll a
house which he calls his own. Under
the pretcrss OF protecting il against
burglars aud incendiaries. he has CaSed
his wooden window shutters with iron.
The Republican reporters who have
ma,ie a searching scrutity OF the prem
Uses warn the country that this
iron is rather thin; in TACT, is
nos thicker than ordinary sheet iron,
and might be taken for sheet iron by
Democrat. circumstance which the
Garfield editors very naturally regard as
not only mysterious, but suspicious.
This may ha considerpl rs settling the