The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-10-25

How Hutchinson Got Away VIII tue
COLONEL
Eii,os IstelliTsnsE.
Its 20 seldom that the public is per-
.mittsd to hear Of joint discussion be
tween Col. Wilson and John A. Hutchin-
son, the opposing candidates for Congress
in this district, that such an event must
naturally be an event Of interest to the
public. The Colonel has been very wary
and lcarey about meeting Hutchinson on
the stump, as the readers Of the ISrELLI.
oSSsrn are aware, and his lodging in this
,espec, has been one OF the most marked
features Of his canvass. For some reason
or other-easy enough TO ipagine-he
took notion TO divert Hntchinson's time
from the general canvass and trot him
round for the balance Of the campaign il
fence corners, in one part Of the district, by
debating At several points to be named by
the Colonel ina couple Of the counties
(Wirt and Wood, several Of them little
''tuppenny" places. The tricky Colonel
thought that this would be good thing 10
do Tor the sake Of effect, alter havtnS de-
clined to meet Hutchinson weeks ago at
the most prominent places IN the State
when openly challenged TO do 60.
The motto OF Hutchinson seems TO be
s'semper sparatus"-always readY-and
hence when he came here 70 speak to Col.
Ben's neighbors, and the Colonel asked
| for the privilege Of dividing time with him,
Hutchinson promptly granted the request
and met him at the village OF Wilson6urg
last night, little place q few miles from
here. The arrangement agreed upon was
that Hutchinson should open in speech
OF thirty minutes, Wilson 10 follow for
lfifty.fye minutes, then Hutchinson again
| for iorty.fiYe minutes, and Wilson to close
i in speech OF fifteen minutes.
Mr.. Hutchinson, IN opening, referred to
the position OF the OF Democratic party on
| the slavery question in 1850, on the great
Homestead bill, on the subject OF educA.
ton, and on the tariff question. he
showed how, in spite Of the vigorous oppo.
sition OF the Democratic party, the Re.
publican party had secured universal
liberty, universal homesteads to- TO the
poor, universal educ ton, and great pro.
teciiye tariff under which the industries Of
Inc country had so wonderfully developed
and diversified. He challenged the Colonel
10 saw in his reply where in 1850 the Demo
cratic marty stood on the question OF the
Homestead bill, or on the s!aVery question,
or on the free school question, or on the
tariff. He spoke OF the great importance
of the tariff 10 the welfare OF the country,
70 farmers, merchants and capitalists, and
to show the position OF the Democratic
party, and the hopes for its success IN this
campaign by our enemies abroad, he ex-
hibiied free trade pamphlet distri b1ted
in this country by British gold as Demo
cratic campaign document.
col. BEN's REPLY.
Col. Wilson, in his iity.tive minutes Of
reply, referred TO what he called thegrsud
old Democratic party that had existed
since the origin Of the Government, and
endeayored to show that the Democratic
party was in favor OF bomestesds by cay
ing that it had acquired the broad domain
Of the West and South, while the Repub.
lican party had acquired nothing but
Alaska (said nothing about it having ac-
quired the territory Of the late Confeder.
ate States OF America.) He acknowledged
that James Buchanan bad vetoed the
Homestead bill, but thought that it was
for reasons best known 10 himself, and in
the remainder OF his speech quoted at
length from the speeches OF Geo. F. Hoar
and Sharon, OF Nevada, TO show the COZ.
ruption OF the Republican party, and
quoted also from 8 little school book got
up in New York by Van Everett twho
during the war was Imprisoned for his al.
ilegiance to the Southern Confederacyl TO
show the tendency OF our Government TO
Capitalization. In regard TO his own Con-
Rressional record, he endeavoTed 10 ex.
PLAN the many lapses that Mr. Hutchin.
son had proved up against him at New
Cumberland. He said that when the first
eight bills referred to in the list we're voted
on he was prevented BY sickness from
being present. On the bill to tsx incomes,
he said that he voted for it, and remarked
that the idea OF the bill was this, that II q
man had an income OF over 8. coo, he is TO
pay an income tax, and said that he would
venture the assertion that there were not
more than three or four persons in Hard.
son county whom the bill would affect
As TO most OF the other bills, on which it
was charged that he did moi vote, he as
serted that he was paired with Mr. 0rth,
and in quite number Of cases defended
his absence by saying that Mr. Garfield
was also absent. He acknowledged that
he voted to reduce the tax on liquors, and
said be did so in order to protect the farm.
ers, and obtain more revenue by decseAs-
ing The tax. He said that 1t was absolute
ly and unqualifedly untrue that he ever
lodged vote while in Congress, in the
sense OF having Ihirted vote. and az to
the assertion that he had lodged the vote
ON the Ordinance OF Secession in the Viz.
GINA Convention in 1861, he explained
that while in that Convention he had re-
ceived from Gov. Johnson and many
others petitions asking him to vote for the
Ordinance OF Secession, while on the other
hand be had received petitions from
Waldo GoH and others 10 vote against it,
and as there were more than enough
votes without him 10 carry the Ordinance
he bad asked to be excused, and was eI.
cused from voting. I'm other words, as the
Secessionists had the majority in the Con.
yention, they had excused their timid
brother from voting)
Col. Wilson, in the course Of his speech,
referred often in his own defence to Mr..
Garfeld's absence, and often to the fact
that he voted the same way that Garfield
did. He said that Garfield failed to vote
over thirty times, though he acknowl.
edged that most OF the bills were trivial
and unimportant, such ss motions to ad-
iourn, but some, as in the case Of the Loui.
siana frauds, were important.
In regard TO the tariff question, Col. VIII
son said that he individually was a tariff
man, and always had been. Also that he