Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-08-31
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 abandon both
principle and party il thereby they may
attain their end. They are willing to
become Greenbackers, Changers, Ma
tionalists, Communists and even Demo-
Gratis il by such masks they may deceive
and mislead the unwary.
The secret organizations by which this
plot is being developed has just had an
other exposure through one OF the we
tins who had been inveigled into the
camp.
Mr.. q. w. ANDEEsoN, 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 getting his eyes open,
when he turned about and exposed the
whole business. He has addressed the
following letter to his late paper, the
Journal:
PRINCETON, August %.
10 tie E:litOr OF tie JOUa1I:
DEAR SIR:-I feel that would he re-
creant to my duty as good citizen II
did not expose to public gaze some OF
the neiariOus practices oil the Green
back party in this section. 1t Is well
known TO the people OF this county that,
for some time, have been editing a
Democratic paper at this place. Favor
ing greenback currency, was very
much dissatisfied with the financial
plank in the National Democratic ? lat
form felt that could not, conscien-
tiously, give it that support in my
paper that would give satisfaction
To- the Democracy. A dissatisfaction
seemed already to be rising, aud so
sold out my paper at ruinous sacrifice,
and Joined Greenback club. l had
thought up till this time that the fusion
WcI0 fvar Ga SVi,'y"U rCre, ""n "fV"no
OF the laboring classes; but it was only
short time till found that had been
led into the midst of den OF Radical.
ism. The party leaders knew that was
very much dissatisfied with the Democ-
racy; so they gave me some insight
into the secret workings OF the
party. Greenbackers, instead OF
working openly like Democrats
do everything in secret; so that one
portion of the party don't know what
the other is doing. i was told the rea-
son of this was, that there was 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 4 cent for
the currency question; that their sole
object was to break down the Demo.
cratic party Of West Virginia; and that
the only way they could accomplish
this was through the Greenback party;
that Henry S. Walker had a secret un.
derstanding with the leaders oil
the Republican party; and that
the Republican National Commit
tee was to furnish part OF the money to
carry on the Greenback campaign in
this section. ! was also told that DR..
Robinson was required by the old Re-
publicans, before his nomination, to
pledge himself to vote for Republican
United States Senator. When ! found
that was among set OF men who were
secretly upholding the hands of John
Sherman, determined to return TO the
household of Democracy.
As much as hate to make myself
conspicuous, would feel that | had
neglected a sacred duty, had not made
these facts public, so that others may not
be deceived by this hvpocritical organi-
cation, q. w. ANDERSON.