Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-04-08
NOTALOVE FEAST.
What a Disgruntled Radical Thinks
of Things.
A Weak Brother Reveals His Party's In
trigues and Attempts to Mahonelze
this State-A Fling at the Re-
publican Aristocracy.

This weeks elections saw the hePuoh'
cans get sound thrashing in Ohio and In
diana. Such revolution has given more
than transient interest to the Tall CAM
paign in those States, and promises vic
tory all along the line for the Democracy.
When anything unusual occurs in Ohio
its echoes may be found reyerberating
through the clubs and saloons in Wheeling
where the Radical politicians love to con-
eregate. Desiring to ascertain the views OF
the wire pullers, shouters and hitters OF
the God and morality party upon recent
results across the river, as we'll as Admins
tration prospects in the hills OF West Viz
ginia, a REGISTER envoy last evening slip
ned into the Mcclure House saloon,
so long known to fame as the
fascinating and popular resort OF the Big
Chiefs of the local Republican party. Club
politicians were as leaves in an autumn
storm. the kid glove and white necktie ele-
ment predominating. Beer was flowing
merrily down thirsty Threats, wine was
meandering to Republican home, and the
bows were sorrowing in the true Repuon'
can vay over the Coquetcry OF Mademol,
selles Ohio and Indiana. One excited
chieftain had gathered knot or the faithful
around him, and was holding forth with
more than Ciceronian eloQuence. twas
Col d.
what else can you expect" said he,
when You try to mix beer and
religion? Our party must either
give up one or the other. We can't
keep the Dutch and the preachers
in the same party. Between two such eX-
tremes on the beer question, we must hate
one and love the other. For my part am
for free beer and think the clergy can do
better in the pulpit than in politics"
why Colonel, said our man, 81 thought
Republicans and Puritanism were twin
brothers and that if you scratched a Repub-
liCan you found Puritan
Now young man you are whole tree OF
knowledge, you are talking sense. 1t is
true that all the Puritans, all the temper
ance fanatics, the Pharisees who pray aloud
in the streets, the bigotS who want to say
what YOU and | shall drink and eat
and such crankS as Guiteau and Sergeant
Mason are high lights in the Republican
party. They are running it to death with
their isms and blasted nonsense. Last
year Ohio was ours. This year every city
in that State has Democratic mayor and
council. And why? Because the Legisla-
lEuChllIS " lOl VI
aping morality hypocrites in the Western
Reserve, must pass Pond bill, and there
by drive all the Germans out of the party.
The party is either going to give these
quacks and such meddlers back seat or 90
to the dogs, and | am not going with ii. As
long as man interfereS with no one else
he has right to eat and drink rs he pleas
es, and the sooner our party learns
that fact and kicks the quacks
into the river the better for it, That's
what's the matter in Ohio. It's question
Of the Germans or the clergy. For my part
believe the Germans will count for more
in politics every day than the clergy. Here
in West Virginia we are going"
"Ah! Colonel, how about West Virginia?
Are you Republicans going TO carry it
this year? How about the First Congress
sional district, and where's your MahOne?'
Garry West Virginia. Not in my time,
young man, and you will not live to see
that day. 1t might be done, butwe are not
doing it, and SO long as parcel of old fOS
sis and political CaSt-aways in the fancy
club on Market street remain at the head
of affairs, We might just as well bore hole
and sink the old Republican ship at once.
Why, just look at things right here in
Wheeling
What's the matter in Wheeling?'
There's q great deal the matter. The
Lincoln Club is one matter; it's a ghost OF
Banquo, an Old Man-ofthe-Sea around our
necks; it slapS all the labor element in the
face and says that no wOrkingman need
apply. Why sir, 90 to a meeting you see
nothing but plug hats, kid gloves and
hard-iiSted men from the mills and mines,
the men who do the work at the polls and
the voting are frozen out, given the cold
shoulder, and are expected to hew the wood
4 So. Il, l. -
gentry, who know just a. much about what
the people want as Parson BeeCher in his
studio and Jay Gould amid the bulls and
bears of Wall street. Yet that damned club
wants to run the politics of the whole
town and boss the entire State. Oh yes,
the young men do very well to shout and
howl around about election time,
and the workingmen may vote
and be damned, but when it comes to
divide, and nominations are to be made and
offices distributed, these fellows think they
car run the whole State and shoulder a
workingman to the right about so quick
the Republican horizon. Now they are
talking aboutaUnion with the GreenbaCkers
and believe that the club and soft money,
as run by them, can defeat the Bourbon
Democrats"
why, Colonel, | thought that You Re
publiCanS in West Virginia would mix
badly with the rag baby lunatics?'
IL don't take much stock in the coalition
myself. Why year before last we talked OF
something vi this kind and actually
made the offer, but the rag
money men knocked Us down and
spat in our faces at the Charleston Couven.
ton. Since then have taken no stock in
coalitions and believe that honesty is the
winning card for party"
How about that meeting at the Lincoln
Club last week.
'Ab, YOU have got upon that? thought
the time worn WORTHLESS and superanuuated
hacks who participated, had wit enough TO
keep such things TO themselves. Yes there
was scheme afoot to MahOneize the State.
There are lot of politicians IN our party
who will die soon if they don't get an office,
and they are ready to sacrifice principle or
anything else to succeed. Yes there was a
meeting and big time, and tell you,
young man, that every man present was
after office. There was DR.. Logan, that