The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-28
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Readers Of the ISTELLloEEcEE vii! certi-
fy that within the las. ten days We have,
in cor 1ctioa with leading Republicans
Throughout the State, erdeayored by con-
Citation TO bring about conditions by
which fusion would DO a euccess In thls
Slate. we bayp even gons beyond our
own jadgmen. in this matter, in Difference
to the wi.hss OF others, in the hopo that
Judge Ma1we!l's nomination, il 1t were
deemed Wise, would heal up all the breach
60 and make our srccess in Oc'obfr q
healthy and verit.ble result for November.
Butthe article which VIC publish elsewhere
from tho Petersburg State Standard. tho
organ Of Tho Greenhsck Lsbor psgty Of
this Safe, has taken from Us all hope Of
securing the derired result. 1t Is now q
ques,ion whether the integrity OF the R''
publican party is to be successfully assault
ed, lis freedom Of action taken away, and
its defeat absolutely secured at the October
eiectior-ii not its ultimate destruction.
There have been hints and inuendoes
given out by that paper which 60 show
that some ies,iul Encouragement has oc-
CURED in which leading Republicans have
lent their ii fasncs in placing Judge Ms3'
well in the field in a manntr that WAS not
contemplated at Martinsburg or Grafton,
and tho effect Of which has tended
rather 10 the injury than to the
benel: Of the Republican psrty-snd
res ly to the injury Of Judge Maxwel:'s
prospects for nomination. The plain
square understanding ct Martirsburg and
Grafton was, that there would be no iusion
except upon the State and Electoral tlckets.
There was no understanding whatever IS
to congressman or members Of the Legis.
lature, or for local %oficerp. Emboldened
by their SUCCESS ct Buckhannon, and the
tame submission to that outrage by q large
number Of Republicans throughout the
State, among whom are Republicans who
threaten to bolt II Judge Maxwell is not
nominated on the 30h inst, this Green.
back.Lsbor party, il the Standard reflects
its sentiments, says that 1t will rot
come up to the work unless it has an equal
divide all round. 1t repudiateu the sgree
monts it has entered into through It's lead
era, unless It can secure conditions ard
concessions Which il! NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
and r%elinqaished at the time it mace
thoae agreements.
We do not desire 10 bs harsh in criticifm
Of this course, bu. to call it q mild npec.es
Of blackmail would not state the case too
strongly. This Grccnback business has
received entirely too much attention, and
too much Importance has been given to It
in this election. The State Standard claimB
hat thers are "15, 900 to g $1,000 Gteenbaek
votes in this State" This 10 entirely mis-.
leading, and not warranted by the fscss.
The Greenback vote per Sc does not exceed
1000, and hsa always boen the disturbing
element in tho Greenback Labor party.
Its leaders, with honorable and c%onspicu-
GUS exceptions, arc q lot Of broken down
politicians, impccunious blatherakitts, and
political crankH. AS O general thing they
ags free traders; and their fusion with tho
labor reiorme,s has alHsys been o draw.
back 10 that noble organization, tho
Knights OF L.bor. Since the decision OF
the Supreme Court on the Legal Tender
Act there has really been no reason for the
existence Of Greenbackism. Besidee,
pr e, are almost uniformly
iree TRADERS, and il they arc honeat, which
VIC very much question, thsy should belong
to the Democratic party. They have moth.
in common with the present iusion
movement IN this Slate. l. is to them, and
no. to the Labor Reiormerg, that We owe
sur present confusion.
The Labor Rciormers number 10. 1000
gotes in this State. They are all protec.'
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