Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-11-26
WEST VIRGINIA AND AUDITOR MIL
LER RECEIVE MENTION.

A newspaper correspondent writing from
New York over the initials "F. d. NJ" 10
the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, faiuai-
mates column Of stuff about the late can
paign in West Virginia. II it were al Is
untrue and incOnsiderate as his misState-
meuts about our mountsineers 1t
would be sorry account OF
the Commercial 6azettes influential
circulation" By the way, tina: reminds the
REGISTER that this Cincinnati paper is
conspicuous among its contemporaries
for its hatred to the southern whites and for
its frantic efforts to stir up the hot passions
Of the war. No wonder Cincinnati is losing
her commercial and business grip and that
other cities are rapidly gaining what the
Queen City" is losing BY the monumental
craze erected on the ruins Of the dissp-
pointed partisan hopes of this Republican
newspaper.
Below the REGIsrER publishes small
section Of this correspondents opinion OF
West Virginia:
But it could not be and was not expected
that consideration Of protection, progress, ed
ucation, prosperity, development, enterprise
and freedom would penetrate into the back
counties among the haw-eaters, ginseng
digeers, gum-pickers, snufdippers and ysPs
of the hslfciyilized interior Of the State,
where the people make rails from black
walnut, cut down cherry trees to catch
coons, and break out down into civilization
now and then with q likely colored boy for
sale. Nothing better could he expected
from some OF the benighted districts than
was had, and Windy Wilson wss just the
sort of a candidate to suit them. But how
differently were the lines Of railroad and
river traffic affected. Look at the splendid
return from Ksnawhs.'
This is q characteristic utterance Of this
paper for everything and everybody on the
Southern side of the Ohio river. Such SEN
timeuts probably account for the CONNER
cial Gazette's circulation being influential
instead Of large. II the circulation in
Wheeling is any criterion as to ifs circula,
ton elsewhere, it is, as compared with the
/ Cincinnati Enquirer, rs one is to FIVE.
However it happened, surely not inten'
iioually, this correspondent did, make one
true remark. Here it is:
Last evening saw here Auditor Miller,
Of West Virginia. Mr.. Miller is hand
some, GENIAL and reasonable man, and, like
the other Democrats here, bound up the
! river to Albany, was in q highly luminous
condition of smiling good nature.
Wandering from strict veracity this cor
respondent variegated his matter with the
following extract;
=
Mr.. Baker papers have been purchased
and he contemplstes going to California, Sc
Mr. Miller says, while the REGISTER viii
| continue TO run q true blue Bourbon organ
playing Dixie and My Maryland and
Bonnie Blue Flag, and will never, never
kick any more Mr.. Miller says ne thinks
| Mr.. Windy Wilson will make Grst-rste
| Governor. and that West Virginia expects
nothing from the Administration, and the talS
| about Camden, or Davis, or any one else
from the State for a Cabinet place is non
sense. didn't ask Mr. Miller what he was
going up to Albany for in connection with
this statement. What he says is doubtless
true, but if Senator Kenns gets after q
place, and fetehes up his campaign bull
from the broom-ssge districts of Hanawha
county and turns him loose in the Govern.
ment political preserves at Washington,
there is no telling what might happen.
| That bull is hustler"