Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-09-18
WILSON AT EAIRvIEW
Turns the Light on the Hart Roman
Combination.
A Fine Pair to Draw to---Oespefate En-
deayors of the Mud Machine on
Fourteenth Street---A Scath-
ing Ventilation.

U
at Fairview, Hancock county, yesterday at.
ternoon and was rendered an ovation by the
loyal Democracy and intelligent Republi
cans of the county. The meeting was
tremendous one and Mr.. Wilson made a
powerful speech, mainly devoted to State
issues. A portion of tbs speech was de-
voted to..the interesting subject, on which
he spoke as follows:
THE RONAN-HART COMBINATION.
notice that the Republican mud ma
chine, The Wheeling 1ntelligencer is
back at its old business this morning. The
great ambition gifts editor, Hart, seems to
be, that he will have more, greater and
dirtier falsehoods in the sheet, one day than
he had the day before. In this, he seems to
be success. He attempted to
make the people believe that l
had misuuoted in my Benwood speech the
tariff plank of the Republican platform. Yet
on last Monday night when | read that
plank from his own paper of June 9th, 1884,
and again invited him before thousands OF
people in the city of Wheeling to a COM
parison, he neither had the fairness nor the
manhood to accept the invitation. de says
in tins mornings paper that | refused to
allow him to be heard, at our meeting IN
Wheeling when, in fact, | not only told him
desired him 10 be heard, but it was an OPP
portunity was
EXCEEDINGLY ANXIOUS ~ EMBRACE
to meet face to face this man, whose
paper has been teeming with falsehoods,
, from the beginning of this campaign, con-
corning both myself and the party have
the honor to represent. He now says that
the tariff plank of the Republican platform,
as published in his paper of June 9th, 1884,
was changed by telegraph or type setting
error.
1t is somewhat remarkable that that the
same telegraphing or typesettlng error &C.
ours in every paper you find the platform
in, published Just after the Chicago Rcpu5-
lican Convention 1t is naked, palpable
fact that they have garbled their own plat
form.
But Hart appears in a new role this morn
ing. The combination company of Hart
and Roman is on for the season. smoked
both of these worthless ont on Monday night
at Wheeling
This selfConStituted Republican manager,
with some effort (tor he looks not a little
care-worn and broken up from Monday
night proceedings) trips across the stage
to the Republican foot-ights, leading the
new convert the amiable, innocent and
truthful John Roman, OF Charleston. 1t
would be an interesting picture,
IN FACT, \ STUDY,
Hart and Roman arranging aud preparing
hat interview.
This man Roman represented himself as
Il warm supporter OF mine for the Guberna'
torial nomination, and was working
10 that end up 20 two or
three days before the District
convention held in the city of Charleston.
He Vas appointed delegate from that con-
venton to the county convention TO be held
one week thereafter to appoint delegates to
TIE State convention, and acted as such del
tgate, taking part in the proceedings ofboth
the district and county conventions. lie was
very anxious to be appointed ,Ianitor Of the
State House in case of my nomination and
election, and wanted a promise for the posi-
ton, which did not and would not give.
Two or three days before the district
convention, he asked 10 be relieved
from his promises Of support, which was
done BY me without hesitation. He had
come to the conclusion as was we'll known,
that | could not be nominated, and was
looking out, in another direction, for the po
si,ion of janitor.
When the Republican State Convention
was held at Parkersburg, Roman, with a
light plug hat, attended
THAT MEMORABLE GATHERING
of the faithful, and returned to Charleston
supporter Of the Republican test oath
candidate for Governor, with the
assurance to the gentleman whose hat he
had been wearing that it was now good
Republican hat.
There is not an active Democrat in
Charleston who does not know that this
same man Roman, after being beaten in a
democratic convention for the nomination
of CITY sergeant by Mr.. Warren, came out
and abored necessarily for his defeat. il
is lust as we'll known that he is now oppos
| ing Mr.. Delaney, the regular
Democratic nominee for Sheriff Of Kama
wha.
Before leaving my home the 9Th Of last
month, il was understood that Roman va:
off somewhere on Republican mission.
When | arrived at Psrkersburg to fill my
sppointment of the llth August. | found
! tLrourh Mr.. Leon ri, Chat m of the Demo
cratic State Committee, DR.. Kelly and
others, that Roman had been engaged IL
the business there of retailing
| A LIST OF FALsEHo0Ds,
including the same stories OF the Hart
Roman combination interview o
this morning, told them to write to any
Gentlemen in Charleston they might choose
regarding these falsehoods Dr. Kelly die
wrie and received letters from Hon. Johr
-. K"nna, Hon " A, Quarter and Others
ulI, exposing these Roman falsehoods.
Koran has been in Wheeling and vicinity
Tor some days. His game was secret one
his time, but he talked to the wrong man
Ny informant says he hs!
man with him By til,
name Of Mcneil, looks we'll. wears gooC
rIoihts, and has plenty Of money.
po's it require much study to conclude
who furnishes the money to enable this pa
riot 10 travel the State in the interest o
Mr Naxwell2
give this much attention to this matter
his. our people may see the disreputabl,
methods, and the instruments used BIZ tn,
Hart people, and that Democrats may be oil
he lookout for Republican falsifiers.
THROUGH THE STATE.
Mr.. Wilson will, this afternoon, address
one of the Wetzel county's large meetings
at New Martinsville, and will go from Their
20 Niilburn, in Tyler. He will not leav
the hastings until the fight is over, when b