Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-10-07
"sTUFF" ABOUT WEST VIRGINIA.

Radical ISLANDERS Upon the Democrats of
the State-A Libel on the Intelligence of
an Honest, industrious and Intelligent
People.
Mccain, member of the Blaine hippro-
droms party now starring in the State, had
an article in yesterday Pittsburg Dispatch.
In it he said:
Where West Virginia is Democratic.
Ii is in the remote counties of West Nir-
giuia, Logan, Lincoln, Mcdowell Pocahon-
tas, Pendleton and Randolph, that the
Democrats have been getting in their work
in past years. They have no newspapers,
railroads or telegraphs. The people live on
cornbread and potatoes. Fifty cents will
pay a mans board for week. Court is, held
twice year and court day is bigger than a
circus to the people for 80 miles around who
come in to drink pinetop whisky and
swap horses. The luxuries of life consist of
snuff for the women and scrap tobacco and
whisky for the men These dwellers among
the hills are known as "sang-diggerS," "haw-
eaters" "pawpaw-knockers and "yaps."
They cultivate patch of potatoes ard corn
in summer, dig gentian or sang root, cut
hoop poles and
Catch RattIesnakes
as a means of getting money to buy coffee
and tea. There is not one white shirt to
be found in whole townships. There are
men down there who do not know that the
war is over yet 1t is notorious fact that
the returns from Mcdowell county in the
Presidential campaign of 1872 were never
sent in. 1t used to be said that some of the
upper tier counties sent in their returns on
rats at TIE spring freshets. Down here
they don't have such late Improvements as
spring freshets. In these same counties
there are a number of Republicans, mostly
eX-U Mon soldiers, who have not voted for
years, simply because they were in help
less minority All these men have been
seen and will vote this fall.
Complete Republican Organization.
The State organization is as complete as
Il can be under the circumstances, and gi-
gautc effort is to be made by the Repubh
cans to gain control The Republican can
Edate for Governor is Hon. Edwin Maxwell
IF Harrison county The Democratic nom
nee is ex-Speaker Wilson of the Legislature
md a man who has every stock raiser and
abroad man working against him. Mr
Wilson is not aware Of the latter fact
about the only stock raised by the "paw-psw
kr ockers' are whole kennels of mongrel
,beepkilling dogs. The stock raisers in the
river counties had bill introduced fixing
tax on every dog, the revenue thus derived
10 go as indemnity to farmers whose sheep
we're killed by these dogs. Afraid to Of
:end
The "Haw Eaters"
ard 'yaps,' the Democrats in the Legisla-
ture defeated the bill and thus incurred the
eumity of large portion of their most in
huentisl partiSans The alleged unlawful
appropriation of school funds to other pur-
roses BY Governor jackson is another stone
around the Democratic neck. The Green,
hackers have fused with the Republicans,
and those in charge OF the campaign, and
State Chairman Cowden especially,
are sanguiue Of carrying not only
the gubernstorial, but the Congressional
fights also. Money is badly needed, how
ever for legitimate campaign purposes;
SIS, 900 would accomplish wonders Said
one of the managers to me this evening:
Il could put FIVE Democrats to work for us
at every polling place in the State. There
is great dissatisfaction among many of the
poorer classes of the Democracy, they want
10 vote against US and they won't lose the
time. because they cannot afford it, to work
for US"