The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-10-07
DEMOCRATIC REFORM.
HENDRICKS AND his COMPANIONS.
The Tale Hotel Register Tslls-The Kind OF
Statesmen Pillsbury and Fellows Are.
Their Work In Other Campaigns and
Their Present Mission In Ohio. l

sFcaA DtSp1ich 10 the inidli9tHcof. |.s. .#|a
CoLrMnrs, October 6.-The Neal 1Ious
register Of to-day bears the names o
Thomas A. Hendricks, John Il. Fellow
and Eben +. Pillsbury. These eminen
Democrats are travelling together, and tn,
fact excitcs much uncomplimentary com
ment from those who recognize in Fellow.
and Pillsbury men OF most unsavory rec,
ord. Mr.. Hendricks Is n shrewd politi
clan. He knows these fellows, their ante.
cedents and their methods, and it ID
thought very strange that he is willing to
appear in public with them rs companions
WHO ''Ex-dov." rlLIsDuRY is.
Pil!sbury Is billed rs an ex.G Governor Of
Maine. 1t is true that the Democrats Of
Maine did SO forget themselves as to nomi.
nate him, and 1t is true that he came
within about $4,000 Of being Governor.
During the war he ran newspaper in
Maine and was the most bitter and
troublesome Copperhcad in New England,
He discouraged every effort to raise men
for the army and incited resistance 10 the
draft. He went SO fur, in company with
others, as to gather up the notices left by
Deputy Alarshals and burn them in pub
lie place, in the hope OF making the draft
odious. He succeeded SO well that the
Franklin riot followed and force had to be
employed to restore order. At this time
pillsbury thought his neck in danger and
he folded up his tent and dropped down
in Augusta, where he published the Maine
Standard, as vile sheet rs ever disgraced
a decent community. n
A TALENTED sLElGlIr.oF-uASD POLITICIAN,
In 1879 Pillsbury ha.ched the Garcelon
scheme to steal the State government. As
the result OF this exploit he left the State,
with the penitentiary staring him in the
face, and has never been back since ex.
cept TO take n hand in another Job OF VII.
lalnv. The record OF an official investiga.
ton, containing. among other things, the
photo-lithograpLic FAC smiles OF lis let.
ters, shows what u close call the peniten.
tiary had on him.
AND FELLOWS TOO.
Col. Fellows is a Nermontcr who went
South, performed some not very creditable
service in the Coniedesacy, and got buck
to New York in time to be one OF Boss
rweed's most serviceable tools. The New
York Times, now booming for Cleveland
and Hendricks, and which probed the
Tweed leche.y TO the bottom, can furnish
very interesting chapters in Fellows his
tory.
HUNTING Is PAIRS.
In 1880, when the Democrats were again
to steal the STATE oi Maine,
these two worthless, "ex-Goyernor" Pills
bury and Fellows, turned up in that State.
they started at Portland, separated, came
together at Augusta, went off again and
met at Bangor. It was TO be campaign
Of hard cash, and these statesmen were
distributing the "boodle."
WORKING IT IN ONO.
In 1850 they turned mp in Ohio, and
played their old trick OF meeting and sep
arating, covering the State with loops. 1t
was understood then that they were the
almoners OF Democratic bounty, and the
Republican press tore them out. Now
they are come again, this time us the tray
cling companions Of Cleveland, Hendricks
and Reform. Their presence is noticed
with interest, and it is probable that de-
tectives will be put on their track to watch
them. Their speecii-makinc is supposed
to be only cover for their finer work.