The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-13
First senatorial District,

Mr.. ]. B. Sommerville, OF Brooke county,
is the Democratic nominee for the State
Senate in the First District. His friends
are making Il "still hunt" for him in this
city. They address themselves particular
lyto the liquor interest. They give assur-
aaccs that Mr.. sommervil!e is not q Pro-
hibitionist and pledge him to oppose the
submission OF 4 prohibitory amendment.
Mr.. Sommeryilc is thus cast for difficult
/ Observation-Disclosures in the counties OF
Brooke and Hancock, Anti-Prohibitionist
in 50 much OF Ohio county us lies in.tlic
city OF Wheeling. Mr.. sommervillcs
friends having placed him in this position,
he ought to have the irankness to say Just
where he stands-whcthcr he is correctly
represented in Brooke and Hancock, or in
the city Of Wheeling. Particularly he
ought to say whether on or about June 20,
in company with prominent Democra,
OF this city, he visited certain saloon
where he met representatives OF the liquor
interest, and whether he said I'll elected
I will vote against the submission OF the
prohibitory amendment" or words to that
effect. At the same time he ought to take
some notice. of the following cvtnmunica.
ton in the Welsburg Herald:
FnEEMAS's LANnlSG,
HANCOCK Co., VIVA, September ..
Z Editors Herald: NJ
Fi Knowing that you have always been n
friend OF temperance, and more purticu-
larly OF the Prohibition movement now at
tracing so much attention throughout our
State, would like to ask you through the
columns CT your paper in regard to some
!, rumors affecting Il certain candidate from
your county who is now before the people
!. for their suifragcs and in which our county
is also interested. 1t has been told here
that two men, well known 10 beidcntified
with the whisky and beer interest and also
with the local politics OF the city OF Wheel
ing, called on Mr.. J. b. Sommervillc at his
Office in yonr town July 81 last, and after
being introduced by one OF your towns
men, that he, Sonimcvillc, gave them
such assurances that he would vote against
Prohibition that they came away SAYING
that they had all they wanted from him,
and that they would give big majority.
s. Now, Mr.. Editor, Mr.. Sommervill's for
mer record MS 4 strong advocate Of the
Prohibition movement IS well known here
and no one has ever doubted the honesty
OF his convictions in the matter. More
over, his friends here are now asserting,
and they claim, "by his authority that
he isa strong advocate OF Prohibition, and
that he has pledged himself to vote for
the amendment in case OF his election.
Now, il MIR. Sommcrvillc has not gone
back on his former. principles, Justice,
truth and fair dealing demand that he
should come ont and deny that he has
made such pledges as are claimed by those
interested in the traffic, SO that intelligent
people may. vote accordingly.
~ We want no candidates before the peo.
pie on ialse issues. Respectfully, a.
81 !, "a 81 KS 4. 4 HANCOCK,
& II is, perhaps, unfortunate Tor Mr.. SOM
merville that his friends have forced this
question to the front; but tho point hay-
ing been raised, tits only right that the
people should know whether Mr.. Som
o..