The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-06-23


Mr.. Morris Replies Il" al. Criticism ON
h8Esa7g .a,s CandldaeJ. 5@
To The Editor OF Tho i,ltegt11se9.
SIR-I have read with much amusement
column article in your paper Of thia morn
ing concerning myself and certainly feel
obliged to the writer Of it for
turther;uR my political interests in
in this district. The personal attack made
on me through this district has been Of i'm
mense benefit to me. That, attack has been
so sHiteinl, yet of such light weight, so
venomous,,y yet so puerile, TINT it has only
made me friends. am Gully surprised that
gentleman of the ability and standing Of
my opponent has permitted himself to he
sacrificed by such folly. To suppose that
twelve or fifteen thousand Republicans,
brave, enthusiastic, asnslhle men, such az
We have in the Fourth district Ct West
VIginia, care about q local fight made BY
me on man who never has been Re.
publican ia simply prsposteruua. To find
that the few men working against me in
the d:atric. would attempt TO detenr me
with such ncusense as ID contained in your
paper of to-day has only caused me- 10
laugh that they aave so Loaf their sanity az
to render them poweriess against me. They
have imagined they were hurting ouuldprs
at me. Their missiles have reached me
Light as feathers weight q
The came lettsr that ls in your paper, or
the substance of ii, has been cent all over
this district. The answe t to it has already
come up from Masop, Wayne aud Richie
counties, which, as I understand, have
given me solid delegations. II am cor
rectiy informed tbs aane reports will be
heard from, at least, in other cauuliss, I
am content to leave this matter to the
people OF my district. As to the pross re-
fiction on the thirteen hundred Republic
Cans OF this county, represented In their
convention by the very beat men Of the
party, they must ISL harmless. 1t ia true
that on u preliminary vets M to the method
Of aelecuua delegates, one plan was select
that wss &c Test CT my strength. When the
schemes Of a few men, VINO announced
Themselves b0Itera IN advance, we're under
stoGd, when that convention came to pro-
nouncs Judgment on my matter, the en-
thualaEm IN my pehalf WIS 10 great, the
popular vercicI in my favor 40 clear, de-
cisiye and unmistakAole that Icou!t. not
but BIZ grat!i-d at the manner in which
my COURSE WIS justified and Sustained
not that can, 10 much for political pre-.
ieruenr, bus because the appro.
val of my own people, my
trends aud neighbours, are very plesa-
ant to me. To cay there are not ten Be-
punlicaus in Rltcnie county, whn mention
the attack made on me. I do not believe
there ART three who will come cut in the
open day and sanction the thruHs at me in
the ISrELLlGEscEa, the attack made like
that OF so ::.s=sssln-iu the dsIk-only fu-
tile because TIE weapon, ins,ead Of being
ike dagyer, is one like STRAW.
As tor my supporting the Republican
tic2et, leaye the people who know ms TO
judge, merely giving them the STATE ment
lnat not only in 1850; but always what
nave voted. Eaye been loyal to that
ticket, only subjsc,ipg it To such scrutiny
AZ every hnussr, d eceut, just man must
oeslow upon the TICKET OF his party. $
Yours respectfully, 4 &.
P..W. MonRH.
Huntsville, June 19, 1884,