The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-22

Iust cIcEtiou VI uuIuuSu oAuEcIe IL lllIs
place, as heretofore reported in the INTEL.
LlGEScER: .-5.tE aszaua sa.ss..5
1.-THE Weston correspondent Of the Wheel
ing lSTELLlGeScER eIdeayols to make il
appear that the issue in the late corpora.
J ton election here, 1eas for and against Il.
cense. This ia not true and this correspon-
dent should have known better. This
question WAS not mooted, and has no in
tluence whatever in determining the re-
sults." .g-
The editor OF the Democrat certainly new
or read my letter, Tor il he had taken the
trouble to examine it he would have peen
that said the license question wss with.
out doubt already settled by the action Of
the county court. Imade no representa-.
ton and attempted to make none Of the
kind above charged by the Democrat.
But l did not represent and i again
reiterate the assertion, and can prove its
rcasouablenees, 10 any intelligent reader il
necessary, that the whisky men OF Weston
the Illicit saloons and their henchmen-
did unite on the former Mayor, and by the
aid Of proiessed temperance men, and
among them AN sorry TO remark, WIS the
editor Of the Democrat, they did succeed in
rejoicing the present Mayor, and that too
in the hope and firm belief, and I doubt ii
l would be going much too far 10 soy with
the understanding, that he would not
enforce tho whisky ordinance against them.
That was the issue. .-sI L5.' p.
The fact Of the matter is Just this: 4
large portion Of the people OF Weston and
Lewis county don't understand what indie.
pendent journalism is. They look on q
newspaper as putting machine to hoist
friends and lavorites into fat public places.
They expect the newspaper to defend them
when they are attacked, but never under
any circumstances to criticise any OF their
acts, no matter how far they may wander
aside in the forbidden paths Of public pro-
pfietv. 1t doesn't geen to be understood
that free and fair discussion OF al!
questions Of Importance is necessary to the
public veal, and that the truth eau gen.
orally only be got q. in that way. - s
In the nearly two years ! have known
the Weston Democrat believe have never
seen single criticism Of the acts OF local
public men. Newspapers are tho educators
otthe public sentiment, and this senti-
ment OF wink:rg at all kinds OF evils hes
SO grown in our midst that am OF the firm
belief that it would be absolutely danger.
ous TO publish Tree and Independent
paper here-a paper that would grapple
with the evils, both social and political,
that Ar, keeping this section many years
behind in the onward march OF true pro-
erosion. --.--4., -,-..---- .s
Please understand that nm personally
making no attack on Mr.. Edwards, the
editor Of the Democrat. l have been in his
employ and have found him one Of the
most pleasant and kindly gentleman in
whnse services I ever eugagcd-and mao
Of honor and personal integrity, but, as he
has seen fit to fire the fret gun, despite my
high regard for him personally, l mus. say
that in his public capacity as an editor
OF fearless taud independent, staud.up.
Observation-Disclosures newspaper, he
Is q most uncompromisipg iBilnre. And
the paper itself is oil the evidence required.
James j. Peterson attempted to publish
an independent Republican journal here,
but the battle was made 90 hot for him
that at q convenient season, although he
had made q success despite his opposition,
he sold out and found better opening.
DR.. NJ. S. Holt is independent and iearless
enough, and is now managing the Republi.
can, but INST week ago heard friends
advise him. that ii he didu't lot up, some.
body would let him up too sudden Tor
comfort .rs,s- -,
l have no....splcen, no prejudice, no
enmi,y, no spite to crafty in writing this,
save what is prompted by p desire for the
best interests OF MY adopted town. was
unfortunate enough to have been born in a
Democratic babilatinn, and rocked in a
Democratic cradle by q long line OF Demo.
cratic ancestry, snd had supposed could
drop right in and aseim:la.e with such ster-
ling Democracy as would be found in this
region. | can't swallow your Republican
tariff and seyera! other Republican aces.
series without wincinc. But II Democracy
and bad whisky arc one and inseparable, 1
shall soon be compelled to turn aside from
the nauseating mixture, and run the risk
Of choking to death on a radical nail mn.
chine. G.
1Ie,'on. ". Ia, January 10. .t,