The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-02-16
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C"rtt'pondtee eiths Iatngeneet. .}Ye'l,
!, uuSTlSaroN, W. Va, February =
, notice In the Wheeling Keyiatr Of tho 81
Inst. an article which s0me oi The old el,I
zens here morn me does not truly repre-
sent The matten Of which It pretends t
treat In the iirst place It Is not correc
that the people Of the country surroundlnl
here arc not reading people. lIav,
mingled considerably with the countr,
people ior the past two or three Year,, ant
| have found whenever they made any
pre:ense ot having comfortable and
happy home that they take ono or more
Of the local papers. I have iound also
that the loye for literature and desire to
be more thoroughly posted In State and
NATIONAL alfaitB IL on the increase and that,
considering the lacsihat they were raised
In section oil the country that was ruled
for years by class Of Bouibon who would
not tolerate lree schools and who looked
upon poor man Us being who had no
right TO an education, and but few rjghts
before the law TIN. the rich man Was
bound 10 rcHpec. say considering these
things. tho farmers or country people as
the Rtgister terms them, will compare
lavoraby with that class OF citizens In any
.ection of this country. E IE.f.,' =
NO PREJUDICE OVER THE RIVER. a
In regard to Ohio people having no use
lor West Virginia newspaper, don't
know where the Resi..er correspondent got
his information, though was told by ono
who was well acquainted here that anyone
who was at all posted in affairs here could
SEQ where he got It. Bu! have nothing TO
do with thRs. l simply wiah to deal fairly
with the people. ~
The manager Of the Huntington 9tpubli.
can told me that his paper had a good cir.
cu!ation III the adj scsnt coun,ies o! Ohio,
and That it was sisadily on the increase.
The Ohio farmers may have choice In
the moral and political tone OF their papers,
but abide from that think they Lhye no
p'tjadice agslns: Wes! Virginia pspem.
THE rRE;s AND ruBLlc SENTIMENT.
While ons cauuot help seeing that Hunt.
ingtoa Is full OF intelligent. energetic busi.
ness men, 1t seemed TO be the general
opinion that the surrounding country is
rapidly improving, that tie farmers arc
reading and thitkiug aud reasoning for
themselves. This, no doubt, accounts in a
large measure for the grea. change in the
vote Of the last election in iayor Of the Re.
publicars, aud il indications count for any.
thing there will be q still greater change
next fall. ~ =, 81 -
When George @. Sturs:ss wss through
here nearly four years ago be dealt ont
some Of his isit-tanded blows which made
Democracy etsgger. The truths he told
then have been finding place in the hearts
aud minds Of the ptople, and the lower
countieH are surely on the road 10 R.pub.
licau success. ~
20 PAYING OFF OLD SCORES.
The Rsisisr correspondent informs rs
tia. the senior Gibson will probably en-.
ter the field Of journalism mex. campaign,
when he will proceed to make tho fur lily
and pay oil some old eoores." That is Just
what's the matter with some West Viz.
giuiR journalists who publish paper iust
10 pay oil old scores and make the fur ily,
All such might as well understand iron:
this on that they have not 60. following
enough 50 they can either pay eff any 81
thsir old imagined wronRs, and what little
iar they, caa get to hyiu8 will not help
them or hurt anyone elae. =. EI.tIl
In reggs,d te the semoval Of the ReglieE's
t:iqah troa, the passailica and the charge
that Mr. Campbell, OF tho intel IlaRScsK,
was the cause oil 1t, I am informed by one
who was thoroughly a6avefsRat with the
whole matter, that MIR. Campbell took no
part IN the matter either way, but II he did
shat the Rtysssr correspondent claims he
did, 6,hen he only a&ed in accordance
with the vlewa Of largo msjority Of the
citizens Of tlnn.iagtoa. Tbs present in
ccninbent had the strongest kind Of backing
iof the Office; he had shown himself
worthy Of 1t, aud the people are sltistlsd.
HUNTINGTON DEf3HE TlR FLOOD.
Huntington needs more manufacturers,
sach as iron and glass furnaces, furniture
!ac,o1ieS, wagon aud buggy works, in TACT
any kind Of manufacturing can find better
facilities here than at any other point. !
know Of coel and lumber Of the fiues. qunli.
ties tina. are handy and cheap. The popu.
lation ol the city 10 rapidly increasing aud
the only fault l have heard Of being found
Is liza. houses are too scarce, 1t being
almost impossible 10 get n house without
waiting until there Ia new one bull; Or
some one disJ and leaves au old one, -
! fad that 'he lSrELLlasscER DAILY,
WEEKLY and SEMI WEEKLY haa large aud
discriminating numbsr Of readers In this
city, and that tho lnhuencN that 1t Is ex.
ertins "a good, morally, politically and 50.