The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-11-02

terms OF reproaCh, can only say 1t ex
cites my surprise.
"Let US sre what Is said about Governor
Foraker. When lie entered the valley o
Virginia, in a paper in that valley-the
LynchburR nyininn-he he WIS called
hyst-class fraud, miserable political
mountebank. an iinpudent scamp, q
double-tonXued slauderer, q prevaricator.
Now, that Is not the way to discuss poilti.
cal questions. hey let me of good
deal easier than that because they only
eaid that United States Senator Sherman,
OF Ohio, ia a Elauderer and sc0undrel.
Now, il that is Virginian politics, l do not
want anything more 10 do with them.
What understand by political discussion
is fair and honest presentation oil nolit-
ical issues between two great parties where
principles will be discussed and men not
at all except in kindly way.
AN ADDRESS TO THE BEsT PEoPLE.
"Now, let me make some sober remarks
to what are called the best people OF Rich
mond. Whenever crime prevsils, or any
violation Of the Law prevails, 1t weakens
the foundations OF society, and whenever
crimo can be openly prscticed in any COM
munity then the very basis Of govern
meat is weakened in its foundation. l
have said, and I say it to you here now,
that there has been In the South and
lately in the Northern States, tendency
10 disregard the rights of individual citi-
2 .ps to prevent them from casting one
honest vote, and that that existed in the
cotton States, at least, ii not further
North, wherever the vote OF the colosed
man would change the result OF the eIec.
ton, he had been deprived OF his vote
eithe. by false counting or by some other
trick or device. Recently that prac-
tice has come over the river into
Cincinnati, but, my countrymen, the
way we did with Il in Cincinnati, was
that fifty Democrats and fifty Republicans,
men OF the highest standing in society,
composed Committee Of One HunGr5d
to press the punishment Of frauds on eItc-
tons and the men who committed the
frauds in Cincinnati. Some of them are
now on the way TO the wo1khouse and Jail
and penitentiary. Now, whether or not
you have in Virginia any frauds upon tue
ii. c,;va frorch;oa leaya for every man
NJ nsSre ~ ,su % tor bimsaif fseveral voices
nTo tp,ontr ~ 90 81 tham no WITT ~ have hesrd II said
no. Ien'y ny.O;rc,s ~ a bsys been framed with a
..;a .Mas 'es'n ra"ant nso,,Ia frnm bev;nS the
viz" " 9'e % vpts p1 have besT1 yari.
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