The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-10-30
SECOND DISTRICT.
HOW THE CAT is JUMPING
In that Section of the State General FliCk'l
Progress-He DlsssGtS Ex-senator Dav-
Is Arithmetic Eject of the
Visit of President Cleveland,
selaI conapmdenes:el " lnteIIlaaer.

Special COnEpOndtFes:Ci ne IRltlllQsHeE,
PETERsuURa, GRANT Co., W. Va, Oct
96.-Although the village Of Petersburg
is Democratic town, 1t Ia the seat OF I
county that usually rolls up very hand
some Republican majority, "The Burg
as it ia called by the inhsbitAnts, is mol
the lovsliest place in the State, beinl
somewhat rugged in appearance, There
is q piCturesqueness about it, however
which is somewhat inspiring, and 1t ID
surrounded by some very beautiful
mountain scenery, Its people ara kind
and hospitable as well as prosperous, and
at the village hostelry you can obtain
good entertainment "lor man and beast
Judge Armstrong, who dispsnSes justiCe
iu this judicial circuit in an able manner,
was holding court on the day OF myarriVah
General Flick was here, also, circulating
among his friends OF both parties and
making himself generally agreeable, II
does not require any effort for General
Flick to make himself agreeable to the
people, for he "is built that way" and
aGreeableness is as natural to him as
water ia to q duck. Ex.SheriR Arnold
SCherr, who IL the Republican leader In
this county, is here, and is putting in
some excellent work for his party. He
told me that Grant county islikely to give
the genial Flick something In the neigh
borhood OF five hundred majority.
Arnold is not an over sanguine
politician, but is shrewd and iar.seeinH and
close calculator. He gave me an
encouraging account OF EliCk's canvass
over In pendl0ton county, Just south OF
here, which Is the Generals old home,
and where the people are very enthusias.
tic in his support. Some OF the leading
Democrats Of that county are openly
working Tor him, twill be remembered
1t was In Pendleton county that the re-
turns were held back in 1882 and, 1t has
been alleged, were manipulated 80 as to
make the defeat Of John W. Mason sure
by Just eleven votes. Many Of US never
took much stock in these charges against
the good name OF Pendleton county, Mr..
Mason himself paying little attention to
them. Whether they were true or not
there will bo no cause for euch COM
plant this time, for the Republicans are
we'll organized, and II Pendleton gives
Flick majority don't be surprised,
FLICKs SPEECH.
Judge Armstrong courteously adjourn.
ed court for couple of hours to permit
Flick to make a speech to large a crowd
Of people who had assembled TO hear him.
Very many Of them were Democrats and
they listened 10 him with thoughtful at.
tention rs be arralgned in a mastertul
manner the Democratic party for It's rec.
ord in the halls Of Congress. Wilson's
votes on the Morrison bill, the Blair Edu.
catlonHl measureIaud the oleomargarine
bill were the main subjects discussed.
The people seemed to give assent to all lie
said upon these matters. They are pro-
teCtionists and will show by their votes
this fall Just how displeased they are with
MIR. Wilson's tariff reform" record.
General Flick referred to Mr.. Wilson's
canvass OF two years ago, when he laid so
much stress upon the fact that the Repub-
liOAns had piled up In the Treasury gl-
gantiC surplus which should he returned
10 the people from whom 1t had hepn
robbed through the medium Of q "rob.
ber tariff" Then he showed how,
when tho Blair Educational bill
came up, and was designed to distrib-
ute seventy million dollars Of this sur
plus among tho people to educate
their children, over million OF which
would have gone to the schools OF West
Virginia, Mr.. Wilson voted to kill the
measure. The oleomRrgarine bill, intend.
ed to benefit the farmer and protect the
health OF the laborer in the city was also
voted against by Mr.. Wilson. Alter
manly speech OF an hour and q half, dur.
Ing which time he made many effective
hits, lie closed by giving some very logi.
cal and convincing reasons why he should
be sent TO Congress, pledging himself to
mora nearly represent the interests OF
West Virginia in general, and the
Second District in particular, than
Mr. Wilson had done. "Mr. vii.
son is a splendid gentleman" said
General Flick Of his competitor, u have
not one word to say ag4inst him person.
ally. He Is good lawyer, a talented and
polished speaker, a scholarly educator.
The State University never had q better
President than he. That institution pros
pered under his management. My fellow
citizens. advise you to now place him
again In charge OF the University. You
could lnd no more efficient man." The
crowd caught the idea and FliCk's remark
was greeted with uproarlous applause.
DAVIS ARITHMETIC.
General Flick, in his address, paid some
attention to the speech Hon. Henry G.
Davis is delivering throughout the district
the same speech delivered in Wheel.
ing about two week since, and
Senator Is doing some Bhrewd juggling
with figures. have only the space 10
refer TO one item of the exposure. II Ia
that portion OF Mr.. Davis speech In re.
gard to railroad mileage in the United
States. He proceeds with an attempt To
show that there was more railroad build.
Ing under pemocratiC ryle than under the
Republican administrations. For instance,
ho says that the mileage increased from
9,O2l miles In 1850 to 30,035 miles In 1850,
or 23l per cent. Between 1870 and 1880 II
inctealed from 81, ,9l4 miles 10 3,p7l milea,
or only n per cent. OF course
these figures are correct, but Mr..
Davis fails to call attention. 10
the fact that while the increase between
1870 and 1880 under the Republicans was
SMALLER perppntsge d the entire number
OF miles 6i railroad, tlero WIS still .
greater number Of miles built than during
the period between 1850 end 1890. In
other words, Senator Davis own figures
show that In ten years Of Democratic rule
there were only 2l,O14 miles Of railroad
built, while In ten ycsrg under Republl.
can rule thore we're 40,367 miles CON;
BlruCted. This Ia what may be called
Juggling with agutes." Percentage has
little 70 do With the matter OF
Il the term "per cent" ID 10 be
used at all In this connection It must be
psed 10 show that In the ten yeArs Of Re
pu6liDAniBIn theye WRs nearly q hundred
per cent. more railroad built than durinI
The Democratic ten years. Mr.. Davis
tables Of wealth and population are sub
jeCt TO like disseCtioH,
PRESIDENT cLkvELAND's VISIT.