Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-29

I MOSt intense pcItlLan nature,
FULL OF HATE
for the Pafty to which they belong. While
on the stomp he pretendS to be very hber-
al and Solicits the Democratic compliment
| tary vote in the most brotherly fashion.
Elsewhere--in Congress and among Repub-
licans-he IS one of the bloodiest of bloody
shirt partizans.
"You think. then, that the Democrats
| in the First District will vote straight this
| year?" =
Il think it looks that way, and base my
reasoning on the hoypothesis that Demo
Gratis are not only tired of Gof, but that
/ they have no cause to vote against Bran
nor, who is COTS superior in every way
except as an orator, and who, while he
may not be as radical as Goff on the ques-
tiOn Of tariff, is in perfect accord with the
protective element of his party and declar-
Is that in tariff legislation he would vote
against the iniquitous propositions Of the
Morrison crowd"
about GOff' 5 defeat. What objection have
you 10 him?n
You must not misunderstood
me. For the sake of Republican success
I would like TO see him elcted to Con-
gress, and should be glad were he to carry
the Legislature. But / would rather it
were some other Republican than Goff.
HE Is a SELFISH POLITICIAN,
who has his own personal ends in view,
rather than his party's welfare. In
trvelling through some portions Of the
State / have seen enough to convince me
that he already has well-de6ned plan on
foot &c sacrifice every other Republican
Congressional candidate to his own Sena-
torial interest In the Third and
Second Districts, if his strikers can
gain members of the Legis-
lature by sacrificing Flick and Brown
they will do 50. don't like this, for it
is not honest politics. / believe that he
would even permit himself to be traded of
in the First District ii he could thereby
gain two or three members of the Legisla-
ture 1t is not fair TO the party nOminat-
ing him. He is undoubtedly playing 4
double game, and don't think il will
work. He is bound to be caught up"
Are yOu really sure of this?'
Il know enough 10 convince me that
what say is true" ~
Don't you like Gotf personally?"
/. am frank to say no.
( Goff is an inSincere man, and
has always been . twO-faced man in poll
tics. lie has one face he wears before the
public aud another he assumes in private.
/ For instance,
HE PRETENDS To BE \ BLAINE MAN.
( He Is in public a Blaine boomer because
/ he knows for him 10 be anything else
would be distasteful 10 the Republicans Of
! the State However, he is in reality a
Sherman man, and is to-day engaged in the
secret work OF advancing Mr.. Sherman's
interests in West Virginia. ! have heard
/ it said that he has pledged the State dele
/ gatiOn to the Ohio man in 1888. In "a
! he was an Arthur man and was in the
scheme 10 have the State mis-
represented at Chicago. To
Blaine's friends he was Blaine
mau. Pubhcally he was nOn-eommittal
and did not have the courage TO announce
his position. When earnestly solicited TO
allow himself 70 be made a delegate to
/ Chicago he fatty refused knowing that
the delegation would be instructed Tor
Blaine. Although General GOff posed as
/ the leader OF the Republican party In West
Virginia, and was so regarded, that party
did not know, and does not know to this
day, as a party, how he stood on the preSi-
dental question. Among the leaders,
however, to the Arthur men he was for
Arthur and 10 the Blaine men ne was for
Blaine He did not even attend the Con-
ventiOn, pleading business engagements.
He did not dare TO 90. He was shrewd
enough 10 foIesea that 4 struggle
wOulp take place between the
txo f:ctiOnS, and did not want 10 be en-
baraSsed. Every other leading Republican
in the State was present. When the ques-
ton went round,
WHERE Is GOFF:'
the boys simply winked at each other and
echoed the question. From that day TO
this Goff has been losing east in the State.
II he had had the manlineSS then 10 state
his position il would have been his saliva
ton"
"Goff will undoubtedly be Senator,
should the State Legislature be RepUbll-
can, would be nOt?''
i suppose 50, and vet there is a grow
iug feeling of disgust with his vacillating,
course, which may yet mix matters
some. There are counties in the southern
portion OF the State where large and re-
spectable number OF the Republicans de-
clare they will not vote for member OF
the LEGISLATURE who would vote for GOff
for Senator. II is a dissatisfaction grow
inc ont of the two-faced manner in which
they were treated by the little General IN
the days when he had virtual control OF
the federal patronage of this State. l
could tell YOU about some actions Of his
chat would he good meat for the Demo-
cratic newspapers. could tell about now
he would promise hali-dozen men the
same Office, aud even go 30 far as to give
them all letters OF endorsement Ihere
were cases where be would even 60 to
them and insist upon their making appll-
cation for some fat Office, promising them
his assistance, all the time knowing that
he had previously arranged 1T the Depart
mert for the place to be given to some one
else.
HIS DOUBLE DEALING
extended over the State pretty much. L
personally know of two or three cases
where Goff would not only endorse parties
for place. but would go to the powers that
ne with them and personally solicit their
appointment. Then after they had left
Washington with the understanding that
they had drawn the prize, they would be
Surnrised 10 learn in a few days that some
one else had received the place. In every
instance Cot would profess ignorance Of
how it came about. Some Of them after
ward investigated the matter TO find that
their appointment had been revoked at
the private request Of Gof. These things
have all along been kept quiet. RePubli-
cans are not so apt to resent such indlgni-
ties As Democrats. Every leading Repub-
lican in the State, however, IS conyersant
with the facts in some such case as have
named
There are letters on file in the depart
ments, signed by Goff, reyoking requests
for appointments he had made previously
for parties who never could understand
why they failed, when Gof was giving
~, .,-ar,, assurance he WAS doing all he