The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-11-06

Several days ago, Methodist minis.
ter by the name OF John Cook, who
resides in Wetzel county, wrote Hon.
G. w. Atkinson from New Martinsville
that, although a Democrat, he was
warmly supporting him, and he had in
Cured an expense OF about $40 in cleo
tioning for him. Mr.. Atkinson wrote
him kind letter OF thanks, and told
him that he enclosed his personal check
ior s., (having personally handed him
s. some time before.) Mr.. Atkinson
distinctly stated in his letter to Mr..
Cook that he desired no one to do any
thing for him in any shape or form, that
was not strictly square and honorable.
This statement will be found in the let
ter enclosing the S. to the Rev. Mr..
Cook.
AT New 1Iartinsville, Mr.. Cook asked
a Democrat to cash the S. check for him ;
and in few minutes the news was all
over New Martinsville that Atkinson
had sent a check for $500 to a Wetzel
county Democrat, to buy the county for
himself and the Republican ticket.
Whereupon messenger was sent after
Mr.. Cook, away back in the interior OF
the county, and another one was dis
patched to Democratic headquarters at
Wheeling; and by noon OF yesterday,
the news was spread all over Wheeling
that Mr.. Atkinson had attempted to buy
q Democratic voter in Wetzel county
with s., Notwithstanding the fact that
the party whom it was claimed he was
trying to purchase had told number oil
men, weeks ago, that he was honestly
supporting Mr.. Atkinson. Such sickly,
nonsensical movements on the part oi
Mr.. Pendleton's managers show how
desperate they are, and how low they
will stoop to attempt to stop the tide oi
public sentiment that is coming in
against them from every portion OF the
district. The tide, however, is not going
to stop. Mr.. Atkinson will succeed Gen,
GoG in the Congress Of the United States
ms the representative Of Protective
Tariff in the First district Of West Vir'
ginia.
DETAILS OF TIE CASE.
Tho INTELLIGENcER, desiring the de.
tails more fully, called on Mr.. Atkinson
in regard to this Democratic job OF per,
secution, and he produced letter from
Mr.. Cook, in which he Cook stated
that he had been at work for him and
General GoH, and that he had incurred
considerable expense, and asked Mr..
Atkinson to remit him $40 to pay the
same. Instead OF sending him that
amount he enclosed s., with a postscript
to his short letter stating that he wanted
nothing done for himself or General
Gotf that was not strictly proper. Mr..
Atkinson also informed the INTELLIaEN-
GER that he called at the Register Office
yesterday afternoon and told Mr.. Taney
that he must print his entire letter,
postscript and all, II he printed any Of it.
1t is expected, however, that the esteem
cd Register will not do anything Of the
kind.
HOW THEY WENT AT IT.
Mr.. G. W. Shepherd, a citizen OF Wet
eel county, called at the INTELLIoENcER
office lust night, and stated that on Sun
day James Newman and Henry Hart
went to Little Fishing Creek, where
Cook lives, and got him to make an afIi-
dayit that Mr.. Atkinson had sent him
IS for the purchase OF his vote. Itseems
that this was not satisfactory to the
schemers, 30 they sent back to Fishing
Creek on Monday and had Cook come
in to New Martinsville and make a
second affidavit, which is said to be a
little stronger than the first one, and in
some measure duplicates General GoF.
Mr.. Shepherd says these aiIidavits were
oil carried to the Register office and will
appear in this mornings issue. 1t was
common talk by "sep" Hall, Elihu
Morgan, and other Democratic bosses in
New Martinsvillc that the intention oi
the schemers is to have Mr.. Atkinson
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