Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-04
sLANpERINa WEST VIRGINIA.

VIII the REGIsrER explain whether It was
played upon by some one in its party, or wheth-
er il thought the situation in this State 50 serious
as to justify the dishonest liberty 1t took with
letter in the New York Naii and Express. The
REGISTER made the letter read as from Calhoun
county, West Virginia In the Mod and Express
before us the letter comes from Calhoun county,
Arkansas slippery Jim, the Juggler, should
tell how he came TO do this indecent thing. Is
it so that pOstofiees are won?-TRtetli9cneer.
We don't, as rule, notice billingsgste,
but we can pardon many things from the
smart" young man who is running the
Intelligence, on account of his youth and
the fact that he is not at all times account
able. The lying dispatch regarding West
Virginia was sent out by the Republican Ma
tional Committee and published in every
Republican paper that thought its readers
would stomach the lie. We see no reason
to believe that the Inteltgeneer did not re-
ceivs its copy Of the dispatch, but for oh
yious reasons dropped it into the waste
basket. This foul Islander on West Virgil
nia, which was exposed in the REGISTER,
was taken from the columns Of the Pitts
burg Times, where it appeared exactly rs
we printed it, the copy" being the Pitts
burg Times itself. To put it plainly, the
Iateligeneey cannot lie out Of it. We have
the Pittsburg Times before as and we in
vite those, who would be enlightened as to
the rascally methods the Republican lead
ers are pursuing in this campaign, to stop
in at the REGISTER Office and examine it.
Here is the lying dispatch itself:
NEW YORK, August ga letter from BEDFORD
BRowS, of Locust Bayou, Calhoun county. West
Va, to the National Republican Committee,
shows a deplorable state Of affairs in his county
Mr.. BROWN is Southern man, but q Republican,
and roundly denouRces the bulldozing acts OF
the Bourbon Democrats. He says that last week
the members ofthe County Fusion ticket were
met by armed aud drunken Democratic moos
and dispersed. mass meeting was called by
the Fusion ticket at Charlottesville, but it never
took place. murderous mob, headed by the
high sheriff, met the citizens on their way to the
meeLing and ordered them to return home or
forfeit theirliyes BROWNS letter clearly shows
that the shotgun brigade of the South Is IN the
saddle again.
AID here is the display head that the
Pittsburgh Times placed over it: The
SHOTGUN TACTICS -WEsT VIRGINIA DEM
OCRATs Cory FROM SOLID SOUTH METH
ODs-REPUBLICANs AND FUsIoN)sTs IN
CALHOUN COUNTY PREVENTED BY BULL
DOzERs FROM HoLDIG A PRIMARY ELEC-
TON Or MEETING.
The IateLligencer allowed this foul SLAM
der on the fair name of our State to 20 I'M
noticed. By its silence it countenanced
it. The IRteuigeneer would have us be-
lieye that it is in sympathy with the ef-
forts to increase West Virginia's prosper
ity, yet it allows to go undenied the yilest
of ISLANDERS on West Virginia, Islander
that will do her great harm. The REGISTER
challenged the MtelIigeneer to place State
pride above party. 1t has not accepted the
challenge.
Until this dirty work of the Republican
National Committee is in some way denied
by the Republican leaders in West Vir-
GINA they should strike out of their plat
form its extravagsnt professions with re-
gard to this State, for their acts brand it
as lie.