Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-11-19
WHERE BIRDIE GRADUATED.

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The Philadelphia Press is the shop
where the esteemed wearer and originator
OF tie nine collar suit served an appren-
t,ceship q few years ago.
Ever since then there hiss been an
aft ctiDg sympathy between the Press
and the Wheeling htelligenc:r-much
the same as msybe observed be-
tween ZONE very weak-mindsd youpg
ladies and their ~pcodle-oOgs. The only
important difference between thetw papers
is that the Press, like the young ladies
aforementioned, il much the mO'e accom-
plished and finished fool of the two, be-
cause it ought to know better.
Throughout this campaign the Press has
besn stuffed with amusing specials" from
the Inteligeneer office, suppo-eito relate to
the political situation in West Virginia.
Since the election the amout Of money
the Press has paid, in telegraph tolls alone.
for specials" from the sape source would
amount to considerably more than would
keep the Press poodle in 50 suits till 1892.
The teCo; of thew post.election dispatches,
is several shades mora reckless than tie
MteHigeRcer dare print itself. The Press
rea1srs, who know nothing of West Vlr-
GINA, must imagine that armed partisaDs
are psirolliug the streets OF Wheeling, and
that Democrats srs numbering Rspub-
licans for the fun of il. The Press itsel[,
has got excited, evidently possessing an
abiding faith in its late apprentices YER
acity, and editorslly blscBguards the
| REGISTER, almost as insanely as the
I~ateuigcRcer itself does every day in
the week, Sundays excepted. The
REGISTER is proud of being black
guarded by such sheets as the Phils-
delphia Press. That is what We are here
for. The only thing in connection with
it which 70 regres, is that the lying dis
patches from the MtsligcRcer Office, will
tend to hurt our State abroad, and hinder
its development in q measure by c~reating
the impression in the minds Ofsome people,
that this i5 an utterly lAwless community.
We present below, a brief extract from
the latest cfthe Press dispatches, from the
HteHigencer office:
The work Of counting out Atkinson in this
district the FirS) continues, but he has yet Il
majority tOgDop. There is no doubt that he
viii be counted ont. The protests Of his attor,
neys are not listened to and ballots are thrown
out which every Democratic lawyer in the city
says should be counted. The indignation ex-
pressed everywhere is intense and an outbreak
Is tablet to occur at the conclusion OF the count.
chairman Cowdcn, Of the Republican State Com.
mittee, asserts that il IL part of the National
Democratic plan to steal the House Of Repre-
SgutativcS.
In the Third and Fourth districts a recount is
going on with similar results. No fraudulent
voting is charged against the Republicans in
earnest, ballots simply being thrown out on tech
uicalities, while votes for Democratic Candi.
dates, subject to the same objections, are count
1 ~ 'AA IN lNhAANoH N'bbANFNASA A"fN 49,
fairly elected, hut the plan TO give the certif.
Gates to their Democratic opponents is being
carried out.
Tie Philadelphia Press, so far as we have
noticed, is the only paper partisan and dis
reputable enough to publish such silly,
fs'se and injurious stuff as that. O;her
Republican rapers that have heretofore
bsen deceived into printing similar lice
have declined to pint any more after dis
covering them to be fslse. But tie Press,
edited by that bad imitation of Boss"
QUAY, EMORY SMITH, stands by its of
sprirg aud 10: only prints prominently
everything sent it from that source, bat
enters into the spirit Of TIE thirg editorial
~, aiding and absttiug the traitorous In
tenigencer eli it knows how in smiIching
the fair name Of West Virginia.