Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-07
NARY A Time
A FLOpPER WHO Didn't FLOP.
Mr.. & =. YOst Emphatically Denies Thal
Hs is Converted
TO MONOPOLIES AND HIGH TAXES.
Some Of the "Inteligsncsrs" Sharp Work
Exposed.

VI
Exposed.
After few days. rest and careful sur
vey of the field, an IRtelligeReer's lyxn-
eyed political seourer Sunday dived deep
into the Democratic ranks and ysnked
forth Willie Nill-He, another convert to
Hallison and Chinese cheap labor. His
coming was heralded with sound Of trump
eta and beating of drums The faithful
cougregated on the street corners and
flourished copies of the IRteliigeneer in wild
delight. Some of the saloons did an extra
large business, and the faces of such re-
nowned leaders as Col. Jacob Kemple,
Msior Bill Turner, and Leftenant Birdie
Hart, which have been lately clouded
with grief, shone once more as they jubi-
lated over the event.
The victim of this summary method OF
conversion was Mr.. z F. Yost, a prom
iaent young business man and lifelong
Democrat. No one was more surprised
than himself to know that he had Topped,
and he has q strong aud enthusiastic aver
sion TO being Topped at this particular
time and without his knowledge and con-
sent. There will be mourning in Israel
when the altogether too enterprising Intel
HgeReer evangelist reads Mr.. Host's EN-.
phstic card. There will be weeping and
wailing and crashing Of teeth The JOY
which once was will vanish ne'er to return,
and the smart young man who converted"
Mr.. Yost will want to 90 down by the
softly moaning waters OF the Ohio river
aud there kick himself for the most bril-
liant and accomplished ass Of all the long.
cared aggregation that feeds at the Four
tenth street crib. Mr.. Yost makes public
the following card:
Mr., Yost's Card.
To tie Editor Of TIC Register:
SIR:-The statement in the Intelhgeneer
of this morning, that | had changed my
views on the great tarifs4uestiOn and
declared it my intention 10 vote
the Republican ticket, Is mis-
take, as ridiculous as absurd, yet one
for which that paper is not wholly respon-
sible, from the fact of my having been In
troduced to its representative as con
vert to Christianity" which, believing to
be lest, did not correct, snd that l had
cancelled my subscription to the REGISTER
TO subscribe for. the paper in question.
Now, be it understood, that, while no
longer receive the REGISTER in nv own
name, my roommate and myself are
| ioiat subscribers to the same, 80 that L
receive both papers daily; and further,
that l am not a newspaper politician,
much prefering to take my political creed
| from works on modern political economy,
which it is not necessary to state.
believe in all principles Of reform as
set forth in the Presidents message to the
| Congress now assembled.
believe the passage Of the Mills bill
will operate unfavorsble to monOpolies and
fayorably to the masses.
believe in the repeal of internal reye-
nue. on manufactured tobacco.
believe in high license" on spirituous
liquors.
And, in conclusion, believe Grover
Cleveland will be our next President, by
large majority
Wheeling, ". ia, August 6th, 1883.
From the above it looks like Mr.. Yost is
good enough Democrat to satisfy the
REGISTER. If the MteiiigeReer has many
more such converts, trot them out. They
are the kind we like to see. The smart
political reporter WAS evidently digging q
pitfall for Mr.. Yost's guileless feet, and in
| his anxiety to shove him in took tumble
himself. He wanted to manufacture con-
vert and got hold of the wrong kind Of raw
material, kind that don't need any pro-
lection, and the direful result is narrated
above. Ii is a sad case, indeed, when prom
Using young men like Birdie and his staff,
who probably started in life with high
hopes and brilliant prospects, let 90 all bold
ON honor and truth to such an extent that
thew peryert the simplest jest into polit-
icai flop. In their anxiety to make Mr..
Yost confess his political sins, they have
been hoist by their own petarj. We weep
at the result. But then it is only another
case of journalistic cuteness that happened
to be too cute.
The plain facts are that the LateHigeneer
wanted to gain q partisan advantage by
announcing the gentleman as another con-
vert to RepubGcanism. 1t had no better
foundation for such falsehOod than the
mere fact that he subscribed for their paper,
and q lest passed lightly during the trans
action, but that was sufficient for the pur-
pose of the IRteHigeReer ward politicians,
and they chose to place Mr.. Yost in false
position before the public, misrepresent his
political sentiments, and do him q per-
sonal injury. This, too, where q grain Of
common sense, or five minutes work,
would have revealed the true facts in the
case, and saved the IatelligeReer from the
disgraeeful position into which it has en-
trapped itself.
ut shows Just about how much faith
can be put in the MteiligeReer's conversion
stories" was the comment of gentleman
to whom the facts Of the case were ex-
planned.
If that able journal finds itself eompell-
ed to resort to such methods in regard to
home politics, how much truth is there in
its stories of political fops all over the
union. 1t is hardly to be expected that
the IateRiqeaeer would be fair or limit
itself to the work of decent journalism at
any time, much less during a political
campaign, but this latest exhibition of IN
blushipg mendscity suTpasses anything it
has ever attempted before. Below will be
found the IRteHigeReer's article in full.
Taken with Mr.. Yost's card it will make q
healthy political repast for anybody who
is thinking of becoming Republican flop
per. He can see how easy it is done when
once You know how.
Intelligencer Article.
''The list of those who are coming ont
from the Democratic party because Of the
out-and-out Free Trade stand ID has taken,
and arrayiDg themselves under the true
blue banner of Harrison, Morton aud Pro-
lection, is growing larger day after day
mere ~ well as in nearly every other sec
ton of the country where men are allowed
to express their opinions.
THE latest accession from the Demo-
cratic ranks in Wheeling is Mr.. z. F. Yost,