The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-10-06
PUSHED INTO A CORNER.

aIr. Riley Who Runs the Campaign
CHUNKS" and Positively Declines TO Lis
ten 10 Proposition for u Joint Debate
Between senator Kenna and SIr. Hub
bard.
After the experience with his letter
consigning Judge Fleming to "the in
terror" us unable to meet General Golf
in joint debate, Chairman Riley, Of the
Democratic committee, could not be ex-
pected to be rs frank as Chairman Stew
art, Of the Hancock county committee,
who declined proposition for a joint
debate between Senator Kenna and Mr..
William 7. Hubbard on the ground that
he did not see what good the Demo.
Gratis could gain from such discussion"
Mr.. Riley, though less frank, reaches
the same end. In his effort to get out OF
an awkward position, Mr.. Riley accuses
Chairman CowGen OF challenging Sena-
tor Kenna simply to interfere with
Democratic meetings.
This is laughable, in view OF the fact
that Mr.. Cowden's challenge was sent as
soon Us he was aware that Senator
Kcnna was to be here; while in several
instances, from their own accounts,
Democratic orators have challenged Re.
publican orators to joint debate but q
few minutes before the Republican meet.
ings opened. 1t was SO when Henry S,
Walker and Governor Wilson came To
Hinton with a brass band to interfere
With General COTS meeting 1t was
so when the local Democratic committee
ut Buckhannon challenged Mr.. Hub.
bard to meet the Prohibition candidate
for Governor. 1t was so at Phillip; il
was so at Beverly. Had the Democratic
orators in any OF these cases given the
Republicans reasonable warningitwould
not have been SO apparent that their
only object was to interfere with Repub.
lican meetings.
In the present case Mr.. Riley's posi-.
ton is simply untenable. He knows,
anu everybody else knows, that il he
had accepted Mr.. Hubbard's challenge
when it was first sent to him, Senator
Kcnna would have profited by the fact
that the discussion would have drawn a
crowd twice as large as would otherwise
turn out. He iswise enough not to want
Senator Kcnna and Mr. Hubbard TO meet
in Wheeling. He is not, like Chairman
Stewart, candid enough to give the real
reason.
Truly, the Democracy isin bad way,
with candidate for Governor who is
pronounced unfit 10 discuss the issues OF
the campaign except "in the Interior" u
candidate for Congress who is under
agreement with his managers not to
speak on the issues OF the campaign in
the city in which he lives, and an U. S.
Senator who fears to discuss the tariff
question under tho shadow OF Wheel
ing's industries.
Tho following letters were exchanged
yesterday:
WEsr VIRGINIA !
REPUBLICAN, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
WHEELING, Oct. s, 1885. }
2 S. Rit,y, Esq, Chairman, de-
Dean Sm:-Mr. Hubbard has appoint
ments advertised and arranged for, us
iollnwsI
Lockhart's, jackson county, Oct. IL.
Hartford City, Mason county, Oct. IL.
Huntington, Cahell county, Oct. -.
Grilithsville, Lincoln county, Oct. 10.
Madison, Boone county, Oct. 10.
10 meet Senator Kenna in Wheeling
on either the 18th or 18th, would neces-
state the cancellation Of at least three
appointments. propose to cancel Mr..
llnhhard's appointments at New Cum
berland, October s, and Wellsburg, 0c-
Loher 4, so he Gan meet Mr.. Kenna in
Wellsburg, October 9, and New Cum
berland, October \, and will meet you
at my law office at 4 O'Clock this after
noon to arrange the details.
Very respectfully,
WI. W. CowpENi Chairman.