Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-27
49, I,ArEsT REPUBLICAN TRICK,

rps LATEST REPUBLICAN TRICk'
campaign based solely on fAlsehOOd
and MISREPRESENTATION is hard to combat
~ the ordinary method of discussion.
s1cb 4 campaign Is that now conducted
hv ,5s Repaid can party. They have not
t.,. q, : truth to rest the lean ca'cass Of
the , o. D. upon, and, 50, have nothing
Isa hit fabrication, except an un-
conditional surrender. An excellent ex-
amDls of the Republican campaign 10 the
sssp-d attack upon the management Of
the Wheeling pcstofice, which, ss sll
bnsipess men will testify, is now more
efficient than ever before.
Tne Iatelligeneer, the other day, pub
Hshe5 a foolish statement shout the alleged
DELAY af some o; ChSirman CowDEN's
mail matter. charging the Wheeling post
master with purpossly delaying it under
the suo,ositioa that tas staff WAS Rspub-
lican c,mpaisa documents.
We do nOi charge the HtslligeaeT with
oririrati1g this silly scheme to make
political capital out Of nothing, We
have the bes; of reasons for laying 1t At
the door of Chairman QUAY, who is Of Just
TIE class OF politician to engage in this
dirty hu-iness II IL, we - IsVs, simply
a part G. a caems. OF conspiracy, that has
been coneve.e1 by the Republican National
Committee. b briDg the Democratic Ad-
miaistration into disrepute, SGd is helng
worked every where, and the utmost mSds
of i wlen succsssiui---for iustsnce, the
mos, ahsuri liss Scrs te!sgapdsd from
the MtsRiqeaeer office, presumably in &C
cordance With instructions from headqusr-
tars ab,at the nanssusicL affair nerS, and
sen, broadcast over the country. "
course every Republican editor will mSg-
nify 1t still more, and we shall before long
have "An Instance Of DemO2fs l. ni'rnsn-
agement." Thus, a lot Of political capi-
tai is IN tde f;om absolutely nothing.
Mail mst,sr is lisbls 70 delay from
variety of csases. In this case tie delay 10
chargra lie solely to Chairman CowDSN,
himself who was notified of the fact that
the matter WAS in She office awaiting him
Bot h. fa'l.d 10 cali for it. Then cane
the ebsu.d charge that the Wheel
ing IS ,fics au Roritic5 had plrpoea-
" drlayed Mr.. CUwDES's mSii under
tn su?Gcsi'ion thai - was campaign
mater "a! TIE full h.v5r Of the ab-
surt,-y Of tte charge will be appreciated
when It is kuosn that CowDEN hiss re-
ceivsG .Dus fcAm .4jgn o0Cumsnss through
the Wheeling po-:rfice snG It would Re
folly for the satho.i'jss ;here 70 hold back
two or t1rre little candles. FursbsrUo. Q,
the rch44 of ths Cfrice knoS a Rspubli-
can e,ncsiy2 6-cEmspt 81 n glaCcn, 80
they arc gsn.Ial'y fgsaked by scma pub
Eca. Co sr,ssnsn and ~ through fro
land 10 THIS ,aAa-sr. by the @sy, the pso'
ple tsvs teen tsfianded OF thousaDds Of
do!l rs.1 The matter, which ths
Reyuo ca politicians falsely chNga
was Ge sye5, was rot campaign
docu % at snd ovl7J postal c'e7k Shs'
handled It knew it. They were Sunday
sctool .apers, which, by tine way, GAy
se5ourt io5 ,Lo f'ct that Chhrmsa
COwDEN iyuored them-rehgion and he
are 81 = rg1s sUgls a: p7sNSut The post
o11:s mea knew the character Of the papers
ffcm o1S ,rclins Of them, or AZ suJose
mi. Il. have known t5sm, h. the wrOppasa
TIE Gauge that :hsy we're misiaSeh for
Rs,pb AZ -,if rai2p dOcuneats and pur-
pOssly ce'sysd is tJn absard 20 he cOuSld-
ered ST 1sly for = momegt.
Tn REGISTER Did not consider tha
IateYqsncer sucd sR sSainine liar ~ ~
stick 70 III irsare trek after the post
mas'e,'s 2lai1 stalemsDt Of the facts. Bus
it / eyiienil5 = psFt Of = scheme o; she
National Republican Committee, and che
Ia!sH,jeacs~ - undsr orders to MAKE the
most OF Il by tel,graphirg it sbrosd, 10
gartless ot tbs rescsionsry Sffsct Of the
lie night here in West Virginia. This Is
encouraging 20 West Virginia Democrats,
for il is good evidence that the Republican
managers regard West Virginia as hope
less