Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-10-16
BOOMING pELAMArER
An Old Soldier and Preacher Tells WHY
lie is Againat Quay's Tool.
Mill. r.. a..

The Rev. j. Franklin Core. nastor of
the Methodist Episcopal Church at vii.
kInSburg, Union veteran and one of
the most prominent clergymen in West
ern Pennsylvania, has addressed the
following open letter to Chairman Por-
ter Of the Republican County Com
mittee:
". d. Porter, Esq:
DEAR SIR:-There came to my hand
to-day mass of documents purporting
TO come from a soldier 10 n soldier. and
the object of which was to secure my
vote Tor G.. w. Delamater for Governor.
Allow me to say, in reply to those
documents and the committee sending
them out, that in the first place do
not believe a respectable and honorable
soldier would engage in such a small
buSineSS-and certainly not in such a
cause.
l have been duped by such men and
through such channels as often as
ever intend to be, and unless you can
give me better grounds for opposing
Robert L. PattiSon than are therein
contained, shall give him my vote,
and use all honorable means TO secure
his election as Governor of PennSyl-
vania.
l happen to know Governor PattiSOn,
and l also happen TO be perfectly
familiar with his record Is public
man. lie is not Il briber, perjurer or
forgcr. Unless you have better ma
terial than Delamater 10 offer me for
t.,f-
in this campaign. l don't train with
that "ilk."
l know that Robert L. Pattison is as
good a friend to the soldier as Pennsyl-
vania ever had in a Governor; that he
was the only one who had the courage
10 uncover the OutrageS perpetrated on
the soldiers orphans by the gang"
who are now bounding him. With tire
less vigilance he hunted down and
brought to light their iniquity, and, as
far as was in his power, visited condign
punishment upon those connected with
10. lie was not willing TO allow Il set Of
ScOundrelS 20 90 on abusing the father
less little ones, and making gain out Of
the tears and groanS of the soldiers
child. know also that rs soon as his sue
ccSSOr was elected-a soldier and one
from whom the public had n right TO OK
poet better thingS-therc was not an
other word said for the soldiers child,
not person punished for the soldiers
child, not 4 person punished for robbing
and abusing them.
Ii is true Mr.. PattiSOn had the cOur-
age 20 veto q bill that claSSed every SOL
dicr it affected as a pauper, and so
placed his name IS such upon the rec
ordS of the county and State, and
honor him for il. I'd ra.her be buried
by the roadside in the unknown grave,
to rest unmarked by tablet or monu-
mcut until the Judgment Dav, than be
written down ~ Pauper Soldier" and
as a reward have pine coffin and bit
of granite 10 tell the story of my humil-
ity and shame. | honor the man who
had the manhood 10 refuse To lend him
self TO such an infamy. Gov. PattiSon
made "a record rs Governor OF PennSylVa-
mia that any man may well feel proud
OF. There were no kembleS pardOned
during his administration. There We're
no bills lost or left unsigned by him, the
object of which was to tighten the bur
dens of the common people. He en-
tered upon his high trust without oSten-
tation, and he retired from it without 4
stain. He was found equal TO every oc-
casion that called for executive capaci-
ty. and the people were never humilia-
ted with the thought that the head OF
the state was mere ligure-head, Il tool
in the hands OF designing men.
lie comes before the people to-day
with clean hands and pure heart. He
is good enough for me; and as once
fought to- save the country from armed
rebels. | shall now vote To save it from a
more dangerous and decided enemy
political pluudererS.
!. FRANKLIN CORE.