The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-10-07
NOTHING 70 CONCEAL,
Hon. G. w, Atkinson on That
Colonization Sensation" +"
THE COLORED IMMIGRANTS
Who Arc Counting Into tho Stntc
VIII be Permanent Citizcns-A
Silly Charge Eypiodcd.-Snrcas.
tic Allusi0ns to the Register,

An lSrELLloEScRE representative yes
terday called on Hon. G. W. Atkinson
at his Office on Chaplne street, in regart
to the New York lEor'dsallegcd expose
Of Chairman Quay's scheme, us It cslls
1t, ITO colonize West Virginia with true
blue negroes" The Register OF this
cityreproduced the article and comment.
ed on itin a characteristic way. Mr..
Atkinson said that he had only rlanc.
ed over the article in hurried manner,
but had seen enough OF 1t to see what
the Register was drivingat. He admitted
that he had been in consultation with
different parties at different times in re.
gard TO encouraging good men, especial.
~ coal miners, TO come to West Virginia
and assist In developing our wonderful
mineral resources. He was surprised
that the Register should put up a howl
over that kind OF work on the part of
any enterprising citizen, and character.
'ze 1t as scheme to "deftat the wiR of lie
people in The elections" How it can be
said that to encourage reliable working.
men to come to West Virginia, two vear,
before an election, is job ITO defeat the
will Of the people in the elections" is A
startling piece OF information to any one
who has thimble.ful Of brains.
THOSE ILLEGAL VOTES.
"Ths Register groaned itself hoarse,"
said Mr.. Atkinson, "over the thousands
OF alleged illegal negro votes that were
polled by tho Republicans in the south.
ern part Of the State in 1855; and when
It came to showing up the proof the
thousands dwindled down to two or
three hundred, and even that number
was not tpioved. The fact is there are al.
ways more or less illegal votes thrown
by both political parties in every cam.
paign, and when the evidence was taken
rs many or more illegal Democratic
votes were shown to have been cast in
Mercer and Mcdowell counties, as were |
cast by the Republican party.
SOME SARCASM.
"The Register, We all know, is an ex-
;eedingly virtuous and reliable news.
paper. 1t never states anything but
that which is strictly true. It is
ike the Indians tree-it is go |
straight it bends over the other way.
and the political party it represents is
u the same kidney with the REGISTER.
It, too, is almost too good and truthful to
i've. Neither the Register nor the Dem.
'cratic party ever did anything wrong
n all their past history. They are above
everything that is not absolutely angelic,
W hat nice bevy Of angels that gang
would make! Dear, me! It is paralyz.
ng to think about itl Do you remem.
Der the cuttle-ish? 1t muddies the
Tater when supposed enemy ap-
'roaches it to such an extent that its
exact whereabouts cannot be found with
diving bell and lantern. The Rs0ister
8 a cuttle-tish both by nature and prac.
ice; but it can't muddy the political
water in West Virginia any more for the
,urpose OF robbing the honest voters of
'ur State OF the real expression of their
'ho1ce in an election.
THE COLONIZATION" SCHEME,
u have nothing to conceal in Undue.
ng a good class OF citizens to come to
'ur State. II could spare the time, 1
would induce several thousand straight.
orwarl workingmen to come among us
within the next twelve months, to aid in
lieging the dusky diamonds from the
,owels OF our State, that would, in
cry few years, make West Virginia the
eading mining State in the Union,
When an emigrant agent asks me to as
Ist him in finding homes and employ
nent for the cass OF men referred to,
within the limits OF West Virginia, /
most certainly will do 80 to the very best
# my ability; and when the Register
tates that l am, when l do so, engaged
n scheme to run in a lot OF illegal
'oters for the purpose Of voting them
legally, itBtates what it knows to be
alse-maliciou5ly false.
ALAuDABLE SCHEME.
Representative Smith, Senator Quay.
nyselt and others, when We were con-
idering the proposition made to us to
Ind homes for colored people from
Sorth Carolina aud the Southern States,
|istinctly announced, and I repea. it
lere, that We would not consider any
that did not imply perma.
lent citizenship on the part OF ali who
we're TO come; and il after they come
Imong us and become legal citizens, they
'hould choose to vote tho Republican
icket, we certainly would not object.
The fact is patent, and no one knows it
better than the Register, that four out OF
,very five immigrants to West Virginia
ire Republicans, and because OF this
act, the control OF this State is slipping
rom the grasp Of the Democrats, and in
1892 is as sure to entirely turn its back
lpon them as the election day rolls
.ound, This is the real milk in the
Register articles cocoanut, and is the
:eason why they are crying stop thief.
"If the Democratic management of
West Virginia would wake up and en-.
immigration, instead OF abusing
hose who are doing so, it would be
nora huajnesa likn and for hattar 80.