The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-09-24
THH FOURTH DISTRICT.
Why a So-caI|ed Republican
Paper Don't Support Smith.
A WOULD-BE OFFlCEHOLDER
Who II Mad because Hc Conldh'l
Get Thcrc-liis Own Vote tho
Only Ono lie C0ntrols-Smlth's
Republican Support.
Siteial Dipa!ch 10 ne M,tntsacr.

Republican Support.
Special Dispatch 10 he Ia,tAtgscer.
HUNTINGTON, W. Va, Sept. o3,--Th
following letter, which is addresse
TO the Republican editors Of tho Fourtl
district, expIains itself:
Ma. Eplron:-The following item, o
something similar to it, is going tn
rounds Of the Democratic press Of tn
State:
"rhe hardest blow yet sivcn Hon. @
B. Smith comes from the Huntington
! Commercial. which declines to supper
him, and gives as its reason bis ack
nowledged incapacity."
"The announcement Of the Hunting
ton Commercial that 1t will not suppt RI
Smith for Congress is rather Il serious
matter to the Republican party. The
Commercial has u strong constituency
behind 1t, and the detection OF the paper
is merelya reflection Of the sentiment o.
the party in that part OF the district"
Now, what are the facts in tho case
The proprietor Of tho Huntington Com
mcrcial has, within the last two years,
publicly announced that he tasks moth.
ing from the Republican party-wants
no favors and has none to dispense" and
this statement has been made frequent.
ly, and is fact well known to the Dem.
ocratic editors who 90 Justify herald the
detection"
Before Mr.. Smith was re-nominated for
Congress it was well known fact that
the b huntington Commercial would op.
pose his election, and its proprietor took
particular care to say 80 on all occasions
The proprietor Of the Huntington Com.
mercial has also said that if every Re
publican in the State would Withdraw
his support from the Commercial, he
would not feel the loss,"-thereby &C.
knowledging state OF affairs, perhaps
unknown to the lusty Democratic edi.
tors, that his support is already Demo-
cratic.
Now, as to the causes Of the so-called
detection"
John T. Gibson was an applicant for O
position in the United States Consular
service-his son, W. A. Gibson, was an
applicant for tho Huntington postotlice,
and this. Notwithstanding the deciara.
ton Of two years ago. /,
Neither application has been recog.
nized by Mr.. Smith or the President
hence these tearsl
The so called detection" is not seri-
ous matter to the Republican party" It
representa- two votes only!
The so.called detection" is not "a re-
Election Of the sentiment Of the party,
(Republican partly in that part Of the
district" 1t is not even a reelection OF
the sentiment OF the Democratic party.
No honest man speaks OF Hon. G. B.
Smiths acknowledged incapacity,"
whether he be Democrat or Republican.
All honest men say that Mr.. Smith has
been an attentive, honest and efficient
There are two Republicans in Cabell
county opposed to Mr.. Smith; the two
above mentioned, and for the reason al
ready assigned, although W. A. Gibson
has repeatedly told the chairman Of this
committee that he would support Mr..
Smith for Congress.
There is not a Republican in Wayne
county, not one in Lincoln county, not
one in Putnam county, who ia opposed
to Mr.. Smith.
These are absolute facts as to "this
part OF the district" We have informa.
ton that the same state OF affairs exists
in the upper end.
MIR. Smith has numerous friends in the
Democratic party, who will vote for him,
because they want to see Justice done
him, and because they, like Major Down
tain, of Putnam county, do not believe
in electing man to Congress whose
Longest purse knocked the persimmon,"
at,the Point Pleasant convention.
1t is well known and acknowledged
fact, in this end Of the Fourth district,
that the opposition Of the Huntington
Commercial to Hon. Charles 8. Smith is
on account of the failure Of both it's edi-
tors to receive governments appointments
that it's detection" means simply two
votes-that its Influence is nil-that its
motives are too patent for concealment
and that the Republicans OF the dis
trict as we'll as Mr.. Smith himself, look
upon its opposition with the same indif-
ference as they regard the opposition Of
Democratic paper.
The above WIS also read before the
Golf Club Of Huntington, W. Va, and
was unanimously approved.
The above statement is made that all
NAV know the trna state of aflaira
GORDON 0'BLInSE,
Chairman Republican Executive Com.
mittee Of CabeIl County.
L. NJ. CAMPBELL,
Secretary Republican Executive Com.
mittee Of Cabell County.