The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-11-04
PENDLHT0N'S BREAKS
In Wotzel County During His
Tour Last Week.
DOWNED BY STURDY FARMER
On tho Traif' Questionable Evndcs
tho Ballot Box Qucstion-NIcn.
brrs OF tho County Ticket
Snubbed by IIIm-NOtcs.
Safcfal cOrr,pOndenee Of lie Inielllgneer.

Sstcirl COtrspondtnee OF he Iatelligeneer.
NEW MARriNsvrLLE, W. Va, Nov. l.
The tour OF John o. Pendleton through
the interior OF Wetzel has ended, ant
he has ''silently stole away" Probably
no other candidate for the same higt
position ever made as many mistakes in
the game length OF time rs did this bene.
flciary OF tho crimewhich disgraced this
county.
AT the three speeches he made in the
county at points accessible to at least
1900 voters OF his party not more than
one.iltth OF that number Of persons were
present in the aggregate at all three ap.
pointments, and nearly one.hali OF these
were Republicans, women and children.
powNED ny a FARMER.
Rather an interesting incident oc.
Cured at Pine Grove in the evening
after the speaking. Hon. Levi NJ. Lowe,
one OF the sturdy old farmers OF Wetzel,
asked the beneficiary to explain some OF
his inconsistent statements on the tariff
question. Johnny wrigcled and twisted
through pretended explanation for
several minutes. "But," said Mr.. Lowe,
"that explanation doesn't explain, and
II you don't understand the subject can
explain it to you," and this he did in a
manner which convinced everyone that
he knew more about the question than
did Mr.. John O. Pendleton.
1t had been expected that the bene-
ficiaty Of the ticket.scratching infamv
would explain just how that was, or, at
least, attempt defense. He had claimed
in every other county in the district that
he was legally elected two years ago !;
that the tickets in question had been
scratched before they were voted, and
that the election officers were unable to
see the scratches, ETC., and yet in his
three speeches out in the county he
never dared to say one word in regard to
the subject. At Pine Grove, Mr.. a. B.
Streight, who was one Of the election
officers in Upper Green, attempted to
interview him in regard to the matter,
but he refused to say a word. II won't
say anything about 1t and I don't want
to hear anything about il" said the bene.
ficiary, turning away. "But," replied
Mr.. Streight, ~ am one of the men
whom you have said couldR't see, and
whom you have abused throughout the
State, and I want you to explain" But
not q word could he get from him. It
may be well to state in this connection
that two OF the Democratic election otti.
GERS OF Upper Green are doing good
work in opposition to the election OF
Mr.. Pendleton.
ANOTHER MISTAKE.
Another mistake made, and one that
is having good, effect, was urging at
each'of his appointments that "Demo.
Gratis SEQ that the names OF John o.
Daniel B. Lucas and D. "A.
Dorsey are on your tickets-it makes no
difference in regard to the rest.n There
is no dispute as to the nomination OF
any OF the local ticket except for County
Clerk, and the fact that he was afraid to
say a work in favor OF any one OF them,
and yet expects them and their friends
to work for him, was never equalled in
Inconsistency, and will be one OF the
causes of the surprise which awaits
Young Mr.. Pendleton in the near
future.
Mr.. Pendleton made serious mistake
in being so exclusively groomed by the
Earnshaw faction in the county. The
only way that Democrat who didn't
belong to that faction could approach
him was ION the sly" The chairman
OF tho Pine Grove meeting spoke for
him in urging the support OF the "regu-
lar" ticket and in denouncing the
'"bolters," the word which he, John O.
Pendleton, was too cowardly to utter.
Another mistake was in supposing
that the people OF the county ignorant
in regard to the political issues OF the
day. There are hundreds OF farmers in
the county who can successfully contro-
vert every position he took upon the
tariff question.
A NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE,
A noticeable feature OF his speeches
was the fact that in them all he never
once alluded to the difference in wages
between this country and Europe, and
that he seemed to have such bitter
feeling toward those engaged in manu-
featuring. A gentleman remarked, after
hearing him to-day, 81 don't suppose
that Pendleton expects to get any votes
in Ohio county at all, and he certainly
wouldn't il the citizens OF that county
could have heard his speech to-day"
While he was worrying about the
,"surplus' to-day, nm old soldier, who
had been voting the Democratic ticket,
remarked to your correspondent, 81 can
tell him where some Of that surplus
goes-it goes into the hands of the men
who saved the nation, and OF the widows
and orphans OF those who fell in defense
of our flag. was fool enough to vote
for that man two years ago, but WON'T
do it sgain, and the Union veteran who
does is false to himself, to his comrades
and to the cause for which he fought"
PRoFANE LANGUAGE. :gs
There were not more than hall as
many present at the Wileyville meeting
as.there were at the came place to hear
Mr.. Atkinson a week previous. Pen.
dleton estimated his crowd at Red
Mills to-day at 250, but there were not
half that many listened to his demagopic
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