The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-10-06
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Point. OF Difference Between William L
wilson and George IfaZnuAa-A strOns

Point. OF DlHs-enee Between William L.
wilson and George IiaIaAa-A strOns
Letter from = Dd.ines' ,tAu.
To ae E4Gor ofCs Ista1Ssear.
slR:-"How dare you dispute What !
say, pon't you know. sis, ;ha. l have
been 20 college and have attended two
universities" These words were spo'
ken or 4 highly educated gentleman,
many years ago, when on . certain pub
tic OCCASION q piEIn L,LaeE dared 10
question the souodIess Of his Arguments,
Eld this vas tbs t4rnsSs reply: what
OF that, sir. I have q cali that sucked
Two cows AID I observed iba, the more
be sacked, the bigger cali he grew"
This little episode, perhaps veil Known
o your readers, reminds one oil the con.
test nox going ou ia the Second Goa.
gressioaal dis.T!c. and the oppodng can.
didA:es, Hons. ". L. Wilson aud Geo.
HarmAn. Tie former, 4 t1c, well edo.
Gated gentleman, affecting the polished
manners Of the upper strata OF soetety, 4
tchoIa; Of eruditiop sad eloqGence, &
college professor, and Tor the las; six
years representing said tiS.ric. In Con-
gress; and the latter i plain farmer,
shreTd and intelligent, A keen business
man, Who has By untiting activity and
business capacity worked his way to at.
duence, to important municipal and leg
~islAtiye positions, aad % the general res
pec:and confidence oil his tel!os-c!l:ens.
The one { iheorist, With brilliant eio-
queace 10 back his sophistries; the
other 4 practical business man who looks
10 practical results only; and this IS
what We reier TO IN Goodn2 the above
little incident, thocgl We would BY 10
means be understood 10 say that Mr..
Wilson ia a fool. It IS possible to have
absorbed immense quantities OF lntor.
nation and to be 4 fluent tA!ker, and
all w:.hou. %percep.ible practical benefit
20 o.hen-and On the other hand 70
have had bu. limited opportunities Of
having and still TO have ability and EouRd
Judgment, and by ito serve his genera.
lion on many important occasions.
Wha. can be said If the voter inquiries
VIA: NIr. Wilson tas done for his Goa
su.uents? The answer must be, he has
been 4 very useful member Of bis party
and Tha.sTsr thu! party did advocate,
Tizht or TroDg, he wS 10, il. Never
did he rise above his party.
Intelligent Observers will ask in Toa.
der how cou!d the learned Mr. Wilson
endorse the Free Trade policy Of his
party, knowing a. the same time tina: il
is dramatically opposed 10 the bes. in
te,es.s G.! the district he represents. He
mus: know that is rising industries, is
| mines and manufactures, and With il
is railroads and o:her improvements,
you'd be seriously ini1rei, Il rot En-
tire!y destroyed, By the operation Of his
policy. and hoT cAr he be the de-
fender o. the 1psH and shaueles election
frauta patronizsd By h4 party? Has he
70; in every instance and by his vote
AID eloGuence TIED 70 perpe:la.e them
and 20 obstruc: the enactment Of the Law
Tor their prevention?
Listen 70 wha!a Democrat, less than g
month ago, said Dc that subject IL Ns-
sizippi! Said Jadee CEEsca7: 'Isis
10 secret :ha! here has not been q full
Tote and fair coaztia Mississippi s;ace
lS75-:ha: We have been preserving tie
ascendercy OF the white people BY Eeyo-
!riorary methods. We have been
stutirg ballot bores, committing pei
iury, and here and there carrying cleo
tons By fraud and violence, raal the
whole machinery Tor elections was
abou.torot Gcw1."Tcis Is VIA: atr. Vii
son advocates AID tries By his vote 70
uphold, and tast there should be no
doubt about il, he introduced At his re-
cent nomination at keyser, IS his spoa-
soT, 90 10 speak, Congressman Catchings,
Of Mississippi, who has obSiaed biz
seat by the very methods described by
Judge Chri=ual. Will the rioters Ct the
Sscoad d!s:-ic, sanction these methods
By Rejecting wilson? Viii they e.
torse VIA. Nj. Wll.o- maintains, that
there Is no need OF law 70 abolish
;heze iniqrities? Here in this State We
have no use for then, and the taste We
had Of :hen By the Wildly Wilson
fraudulent election certificates and the
imposition Of ! non-elsctsd Governor is
quite enough for Us. Al this will not
te ii Harmaa il elected. He will sup
por: oCr material interez.s and progress,
vote Tor pure elections, making q GOOD
working member, industrious and intel
l:geuti in the committee yoon, whe.e,
ate: all, the most important worE Is
done. On the hco. OF the House he may
not make brilliant, elSborate speeches,
full OF classical quotations, but be xill
help to expedite the kCz:ae$s on hand
and take care OF and advance Vast Viz
ginis and our districts interests, in fact,
cas. no vote thas.Till not beaeG! his
fellow citizens, farmers, miners, manu-
flctuse.s AID working men OF every
description.
Whom will our voters prefer, the
brilliant, eloquent Wilson, the theoris,,
or the plain, bu. useful farmer, HaI.
MAJ?
The result, it zeems 10 e, Cannot be
doubtful, and the cortest is, after all,
not an unequal one, as Democrats repre-
sent, and with all the chances in favor
OF their candidate. Harnsn's chances
are at least as fair, and We believe he
will win handsomely. o.z.
Central, Grcn! County, OF. /, 1880.
That tired feeling roT so often heard
OF, IS entirely overcome By Hoods Sar-
szpa.illa, which gives mental and bodily