The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-10-24
ARTHUR MIDDLETON,
Why Capt. Thompson Should
GO to the State Senate.
CHARLIE" SMITHS CAMPAIGN
In tho Fourth District.-.Common-
Sense Against Pursc.Proud
Arlstocrncy-..Gcncral Coffin :,
tho Kanawha Valley.

HUNTINGTON, W. VA, Oct. 23-Whl
did | tell you? Was It not that Cap
John X. Thompson, OF Putnam, woul
be the Republican nominee for Stat
Senate? The Republican convention
met here yesterday, and tho gallan
Captain was nominated by acclamation
havo always noticed that when th,
Democrats acted toolishly, or oven cor
ruptly, IN their conventions and madl
huge, ugly and misshapen mistakes, thu
Republicans arc more than apt 10 dc
likewise, and vice versa. But such wa
not true this time, as to the latter clause
The Democrats, or to be more accurate
a set OF alleged Democrats, dishonesty
and corruptly nominated Marcum fol
the Senate, and expected iiasco on
the part OF the Republicans, but to the
contrary, they acted with method, neat.
ness and dispatch, the three things thu,
rule the world OF wisdom. They nom.
mated GreGnbacEer OF national repu-
tation, farmer, n thoroughly non-parti.
san and an emineltly capable man-and
best OF ail true born citizen
Of p1tnam. Just how SO much
wisdom managed to circulate through
the cranjums OF convention stumps
me. But il did, and it makes things in
teiesting In this district. Many OF the
Democrats in Wayne and Cabell
served uoder the same stars and bars OF
the Conledcracy out OF which came
Captain'Thompson, with but one eye and
body Of which the soundest member is
the brain. He WAS brave, true soldier
then. He is brave, true man now.
He was a man OF good sense thsn. He
ia man now to whose good sense has
been added experience. Do you thiuk
the boys who wore the same gray, W no
slept in the same trenches, who wore the
same pants out at the BISON,
aud ruined their teeth on hard
tack, and their. digestion on sole
leather soup, will vote for the
undemocratic nominee OF an undemo-
cratic ring, made ut q convention tha;
was ruled by treachery and force, not
democratic ussges and principles, before
they will vote for man. Not much.
llthey had been the stuff that dictators
rule they would never have worn the
gray. Is there any inducement for Put
nam Democrats to vote for aIarcum ?
Well, l should imagine not. Is there a
party reason, or any other reason why
%Eey should? Mt one. Alarcuni
Is ..ne result Of c concert OF action be-
tween ring q: Huntington and Sam
finsen, Of Wayne. Putnam Withdrew
from the convention before he WAS de.
ciaIed the nominee. What are the
fundamental principles OF Democracy
a tule OF the people, the whole people,
for, OF and by the people, and against
u!onopol!es and ring rule. A vote for
Marcun IRON Democtat Is j vote
sgainst tho bu!wurks OF the party, the
baiwarks that have bsen lis battle
uients for century. II Marrum
is elected it will be !aqsing
disgrace to his party, and means tuat It's
very principles are undermined. No
Mdrcum in ours, thank you. Please
pass tho buszard, crow or polecat. They
are preferable TO honest stoSIachH.
SMITHS CAMPAIGN.
BY the by, Charlie Smith was down
in this neck OF the woods few days
since. he wss round laying down Far.
mer Capehart's iences-that is, when
any fences could be found. Charlie is
no cold aristocrat. The worst that
can be said o; him is that lie is g
Congressman, and though good
one, fear he is forever dis
grGced. Common folk don't like tc
associate with members of'Congsees, bu,
they have to when Smith is about. lie
is one man that could melt the unY
sociable aristocracy of from Corn
THAN column, or even of OF Capehart
smith knows the boys and the boys
know Smith. They know there is none
OF Farmer Capehurt's purse. proud seed
on him. He is genial, wholesouled
Common.sense man, with an uncommon
name, who has made q good Congress
man-sincc the Democrats gave him his
seat. have it from reliable authority
that all the Smiths in the district are
going to vote for Charles. II this il
}true there will not be another contest.
There ie man named Gibson in this
place. The only way l can distingu !sh
him is to say that he is the father o
Wes. Gibson. you cannot thus iden.
tify him | give you up. Anyhow, ht
has heretofore been chairman ofthe Re
publican senatorial Committee. lie is
superseded by u live man from Putnam
L. y. kinnisoD, who proves his claims
to ability and activity by being the but
Of certain Democratic newspaper crit
icisms.
GoFF IN THE VALLEY