The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-10-13
A DEMOCRATS REASONS
For Voting md Working against John o.
Ptndleton.


To he Editor ofhs In,ttiioencer.
sIn:-f would like to lay before th
people OF Wheeling and the First Con
gressional dstrict some facts which
think throw some light on tho fitness o
John 0. Pcndleton TO represent this dis
trict In Congress,
In tho summer OF 1888 my father
Michael O'Nlalley, Anthony Nulty
Patrick Ward, Michael Elanncry, Pat
rick Murphy and Lawrence Murphy, all
aged men, and all employed by the D.
4 o. Company for eighteen years or
over were discharged from the CON.
pany's machine shop in this city.
by the terms on which employees OF
that company paid dues 10 the Balti.
moro 4 Ohio Relief Association, any
man who arrived at tho age Of sixty
years and had paid dues to that associa.
ton continuously for ten years was en-.
titled to IN annuity thereafter. AL. OF
these six men were approaching tho time
when this annuity would be payable
to them, aud as they did not consider 1t
Just to discharge them sitter they had
paid in 30 long, aud just when they
could have claimed the annuity by pay.
Ing in little longer, my father aud Mr..
Nulty brought suit against tho com.
pany.
John 0. Pendleton was retained "a
their lawyer. He advised them that rs
there was no agent OF the Relief Associa-
ton here on whom papers could be
served, tho proper way to proceed was
to sue the i. 4 o. company for damages,
and suits wero orouehti in Square Davis's
court for $500 for each plaintiff.
Officials OF the company said the men
were not discharged because their work
was not satisfactory, but that the order
came from Baltimore. Dr.. Bernard, OF
the Relief Association, wrote letter to
tho elect that the provision as to the
annuity was rs it is stated above. This
letter was entrusted to Pendleton.
Alter this and before the trial, pendle.
ton was nominated for Congress. When |
the trial was first called, ii was postponed |
Tor week. When called the second |
time, Pendleton told me he had been out !
makingaspeech in the country the night
before, and was too tired 10 appear, but
had engaged competent lawyer as a |
substitute. When the case came up,
Colonel Arnett appeared. He had with
him the Relief Associations book for
1882, whereas Pendleton had told me
hat the one the casgs rested on was that
'or 81 or 'SG, do not remember which.
The names OF several important witnesses
had been given him, but to our surprise
aebody was put Oh the stand but Mr..
Sulty aud myself. General Foreman
b. j.. Wcisgcrber and Master Mechanic
Alex Laird were not examined. DR.. T.
). Bernard was also present, but was not
;al!ed. His letter was not mentioned
mil Squire Davis asked about it, and
hen he had to summon pcndleton to get
he letter, and Pendleton coolly said he
'onld not find it.
OF course OMallcy and Nulty lost the
.ase.
What desire to ask the voters OF Ohio
'ounty is, If John o. Pendfeton cannot
% trusted to faithfully represent client
1t the Ohio county bar, when he has
aiken solemn oath, how can we be
.sked to trust him with the public's in
efests in Congress? The man who is
to one trust will be faithless 10
I am Democrat, and expect
o vote with my party so far rs
ny judgment tells me that is
light. But ! propose to vote against
John 0. Pendleton, for the reasons given
sbove, and to do all I can to induce
'ther people to vote against him.
E.. J. O'MALLEY.
Wheeling, October 12.