Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-10-26
N THIS STATE.
2,,rsrifans are Carrying on a
Vicious Campaign
,r8lUcH THE STATE IN 1892.
irwin, The Experiment Of Keeping Up an
:, ...,,. though Qai'i, Campaign From On'
, sB,ihr-Ths Colonization
~ ....n-Ou.si3s Money Used.
-..,o-ar totts Bs.t.;sr.

-.~,V W. VA, OCTOBER %
.- A'-- ,Iars will not be an election
-sr5 I'm West Virginia till the
-,.aI election IN 1892, there Is as
rsmpaign going on as there
..- .s-sr Presidential nominations
Uni, state of affairs exists
.- -ra fact that the Republicans
?. -...,-.rr for the greatest effort
'5.s fn any State to draw West
-.s away from the position she has
,1a solid Democratic column Tor
.-7sr of years. "a.
,a sort of an effort was made
,gorrb The work was not begun
nor was il pressed with such
n would have been reasonable
.,ss that the overwhelming de-
.5icb the Republicans suffered in
-.-.-a..ionsl election in 1890 would
5smreped their ardOr somewhat
...f5 not. In a month after the
..- tbs state Committee met and
ts5 mon plan Of campaign and
~ IN work Immediately on that line.
mont, were levied and collected
,r r-5spective candidates Tor pub
,r,r aud politicians who have aSpl-
'.s With this and other money that
II from outside, agents were sent
among the Republicans who are
ling railroads and opening
-s.o1d timber camps IN the middle
s.,+harn Darts OF the State, in
..-,arg them 70 employ, as nearly as
-..-.a. all Negro labor on
4, rsw enterprises, and TO be careful
e,r-e "a many Republicans as possi-
among the whites they might oe
~raNei 10 employ. To those who
= so approached, political prefer
n, was held out, not only as a PoSSi-
rr bgt almost an assured thing.
( ~ we're shown that by organizing
s.- vo-kmen for their own benefit,
~ cogId control the legislative cleo
=, and could take such positions
..m,elyeS, or put men into them who
-,..d be- their willing tools.
How well this has worked Is shown
n reports Of the increase in the negro
alton in Mercer, Mcdowell, Lo-
.t G-eenbrier, Preston, Marion and
-y,09 counties. A short time ago,
b. Democratic Executive Committee
over the State to learn
tracter OF the people who are be-
f, sogght in by the Development and
rs found that as nearly as possible,
migration was confined 70 negroes
that nearly all the whites were Re
cans. This is due 20 the fact that
ratio employers hired men asthey
.r. with no regard 10 politics or color,
--a the Republicans employed their
- chiefly through agents In the
a and iu Ohio and Pennsylvania,
understanding being that the men
loved must be of the correct poiIt-
ID faith.
h Mcdowell and Mercer counties
... where the greatest development
The Goa. industry is going on, there
B, been am increase of nearly 1000
.gs u the past six months, and two
.r.s of these are negroes, brought In
.ry cases t0 take the places of whites.
d. 0ue case a coal operator demanded
reduction iu wages, got up a strike
r..- tle white miners, and finally set
..t dy diSmiSSing the whites and en-
sing negroes at the rate OF wages he
,rsyng the white men before the
.cuon was demanded. IL was al
s.l that this was done for q double
rp1se. The poll books of the Bepub-
4us u that district showed that If
b, operator employed nothing but Re
.t.c-ls, there would then be enough
them 90 elect a Republican delegate
'le legislature. This was an in
cement. bat coupled with the poSsi-
F0t being able % name a man for
be- sea' who would assist In repeating
30 y.sy wholesome mining laws, one
which prevents the use OF store or
.rs, wa.lethe other euiOrces the weigh
- a. Goa. before 10 is screened, passed
-se legislature by the Democrats
H Hwntar, this operator was not only
-lg 0uJ anxious to lend his as
,4lce.
a poll taken among the men OF four
. timber camps In Logan county
lowed only $50 Democrats among near
1000 men In a normally Democratic
aya. These men are all strangers in
.>. Virginia, but they will have
-ed Sc residence before the next
,,'1u.
The Republican committee has its
'iers throughout the State prOSelyti-
E, among the farmers and labOrerS of
sections. One kind OF workers 30
.' tle State i'm the guiSe Of lecturers,
'arug historical and literary lect
rs a, the country school houses. They
'er lecture learned by rote and
..-n'ng Republican tariff arguments
E, To- such an inSidiOuS way a not TO
-'r suspicion i'm the minds OF their
lirrs. They usually have some one
pass arouud the hat as a pretence,
Do reality they are paid by the EX-
.oie Committee. Another form Of
.'er is what appears TO be a soap or
SION IaS'r, who works the county
Us and public gatherings, appearing
court days and other times when the
.s.e are gathered together. The mode
-.S sharper IS 10 expose his goods,
< Solg 90 draw a crowd and deliver
IMP speech before commencing his
,'. sometimes he offers his goods for
+, ana sometimes he does not.
'a.re are other men who make per-
... canvas OF the different districts,
'!..s day or two with each Demo
-,' farmer and leaving him enough
'- aud other Republican literature to
7t -m aud his family reading till the
Z. i4'su Is over. These fellows are ali
' .ongued rascalS, who talk tariff 10
. farmers IN the most forcible way
,-'ltresard for the truth Of the state
altS.
besides ali these, the State has been in-
-.41 "itha lot of Republican stumpers
~ make no pretenSe Of being anything
. "11t they are. Roswell q. HOrr,
.9e New York Tribune put in quite a
~ while in West Virginia holding
Jugs 70 which excursions, arranged
'Ae committees, were run from all
'4lS within MANY nilos whfla aG side