The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-10-06
ArkINsoN,s GREAT LUCK.


Tho E1.S. c. Suddenly Discovered to be
Worth over Eight Million Dollars.
sroctai Correspondence Of ne Latsi0sHen.
WAYNE, W. Va. Sept. 27.-The Hon.
C. W. Atkinson, being posted for a
speech here, took the stand promptly at
o'clock p. m. 1t being the second day
Of the circuit court there was q large
crowd in town, most all of whom at
tended the speaking in Masonic grove.
The speaker seemed at his very best,
and held his audience well in hand for
three hours. Only little applaudinE
wac INDUCED in and that was OF the
meeker kind and seemed 10 say, 20, ex-
cuse me- really couldn't help it"
1t was superb speech. Republicans
were delighted. Inquiring ones were
convinced. The unwashed part OF the
crowd, which by the way was the larger
part, was msddened II demonstrations
go for anything that unterritied horde
thinks that Republican speaker has
unconstitutional rightin Wayne county.
As Atkinson stepped from the plat
form the Democrats yelled Justify, Vim
son, Vinson," and that weak boss"
mounted the platform. He first denied
everything in general that Atkinson
had said, but specifically and loudly de-
MED the Islander" that Jefferson and
Jackson were protectionists. Now the
fun began in real earnest. Ye gods, but
it was rich! The Eatydid story, the
bumble.bee story, the coon and pos
sum stories, all came in regular order.
A gentleman present from Pennsyl-
vania was atterly dumfounded and
said, "eyen Democrat could not in his
state give public utterance to such low
vulgarities that his party would put
man off the platform at once and rebuke
such vile coarseness; and when told
that the orator was Col. S. S. Vim
son, an elector at large on the Demo-
cratictic for West Virginia, ne would
scarcely believe it at all. He insists
that the Republicans induce the
colonel p to make canvass OF the
First and Second districts. But 10 the
speech. The colonel ~ declared that
Tommy" Davis was afraid to show his
face down here in old Wayne, because
he every where both in public and pri-
private, advocated mixed schools and
'nigger equality" that he had voted
for it. Carpet bag government OF the
South was all Te-enacted and passed in
panorama before the eager eyes OF this
fascinated audience.
Referring to the ''ioace" bill he read
the plank in the Republican platform
on elections and exclaimed trium.
phantly, there, there, it is for you"
Each man shall vote and have his vote
counted; white or black alike; pausing
for his utterance to soak in" with
clenched fist he vociferated in perfect
frenzy OF rage, mo, no, sir, the white
men of the South will see to it that the
niger never votes there"
Next he charged that the Republicans
while in power in the state had robbed
the people by fraudulently selling to
each other vast tracts OF school lands.
Turning upon Mr.. Atkinson, whom he
had warned not to leave, with index
finger and his best blood-curdling look
fiercely exclaimed: "You, sir, bought
$1,000 acres of it at fifty-two cents an
acre" Mr.. Atkinson promptly denied
the charge, and the colonel { y contin-
ued, ats thar it's thar on the books at
Charleston, for l seed it with my own
eyes, and the land is now worth 500 an
acre"
After the scene just described a we'll
dressed, sober young Democrat stepped
up to Mr.. Atkinson and said: II never
voted anything but a Democratic
ticket, but il l live to get to the polls in
November I'll vote the Republican
ticket after that" referring to Uncle
Sans speech. Later another followed
suit in almost the same words.
AS we were passing back to the town
a thin looking old man said to fat old
fellow: "0ld sam got hot, didn't he"
"H-l," said the fat man, who
wouldn't git hot when that thar Teller
had tore all his fence down and tore his
truck patch all to the devil?"
Atkinson says that when the colonel
thoroughly establishes his right to the
$780, 900 tract OF land he intends to
chip into the Tom Davis campaign
fund Just $4,000. l. WITNESS.