The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-05-05
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above caption and which is adj
dressed to the voters Of the Ord
Congressional District and signed
'sGrcenbrier,n IL just now being
freely circulated among the vo-
tiers Of this county. We are sor-
nv that we have not flie room to
reproduce the article in full and
point ont the inaccuracies as we'll
the injustice with which he treats
Gov. Wilson.
"Greenbrier" starts out with the
assertion Rarely In the history
and custom Of Democracy has it
failed, when solicited to return
to Congress faithful and eff
cent representative in Prcsiden-
tial years" Prior to the election
of Mr.. Anderson the Third Dis
trict has, since the war, had but
three Democratic representa-
tiyes, Frank Hereford, John T.
Kenna and G. T Snyder, all OF
whom we're faithful and efficient.
Frank Hereford was defeated by
Kenna in 1876, a Presidential
year, and G. T. Snyder was de-
feated by John D.Alderson= u
1883. None or AIderson's friends
said in 1888 that it was wrong for
Mr.. Anderson to contest with Mr..
Snyder fprk~the nomination be-
causeit was a Presidential year
Or that twas "No time g swap
horses in the middle of aNream."
"Greenbrier," further speaking Of
Coy. Wilson's candidacy, says,
"This, too, when it ls borne IN
mind that in 1888, after the nom
ination of Anderson, Wilson was
the only aspirant who failed 10
take an active parton the stump
for our party nominee In 1883
Wilson was Governor Of the State
and not a candidate for Congress.
The candidates were Anderson,
Snyder, st. Clair and Straton.
Wilson, however, placed himself
at the disposal Of the party and
did woman service for the whole
ticket, and then when the cleo
ton was over, single handed de-
featedI Republican frauds and
saved the State to the party and
made it possible for Mr.. Alder
son to enjoy the. fruits Of his vic
tory.
"Greenbrier" next proceeds TO
associate with Gov. Wilson's name
such phrases as .'chronic office
sec kerr ''ambitious, :. ''cruel,' =
"conceited," &c. This would be
laughable if ii was not so serious
to the harmony of the party. Ken
ma opposed Hereford in 1874 and
1876; Harris opposed Snyder in
1856. and Anderson opposed him
in 1888, and yet none of them
were ever denounced as ambi
tious, cruel or conceited. Gov.
Wilson is a citizen of the Third
Congressional District and has a
perfect right to be a candidate
for Congress. No one individual
has claims upon the Democrats
of the district paramount to all
others. If the fact Of having
served two terms entities per-
son to the third, having served
three terms gives a claim fifty
per cent stronger for the fourth
term and in like proportion for
every subsequent term so long as
the fortunate individual might
desire a reelection. The weak
est charge, however, against Gov.
Wilson is his failure to assail Mr..
Alderson's record. Neither Gov.
Wilson nor his numerous friends
are built that way. They have
learned Democracy in a different
school. The success of the party
and the triumph of its time hon
ored principles is dearer to them
than the triumph Of any individ-
ual. While Gov. Wilson's friends,
believe that he has the ability to
represent the District with great
er distinction than Mr.. Anderson,
and that he will be able to do
more for the material interests Of
the District, especially for the
streams on the South side of the
Kanawha, yet should Mr.. Alder
son received the nomination for a
third term~we are anxious that
we shall be in position to yield
him as consistent and hearty sup
tort as we did in 1890. But abuse
of Gov. Wilson and his friends
by the friends of Mr.. Anderson as