The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1892-11-05


ginia District.
1 Among the most interesting and
important points in the great politi-
cal battle Reid in which the natiohal
struggle is being ~asea ID the sec
lond district Of West Virginia, where
the Hon. William L Wilson is max
ing his gallant fight for election
TO Congress 1t Is interesting be-
cause of the nearIyequsl strength OF
the two leading parties in the dis
trict, and important because the
princira. issues involved in the gen
eral contest are there given special
emphasis and prominence by the pc
culiarly representative character OF
the democratic candidate. Ever since
his first election to Congress- in 1884
Mr.. Wilson has been in his political
capacity, an object of dislike and
dread to that part.o of the republican
organization whose sentiments and
methods are represented by practical
politicians. Personally popular even
among his republican associates in
Congress, he has at the same time
been recognized from the beginning
by the high tariff benefciaries as a
man in the highest degree dangerous
to them and their interests. His
first term in Congress proved to them
that he was made of sterner and
ADLER stuff than the average Repre-
sentative, and they quickly came to
the determination to keep him at
home for the future if possible. In
! the campaign of 1886 they did their
best To bring about this result, and
though they succeeded in reducing
his majority they were foiled in their
purpose, and be returned to the
House Of Representatives, where he
strengthened his hold upon the pub
lie respect and confidence and added
TO his prestige as an able debater
and formidable opponent of selfish
and corrupt schemes and schemers.
His second term more than ever con-
WINGED the politicians and the bust
ness monopolists, who live by the
people and on the people, that he was
their deadly and implacable foe, and
that he would do them serious mis-
chief if he was permitted to continue
in public life. In 1888, therefore,
they made another attempt to dispose
of him, only to be chagrined and
alarmed by another failure.
Undaunted by the extraordinary
opposition he had aroused, he threw
himself during his third term with
fresh zeal and earnestness into the
work Of tariff reform, and won a ma
tional reputation as one of the most
distinguished champions of constitu-
tional and equitable government He
was carried into Congress again on
the tidal wave of 1890, and served
the country so well as to increase
the i'll will OF the political birds of
prey who desire to fatten on the la
Dor of the people without let or hin
drance. Men like Mr.. Wilson dis
turb them in their feast and render
them uncomfortable at their BANQUET
and they have now determined TO
make final desperate effort to over
throw and silence him. To this end
they have rallied around the repub-
lican banner, if not in person, at
least. by those persuasive and effect
i've 9reenback proxies which the re
publican bosse s knew so well how to
use in Indiana and elsewhere during
the campaign of 1888 The protee-
ted industries, the monopolies, the
political corruptionists whom Mr..
Wilson has caused to tremble by his
persistent and powerful attacks
have all joined hands in an alliance
of alarm and hate to overwhelm and
crush him.
In spite of the m oney and the
malice Of this combination Mr.. Will
son will hold his position to the end
if the people of his district are true
to themselves. The democratic par
| ty would lose more than single
Representative in the loss of that
district: 1t would lose wise and
conservative leader, an eloquent or
ator, statesman in the truest sense
of the word, and, above all, that no
blest and rarest spectacle in modern
politics. thoroughly honest man.
AS unassailable in his personal pur-
ity as he is invincible in his logic,
politician without any axes to grind
or any personal interests to promote,
the opponents of sound and good
government have found it lsapossi-
BILE to answer his arguments or to
tempt him from the straight path
of duty. The voters of his district,
like the democratic voters of every
other part of the country, should
love him for the enemies he has
made. He stands in this contest
for tariff reform, for clean methods
in politics and for pure and eco
nomical administration of public af-
fairs.
Against him are arrayed the gov
eminent at Washington, which is
credited with having deputed one
of its principal officers to conduct
the contest against him, the spoils-
men boodlers who thrive under
the practices and principles which
Mr.. Wilson is striking at, and the
high tariff milionsires whose enor-
nous profits are endangered. He
is fighting the peoples own battle;
1t is their canse which he Is defend.