Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-11-07
BERIsFORD REPLIES
To the Statements in Yesterdays "Intel-
Iigencer"-Reld and Stevenson Com


ugencer"-Reld and Stevenson Com
pared.
To the Editor of tho REGISTER:
SIR:-I see by this mornings lntettt-
oencer o short article saying L MADE
false statements in my defence OF Ma
tional President Mcbride in Tuesdays
issue of the REGISTER, yet they failed
very materially in that article to show
how or where I had made false state
ments. do not desire to make use
of my name officially In the interest OF
any political party, as some OF our he
publican miners have done in order to
try to further the interest OF their
party, but claim yet that it was oollga-
tory on my part TO delend
our worthy President in an I'M
Just assault on his character
published in Mondays InteJLtgencer.
Had the above never been published l
would not have written any defense, as
I would not have had occasion to. L am
ready and willing to cut loose from my
official capacity for the present, ana
give the facts as they actually exist,
without a cent of campaign Doodle to
get so full on | cannot tell the street
from the pavement; here it is without
money or price: In the first place, after
the nomination OF Mr.. Reid, howl
went up all over the coun-
try among organized labor
ing people over the duplicity
Of the Republican party in nominating
man such as Reid has shown himself
to be for over fifteen years the arch
! fiend of organized labor, which our Re-
publican friends cannot and dare not
| deny, after which the Republican press
| published some stuff IN regard TO Gen.
| Stevenson's infdelity to organized labor,
something after the fashion OF their
campaign documents, which were
thrown broadcast over the city to-day,
and is a reprint Of the article published
in Mondays InteIljgepcer, to endeavor to
| Offset the character Of Mr.. Reid in labor
matters.
Mr.. Foster, OF the Labor Leader, see-
| ing this, wrote 10 National President
Mcbride, Of the United Mine Workers,
asking him as a brother and friend. as
TO the truth or fasity of the Republican
raccusation IN regard to Stevenson. His
answer we all know, which is that
stevenson is not an enemy to organized
labor, which Mr. Foster published IN
his paper without the knowledge or
consent Of President Mcbride. The
National Democratic Committee seeing
this. saw it was d clear, authentic vidi-
cation of their candidate for Vice-Pres-
ident, copied it, had it printed in pam
phlet form and distributed so the
public would know the facts regarding
MIR. Stevenson but in their desperation
as drowning man will grab at a straw,
hunted up some more lies to add to
their already long list Of falsehoods to
show that Mr.. Stevenson is an enemy
20 organized labor and that John Nc
Bride is liar, yet they or their hire
llings paid by the Carnegie Republican
Campaign Doodle do not nor cannot
show with all their deSpairing etforts In
their documents a single thing Mr..
Stevenson has done himself detrimental
to the interests of organized workmen.
We do not deny that the coal COM
Ipanv in which Mr.. Stevenson is
interested did at one time while he was
Its attorney have a strike and trouble
with their men, which Mr.. Stevenson
ICOulO DOb ueiU, Oub IhOy Wv hON "teNin Nv
to say that everything has not gone on
smoothly since Mr.. Stevenson has be-
come the company's president. 1t is
not the place OF the president of the
company to go among his men and tell
them to organize, as they have not
been since the trouble before mention
ed. As President Mcbride says it is the
carelessness and apathy Of themselves
that they are not organized.
AS for Mcbride seeking an Office, it is a
pure fabrication, the fact OF the matter
lis Mr.. Reid has been wsging war on
labor organizations generally-the
printers in particular-for over fifteen
years, and the charges (Which are purely
Republican tabrications) against Mr..
stevenson only since his nomination as
Democratic candidate for Vice Presi-
dent. w. >. BERIsFoRD.
Wheeling, ". Va, Nou. 3, 1892.