Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-17
BE FAIR.

II the Intelli0encer wishes to discuss
honestly and fairly the charges OF at
tempted bribery brought against the
Golf managers in the late gubernatorial
contest, it will publish the most import
ant testimony of Mr.. HARR, himself,
whom it has so persistently and meanly
slandered.
For fear Col. HART may have over
looked it. we reproduce Mr.. HARRIS
card published in the REGIsTEE last
Monday. Here it is:
have been abused great deal by the
| Republican press of this State during tne
past four wears for voting for John r..
Kenna for United States Senator and for
declaring for A. B. Fleming for Governor.
| I would like TO ask what claim the Repuo-
| licans had upon me to induce me TO vote
against these gentlemen and in favor OF
their candidates when they did all In their
! power to defeat me when l was candl-
| date for the House OF Delegates in 1855!
! Their only claim, l suppose, was
| thew thought that as l was a poor,
| ignorant coal miner, they could buy me-
l held the balance Of power in that Legs
| lature and they wanted one vote, and on ac-
count Of my position in life they consider
ed that I was on the market. But as hard
up as l was did not sell, although propo-
sltiOn after proposition was made to me.
After / refused all Of their offers TO vote
for Goif for United States Senator, they
said l was q fool for not taking the offer
| and securing good home; and 1t appears
that this was the first time they became
aware Of my ignorance.
This abuse of me has been kept up so
| long that I am beginning To think that the
Republican press may desire the history OF
the many attempts made to bride me, and |
am almost in the humor TO make full
statement.
In reply to the article which appeared in
the Intelligsneer of August oath, stating that
my vote TO seat Governor A. B. Fleming
was secured by the promise Of my present
position of Mine Inspector, wish to say
that If my vote had been on the market L
would have sold it to the highest bidder,
and at that time the highest bid was the
same position and 81, 800 in cold cash, which
was offered me if l would cast my vote
for General Golf for Governor Of West
Virginia. Had 1 accepted this position
and betrayed the people who elected me,
and not thrown the bombshell which
Drought 10 lgnJ the great piece OIirdSCalley
that was then being attempted, Dave Harr
would to day be an honest and intelligent
man in the eyes Of the Republicans.
My friend Senator Campbell, in his
| speech in Fairmont last Saturday, said |
was watched by three very prominent citi-
zens of this county during the session OF
the Legislature, who acted as my body
guard day and night. If this was true l
was not aware of it, but the thing l do re-
| call with distinctness is the fact that my
footsteps were haunted and 1 was con-
tinually watched and deviled
by many Republican politicians Of
this State, and one very prominent one
! from Indiana, who was exceedingly anxious
for me 10 take a lucrative government po-
| sition in the west. What 1 went through
during that session of the Legislature per-
! haps will never be told. l no doubt made
| many mistakes, out did what l thought
was right, and pride myself upon the fact
! that as ignorant as l was and as the Re-
| publicans now claim me to be, knocked
| out the greatest fraud that was ever at
| tempted in this State, and helped to seat
one OF the best Governors the State ever
had as well as one of the most honest of
men. Respectfully, ID. NJ. HARR.