The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-11-05
THE rRAyznEIM oHAnaEs

some Pertinent IDq iirios-Abass of Indi-
vlLuaIs Does Not Answer Specific
Charges.
To he Editor othe IHtalliOaey.
sIR:-I have just read a column-and-
a-half article in the Register on the
Frauzhoim matter in the hope that l
might find in itsom reasonable defense
OF Colonel Franzheim against the
charges affecting his official record as
secretary of the gas board. Indeed, l
only ind desperate attempt to manu-
tacture sympathy Tor Colonel Franz
helm among the class OF unthinking
people who may be led To lose sight OF
the real merits OF the question involved.
To many intelligent people it has oc-
CURED that from the very start the Reg
ister has studiously refrained from
defending Mr.. Franzheim from the
charges being brought against him, the
column alter column of slush printed
each day being simply a general denun-
citation OF those who have made them
public, and allegations that they are in
spired by malice.
Not one word has the Register printed
in answer to the charges, not even an
attempt has it made to disprove them.
1t has not appeared that the Register
has made any investigation with pur-
pose of Vindicating Mr.. Franzheim.
Tho only thing that has appeared in
his defense has been published by Mr..
Franzheim's brother, MIR. O. w. Franz
helm, aud even this the Register did not
consider Of sufficient importance to give
u leading place, preferring rather to
precede it with bitter personal attack
on the editor of the ISTELLIdENcER,
who, by the way dosen't happen to be
on triad before the public.
Col Franzheim is either guilty or in
nocent of the charges made against
him. Who is there, besides the broth
er mentioned, who has come forward
with anything like vindication OF
him? Where has the Register taken up
the charges and shown them TO be
false? Why has not the gas board spo-
ken? If the things alleged are untrue,
why has. not the gus board come to Mr..
Franzheim's rescue? Why has not the
investigation asked for by Mr.. Fran
zheim been held? What is the mean
luS Vi lIld blleLlCe why uOe6 wv 4ASy-
ister content itself with personal at
tacks on the motive, OF those who make
the charges and ignore the charges
themselves? Won't they bear investi-
CATION? Is it possible that the mem
bsrs OF the gas board cannot make
statement exonerating Mr.. Franzheim?
Do they intend to wait until the morn
ing before the election and then pub
fish an evasive statement calculated to
catch the unwary voter? To denounce
charges that have been specified as ma
licious lies does not disprove them. To
indulge in personal abuse OF the editor
of the INTELLIGENcER does not prove
Mr.. Franzheim innocent.
Suppose the Register devote less OF its
space to an attempt to create sympathy
for Mr.. Franzheim and more to dis
proving the charges! What the voters
of Ohio want to know is not what the
Register and Mr. Franzheim think OF in
dividual Republicans, but the real
truth from official sources regarding
the truth of the charges. This is the
important thing with the voters Of the
county. They are not all fools and will
not be led away from the main issue
by an attempt to stir up prejudices.
Worm