South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-10-21

The Republican candidate for
Congress in this district, through
his own paper, has recently insin-
uated that Mr.. Wilson sshas done
nothing in Congress.
This statement 10 a. vicious and
malignant ss it il absurd. Few men
have ever done harder or better
work in Congress I; the best proof
OF which is the fact that he has since
his second term served continuously
on one or the other OF the two high
est and most influential commit
tees. These services coupled with
his eminent abilities as ststesman
and an orator have placed him in
the rank Of such men as Carlisle,
and Mills, Reed and Mckinley, and
his fame 10 coextensive with the
limits Of our common country.
There is no constituency In the
limited states but what would feel
it an honor to have him for rep
resentative.
Repu blicans admit all this but,
sfecting to believe that the chief
duty Of Congressman is to act as
3 claim agent, retort that he has
neglected our local interest what
ever that may mean. This is an
old, threadbare campaign cry. 1t
has been made against every pub
lie man Of prominence for centu-
ry and always by the same persons,
either by those who want to be
nominated, or by those who want
to be elected over o faithful repre-
sentative.
Even here however, Mr.. Wilson's
record is unassailable. mr.. Will
sons modesty in declining as far
as possible to transfer his personal
services, may have the people to
overlook what he has done; but we
assert that during his tel m OF SER
vice he has gotten through the lower
House more local bills and appro-
priatlons than all the other West
Va. Congressman put together.
This assertion, bold as it is, can be
proved. Compare COTS record,
or Atkinson's or Smiths, our re-
publican friends, before you ques-
ton the truth of it.
Lest some of >oar Republican
friends may be as ignorant as they
profess as to what Mr. Wilson has
done in this respect we will call at
tention to few measures. The
bill for the out and ont sale of the
Government property at Harper's
Ferry the two bills, one for es-
tablishing term of the U. s. court
at Martinsburg and the other for
public building the completion of
slack water navigation on the Mo-
nongahela /: the opening of that
river free of tolls to West Va. trade;
the survey and improvement of
Cheat river the purchase of the
private dams on tie Monongahe-
la and for completing the slack wa
ter as far as Fairmont, occupying
altogether many years of continu-
Gus labor, numerous bills and ma.
ny thousand dollars. Besides these
which are general in their nature
he has gotten through quite num-
Der Of private pension bills, among
them one increasing the pension Of
Mrs. Strbling, OF Martinsburg.
AS to war claims wherever parties,
having good claims have allowed
him to refer them by bill or petit
ton in the court of claims, they
have in q large number of cases,
been successful among whom, we
can if our friends insist upon it,
name more than few in Berkeley
and Jefferson counties. In no sim
gle instance can it be truthfuIIy
urged that he has not done all that
an able and faithful representative
could or ought to do.
The people of this district are not
to be caught by chat. It is very
easy for people without records to
assail those who have. 1t is also
very easy to think of impossible
things which people want done but
which could not be done; bat the
people Of this district, when In
search Of information concerning
their public servants, will not take
it from such selfish and biased
sources. Mr.. Wilson will be re-
elected by large majority.-Mar-
tinsburg Statesman.