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Mr.. Wilson's Record.
From Me na1ti.sbn.u Statesman.

The Republican candidate for Congress
in this district, through his own paper, has
recently insinuated that Mr. Wilson "has
done nothing in Congress"
This statement is as vicious and malig
nant AS it is absurd Few men have ever
done harder or better work in Congress {;
the best proof of which is the fact that he
has since his second term served conilnu
ously on one or other of the two highe
and most influential committees. These
services coupled with his eminent abilities
as a statesman and an orator have placed
him in the rank of such men As Carlisle,
and Mills, Reed and Mckinley, and his
fame is coextensive with the limits of our
common country There is no constituen
cv in the United States but what would
feel il an honor to have him for a represen-
tative.
Republicans admit AL this; but affecting
to believe that the chief duty OF Il Congress
man is to act as q 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 public man of promi
nence for century and always by the same
persons, either by those who want to be
nominated, or by those who want tn be
elected over n faithful representative.
Even here however, Mr.. Wilson's record
is unassailable. Mr. Wilson's modesiy in
declining as far as possible to refer 20 his
personal services, may have the people to
overlook what he has dcne; but We assert
that during his term of service he has got
ten through the lower House more local
bills and appropriations than all the other
West Va Com, ssman put together. This
assertion. bold Ms it i. can be proved -
Compare Cuffs record or AtkinSon's or
Smiths, our Republican friends, before you
question the truth of it,
Lest some of our Republican friends may
be ~ ignorant Is they profess aS 10 what
Mr.. Wilson has done in this respect we
will call attention To few measures. The
bill for the out and out sale of the government
property at Harper's Ferry; the two bills,
one for establishing term of the L. 5.
court at Marinsburg and the other for a
public building; the completion OF slack
water navigation on the Monongahela ;
the opening of that river free of tolls to
West Va trade; the survey and improve
ment of the Cheat river; the purchase OF
the private cams on tie Monongahela and
for completing the slack water a. far as
Farmont, occupying altogether many years
of continuous labor, numerous bills and
many thousand dollars. Besides these
which are general in their nature he has
gotten throuSht quite Il number of private
pension bills. among them one increasing
the pension of Mrs Stribliug, of Martins
burg. As to war claims, wherever parties,
having good claims have allowed him to
refer them by bill or petition in the court
of claims they have IN Il large NUMBER oi
cases, been successful among whom, we
can.if or friends insist upon it, name more
than few in Berkeley and Jefferson coun-
ties. In no single instance can it be truth
fully 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 10 be
caught by chaff 1t is very easy for peo-
pie without records to assail th Sc who
have 1t is also very easy to think Of i'm
possible things which people want done
which could not be done; but the people
of this district, when in search of iniorma-
ton concerning their public servants, will
not take it from such selfish aud biased
sources. MIR. Wilson will be re elected by
large majority.