The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-21
WILSON'S DISTRICT.
CONTINUED from Firat Pane.

u"'uhIuHt WulCH NhtonlBllOu tho nu.
tivcs, but II was tho citizen 10 the
manor born who was quick to grasp tho
situation, and did not permit himself to
get "lost In tho shuttle" lilo was right
In tho swim, and kept pace with tho
boom. llOnco 1t Ia that coal minoj,
%rpilroadS, coke ovens, &c, are not tho
only marks OF improvement. Tho old
cltizenV. themselves taking t. now lcnso
Of life, arc making q now city Of tho old
town. Old land marks hnvo disssp.
pearod and modern edillccs have taken
thoir places; natural gus fires burn In
tho gratos; tho kerosene lamp has
given way to tho electric light; water
works supply every household with ono
Of tho greatest OF household necessities;
mudholos have been transformed into
brick-pavcd streets, and many other
improvements have taken place, many
within tho past year-Und all directly
tho result Of the development OF n pro.
toctod industry, an industry which MIR.
William /. Wilson, who protonds to
represent this region in congress-, pro-
poses to wipc out with his tariff bill,
o At ALL STRANGE.
1t Is not strange in view OF this fact
and in Wow OF the conditions l have
named, that the people OF this section
Of the Second congressional district,
have had brought homo 10 them the fact
that their distinguished congressman.
however no may bcieastod aud "ovatCd"
by the importers OF Now York, or by
the cotton %rGisors OF tho sou:hs and ap-
plnuded by the press Of England and
Canada, showed himself unworthy oil
their further support whom, in putting
cOnl on tho FREQ list, no placed his con.
domination upon the march OF improve
mont upon which thoy had entered. A
community dependent upon tho pros
perity OF manufacturing communitioa
Tor q market for its principal products
coal and coke-is quick to feel tho disas-
trous effects OF adverse tariff legislation,
and this upper MonoEgahoIa region,
in MIR. Wilson's own district, has
been no exception, rs tho hun
drcds OF lido miners in this
community can testify. Tho threat OF
free coal, therefore, has not alone pro.
duced u depressing effect here. The Of.
feet OF the Wilsonian policy OF tariff
tinkering in tho east and west has para
lyzed the coal trade. 4 revival Of en-
eral business will revive this trade, but
Mr.. Wilson's effort 10 plpca coal on the
FREQ list will remain rs n score against
him, while tho reduced wages for which
the miner will still DO Obliged 10 work,
whether the duty on coal is retained or
not, as a result Of tho reduction on
manufactured goods, will be remember
cd by tho men who toll in this portion
of the why's and means chairman's dis
trict. Fairmont's boom may continue,
but there are sonle things that will not
continue, and among them may be men,
toned good wages tor tho men who taii.
WILL U AGAIN.
There is no doubt expressed here
that Mr.. Wilson will be n candidate for
reelection il his health ehall permit
him to stand for n "vindication." This,
tits understood, is the desire OF the ad-
minis,ration at Washington. For him
to refuse, it is urged, will DO equivalent
to 4 confession that he fears defeat, and
the moral effect on tho country would
be anything but desirable. In the de.
bates in Congress it has been boldly de-
clared that Slr. Wilson's constituents
will sustain him in his course-that
FREQ coal is just what they want and
that all talk about the miners OF the
Second district wanting anything else
. absurd. Mr.. Wilson himself has de-
clared that the petitions that have
poured in upon him to retain the duty
on coal have been from wage workers
who have been bull-dozed by their en-
ployers, and has compared them to the
Southern slaves before the war who, at
the command OF their masters, peti-
toned for the perpetuation Of slavery.
The miners Of the Second district will
resent this insult themselves next
November. However this may b,, Mr..
Wilson is confident that he will be his
own successor ii he wants to be, and il
he docs want to be he will havo no trou-
bio in getting the nomination. The dis
position OF Democrats is to give him a
chance to viudicate his claim that his
people will sustain him. There has
been talk OF opposition to his nomina-
ton, but 1t 10 not probable that there
will DO any organized effort 10 defeat
him before the convention, and tho dis
position is to let him rest content with
the belief that talk OF his being defeat
ed ut the polls la the nero ebullition OF
politicians who favor other candidates.
In tho event that Mr.. Wilson declincs
the nomination it will probably 20 TO
Wood Daily, OF Mineral county. or to
Ex-Governor A. B. Fleming, with the
chances largely in favor oil the last
named gentleman. Mr.. Daily is n bril-
liant stump orator, with enough fire in
him to arouse considerable enthusiasm,
and enoush d~enngo2y 10 make ignorant
voters believe that the passage OF the
Wilson Oil means tho dawn OF the
millennium. But tho disguised Demo-
Gratis OF the Second district are not ignor-
ant voters and Mr.. DalIy's ~cloQuence
would no, affect tho result. Ex-Governor
Fleming would make n good campaign.
1t IS not forgotten, however, that he
was once defeated for governor and may
not run any better for Congress. Col.
John I. McGraw would also DO n posi-.
bility. Tho colonel is, by tho way, the
man who first brought Mr.. Wilaon into
public life.
WILSON'S SUPPORT.
No candidate but Mr.. Wilson could
command the outside support that hc
would. The national Democracy would
feel that 1t could not afford to have the
author Of tho Wilson bill defeated in
his own district, and the power OF the
national administration would be in
voked 10 help him. Money'and speak
era would not be wanting, and every