The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-01-30
HON. JOHN ii, IL HotT.
A Correspondent Suggests Ills. Nnmo for
the Republican Nomination for Congress

A reSpon,icnt Suggests Ills Nnmo for
tbs Republican Nomination for Congress
IL tho Second District. @
10 The Editor ofthe ln't'ilCtntT.
SiR:-Bcing q regular rcadcr OF your
paper, tho writer In, noted With Eomo
interest tho publication OF IN article In
your issue OF tho 22d inst, signed "Tay-
lor," aud tho roply to (which appeared
In your iAsue OF tho Goth, over tho sigma.
ture OF Justice" both articles purport.
. Ing 10 hnvo boon written at Grafton, and
both having reference to tho coming
congressional candidate for tho Second
district. l5
Wo ngrco, In part, with both writer's.
We heartily endorse all that has boon
Baid In doiOnso OF Hon. John ". Mason.
Ito has Just filed great office with
honor and distinction, has stood for
years ut tho forefront OF tho battles
wagod by his party, and Inns therefore q
very warm place III the hearts Of Taylor
county Republicans. Wo gladly concur
In all that has boon said to tho credit OF
tho other gentlemen who have been
named for tho nomination. The Hon.
George @. Sturgisa Ia broad.mindod
man Of ability, who, like Mr.. Mason, has
filled an honorable government office
with credit and profit 10 himself and TO
the satisfaction OF his friends.
Wo ngreo that tho next Republican
candidate for Congress- In this district
ought to DO selected with cront care, for
tho party is now united rs never before,
aud 1t ia practically ono grand unit,
eager 10 wrest tho district from tho con.
troll OF tho disastrous policy OF "Profes.
aor" Wilson's ircc trade Democracy.
We agree that 1t Is .imo for the Re.
publiCans to stop tho cowardly "stiIl
hum" business, for tho reason that we
have pursued this policy for years, and
our party has found tho same old grave
at tho end Of each successive campaign.
We agree that tho Republican party
OF this district has taliop OH now life,
new vigor, now hope; and that all wo
mood now is new man with new blood,
man with now and active brains, with
tho ability to carry our banner with
credit TO himself and with honor to his
party, to wherever our foes shall stake
the limo OF battle.
But what surprised US not little was
that "Taylor," in his anxiety to find
such n man, should turn his eyes toward
Barbour, Hampshire. Berkeley and
Preston counties, and overlook in his
own county the very man his pen por.
trays. 1t strikes us rs 80 strange TINT
We have very grave doubts that Taylor"
belongs in Taylor county ut all.
Wo have in this county q young man
who Is distinctively ono OF the people, n
typical representative OF the very best
Americanism. lawyer who has hewu
his way from tho humbicst walks OF
liio to the forefront OF his profession,
and now stands at tho head OF the local
bar. We refer to the Hon.. John II.
Holt. We do not know that no is 4
candidate, or that he would DO, but We
do know that he ought to be, and that
the Republicans OF this district should
SEQ that he Is. as, ,.- i.
Flo is young, energetic, afrable, able,
OF commanding presence and states
manlike appearance, and eloquent be.
yond any other man in tho district,
Professor" wilson not excepted. AS
a debater he stands unexcelled, as mn
orator unequalled. With due defercnco
to all the other gentlemen spoken OF in
this connection, there is not one OF
them will lay claim to the gift OF oratory
and debate that Mr.. Holt possesses, nor
the fitness to grapp!e with the little
giant OF free trade, Professor Wilson;
that belongs peculiarly to Mr.. Holt. "a
1t has always been the regret OF Sec.
ond district Republicans that they have
never had candidate who dared meet
Mr.. Wilson on the stump, and they
hava either had to listen in silent
chagrin to his challenges or bring man
from another district to meet him,
while our own candidate skulked
around on tho ''still hunt business.
The coming campaign, like tho two be-
tore it, will BIO campaign OF education,
fought out on tariff lines. When Mr..
Holt stumped the state the last cam.
baign, it was acknowledged BY the tire.
mendous crowds that greeted him wher-
ever he went that he delivered the
clearest, most powerful and most clio.
quent tariff speeches Of any that were
heard in the state. IA.
1t is true that the Hon. S. B. Elkins,
being SO largely interested in the in.
dustrics OF our state, against which Mr..
Wilson is so openly arrayed, would be
an appropriate and fitting opponent OF
Wilson, if he could meet him on the
same platform and present his side OF
tho case to the people as elouuently and
effectively us Wilson does. But can he !?
II We arc not going to play the coward
act again in the coming campaign, let
US select man who can cope with
Wilson on the stump. Tho only Re.
publican in the district that we know
Of who can creditably and successfully
do this ia Hon. John Il. Holt.
Grafton, Jan. %.