Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-09-22
]. D. Butt, the Renegade.

Mr.. Dayton, OF Barbour County.
who has been nominated as the Re-
publican candidate orCongress against
Hon. w. l.. Wilson, is an amiable and
very excellent gentleman, but the
chances of his appearing in the next
House are remote, said Hon J. d.
Butt, OF West Virginia, at the Ebbitt
"Mr. Wilson is going to come back to
the House by good majority. He is
one man that the Republicans can't
beat, whatever else they may manage
to accomplish in West Virginia.
1T would be pretty safe bet, too,
to gamble on the election of his name
sake, Ex-Governor Wilson. to the
United States Senate. He is one of
the shrewdest. nerviest, and most sue
cessful men that ever went campaign
ing in the Mountain State. One thing
that Wilson is liked for is his personal
pluck. He was never known to avoid
a scrap, and in the toughest regions Of
the State his reputation for being game
has strengthened his popularity. He
is a little red-headed man, but he'd
Just as soon hit John l.. Sullivan a
lick in the face as an individual of his
own weight Washington Post
''Mr. ]. d. Butt, of West Virginia. "
Butt 3 Butt' Butt, ofWest Virginia
Who is he?
That seals Dayton's fate and lands
"Windy" Wilson in the Senate Butt
has spoken. Kicked out of the Re-
publican party because of his treachery
he now tries to play the Judas-Gres-
ham act.
Butt He is not of West Virginia.
Ordinarily such creatures are too
contemplate for notice. Were it not
that some might be deceived we should
have consigned the interview and in
terviewed to that oblivion which both
merit, but knowing the persistency
with which he seeks newspaper noto-
riety we shall briefly refer to the fact
that Mr.. Butt has for some years past
been known to be snake in the grass
and only feared because of the under
handed aid he was able to afford the
free traders.
Now that he has thrown off his mask
and appears in his true character he
should be allowed to sink to the level
to which he endeavored for years to
drag the Republican party.
Good-by, Butt.
The party has no use for men who
use it exclusively for their own ag-
grandizement and the sooner it is rid
of all such the better and purer it will
be and the more it will prosper.
How WooIgrowers View the Situation
At the thirteenth annual session of
the Ohio Woolgrowers' Association.
held in Columbus, Ohio, all address
was adopted showing that the threat
Of free wool has reduced the value of
their As, 900, 900 sheep by nearly S7o.-
900, 900 and the wool clip of this year
more than $50, 600 600.
Free wool is denounced as ian in
famous and odious discrimination and
conspiracy against all our agricultural
industries, calculated to drive a
million Of woolgrowers from sheep
husbandry into increased production
of hay. wheat, corn, oats, cotton, and
other products, still further lowering
prices.
The pretense of cheaper clothing be-
cause OF free wool is denounced by the
sheep raisers of Ohio as false and fraud
ulent, because, with the destruction of
American flocks, combinations and
trusts can extort from the people high
er prices for wool and wooden goods.
The woolgrowers add that the wool
tariff yielded in 1898 little over S.
600, 900, and that free wool involves a
surrender of this revenue, while the
German bill, which advocates this sur
render, at the same time imposes a
new burden of taxation of $40, ooo, 900
annually by levying tax on sugar.