Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-11-12
THB TSE OF MONEY
IN LARGE SUNS CAUSED THE DEFEAT Oh
WIN. L. WILSON
In the Opinion Of Mr. S. c. Walker, Of the Stat
Of WashingOn-Thinks GOf Will be
the Next Senator.

Mr.. S. c. Walker, brother Of the late
Henry S. Walker, citizen Of Barbour
county, but now in business in the State
of Washington, from which he came to
cast his vote for Hon. w. L. Wilson,
arrived in the city yesterday en- route
home, and will leave to-day for Pitts
burg, Chicago and st. Paul. In discuss
ing the defeat of Mr.. Wilson, last night,
Mr. Walker said:
There is no doubt but that Mr..
Wilson's defeat was due very largely, II
not entirely, to the use of large sums
of money by the Republicans In my
own county | have the assurance from
Democrats, some Of whom live on my
own farm, that they were offered as
high as $50 each TO vote for Dayton and
the Republican ticket, and while
many Indignantly refused these at
tempts to bride them, there is
their vote 10 the other side,
or at least refrained from voting at all
In my own precinct the Democratic
vote fell off twenty, and when you null
tiply that by the eight precincts in the
county, you arrive at total stay-at
home vote of one hundred and sixty,
which was Just the majority OF Dayton
in Barbour county. | have no doubt
but that like methods were re-
sorted to by the Republicans 10 other
counties all over the district Upon no
other basis can | satisfactorily explain
the Republican majorities and gains.
| was with Mr.. Wilson on his tour
through the district, saw the en-
thusiasm and devotion OF the people,
attended his unusually and unDrece.
dentedy large meetings, and l know
that those men would never have de-
serted their leader unless money was
scattered among them with liberia
haLd. That influenced few 10 every
precinct. and the result was Reuubli
Gao majority in the district. We had
no means of courteracting thh
Republican effort. We had powerful
friends, but they contributed little from
their ample means. Mr.. Strauss, Mr..
Wilson's millionaire Eastern friend, sent
but $500. saw his check. Others
who might have sent $500 or ST. 900 sent
bu. $50 or $50, and the gross sun
was so far short Of the nece>
sary amount to properly con
duet the campaign that Chair
man McGraw was forced 10 draw upor
his private Uank account for SO, 600
This | know positively, and this last
named sum was two-thirds OF all the
money spent by the Democracy, az
against not less than $50 900 OF Repub-
lican money.
'As TO the Senatorship, believe that
General Golf will secure it. He deserves
il, and should have il. Outside the Sec
ond district and few counties in the
First like Ohio, don't believe Mr..
Elkins has any following. | believe
most Of the First district mem
bcrs OF the Legislature and
nearly all from the Third and Fourth
will be for General Col, and they
will probably carry off the prize. lie
fought long and earnestly for the sue
cess OF the Republican cause In West
Virginia, while Mr. EIkins only came
mere as carpet-baCger, after looking
over the whole eligible political field
aud whatever he has done or contrib
uted 10 Republican success has beer
with an entirely selfish motive. He vii
carry OF the Senatorship il he can, bn'
I believe the friends Of General Golf viii
make strong and successful tight"