The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-10-15

How They Harrnss tho wIIsUnltes-Major
Hue and the Wool GrOWeTs-Mr. Woods
IuterSteW.
Special Dipate4 to " Ine'f0eSar.
GRAFTON, W. Va. Oct IA Graf.
ton specia! in Fridays Register bewNilS
the fact that the Republican congress.
sional committee have gotten out Iitho-
graph pictures of their candidate, the
Hon. A. G. Dayton. Chairman Nc
Graw, some time ago, had pictures made
OF the Hon. William l. Wilson, and the
Grafton correspondent Of the Register
appears to think that the Republican
committee has d:sgraced tselt in copy.
ing" after any Of Col. McGraw's cam
paign practices, which may be point
we'll taken. But aside from this child
i,h sort OF ridicule INDUCED in by the
Register correspondent, the truth oil
the matter is the Republican commit
tee, in presenting Mr.. Dayton's pic
lures to the public, with a TOW words
printed upon them that speak volumes,
hit upon happy plan OF strongly cou'
Trusting the candidates and the issues
OF this great campaign OF such vital i'm.
por:ancs to tho business interests oil
tho people. Everybody knows that
William l. Wilson aud absolute FREQ
trade mean one AMI the same thing. and
that free trade means tho leveIing OF
American industries and American la
Dor to the low plane OF the old world.
Now these same pictures OF MIR. Dayton,
that have already terrorIzed the Wilson
managers here, bring out in bold relief
striking contrast OF the wide dividing
lines In this contest. Mr.. Dayton's pic
ture is headed with this simple but elo-
quent caption:
"a man OF the people and for the
people" At tho bottom OF the picture
the entire tariff question Is epitonized
in the following words:
"He stands for the protection OF MI the
industries OF the Second district, US OPP
posed 10 an open connection with the
products OF Free Trade England aud the
cheap labor OF Europe"
Such campaign document as this is
enough to raisn u wall OF grief from the
tortured mouth OF the Register and its
correspondent
In addition to tho "tale of woe
about Dayton's pictures, tho following
sentence, among some other rubbish,
wa, printed in the Register: Major
Blue, tho Republican candidate for the
legislature, "has cried down the price OF
wool until he fooled our farmers into
selling their wool at IA cents per pound,
where il they had held up until now
they could get IS or 20 cents" This
sentence 10 only quoted to show of tho
monumental mendacity OF its author:
The farmers of Taylor county know all
about the wool question and all about
Minor Blue, too, and his sturdy iuteg-
rity OF character and high busine 8
qualifications; and this instance OF the
desperate and dishonorable kind al
warfare some Democrats are making
against him will only act as trumpet
call to summon every Republican ami
every fair.minded Democrat OF Taylor
county 20 roll up such majority I r
Major Blue as was never seen in this
county before,
Everybody hero knows that whom
Major Blue bought wool he did 1t In tho
opcn market with half-dozen COM
petitors and with the wool market
quoted daisv in the papers. As to wool
bringing IS or zoe now, Major Blue
publicly challenged Democrats on the
streets here the other day to take his
entire lot of wool at 17c in bulk, aud
save tho expense Of gathering it OF tho
farmers, but OF course the offer was not
taken up.
1t may be added that Mcssrs. Sam V.
Woods and J. Hop Woods were Inter
viewed" recently. on different occasions,
by the Register correspondent, and some
astounding statements were made lead
ing up the reckless prediction that Day
ton would lose Barbour county by big
majority, although Barbour county in
1892 WIS just about equally divided.
Some years ago, whom Barbour county
was about 800 Democratic, tho Hon.
Sam V. Woods and tho Hon. a. G. Day.
ton were rival candidates for tho office OF
prosecuting attorney. Mr.. Dayton was
then triumphantly elected despite tho
biz majority against him. Mr.. S. v.
Woods is q very excellent gentleman,
also very ambitious one. MIR. Dayton
punctured and laid low that ambition.
This is all. Tho. "interviows" OF those
clever gentlemen, the Messrs. Woods,
arc interesting only from an historical
point OF view.