The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-10-18


The Register and the Democratic
managers must realize that the Demo-
cratic cause is very desperate when they
are obliged to resort to tactics to divert
the minds of voters from the issues Of
the cam aign. The Register has repeat
eddy attempted to make capital by ap-
pealing to religious aud class prejudice
aud to make it appear that the national
Republican campaign mauagers have
au alliance with the A. 7. A.
Although the Register was forced to
acknowledge yesterday that, so far as
the Republican managers here arc con-
cerned, there is no truth in tho charge,
it published in the same issue the fol-
lowing: .-..
Even now the Republican congressional cam.
pligu committee Ii sending outVlSt quantities
Of X. r. a. literature through the country. aud
expects to gain votes BY this plan. The litera-
tCFC Is being sent out too, II is said, uudcr gov
ernment frank.
While the editor OF the Register was
writing that faIsehood, he had in his
office MI Associated Press dispatch
which, for partisan reasons. was sup
pressed by tho Register. 1t was sent
out from Washington to all Associated
Press papers, aud read as follows:-
Chairman Babcock. OF tho Republican con-
greSSIonAl committee, to-day came into posses
sion Of All advance copy OF apAmphlet. which
he Is informed isbelng printed for general CIR
cniatlon, charging the Republican committee
with circulating A. T. A. literature aud with I be-
ing In sympathy with TINT organization; Inc
pamphlet consists largely OF newspaper letters
from Washington. which processes to give iacs
going TO subSantiHte the charge.
Discussing the matter. Mr lhbcocS said: ,,,
1.-THE story Is mnde out Ot whole cl0th. This
publication Is but the climax of numerous
efforts that have been made TO connect this
committee with the 4. J.. A.
1--WE have taken the position that II WINS not
the province Of tho congressional committee 10
attempt TO make platforms. aud have devoted
ourselves to the diStfibRtion OF literature ~ ne
cortlancc with the platform and acknowledged
doctrines Of the Republican party: Hence sly
which the Democratic committee Is preparing
10 distribute are entirely devoid of truth"
This was sufficient denial OF the alb
surd story for all fair minded men, but
the Register did not publish it, and for
an obvious reason. 1t preferred rather
to reiteratc tho falsehood which the
dispatch authoritiveIy denied.
What Chairman Babcock, OF the
national Republican congressional com.
mittee, says Of the plan OF the RepubIi-
can campaign is equally true OF the
plan that is being pursued by our local
committees. They are concerning
themselves about no side issues raised
to divert attention from the one great
question which concerns the material
welfare OF tho people. They are cir
culaLing no literature that is not in
accordance with the party platform and
acknowledged Republican doctrines.
They have not now, and never have had
any alliance with any movement out
side of the party.
The Democratic organs know this
quite we'll. but their cause is desperate,
and misrepresentation aud falsehood
must be resorted 20 in order to bolster
up IN already lost cause. The Repub'
lican manaGcrs are fighting solely for
tho cause OF Protection to American
industries. They will allow no side
issue or Democratic campaign roorbach
to obscure the main question.