Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-12-08
NOT MYSTERY BUT WILFUL- MIS-.
REPRESENTATION.

NOT MYSTERY BUT WILFUL MIS-
REPRESENTATION.
The Moundsville Echo says there is
mystery about the unanimity with
which the Republican press of the
State support Hon. Stephen b. Elkins
for United States Senator We might
retort in kind and assert that there is
a mystery about the unanimity of the
opposition to him by the Democratic
newspapers Of the State. The fact
is, there is no mystery about it. Mr.
Elkins is the choice Of Republicans be
cause it is the desire of the party thai
the Nation may have the benefit o
his services, because he will refleci
honor upon the State, because he il
possessed of that sturdy ability o
which statesman are made, because he
is right upon the great question of Pro
I lection, because he. is bimetallist and
| friendly to the use of silver, because
he has done as much as any living
man for the development of the State
and because he proposes to do more,
and finally because of his splendid
services in the recent campaign.
The Echo says further;
at is we'll remembered that the FL
kins palatial car tour of the State ere
ated no enthusiasm among the com
mon people. In fact he kept himself
as far from coming in touch with the
MSS Of the voters as possible. Hecar-
ried his own livefied servants and the
common people only had the opportu.
nifty of adniring him at distance. HIS
public speeches were dry and uninter-
esting, read from written manuscript,
and contained no logical reasoning
and yet he is Landed by the Republi-
can press as being the only statesman
in West Virginia
On the contrary it is remembered
that at all points he was greeted with
the unbounded enthusiasm of al
classes. Without acting the dema
gogue, he was, always has been, ant
is now the most approachable Of men
He is not of that class who has Sc
ofmanners for campaign purposes ant
then knows you no more. His speech
es, while carefully prepared, were no
dry and uninteresting. bur were fillet
to OVERLOOKING with logical reasoning
and indisputable facts. 1t was GU
good fortune to be with him dur
ing portion of the campaign ana
there were no liveried servants there
He travelled as other men Gravel, slep
as other men sleep, ate as other civil
lied men eat, talked as other men talk
and was withal one of the most com
panionable of men,
AS to his having purchased the Re
publican press of the State as is init
mated in another column of the Echo
the insinuation is so ridiculously alb
surd as to be beneath the dignity of {
denial. Any honest, fairminded mar
of either party can secure the support
of the press of the State when it is
seen that he merits that support, bui
woe betide the individual who attempts
with cold cash or promise of other re-
ward to throttle the press. Better
were it for him that a milestone were
hanged about his neck and that he
were cast into the depths of the sea.
We are glad the insinuation in the
the Echo did not emanate from the
pen of the editor. Knowing hin to be
an honorable man, we would almost
lose faith in the integrity of mankind
were he to make such a silly charge
Had he not repudiated it we should
have been surprised that he published
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