Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-06-04


fair country, by receiving TO his-oosom
with open arms, that class OF depraVeu
criminals who get behind prison oars
upon their own confessions, for having
used the United States malls Tor the de-
testabe, loathsome purpose OF black
guarding, slanderinR, insulting and at
temuting TO blackmail respectable
younz ladies. Does any decent man,
woman or child, in any station In NE,
approve OF such conduct?
The penitentiary is place for the
punishment Of criminals for their
crimes, aud is not supposed to be run
as criminals would have~i run, and
neither is IL or will it be so run by the
present management, Notwithstanding
the caustic comments OF the tender
hearted Hltelliqencer. How the poor
Heart of the poor editor OF the poor
TnteIIiUencer does bleed for the poor
criminal conyictS, not because that he
believes that they are in any manner
mistreated, but because his party car
RED the last election on the day before
the election and failed, as is univer-
sally the case, 10 carry IL on the oaY OF
election, and because some tender
hearted staunch friend Of his adopted
political faith is not holding the fort.
Sour grapes, Honey, sour grapes.
No guest can enter the Hotel De Pen
itentiary without presenting the proper
credential, and my dear Mr. Hart you
will do the Hotel De Penitentiary a
great favor, II you will kindly advise all
OF your poor dear criminals who have
heretofore stopped at the Hotel De
Penitentlary, and all those who have
not done so and who contemplate an
inning at the Hotel De Penitsntiary and
who are not satisfied with the bill OF
fare, to please present their credentials
at some other hotel.
The editor of the IntGLLigCpcer has
been able to collect no facts on which
to base his attack upon the peniten'
tiary, and for that reason was careful
10 add at the end Of his editorial that
The IlteIliqepccr make no charges, for
il has no personal knowledge Of abuses
at the penitentlary." Happy thought,
nv coutry cousin, happy thought; and
10 YOU now repeat my invitation 10
come aud see and know what you are
talking about before you undertake TO
again run your arm TO the armplt
In filth and attempt to cover
Your neighbors with it In the
hope Of adding a straw OF political cap
ital TO your stock Of Repubicanism, to
which ism, | understand you are but a
recent convert, and whether for revenue
only or not, you can best Inform your
readers.
The entire crew Of the Intclligcnccr
are invited TO come and see. You can
have the keys to every department from
the cellar to the garrett, including
those to the female department in which
you will find some distinguished char
acterS from the city OF Wheel
ing, some OF whom, are,
perhaps, old scquaintances OF
yours, ana will probably have many
tales OF woe to pour In your willing
ears. You can also have practical
personal application OF the modes OF
punishment, and | guarantee you that
some one will be found who will very
cheerfully administer the same to your
entire satisfaction. In the meantime
dip your pen once more In the cess pool
Of iniquity, deeper, deeper yet, ard let
the filth lly. You will neither bIacken
the character Of the officials OF this in
stitution nor traduce the institution It.
self by your vllainous attacks.
The attacks of the IptelJigencGr on
the Penitentiary are periodical, for the
reason, that the cock-loft Of the lnteIIt
genCer building is periodically visited
by disease commonly called costive'
ness, aud on the recurrence OF the at
tack and the violence of 1t depends the
attack and the violence Of it, which j:
forthwith made on the Penitentiary.
This has been the case for the last two
years. About year ago the Inteltt
Gencer made the awful discovery (?l
that the IntGIligeHcCr Is not admitted to
the prison, and pray why should IL be-
The REGISTER and all other political
papers are excluded, and why should
the IntelLiqencCr be admitted and ali
others excluded?
And | desire the editor or editors oil
the TntelIiqcncer to understand now,
| that do not intend to be intimidated
in the discharge OF my duties, aud
neitbsr do | intend to be forced into
admitting his sheet into the prison by
his abuse or otherwise, no not even a.
the point of his little pistol. would
not admit it when other papers are eX-
cluded, II l knew, that by so doing
could close bis mouth so tight that i
could not be blown open with stick o.
dynamite, which l believe would be thC
| effect of admitting II. No, dear, no
we ara not doing that kind OF bushes!
just now.
When we feed convicts quail OF
toast and make pets of 6ne-hslred con
victs or any other convicts TO please
the InteIligencer or to avoid their. or IT.
criticisms. IL will be when we have
much less onfdence than we now hav'
| in the intelligence, honesty, and integ
| rity of the masses OF the people IRE
spective Of party. When = boy,
| played with the boys game calleC
''you tickle me and | will tickle ycI
aud we will both laugh" but l do no
propose to play that game with TIT
| Intellige nicer.
The penitsntiary authorities have nj
| cause TO fear and neither do they fea
the most searching investigation mad,
! by fair minded men ia search of tn,
truth, and neither do we fear in TIT
J least the honest verdict and judgmen
rendered by an honest people and TO tn
people, not to Mr.. Hart, nor yet to tn
IntelligeRcer, do we render our accounts
V. 2.
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