The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-05
Az 1NpEcEN1t ASSAULT


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tho R0eisteq tho following shameful
article affecting the personal character
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|. WHO. some fs'aco' ANNOUNCER 'nA'
ho could no longer vote with the party
Of free, trade:
An ~. foom Elkin,. Doodle, drama: scene l.
A rSotortoas, dt,tepaIabio yoaas niap Of Wheel.
lug known hereIofotO as = DemoEsat; = seen
v SM1v tS, y, tSe Msf Sr S ene Same voting
man sn aStonIshSs HcqGaIntanccs by bosSomInv out
10 new sliltwith plenty 81 money In the p 9SSEi
S t tn fTuS n mosd and ap
piaudei by tue ISTaLi40Bso6R. ssSpe !. lI0ls
plgsbis tikeS and 9 ssat iat1 me sS Ss|ni
w S1J here wbSrs SS Ia Known. lis druaEe1
iyiacsguar1fsGi gels him lnIo trouble immedI.
atSly and he iSSolndly thE4shed When pic t!S
H8 eneSk I, g G ~" ,a"sabSS oS ,be natouS
RSpu5licSn congregational committee ftOIn Ms
souri,, who was with ElkIhS at tho MoLHre when
ms Ets iSSna ~ H4' soaysrS ~ poSket caF
tain.
The Young man referred to in the
above brutal paragraph ia Thomas
VBrien, ir.. a son OF Colonel Thomas
0'Rrien ex.treasurer OF West Virginia,
ono Of the bal known and most re.
snected citizens OF the state, an hon
ored citizen OF WheeliAg, and ior yoara
nsSt n Iaadar az tho DelnocratIc party,
A. long 400 "a last sprfne Young
0'Hrien who IA possessed OF more than
ovoraea intalliaanea, announced pub.
iiciv 10 hfs associa,es that he could
M 1onsay train Win, the free trade
na,,v and Declared that thereafter he
intenied To east MA lot with the party
If ,rotcction 10 Amorican industries.
I,a,er he emnhasized hi, determination
hi takino mn ao,ive mart IN the Repuh-
iIcan nrinaries, and has ever since been
regarded as a STRAIGHT Republican.
lilo other YOUNG mea who have de-
c;dad IN a aimiIar conrse. and who nave
sSowaS thar intsntions Mk O'Brien
M been snbiected to persecutions by
Issnerota Democrats who were alarmed
a, tha exodns from the ranks OF the
na,tv Tn Mr.. O'Brien's case. however.
tha narsecntions were not confined to
nnceasinv attemnts to whip him back
into fins with thu marty lasb. Threats,
aven we're indulged in. and Mr..
osHrien being yenec man Of spirit. as
we'll "a entirely capable Of thinking for
bimself NATURALLY resented these in.
snlts, IL
Nov ma 10 tho mean insinuations
contained in the iibeiious article quoted
ehnya fron, thu Regis.er. Two weeks
400 o y, tho occas;on If tha wait NJ Hon.
r Ks,anc of 81 Tonis To this c;ty,
vonne 0,B,ien WAS introduced TO him
Mr. Kerens ma Ia we'll known. ia greatly
;n,arested In West Virginia. having a
large fortune invested In industries in
the Second district. He Ia an ardent
PenuhIican and ia contributing aii he
csn 10 tho defeat Of tho man who ia
trvina n rTin these Industries. Mr.
aIpr;sn was commended 10 him as
an efIsetipe talker. he having made
some GOOD sneeches at ward meeting, OF
tbe nartv iatelv. Mr. Kerens took a
i;tine 10 The vo,inr man and asked him
10 oo over In The Second district anl do
some tafking in the interests of pro.
tec.ion' After much urging Mr..
S,Rrisn finally teonsented. and was tur.
n;ehad hv III, kerena with money to
hsar his legitimate exnenses on the
tonr III at was manned ami ior him.
Mn 0'Rrien madame secret az the mat.
,sr II was nothing 10 Ia ashamed OF.
tor bs was ~ aoins 10 eneasa in work for a
corsa which he heiieved to be- rioht.
Towavor tha ma.tsr came to the know.
iaSe 1920 " c,ortsin Denocra,ie touehs who
Jetermined that Mr. O'Brien should not
so Into tho Second distriet in a condi.
sIon ,bat would enablc him 10 annear
IN nnhIic Ths iSTEII1opscrR has al.
,eaay de,ailed how The consniracv 10
d;sfisr,e him was carried ont
~ sotnrdav mornina 0ctober o.
Tom c'Rrisn took the earIy train for