The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-10-16
SENATOR wHiTAKER

Nails n Register lie About His AttitUds
Toward ths West Liberty Normal sellool.
Not shadow OF Truth In the story.
The Register Is 10 = desperate state Of
mind concerning the canvas Of Nr.
Pollock for the state senate when 1t is
Obliged 70 resort TO the publication Of
ialsehoods about Mr. Whitaker, the
Rspabliean candidate. Heretofore the
Register has eontentsd isselt With max.
ing Mr. Whitaker target for abuse and
Misrepresentation, but yesterday it out
did itself by giving PLACE IN its columns
70 deliberate fal,ehbod, which 1t en-
phasized with an editorial enforcement
The falsehood 10 uttered by a West
Liberty correspondent who has not the
courage 10 eign his name, bat hides be-
hind nom do plume. signing himself
"Alumnus," He writes as follows:
$50 BY your papers recently several reasons
why tho citizens Of Wheeling should not sup
port Nj. Whitaker for the state senats this tall.
Il appears 70 me there Is reason Why the cit'
EcnS Of this vicinity should not vote sAs hln
also. When the appropriation bill OF the legls-
laturc came from the house 70 the Senste. there
WaS an iIeIn for $1,000 for new normal school
building at this plaza This met considerable
opposition In the senate, aud Mt. Gall in MS
speech opposing II said that the senator from
this county had said that this school WA M in'
fury 70 the county. How dft Mr. Whitaker
fVplyT' Simply by saying that private con-
yenAtlon Ah0uld not be brought tnto general
debate. The friends Of this school should. aud
no doubt will see that the senator elected next
November will not only vote. but that his pri'
Vate conversation will DO such Is Will do TINS
school no injury.
Nobody who knows Mr.. Whitaker and
his friendliness to the cause OF educa'
ton believed there was q word OF truth
in the absurd story. It was calculated.
however, to prejudice the minds OF
those who are not well acquainted with
the Republican candidate, and for the
benefit OF such the 1NTRLLIGEScER inter
viewed him on the subject. When
asked regarding the truth OF the anony-
NOUS publication yesterday, MIR: Whit
aker said:
ut Is not only untrue that l opposed
the appropriation for new normal
school building at West Liberty. but 1t
is q fact that it was largely through my
efforts that tho appropriation was re-
tanned In the bill. The Register story
is q fabrication from beginning to end.
"It will be remembered that in that
legislature there was Democratic at
tempt to reduce the rate Of taxation for
political effect only, and in order to nj
ford an excuse for go doing thore was
scaling down Of appropriations, and the
normal schools were selected rs the
chief victims. The West Liberty and
Fsirmont schools were especially
marked. When found that the West
Liberty appropriation was cut oil, l
called Senator Tarr's attention to 1t ana
told him that We must save It'll possible,
as it Affected our district. He agreed
with me and together We worked against
the scheme TO turn down the appro-
priation.
being Republican, I did not have
a great deal OF influence in the Demo-
cratic senate, but made personal ap::
peaIs to Democratic friends in behalf
OF the West Liberty and Fairmont ap-
preparations, and was successful in get
ting enough votes to save the former,
while the Fairmont people got pretty
nearly all they asked Tor"
"As to my interruption Of Senator
Gall, referred to by tho Registers
anonymous correspondent, that oc-
Cured in this way: Mr. Gall was speak
ing on the appropriation and misquoted
a remark had made in private con-
yersation. My remark had been that l
favored liberal appropriations, but be-
lieyed there should be limitations. This
he misquoted in his speech aud l called
him down. That was all.
"My Democratic colleague, Senator
Tarr, who worked with me 10 save tho
Vest Liberty appropriation, will sub
stuntiate what l say. There is not q
shadow Of truth in the Registers story"