Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-23

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CHARLESTON, w. VA, January 21.-
The roasting which g. Warren Hayes
gave Senator Lockney in an interview
published In the Register, has caused
considerable comment here among the
/ members Of all parties, and especially
the Populjsts, who are very sore over
Senator LOckney's desertion of the
party just at the moment when a
triumph was in Sight-when victory
was almost in their grasp.
Mr.. LOckney is attempting to Justify
this action by dlscrediting Mr.. Hays.
he says Mr. Hayes has no standing with
! the Peoples Psrty-that he is not
| trusted bV Jbom, and all that sort OF
! Of thing, but 10 IS evident that tina Pop
ulists will nevermore trust Mr. Lock
neY. de is ia Office for the last time by
the suffrage Of the POpulists liz this
State. Mr.. LOckney denies that he
/ sold out, OF course; but be cannot
/ deny that he deliberately threw away
/ his opportunity TO OrFanize the Senate
/ aud give mis- party standing in the
/ State. When be came here few days
I before the Legislature couyeud be said
/ he had secured the promise of two Re-
/ Republican Senators to vote for him
\ two broad, liberal nded men whose
/ names eau be given when necessary,
/ and there - sufficient evideucs TO
/ show that his calculation was correct.
! There was no doubt about getting
/ the solid vote OF the Democratic me m
/ oers after the trSt ballot. In the DEM
/ Ocratlc caucus Senator Scott stated that
= Mr.. LOckney had Informed him that ne
l could be elected with the aid OF the
! Democratic members, and a resolution
was offered by Mr.. Scott pledgiug the
/ Democratic members TO vote for MIR.
I LOckney after the first ballot, feeling
/ that the platform as enunciated in the
I Florida platform OF the Popnlist or
! Peoples party was the nearest express
/ sion of Democratic principles Of any
/ party not Democratic. Of course the
/ Democrats felt bound 10 nomi-
nate candidate for President
/ OF the Senate ard vote for
I him on the first ballot in order to keep
/ up the organization OF the Democratic
| party. The resolution offered by SEN
ator Scott was adopted unanimously.
/ IL must be distinctly borne in mind
/ that the Democrats entered into this
/ agreement without asking any conces-
/ sionS from Mr.. Locknsy in the matter
| OF the sppointive Offices or committees
/ OF the Senate. They freely offered the
/ PopuliSt member every advantage. But
| when the Democrats informed Mr.. Lock
\ ney or the resolution which they had
/ adopted. they found that the Populist
/ had changed bis mind and determined
10 betray his party by going to the cam
/ OF the enemy-by going 10 the party
/ holding no principals in common with
/ those OF the Populists or those professed
| bv Mr.. Lockney when he was a csnol-
/ date for election 10 the Senate. These
are matters Of record which should Dot
/ DO forgotten while Mr.. Lockney' 5
/ singular actions are being considered.
| Democrats have done what they could
! 10 unite with the POpuliSts to further
I those principles OF government held In
/ common by Democrats aud Popullsts,
/ and the blame for the failure 70 accom-
/ plish ANYTHING in this direction must
rest where IL belOngS-muSt rest alone
/ upon the one man who has betrayed
the people who elected him to office.
POpuustS here are unanimous in con-
temniug Lockney's action, and from
information received from POpulists
throughout the State, IL seems that
this feeling is shared Oy all members Of
the Populist party.