Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-07
ELKINs BAGS THE ORGAN.

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long has time finally decided between
duty and foolish ambition and chosen
foolish ambition.
II came out Saturday hat-footed as
an organ Of Stephen B. EIkins in his
fight for the United States Senator
ship.
10 first squirts little oil on the
troubled waters ahead, 50 10 speak, by
slatheri1g whiteGasn over the Hon.
Stephen BIS chocoIate-cOlored career
10 New Mexico, through a coOked-up
interview regarding his connection with
the notorious Star Route and Land
Grant frauds.
Ii is pretty transparent whitewash,
though it may do for our esteemed Goa
tempOrary's conscience.
The deal however, is rather hasty
aud slipshod performance, lacking the
fuasse the Iutelligencer usually EN-
Dloys in making a shady political bar
gain. or when selling out its consti:u-
ency.
In donning the livery Of Elkins, OF
course something had to be done TO
cover its dsse-lion Of the party's idol,
GoG. So, Just as it shattered EIkins
with whltewash 70 make him present
able as candidate for United States
Senator, so il Stops thin soft SOAP over
Gof, the main ingredient OF which slop
is the dim, far away, will-o'thew ispy
Vice Presidency ia 1896 To that beauti-
fully plumaged, elusive bird in the bu sh
il insists on making GoH welcome,
while the fat, plump bird in the hand,
che United States Ssnatorship, goes to
its new master, the wire-pnIIer from
New Mexico with the big barrel.
The other candidates, any one OF
whom is a litter mao to represent West
Virginia in the United States Senate
than Elkins, are treated as il they did
not exist By the Republican organ, which
is supposed TO give all legitimate aspir-
ants o fair snow, while our own Whit
aker is passed by without even word.
Mr.. Whitaker, at least, being not only
fellow townsman but Senator from
this district, is entitled to an even
chance and equal consideration 10 the
columns OF this party organ OF his own
home. II his claims are not recognized
at his home what hope may he indulge
for recognition abroad in the State
among strangers?
But that is not all. Having sold out
BODY, soul and breaches, the Intelli-
qencer goes even farther than merely
lcaoring the other candidates, and to
crush cut all independence and Opposi-
,ion TO it's new master, the possessor OF
the sll-poweriul barrel, it reads Messrs.
whitaker, Sturgiss, Floyd, Hutchinson,
OF Of, and their friends this plain threat:
a matter which some members Of the
LEGISLATURE should bear in mind IS that
they were elected TO represent the senLl-
rneut of the people who voted for them and
NOT their own personal ambition. They
are the servants Of the puOic, and are ex-
D9ctel 10 carry out the wishes OF their
constituents BY failing to consult the
preference Of a majority Of the party, TO
which he owed his preferment, many
legislator has doomed himself 10 political
death.
The preference OF majority of the
party" Of course, is supposed TO be the
man with the barrel.
Thus has the Wheeling Intelligsncer
taken its stand tn the arena for the
United States Senatorship tourney to
be held at the coming session Of the
Republican Legislature, and on its little
banner, instead Of the motto Of the i'm
partial Republican organ, is inscribed:
IS b. ELKINS."
On the reverse side, turned to the
wall for the present, is chalked in trem-
bling but ambitious characters:
&C. b. H."
Think OF it.