Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-24

verse his majority of two years ago and
place il 10 Col. Arnett's credit There
is another point to which we wish to
call the attention of The Captain, which
will interest him very much. Il is this:
In another column we publish a state
ment from Hon. T NJ. Stone, who was
nominated by the PopulisJs Of the First
district for Congress Mr.. Stone -
prominent in Wetzel county, his home.
and we'll known throughout the district
as man who rates honor higher than
political pref5rmenL He resigns from
the Populist ticket in favor of Col. Ar
nett. This insures Col. Arnett's cleo
lion. unless Captain DOyener can carry
Ohio county by double the majority he
carried it two years ago, and We do not
believe that the Captain can carry Ohio
county by any majority. There is a
very large element here whom the gold
boodlers are counting on who know that
the ballot is secret, that no man, no en-
ployer can tell how they vote, who will,
when they get behind the curtain in the
voting booth. put their vote in for Bry-
an and the free coinage Of silver and
gold at the present legal ratio-the only
honest money.
Now let us look over the Second dis
,rict. There we have Mr.. Dayton-we
would call him young Mr.. Dayton, if
we followed the tactics Of our gOldbug
opponents in this campaign-Opposed by
Hon. William G.. Brown, Jr., of Pres
ion. 1t is said that Mr.. Elkins, who
elected Mr.. Dayton in the last cam
paign. can do it again. They say that
Mr.. Elkins will again endeayor
10 elect Mr.. Dayton because Mr.. Dayton
is the candidate from Mr. Elkins's dis
trict and it would not be creditable to
Mr.. Elkins to have the Republican tick
ct of his own district beaten. But you
will note the fact that Mr. Elkins is put
ting in his best ticks in this campaign
where they will do the least harm to the
cause Of free coinage. We will make
no personal comparison between Mr..
Dayton and Mr.. Rrown. The people of
the Second district know them boCh.
and they know that Mr.. Dayton is not
the equal of Junior Brown.
In The Third district Gov E. w. Will
son has a walkover. The candidacy of
C. P. Dorr, his opponent is regarded
more as a joke than anything else. Gov,
Wilson will sweep The Third district like
whirlwind.
In the Fourth district the fight is be-
tween Hon. Walter PendletOn on the
free coinage side and Hon. Warren
Miller on the gold side. These gentle
men are both men of high character and
ability, but in this, as in the other dis
tricts. the Democratic candidate mas the
best of it from every point of view.
Mr.. Miller is a very pleasant gentle
man, but he is afraid to meet Mr.. Pen
dle.on on the stump in joint debate in
the present campaign. We do not mean
to accuse Mr.. Miller of cowardice, but
simply Of having too much sense TO
tackle Mr.. Pendleton, because ne knows
that Mr.. Pendleton is not only a speaker
of ability, but he has all the argument
on mis- side. Mr.. Miller, like his name
sake in New York. will fall outside the
breas,works this time. as sure as fate.
OF the candidates on the State ticket
other than the heads Of those tickets
there is little to say. The people know
the men and know what each side stands
for-the people, the taxpayers on the
one side, Wall ST. and the Virginia
debt on the other. The people will
make no mistake in voting that ticket
which stands for the people in mis- cam
paign STRAIGHT. 1t is composed of
experienced men of the highest character
who have been tried snd trusted and
who have not been found wanting in
any way. That all of these gentlemen
Will b elected is a,tes.ed by the fact that
the Populist nominees for these places
have all resigned in favor of the Demo-
cratic nominees. The gentlemen who
were on the Peoples Party ticket all
recognize where the real interests of
the people lie in this campaign and they
are honorable enough to cast
all though, of personal pOlit-
ical preferment behind them and
step down and out in favor Of the
only ticket by the election of which
It is possible for the cause Of the people
TO win. In another column will be
found the letters of these gentlemen ten
dering their designations.
We cant quit this theme without a
word as to the Ohio county ticket headed
by Captain VIII Irwin. Some time ago
things looked a little blue for the county
ticket. but me aspect has changed, rad
ically. Converts are being made in
squads and the outlook now is that the