Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-19
rqr YrrrrLTcAv sLusH FUND

THE REPyBLICAN SLUSd FUND
The Republican managers in West
yirginia are foxy. Their latest dodge is
to spread the plea tina: they have no
money, An article in o contemporary
tells all about their plticul poverty, and
how Atkinson. and the whole Congress
s,oaaI delegation have appealed to tae
ra.ioral committe--Mark Hanna, fer
ai1 that is for dollars. They give some
lr--le force to their appeal by stating
.bo. the Hon. Steve Elkins is no, com
ing down" as he ought o,and is not TAX
Ing the interest in the Republican cam
r3ign tha. he ought to. As a reason for
This alleged detection Of Senator Eikins
they say tina. his lukewarmness is at
tribu able to the fact, not only that he
IS always looking out for No. l, but to
the further fac: that his fa:her-in-!aw'
, the Hon. Henry C. Davis, has thrown
himself heart and soul into the Demo-
cratic campaign this year.
This Is the pi;iul tale That Mr.. Atkin-
son and the rest Of the ticket tell the
national committee, not fer effect on the
national committee, which knows bstter'
hut fer efec. on the people. to make
Them belive that the Republican cam
n2frn in this State IS not one entirely OF
bcodls.
! To anyone who has been about Repub-
Ilc7n campaign headquarters, or knows
ANYTHING about the conduc, of the Re
nublicgn campaign in West Virginia this
wear these falsehoods are sickenins.
The R publican Committee in this State
has more money than it knows what to
lido with. Il literally has money to burn,
aD1 he Republican National Committee,
which is supplied from Mark Hanna 5
riri,n dollar slush fund committee IN
Wall St.. stands ready to pour in twice
les much more whenev,r there is an open
ling to spend it in corrupting or deceiv-
ing The voters. This is no exaggeraton,
las anyone who has been allowed to peep
Ibabind thu scenes az Republican head
quarters can testify.
The Republican committee, in fact IS
literally throwing its money away. An
,ha fair in Moundsville The other day
!, ono zine whole CARLOAD of expsn-
iziv, Republican campaign literature
was dumped on the grounds and tram
MED in the mud by the people. They
have been scattering their lying litera-
tire in this same fashion over the State
| for weeks. and have kept large force OF
clerks at work flooding the mails with
1.-The same stuff.
! MONEY! This is Dollar Mark Han
mas campaign. Il is nothing but MON
Icy. They have no arguments. They
have advanced none. They dare not an
| swer On argument. Their campaign is
ono Of SANDER and villifcation. They
howl and yell Anarchist" and "Repu-
I1i7tor," at the Democrats when they
themselves are the real anarchists and
rsDudiators. who are endeavoring to
ovar.ur2 the Constitution and continue
the robbery of the farmer and the work
Iingman by the worshippers Of the golden
c5lf-those corrupt gamblers OF Wall
s. who see nothing and know nothing
land care for nothing in this life but
MONEY. Manager Mark Hanna has
nearly every millionaire in New
York on his campaign staff. There IS
scqrcelv a man en- il who is not million
Iaire and the combined wealth they rep
resent is enormous. It is not question
Of mon.v in this campaign with the gold
Standard advocates. They have it all
land are flushing the political cutters and
sewers with it. In every debatable
IStare the Republicans have all the mon
lev they can possibly use and will be
given as much mere as need be, or twice
las much more. We repeat, this is no
lexaggeration. but a positive fact. The
Republican committee in this State has
so much money that it is wasting 1t in
throwing literature around, and we have
heard it stated on competent authority
tha. Just before the election West Vir-
sinia is to be literally flooded with lit
erature. speakers and workers"
Against this array what have the DEM
ocrats? They have no mOney-not even
enough to pay legitimate campaign ex-
penses. Most of those who furnished
funds in former campaigns have either
politely declined to subscribe or have
gone over body and breeches to the other
side.
This situation does not discourage the
Democracy. We do not believe that
things have come to such pass in this
country tina, the manhood OF the voters
Is for sale. Mr.. Bryan for his election
relies solely on the manhood, intelli-
/ gence and honor Of the plain people.
HANNATOWN METHODS.
| .----,4svc- - e-N,,,, h;cb h = i