Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-09-17
A Card.
In the Wheeling bteltigencer of
Goth, 1896, the following appears:

pleasure Of meeting Judge A. n. Camp.
bell who Ia q candidate for reelection
on the Popocratic ticket against Judge
McWhorter, of Lewisburg. l have a
statement to make about what Judge
Campbell said TO me that l regret very
much to make, yet deem it my duty to
do so-duty to the people of this judi
cial district. Judge Campbell knows
me as Democrat, but did not ask me
il l had become Popocrat neither
had time to tell him that was sound
money Democrat, as | really believe the
Judge would be If he were not running
for office. but he called me to one side
and among other things he said : There
is but one Republican for which l have
any respect in Monroe county, and that
is Oliver Foster. The rest of them are
ID rascals.' The judge went on in
this strain, especially cursing the Demo
Gratis who had left the party, and way
ing tue bloody shirt, until l, q son of u
Confederate soldier, was Disguised and
surprised almost beyond belief. l had
met Judge Campbell before and did not
think him so vituperative, so radical
and so prejudicial. If | were in this
district | would not vote for him If
were a free silver Democrat. Much
less would do so were | Republican.
Such prejudice can surely not go with
an unbiased decision in Il court room.
| do not know Judge McWhorter. his
opponent, but if his mind is as narrow
and as biased, both should I've pulled
down and man after the mind and ma
ture of Judge Guthrie should be run in
their place. The court room is a poor
place for prejudice and the narrow mind
OF a presiding judge the most danger
GUS place in which to lodge prejudice
and vindictiveness. The judiciary
should lie aOOye Il suspective faint of
any kind.
This was reproduced in the Romeo
verte Messenger of last week, and was
written by one w. p. Wears. There
il not one word of truth in the
charges made against me by Wears.
| did not make use of the language
he attributes to me, nor any language
that could by any possibility be tor
tured into that which he seeks to put
into my mouth. j used no phrase of
the kind with regard to Oliver Eos
ter, nor did / curse any Democrat
who had left my party, nor did |
curse or swear at all. Every one
who knows me knows that / do not
swear. Mr.. Porter Boyd was pres
ent with Wears and myself, and what
was said about Oliver Foster came in
this way: Wears told Mr.. Boyd and
myself that he was out in the inter
est of our party, and wanted to get
the names and addresses of any
Democrats who were doubtful about
voting for Bryan on account of his
free silver views, and that he would
get them our literature and set them
rir Il fnII hnf
ing no trouble with our gold people,
that, while some were for gold, il
would not affect them so far as vot-
ing our ticket was concerned. i
mentioned the names Of Mr.. j. w.
McNeer and Messrs. Hugh and Gas
ton Caperton, who, although gold
men, i said ] thought would vote
our entire ticket. told him further
that l had heard that we had some
gold men about Anderson, but | did
not know who they were or how they
would vote. Wears then asked for
the names of any Republicans who
were doubtful about voting for Nc
Kinley. | told him that l did not
know Of any we could get unless it
was among the young fellow who
had just grown up, or get the men
back that we had lost at the last cleo
ton. Mr.. Boyd mentioned the name
of Mr.. Oliver Foster, and said he
had heard that Mr.. Foster would
probably vote with us, that he was
for silver. replied that Mr.. Foster
was first-class man in every respect,
and believed that if he thought free
silver right, he wonld vote for it, and
further that supposed Mr.. Fosters
son, who is a professor in the Chicago
University, and who / had heard was
free silver man, would be likely to
have more influence with him than
any other person. This is the only
connection in which Mr.. Fosters
name was used during the entire talk
| had with Wears. and was brought
about by Mr.. Boyd, as / have stated.
/ did not use that day to Wears,
or in his presence, an unkind word
about any person. either gold or sill
yer Democrat or Republican. The
only unkind thing that was said in
the talk was by Wears about Gen. G.
G. Watts. Wears said that he was
satisfied with everything that our
party had done except the nominal
ton of Watts. He was abusive of
Gen. Watts and some of his friends,
and charged that Watts was not for
silver.
Wears says that waved the bloody
shirt. The only reference that was
made to the war was Wears calling
the attention of Mr.. Boyd and my
self to Confederate Reunion badge
that he was wearing on the lapel of
his coat. 1t had on ii two small flags
and some legend, l do not remember
what it was. 1 remarked to him
that had not been able to attend
the Reunion.
l have not here attempted to give
the exact language used in our talk,
as Wears has done. give only the
substance, and have made it as short
as could.
Wears and l were not together
more than ten minutes, and Mr..
Boyd was not away from US as much
as two minutes of that time.
Wears is a malicious LIAR and ut
terly unworthy of belief. He says
that he is "a sound money Demo-
crat." l call attention to the state
ments of Messrs. Porter Boyd, G.. II.
Smith, Sam B. Woodson, S. H.
Turner, John d. Horton, A. f.. Den
ming and John G. Tobin, published
below, to show that he has been ly-
ing wherever he goes.
A. N. CAMPBELL.
Judge Campbell follows his own