The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-05
FAULKNER
Indulgcs in Little BIT OF Very
Cheap Dcmagosy,
AND CHAIRMAN JONES HEDGES
Against Ills Interview Which stirred Up
tho Popuilsts or tho south-Tho Popo-
cratic headquarters mt Washington
Shaw Evidence OF n fiurry-A Hunt.
ington Merchant Gets u Free Advertlse-
iirnt-CIiairnan Chiffon Tells II Fairy
Story to tho National Committee.

WASHINGTON, d. c.. August H.
The Democratic congressional commit
tee headquarters have become n rem
devious for Democratic leaders until
the national headquarters are cs,hb-
lished. Chairman Jones was at work
there early on his mall. Later Chair
man Faulkner, OF the congressional
committee. was Joined by Senator Cor
man, Senator Stewart, Ex-Governor
Black, president OF Democratic clubs,
Chairman Chiffon, OF the West Virginia
state committee. and Representative
Capehart, OF West Virginia.
The talk was on general politics, al
though Senators German and Faulkner
went into secret session on certain
branches OF campaign work. Mr.. Faulk-
ncr AMI his associates expressed much
satisfaction with the results In Ala
bama and Mt brunswick. Nd, ycster-
day. where the Democrats carried the
town, they assert, on the silver Iucs-
tlon.
Faulkncr's DemREOgy.
In speaking of the general status of
the campaign, Chairman Faulkner said:
81 am beginning TO fear that our oppo-
nents will force the Issue away from
the economic questions and make It
an issue between corporations and
wealth on the one hand and the poor
people on the other: In short, class
issue. That Is the danger ahead, and
when class Issue comes, no ono can
tell where II will end. We have not
sought such mn Issue, We have been
willing to discuss an economic Ques-
tlon. But our opponents Will not dis
cuss the silver question. further than to
rldiculc II and nssail lts eXponents. and
now by the organization OF their COM
m!ttees they havo mnde their contest
one essentially representative of wealth
and corporate influences. As ! say,
regret TO see that the opposition Is
surely forcing this dangerous class Is
sue to the front"
Chairman Chiffon, of the West Vir-
Einia committee, reports that silver
clubs are sprnglnG up throughout the
state
At Republican congressional head
quarters half Il million pieces OF lltera-
ture have been sent out within the last
twenty-four hours. OF these, Il quarter
OF million are small "pasters," giving
Mcktnley's views on money.
The committee continues to be DEL
uRed with requests for literature. One
Of Acting Chairman Apsley's letters
from Indiana to-day said:
THE silver craze is dying oil. and we
must go at 'cm with tariff literature"
Jones Is Hedging.
Workmen are busy cleaning up
Wormley's hotel, which adds to the I'M
preston that the old hostelry will be-
come the national Democratic head
quarters. Chairman Jones. OF the Dem
ocratic national committee to-day cor
rected certain mIsapprehensions which
have arisen from published interviews
with him within the last day or two.
II did not say that Mr.. Bryan would
not accept the PopulIst nomination" ;"
said Mr.. Jones, "for have no authority
to say that. l did not say that as a gen.
eral rule the southern PopuliSts were not
crctlitnble class. On the contrary, |
said that most OF them were patriotic
men who were working for cause; that
they were POpu!ists because they had
utAlCNCu bll'S S1'ulh lluHlOtt lHtlr Cause
best through new party; and that now
they would support Bryan because It
was shown that their patriotic objects
could be attained only through his cleo
tIon. This Is what ! said OF the south
ern Populist9 rs rule. An an cXccD-
tl0n, SPOKE OF the class who were not
creditable. | said there were some who
were PdpulistS merely for their personal
advancement: some who had become
PopulistS merely through selfish and not
patriotic motives. l spoke uf these as
the exceptional class who would not
support Mr.. Bryan. said that as n rule
the POpulists In the south would follow
the patriotic course and support Bryan,
that there were some who for. selfish
motives would not do so. but would pre-
fer to have Mckinley elected"
Has II Come to This!
Chairman Faulkner received re-
quest which he regarded as significant.
II came from n leading retail dealer Mt
Huntington, ". Va. asking where he
could buy 500 Bryan Photographic. which,
he sald. were the strongest kind of PAM
paign document. The photographs were
10 be distributed with purchases.
Representative Pearson, OF the .Aslc-
VILE. N. c., district. was at Republican
headquarters during the day, and said
interest had been aroused among south
crn PopullSts by Chairman Jones' inter-
view concerning them"
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