The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-24

1 hutNt to NNN'N wv WIN ~ ntlT III IhnA
instcnd or auditory nppendu6es.
| F 49, &
Monroe county has n popullst ticket
In the field. ] have been looking for a
really PopulIst FOR some time. The 9TH
or week | met n'man OF herculenn
build, but gaunt and hollOw-eyrd, with
WHISPERS that swept the waist band OF
hlS trousers. was OverjOyed and
scanned him from tip to zoe, took in
every detail OF the outside ina and
tried to read the thoughts OF the inside
man. But, alas. when I Inquired who
he was I found him mn elder OF the
church and his name was Elijah md
he hailed from the classic land rGf
"Kentuck." jackson county, | bnd n
snenking Idea that II he wasn't IL Pop
ullHt he was one Of brigham Young's
angels, But ] finally ran against n
PopullSt and was dumbfOundcd to
n him u college man, n pleasant gen.
tlenan, u man with smooth manners
and a smooth face. llls name IL Hubert
Houston; his residence Anderson: his
occupations lawyer and cdltor:hls fam
Ny an old and an h0norod one. Verify
this In n strange land. by and by. by
the time he has grown old enough 10
grow PETER whiSkerS, ! think he will
nee the error OF hlR way. and not want
Us 10 swallow railroads, telegraph lines,
free land, wheat securities and other
paterual pOpullstlc policies.
Every n has seen the horrld. look
Ing gold and silver bugs whkh adorn
the coats OF 50 many people. Not long
since ! saw n young Democrat wear
ing q gold bug OF che lapel OF his
coat and | said 10 him: IL thought
you were for silver" lie said: ~ am"
and as he said 1t touched the springs
Int he bugs tall feathers when 10. and
behold, out sprung Its wings, on which
were the pictures OF Bryan and SewHll.
II was n silver bug once. said he, but
has turned TO gold" SO Il had. The
thin eneer OF silver had stood tho
wear and tear OF tln world for only a
few days before It turned and became
a fellow to the gold bug In all appear
anccs. That's the way It will be with
free silver Republicans and many Dem.
Ocrats by November" remarked a sage
hystander. 1T can't stand the light OF
investigation and history, nor handling
BY unparalleled hands, without show
Ing the cheap Jack Quhck OF all pinch
back political quacks.
49,
In looking over the old hotel regis
tersiof the salt | notice In lS4i,among
many notables were Colonel Jerome
Bonaparte, OF Baltimore; Joseph p.
Wilson and ]. D. Stevenson. Clarks-
burg: a. Paul and lady. F. W. Knox,
A. W. Paul, S. Mitchell. p. c. Wood
and daughter, OF Wheeling. This y one
OF the best family resorts In the state
and u paradise for children. II 10 we'll
kept, cool and sweet. with good food
md rN,,ra nIr n nj 7 -, ,,tn.I.h.N 49,.
more people from the northern part OF
the state do not spend the summer here.
Once tried. never forgotten. Between
1881 and 1874 the names OF Judge
George W. Summers. Bushrod Wash
inEton, Lewis Cass (thc explorer OF thu
MisSourD. Generals Scott. ST. John
Cooke and EuStls; Roger y. fancy.
Colonel Hayne. John C. Calhoun. Colo
mel Benton, Martin Van Buren,. John
W. Floyd and dozens OF men now IA
nous and dead. came, saw and stayed,
with horses. bugsics, families and SER
wants.
There are two or more questions
which I am asked SO frequently that |
wish the papers would make them SO
plain that he who runs may read. with
out stamping his toe and failing. These
hTt lne questions: tlrSt, rs William
Jennings Bryan is only u lawyer with a
family the size OF his income, who Is
paying for the special train which Is
carrying him around this country and
his expenses Mt the finest hotels? Some
ray the silver mine owners wko can
mine a dollars worth OF silver now
fifty cents cheaper than they could
ten years ago AS the railroads arc
not doing 1t. why does moi Willie tell
us who. 10 wit; 10 who? May be 1t Is
the n doodle gold bug.
The other Is. was the population of
Cuba over g billion souls ct the begin
ming OF the revolution? stating as an
excuse for this seemingly non-pertl-
nent question that the Spanish army,
according TO all reports. has killed over
a million and crippled as many more.
They are too much for me. Next.
'FRONT.' ARTHUR MIDDLETON.