The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-10-17
"GOV. ATKINSON WAS HERE
But the Voters Either we're Not
Or We're Not Enthusiastically in Favor
of Hmm. Elwell Scarcely worth
Mention in a Respectable Paper.

gantown yesterday. He was ac-
companied by a man from Wall
street. Posters galore had been
sent over the county; hundreds of
personal letters had been written
and the faithful invoked by all the
gods to turn out EN- masse { o see
him, and the bridge was free. But
the outpouring did not outpour nor
did the enthusiasts enthuse to any
great extent. There was to have
been monster parade and it was
simply immense. At least twenty
five wagons were in line and when
the students marched behind the
band there was total of Al out of
the 400 enrolled. The enthusiasm
was so great that at least fifteen
men yelled at the same time once or
twice. There were probably one
thousand people ON the streets and
$50 heard the first speech. Drunk
enness prevailed to disgusting de
gree and several fights were narrow
" averted. Mr.. Atkinson was in
troduced by Col. Hanway of Balti-
more and an audience in which la
dies and Democrats were in large
numbers gathered to hear him. He
is at times very logical and con.
vincing speaker but this time he is
at disadvantage His logic can
not be used nor can his sarcasm be
given too free rein. His speech
abounded in mis- statements and
they can be proven untrue without
any difficulty. Tariff received his
greater attention and all the old
favorites were put through their
PAGES. Several statements .need
only to be mentioned to be dis
proven. you have tried free trade
in the last three years. He
don't believe that nor does any
intelligent man. The only way the
Democrats ever got surplus was to
borrow it How about the surplus
of 1888? you will never vote to
dishonor your obligations by paying
them in 80 ct. silver dollars. . But
Mckinley voted it was not dishonor
when he voted for the Stanley
Mathews resolution. Il have been
in politics for long time but /
never saw measure that had as lit
tie sense, reason, or facts to back Il
as this free silver cry" How is this
for an argument p "A man that
will bury his convictions for the
sake of office ought to be hanged up
by his heels Will Major McKin-
ley not be frightened when he hears
this? He was very much displeased
at the idea of Gen. Watts receiving
the support Of three parties. His
whole speech was denunciation of
Democrats, using such words as IAN
archist,' "repudiationist' and other
pet names to describe them. He
wound up by giving his whole case
away by saying, 1--WE want more
money in West Virginia" Then
why do you want TO contract the
currency? The silver trust lie was
given circulation again by the can
didate who knows that Bryan never
received one copper from any syndi
cate and the man who first made the
charge has ANONYMOUSLY withdrawn
It. He was Senator Thurston of Ne
brask How then can Mr.. Atkinson
stand up before an intelligent audi
ence and repeat "A SANDER that its au-
thor has retracted? The people who
did hear the governor will not vote
for man who repeats such
stale ISLANDERS as this. He also gave
theRegister correspondent here several
sharp digs, accusing him of being a
liar As the correspondent Is q Re-
publican of the deepest dye he will
probably enjoy this compliment. The
man from Wall street, Mr.. Elwell was
so rank that a Republican audience in
Morgantown would not listen to him
and when he finished not over IS per-
sons were listening to him. We will
only notice two things he said and
will not criticse his speech as this
paper has to go through the mails and
a proper criticism Of it would cause a
denial of such transmission. "Wall
street is to this country as the heart is
to the body" "When you want
motley you go to Wall street for 1t. F"
''That demagoghe Of demagogues, w.
J. Bryan This specimen should be
Gagged and large admittance fee
charged by some enterprising specta-
tor. The whole affair was d mechan-
ical affair. The people were not en-
thusastic and they never will be So,
for policy their leaders are annonnc-
ing for the first time In the history Of
American politics. The farmers Of
this county are not yelling for poll
cy that is taking their farms from
them this year. They are reading the
question and win declare for the Ell
kins, the Blaine, the Harrison, the
Grant, the Lincoln, the Mckinley of
the past and not the Mark Hanna OF
the present. All power to them in
their fight for a new declaration of in
dependence.