The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-19

niscrnce OF INN which has u local iilv-
or and which many Wheeling people
VIII cal to MIND. Captain Crawford Is
the only man who has hold the posi-.
tlon OF white scout for the army on
the frontier for over twenty years. It
wnS ntter the sitting Bull campaign In
1876 that he resigned HIS position OF
chief OF scouts, and he secured the np.
poIntment Of California Joe" who
was killed three weeks after, At that
time buffalo BIZ had started In tho
show business, and was playing u
drama OF frontier llte-lt was the be-
ginning OF his wild west show" OF To.
day, and he telcgraphrd to Captain
jack TO join him.
These two distinguished scouts np.
pcared IN Wheeling IN n blood and
thunder m~onstr0slty called '"rhc Red
Right Hand" written by some very
poor dime novelist, 1t was while In
Wheeling that n turning point In the
lives OF the two men came, and Captain
jack himself has related II 20 me,
While their, company was playing here
In one of the opera houses, Captain
jack persuaded buffalo Bill" to go to
hear tho great temperance advocate.
Francis Murphy, who was holding
meetings In one OF the churches.
Murphy talked for three quarters OF an
hour and then left hurrlcdly to catch
n train TO keep another appointment.
The house was packed with people. and
to use Captain Jacks words: "Mrs.
Mc.SomGbody, I don't remember her
name. asked II there was anyone who
would come forward and speak. ! ven
forward, and for over an hour held the
audience, I told the story OF my boy
hood. OF my fathers intcmpcrnncc. and
how | was deprived OF even the rudi-
mcnts OF an education. | could not
read and write when ! enlisted as n
boy soldier In 1863. | told how my
mother on her deathbed made me
promise her l never would touch lntOX-
icnnts, and how amid all the temYtn-
tOns OF the life OF q soldier and a
frontiersman l had kept the promise.
Buffalo lHll was much affected and
n few days later. ut Parker's Landing,
he signed n Murphy pledge for me In
n bar rOOm,and kept II for five months.
during which time he saved his first
money In the show business, $4,000.
and purchased hls present ranch.
still retain the pledge signed by Cody"
sAs
Captain Jack Crawford's poems are
all Of the kind that appeal 10 he fin
est senyibllitics, and. as I have said.
many are patriotic in sentiment. Us for
instance thu following tribute to "Old
Glory"
oh, beautiful emblem OF llbCrty's tree,
Oh, star spHnSlcd gem OF the land OF the
free.
| love thee. Old Glory, with love that's as
true
And pure as tho stars In the heavenly blue.
There's no iiHg like my flag. and no flag
Oh. patriots. countrymcn. comrades of
IT'S kissed by the breezcs. by angels ca
rpsSed,
Beloved by tho North. by the South. East
and West,
IT'S r~everenced ufar by the great and the
small.
And though feared by many, It's honorcd
by all.
There never ha been inspiration more
grand
Than that one which gave Us the fng OF
u land.
Look! Sec how she waves up in heavens
free air;
There's love. life n liberty all floating
Her stripes like the rainbow. like rays OF
the sun
When daylight is fading or morning is
And each Brilliant star, shooting out when
unfurled.
Sends flashes OF hope 10 the oppressed OF
the world.
Major Joe Chiffon. the head OF the
'CEiltun Democratic ring, has entered
the campaign. His speeches are not
calculated 10 do the Popocratic cause
much good. II they are ill like one he
delivered in the town Of Harrisonburg,
Virginia, the other day. ! find this
mention OF 1t In the Spirit Of the Val
ley, n newspaper published there:
When Mr. Richard sut down he intro
duccd Dir. ]. E. Chiffon, n ruilrOHd lawyer
OF West Virginia, who made a speech
which was about the most dcmaSogic we
ever heard. and which rs an orntortcnl
effort had no merit and not the slightest
prctcntionS to argument, We can only
remember n few OF his uttcranccs. He
SIid hat all the railrGnds. ull the lnSur-
unce companies. all the banks and all the
substantial business men OF West virginia
were for Mckinley without, regard TO
whether they had formerly been Demo
Gratis or Republicans, and that many Re
pubiICans from the humber ranks were
Tor Bryan. He also said he had not ms yet
been making speeches In West virginia:
but had for five or elk weeks been engaged
In organizing clubs and doing the dirty
party work." But what impressed us most
was his lttack upon the Jews. In dc.
%nouncinR Mckinley for becoming IA gold
bug" he said that he tMcKinlcy) Ind
been all right on the silver question until
he visited the Hebrews OF Europe. and
since tim time he has been n corrupt
mar. Why Mr.. Chiffon should have como
here 10 Narrisonhurg, where we have
quite n number OF highly respected hlsl-
ness men who urc Jews. to sncer ut their
race. we cannot imagine.
II this is Major Joe's plan OF cam
paIgn for Nj. Watts. the Republicans
VIII gladly welcome him to the stump
In the cause OF free silver. But perhaps
Major Joe does not make the same
sort OF u speech In West Virginia.
G. A. D..