The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-03
ARTHUR MIDDLETON.
The Well Known Contributor to
the lntelliseneer,
vlNDlCATtS Ills INTEGRITY
Witch Tia. ilsen A,,a,ied by the ropo-
cratic Press 10 iirrak tho Farce o. Ills
Writ,ngs-Niakcs Oath 20 the Interview
With Judge Campbell In witch the
ter was Quoted a, Reneeiing OH N'pah-
ileans-A Reply TO Mr, Rowan's ift,er.

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CIV. I, Nicars), whose political letters TO
the lntclllgcncer from time to time have
been read with so much interest by tho
readers OF the paper, In one OF his *
ccllcnt contributions, wrote the follow.
Ing paragraph from Anderson:
AS J passed through Monroe stop
ped at Sinks Grove and there I hal the
pleasure OF meeting Judge a. \. Camp
bell, who Is L candidate for reelection
on the PopScratic ticket, against
Judge Mcwhorter, OF Lewisburs,
have a statement to make about what
Judge Campbell said to me that T
grct very much to make, yet l deem$it
my duty 60 do so-duty TO the people
OF this judicial district, Judge Camp
bell knows me "a n Democrat, but did
not ask me II | had become u PopO-
crat; neither had / time to tGll him
that l was a sound money Democrat.
us I really believe the judge would be
IL be were not running fer Office. but
he called ME 10 one side and among
other things he said: There Is but ono
iNEiA0iNah " hIiCl L NaNf dWsNAt-
spect IN Monroe county. and that is.
Oliver Foster, The rest Of them are
ID rlscalE.' The Judge went on
In this strain, especially cursing the
Democrats who had left the party, and
waving the bloody shire, until 1, a son
OF n Confederate soldier. was Disguised
and surprised almost beyond belief. |
Lad met Judge Campbell before and
Nd not think him So vituperatlye, so
n jical and $" ~preIudicesd, II | We're
In this district | would not vOtesfo;
hlhl II ! wer- a silver Democrat Much
les would ] do so were | a Republl-
caIN Such prejudice can surely not 20
VIVA an unbiased decision In a court
room l do not know Judge McWhor-
ter. his opponent, but II his mind Is as
narrrN and as biased, both should be
pulled down and n man after the mind
and ma ture OF Judge Guthrie should be
run N iheir place. The court room Is
a poor place for prejudice and the mar
row MI nd % q presiding judge the
most ia Vigorous place in which to
lodge pr, JUDGE and vIndlc.iveneSs. The
judiciary should be abNve a suSpectlve
faint Of any kind"
The pac agraph stirred up the indlg-
nation OF Judge Campbell and some OF
his friends and in numerous cards 10
the press in southern portions of$the
state. n through an editorial In the
Wheeling Register. they entered gen
eral and spHcific denisls OF the state
rnents contained therein The denials
were signed by Judge Campbell him
self. by r. P. Boyd, OF Sinks Grove. A.
F. Demning n John G. Tobin. OF
Roncevertc. by s. 3. Woodson, OF White
Sulphur. by Colonel J.. L. Rowan, and
others, the lattcr's let;s=- being mainly
n r,F,tt tFnr ~ NJ NFI,a I'd
that q number OF prominent Demo-
Gratis. whom he named were for sound
money.
The simple denials would not have
been so bad. but the gentlemen We're
not content with this. They felt called
upon TO attack the personal character
OF the lntelhgencer's corvespondent,Mr.
Rowan branding him as "a contempt
ibie sneak, 4 professional mendicant
VINO has made himself Il nuisance to
hotel men and others in counties ofSthe
Greenhr!er Valley for several years.
The letter continues:
He came 30 this section last July
and has systematically sought the con-
fidencs OF free silver men. protesting 10
be an ardent free silver Bryan Demo
Crat. He was suspected and Stunned
by some and partially trusted by others.
His letters TO the I~ntelllgencer show his
real animus. He has distorted the
meagre Information he obtained and
then has padded out his illusions with
the most srrant and malignant lies. He
lies when he insults Monroe county, by
saying that her Democrats ara for
personal revenue only" He lies In his
references To Colonel John ". Rowan.
He lies when re speaks of a pretended
conversation with me. | never eXchang-
ed a word with EicksTain my Ike / lid
not know he had beer In Monroe county
until his letters appeared in the Intel
~liaencer. He has S!aIdered Judge a.
N.CaDp5eli ard is Denounced by Judge
Campbell in the pap.rs Of his circuit
as a malicious liar. He lies when he
says that the ByrnSdss. the Fences. the
ArnOtts. the Sickalts and other Demo-
cratic families " Monroe are for gold"
Judge Canpbeii's IHttcr was n specific
denial OF ;hs statement above quoted
from Arthur Middlrtun's" letter and q
rlcHUnc!ation OF the writer as i malici-
Gus liar.
Tha accusations affecting Mr.. Wears
character have. been widely published
IN some portions Of the state, where he
mas been known for many years as
an honorable upright nan, FOR years n
Democratic editor. but now on the
sound money side Of the POLITICAL cues
NtNtss ElsS "AlAliST - Als lHAElllESlI-
GER have been widely read and anlet-
fort is being made TO break their force.
With regard 10 the dtnials by Judge
Campbell Of the paragraph quoted from
one OF his letters. Mr. Wears, In his
wi defense, encioses to the Intelligen-
Ger the paragraph In question. ac-
companied by the following affidavit:
State OF West Virginia. County OF ka-
nawha. 50.
Personally appeared before me. a no.
tary public In and for the state and
county aforesaid, this fourteenth day
OF September, 1896. ". p. Wears, who
being duly sworn. states that he Is the
autnor Of the Arthur Middleton" let
tiers whNch appear from time 10 time In
the Wheeling Inteliigencer and that
III. paragraph at the mead OF this
letter taken from Il letter in said pa
per. bearing date of August %. 1896, Is
wholly true. and that the sentences
quoted from Judge CampbelI's lips,
namely: There IL bus on Republican
for which | have any respect In Nom
"ac county. and that Is Oliver Foster.
The rest Of them are id rascals," Rre
true. verbatim. and he further states
that this was not all Of the abuse and
prOfnnIty used by the aforesaid Judge;
and that the conversation which Judge
Campbell forced upon him was In the
back room Of Porter Boyd's store, at
Sinks Grove, Monroe county. W. Va,
on Monday. the ~twenty-fOurth day of
August. 1896. between the hours 81 II
a M. and . p. m, and In the presence
OF no other person. Given under my.
hand and seal the day and date above
set forth. c. A. IURKLE.
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