Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-15
HOW THE ORGAN .'sCOkEs A POINT

HOW THE OkGAN ''SCOhEo "A IoiN1'
In discussing the destruction of bal
lots by a Democratic clerk in Tucker
county year after the election of 1896,
although decision on the contest was
pending in the Supreme Court, the
bound partisan of Fourteenth
street says:
Should such a thing occur in which a
Republican clerk had been guilty of such
an act, whether Intentionally or not, We
might expect to see a howl raised by the
press al over {ne Saate fr amn
the organ-in-chief in this city upon the
revolutionary outrage, which was de-
signed to undermine the rights of the
people"
This is very fair sample of the
methods our neighbor employs to score
a partisan point. 1t sets up man Of
straw and then proceeds bravely and
boldly to kick the stuffing out of him.
1t never appears to strike this hide
bound partisan that it would accord
better, we won't say with good taste
for our neighbor appears not to know
what that means-but with common
decency for it to wait till the Register
or the Democratic press of the State,
had offered to defend such a proceed
ing before it began to draw partisan
differences and score partisan point
as in the malicious utterance quoted
above.
And this reminds us that we have
yet to see in our neighbours columns a
single word of condemnation of the
glazing and notorious irregularities at
other overwhelmingly Republican
counties or even a statement of the
'acts concerning them in it's news col
INNS. Exclusive readers of the Intel
igencer are totally ignorant that such
Kings occurred.
Exactly in line with the case referred
to above is the following from the
same organ concerning a statement Of
the Register on the Pierson and Get
1endanner cases:
We may now expect to see the Register
raise an army and proceed to Washington
and prevent General Joe Wheeler from oc-
cupying his seat in Congress- The cir
cumstances are precisely similar and the
provisions in the State and National con-
stitutions are the same. the only excep-
ton being that GetZendanner and Pier
son are no longer holding commissions in
the volunteer service. and the gallant hero
of Santiago and honest Democratic leader
in Congress retains his commission under
the decision of the law department of the
government. rendered by Republican
attorney general.
The organ knows that the Register
has repeatedly stated its belief that
despite the opinion of the Republican
attorney general" Gen Wheeler is not
entitled to his seat in Congress. and
in this it is supported not only by the
plain language of the Constitution of
the United States, which is practically
the same on this point as the State
Constitution, but by the Democratic
leader in the House who declares he
will protest if Gen. Wheeler attempts
to exercise the rights of Representa-
tive, while Gen. Wheeler, himself, de-
clines to accept the Congressional SAL
airy for the very good reason that he
is already drawing pay as Major Gen.
eral
Yet, although the organ is perfectly
aware of the Registers position, it
still continues to thus grossly misrep-
resent it and to hold up the Register
to its readers as Inconsistent on this
point-as in favor of Gen. Wheeler's re-
tention of the seat because ne is a Dem
ocrat, and of keeping Messrs. Person
ard Getzendanner out of the State Sem
ate simply because they are Republi-
cans. And on this deliberate misrep-
resentation and others of a precisely
similar nature. the whole contention
OF the organ and its party leaders with