Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-14

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HIS AID
Has excessive partisanship warped
the intellect Of the Fourf senth street
organ, or is it final vaip effort to de-
ceive its readers when 4 says that it
is not possible for the President to SO
interfere? What does it mean by that
when history is full of instances Of
such federal interference, right or
wrong, while the law plainly provides
for such interference on the demand of
the Governor in condition of an
archy, ETC., which, of course, would be
the Governors plea should he call on
the President for aid?
Finally, in denying these plain and
palpable things, does the Intelligencer
pretend to speak for Gov. Atkinson?
We have not been so informed
GOV. ATKINSON HAS YET TO DENY
THAT HE INTENDS TO EMPLOY
TROOPS for the purpose mentioned
while the organs of the Charleston gang
down in the State-papers like the
Richie Gazette, which have far more
influence with the bosses at Charleston
than the subservient hypocrite Of
Wheeling-openly declare that THE
FORM OF LAW" CAN NOT BE AID
HERED TO with safety to the scheme
of the conspirators, and as openly advo-
cate the use of military force.
Are we to cast aside all this indis-
putable evidence and believe the UNI
supported word of the organ of Four
teenth street, the most hiGebound and
INSCRIPTIONS of them all?
The people of this State have not
yet lost their senses to thus be lulled
to sleep in fancied security of their
priceless rights and liberties, while the
revolutionary conspirators themselves
go ahead with their lawless and dam
nable undertaking. The people of
West Virginia have had too lengthy
and too dearly bought experience of
the untrustworthiness of the Charles
ton gang to trust them in this all-im-
portant emergency.
THE MEMBERS OF THAT GANG
KNOW THEY HAVE GOT TO CON-
troll THE NEXT LEGISLATURE TO
PREVENT A PUBLIC INVESTIGA-
TON OF THEIR ADMINISTRATION
OF THE AFFAIRS OF THIS
STATE and to prevent that they will
stop at nothing. 1t is their plan now,
and their subservient Wheeling organ
is furthering it to the best of its abil-
ity, to avert the suspicion of the people,
the Democracy, in order that when the
time shall come, they will find the
people, the Democracy, unprepared to
cope with the emergency, while they,
the conspirators, will be in full pos
session of the situation.
These are not idle words, but sol.
emn warning based on known facts.
With the Democracy unprepared to
enforce their constitutional rights
what easier than when majority of
them at the opening of the session shall
display their legal certificates of cleo
ton and attempt to take their legal
seats, for the bosses, UNDER PLEA
OF PREVENTION OF "ANARCHY"
AND FOR THE PRESERVATION OF
ORDER to march into the hall of the
House of Delegates a file of soldiers
held in reserve. and prevent these
Democrats from taking their seats at
the point of the bayonet?
The thing has been done by Republi-
can leaders, quite as honorable and
scrupulous as the Charleston gang,
south of Mason and Dixons line AND
UNITED STATES TROOPS SENT BY
A PARTISAN NATIONAL ADMINS
TRATION HAVE BEEN USED FOR
THE PURPOSE.
That it is now contemplated to do this
revolutionary thine is plainly evident
from the plain language of the conspir-
ators. 1t only remains to be seen
if they shall have the nerve to carry
out their infamous conspiracy against
government by the people.
Meanwhile they are not to be trusted
and the people ought not to trust them