The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-07
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tRs VonEerenee " an Appear 70
sidstfaek silver ana Bryan.
Parkersbpfg State Journal: The SIc-.
Gra@s ana chiltons are just visiting
around. Where one goes these days
the other ls sure 70 be. There is only
one Mreraw. of course. ana there are
only two chiltons. but they represent a
good many people, each Of these fac
lions does. so that they are known as
the NcgraWs and the ChIltons.
wen, the McGraws ana the ChIltonB
do not get along together like babes in
the wood. There Is that lacking of
eherpbic amenlty which makes both
factions cuss a little. and to watch IS
why one Is always close on the trail OF
the other.
The McSraws claim to be the Democ-
rAcy Of the state. The Chiltons claim
to be the Democracy Of the state. And
there you have It They viii not CON
sent to both be the Democracy. The
chiltons soy that they ran things once
and saved the state, and that the Me-
Grnws ran 1t the last time and.lost IT..
The AIcGraws claim that nobody Gould
have saved Il the last time. and hence
they want Ia try It again and Vindleate
themselves. d The Chiltons smile ut the
ideh Of VIndicatiOn, and say that Il Is
an irrldescent dream. The MCGraws
say they don't know much about
dreams, but that they want to try It
again ana show the people that this
state never was Republican. SIN the
ChiltOns VIII not agree, and that Is why
81 IS that Joe was here last Sunday
when John came from Grafton to see
the boys
They had great time. George Zeal
was here to bolster the Chiffon cause
and judge Bennett came over from
Weston 10 see if he couldn't help John
keep from having a fuss with Joe. The
whole crowd, met In rom at the
jackson. and the matter Of Neal being
q candidate In this district again came
up. MeGTaW was against It. Chiffon
said that this was not McGraw'S dis
trict and for him to keep out. MGGraw
tartly retorted that this was not CfE-
toms district, either, and he would like
to know what he had TO do with It,.
Then Judge Bennett said for the boys
not to light. and Neal pOked in and said
that this was not the judges district.
and that he had nothing 10 say. This
was considered great lndlgnity, the
Judges advanced years at least cntl-
tllng him To certain liberty. but after
the Neal retort he kept quiet.
Then McGraw ar0e and stated that
he was making n tour Of the STATE and
stopping at all the principal points in
each congressional district to make
plans for the campaign next year. and
that II he were let alone he could fix
the thing 70 that there would be no
question of Democratic success all over
the state. He was now giving the
Fourth district his attention, aud II
there were certain people taken out OF
the way and made simple parts Of the
rank and file OF the party that SUCCESS
would be assured.
Chiiton took this as q direct personal
dab at himself, and his long locks were
standing on end "a he jumped TO his
feet and exclaimed that II It were not
for q lot OF misguided would-be lead
erB from over in the neiBhborh0od of
Grafton that there would be no QueS-
ton OF Democratic success. and lf
these people were not eliminated from
the campaign the Republicans would
have as easy time OF It next year as
| they MAD IN 1885.
Chiffon shook with rage and Me-
Graw's eyes giored like tigers. There
had been a crowd Of silent ones lip to
date, and they were more Silent than
ever after these twin outbursts. Some
fellow. holder than the rest. suggested
that they were not settling things very
fast. and then It was that another fell
low arose and read what purpOrted TO
be n proposition It was that II Henry
8. Wilson should be allowed to berthe
congressional candidate, $4,000 would
| be placed in the handg Of plug" Will
son, the Lincoln county stalwart. for
use in the lower end Of the district,
and that there would be financially
fixed lleutenants placed at other points
further north. NcGraw said he NUS
agreeable to the plan. Chiffon said he
didn't know whether he was or not, as
he believed that Neal ought to have
another chance. but that sure $1,000
was not picked up every day; he would
let them know later what he thought
about It,
There was a long, discussion while
| Chiffon and Neal got over by the door
| and tniked in Whispers to each other.
The talk Of the crowd was forced. and
II was plaiE TO see that the men In II
were all waiting for Joe to make up his
mind as to the Wilson proposition, Nc
Graw fumed, and tried to impress the
people that he was the leader, but
1 they Just 1dgetted and refused to talk
the matter over.
Things were In this unsettled condl-
ton when there came II knock at the
door. II was opened and there stood
DR.. NJ. T. Hall. He was received cold
~, and ne managed 10 break the meet
ing up before he got through. He had
u few words to say. he informed the
assembled hosts of the unterrlfied.
George" said he. addressing Mr..
Neal, there's Just one thing / want to
ask you to do--don't have any free sill
yer plank In the platform next year.
| For Gods sake, George. let the silver
business be buried. want to tell you,
but, Of course this Is 10 go no further.
you know. MS wouldn't do anything to
hurt the party, that the silver business
won't do. was the hottest silver man
that walked these streets during the
last campaign talked silver till l
was black In the face. People used to
say that there comes Doc Hall, and
he's going to talk free silver. 80 let's
get away Yes. sir, George. that's the
kind Of silver crank wns. and now
you know II won't do. I'm as good "A
Democrat as lives, but II won't 10 to
| nave any more HllNeT. II " HlhhH lut
close .up like clam all through the
campaign. and ! certainly do love to
discuss the issues with the folks as
they come along. Why. during the
last campaign / would talk silver and
try to borrow money. The talk went
ali right. but couldn't raise cent.
What happened? The gold standard
came along. and Shnttuck told me this
| week | could borrow $1,000 out Of the
bank n wanted It. The banks arc jam
med and Crammed full Of money. Its