The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-01-13
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THE INTELLIGENCER.
WHEELING, JANUARY 10, $500.
Organization of Legislature.

VI
I In spite of the efforts of the vicious
L element of the Democratic press Of the
: state to inilame the public mind and to
stir up the passions OF the members OF
the legislature afliliating with that par
ty, both branches OF the law making
h power organized peacefully, not the
slightest sign Of friction being In evil
I, dence. The editors who have all along
: been tearing their hair, and conjuring
up phantom army ready for slaush-
Il ter, declaring In most absurd earnest
ness that the President, IL necessary.
& would lend the aid OF United States
d troops to make more CORY the conflict.
d are no doubt disappointed ut the dove
y like serenity that pervaded the pro-
ceedlngs:E If they are not they are not
true.to themselves.
While they have not accomplished
i5what they sought to do, they have ut
the same time worked great injury to
& the fair fame. OF the people OF the state
in encouraging foreign journals to be-
i lieve that 4 trocha surrounded the state
3 house and the country was about to
Z witness u conflict much more sanguIne
than any that had taken place In Cuba.
This expectation impressed on the
:. minds Of the editors Of the metropolitan
&dailies resulted In the invasion Of Char
\ lesion of u lot of war correspondents"
whose most exciting experiences had
Z been among the alley fights of city
Z touGhs and the female brawls Of the
tenement houses. Coming from such
a IN atmosphere and inspired by the
4 malignant articles that have appeared
Z in the Democratic papers of West Viz
gnia. t-is no wonder that they have
followed the cue given them and spread
broadcast the most ridiculous lot Of
baiderdasfI and rot that could have
been conceived. In this the Demo-
{ cratic press is again to blame.
For a number Of years the people Of
West Virginia have been considered
. fair game by many sensational journals
( of the country. There has never been
: n cross roads rough and tumble fistic
argument but what it was designated
as another outbreak OF the Hatfield
Z Mccoy feud. What mine that has
been for the yellow journal correspond
z ent, and we suppose it will continue to
be worked until the last vein of the
ore. The lntelligencer had occasion yes
terday to call attention to the sensa-
tional statements of Pittsburgh paper
1 whose inanc correspondent was revel-
Ing in delirium of Misrepresentation,
Y but that offense was mild compared
with his mephitic effort in yesterdays
issue. How Is this for such stuff as
dreams are made of:
q A picturesque air was given the session
. by at least half II hundred men. all noun
taineers. dressed in their. everyday garb
Of homespun and buckskins., Their long
r hair streained down th9r backs and their
3 huge slough hats were swung carelessly
by their sides. The majority OF them were
n Republicans, and. as n leader Of the lat
pared to meet the Democrats ut any kind
of 4 game, and they knew It, This may
account for tho comparative pcaccfulness
; OF the proceedings. ~
lhese lneSacephalous young men
from the larger cities always have n
patronizinS air that readily discovers
( their weak inte!lects. and very soon
they gain the contempt Of all comuni-
ties where they abide for any length of
time. CARDS Of buckskin. indeed. Well,
even IL such costumes had been worn
4 they, without doubt, would have COW
cred more manlincss and true gentle
ness and culture than could ever
have been acquired by the correspond
cnt In n lifetime OF association with
these same mountaIncers. The color
ing of'the picture is sadly at fault, and
the shading and lights are as false MS
the free silver theory. The correspond
ent witnessed no such scene as he de.
scribes, except through the bottom Of n
glass.