Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-01
sage SCOTT
Has Few More Peppery Words fer
the Politicians.

THE SARCASM CONTAINED IN HIS
| SECOND LETTER SUGGESTED
/ MISS MCKINLEY, SISTER OF THE
PRESIDENT-Mr. SCOTT ASKS TO
| BE SAVED FROM HIS FRIENDS,
! AND PROMISES TO TAKE CARE
| CT HIS ENEMIES-HIS CANDI-
| DACY NO JOKE.
Mr. Robert P. Scott, the wealthy citizen
of Cadiz, Ohio, who is a candidate for the
Republican nomination for Congress in
| the district across the river. has sent out
| a third letter TO the public, the essential
1 features Of which are herewith reproduced.
| Mr.. SCOTS second letter in which he for
chilly recalled to mind the corruption OF
present-day politics by suggesting that the
| Sixteenth district nomination be put up at
| public auction, created widespread at
! tention and this one, although lacking in
sensational utterance, is unique in thought
and composition and will be perused with
| interest.
/ A portion of the epistle is devoted to a
discussion of the trusts, at the conclusion
of which the writer says:
Many political economists solve the labor
problem by the proposition that Every
| man should be given employment who is
willing to work. This is true but there
| IS smack of degrading charity in that
way of stating il. The true fundamental
proposition is "A man who works produces
| several times as much wealth as he con-
/ sumes. The community in general should
always be in readiness to accept this bar
gain
To the criticism made by the Republican
papers of the Sixteenth district, which are
unit in opposing Mr.. SCOTS candidacy,
he replies thus:
If the air-clawing species
| Of athletics commonly observable at polt,-
| cal conventions is guide, hope my critic
is right. l have often thought If | were
! TO train for that l would begin by practic-
| ing a turn on the horizontal bar.
In conclusion the Cadizean sums up his
intentions thus:
have not done a great deal for the
! party Being weak on that point | must
resort as common to ridicule and say, if
you want a statesman, let me try; | am
| out Of the game if you are looking for a
| pack-horse.
The Register regrets being unable TO give
space to the letter in full. but the follow
ing extracts cover the points of most gen.
| eral public interest,":
Much ado having been made of my last
! letter | should perhaps better let well
enough alone, but | am not particularly
proud of it. The effect, while unpremedi-
J tated on my part was too intense TO be
permanent and too sensational TO be
! healthful.
Ny doubtfuly attractive picture was de-
manded more because my proposition
| looked well in black headlines than on ac-
| count of my contribution TO advance
| thought.
[ do not find that Mr.. Bingham ever sat
| for any picture when he had the courage
| to arraign a Chief Justice for Mounting
| the horrid blasphemy that human slaves
had no rights white men were bound to
respect" Nor that Daniel webster ever sat
for his at all.
My first letter was more creditable and
to political thought they would have made
more OF my civil service proposition
against, which there was no legal bar. !.
| The $1,000 bid was a simple bit of
| analysis, being started in analytical
| thought by no less a person than that in
| comparable woman, Miss McKinley-the
| ed a matchmaker and graduated a con-
! triVer of devices. 1t was an inevitable
| analytical deduction from the facts con-
! fidentiy forced upon me by the politicians
| that it meant simple auction.
| Now they are all mad because | said 1t.
| The bosses have turned against me; the
| wire pulers deserted my flag, and my
| home papers will hardly so much as men
| ton the fact that l have never been in
| jail without my consent; and the central
| committee seems to doubt my right TO
| breathe. So, altogether. | have to take
| refuge in the old prayer that "if God will
| save me from my friends l will take care
/ of my enemies
| An ex-Judge who told me would have
/ to disgOrge SIS, $50, now says | exaggerate
| the evil. If there is nothing in the cor
ruption and boss business, why did they
! come around and tell poor greenhorn
| politician that my colOred friends whose
race has had the manacles of slavery cut
| from their ankles and the bloodhounGs
| beaten from their tracks within genera
ton would have to be bought up with a
| pint Of whisky per, vote?
One editor says that there is something
else required besides money, always
| thought so myself, but it would seem that
if everybody who disagrees with us were
| sentenced to be hung he and | would have
TO hire female help TO build the gallows.
| Whether money corruption is SO preva-
| lent or not, does not matter so very much
! There is something else worse. Perjury
| which every congressman must commit
| unless we court the insane belief that
| there ever was one elected that did not
! know Of ana consent to the expenditure
OF more than 1924 Hypocritically shaking
| with your enemies, and stabbing your best
| friends may be all very good training for
a congressman. 1t would never shorten
! the term of a convict.
| | nearly shook the arm off an ex-horse
| thief the other day to whom | had not
/ spoken for ten years. It didn't work very
! presentiment that that scoundreI considers
! himself above me SINCE | am in politics. |
am perfectly sure he is one of the last men
| | would try to buy.
In setting aside the question Of reform
| ali [ desire TO add is that l am not natur-
ally a reformer. / rather. lean to taking
| things is they are and making the best of
! it. / was goaded into q position on this
! subject by everybody taking it for granted
| that would put up lot of money regard
! less Of conscience.
| I am in the canvass, and was never more
earnest in my life, and I hope every Repub-
/ lican who agrees with my. principles will
| vote for me If defeated. | can congratu-
| late myself that a self-respecting defeat
! is preferable to a disgraceful success.
! 7 consider myself fully qualified. I could
] get somebody else TO say this. but what is
| the use? If so minded. I could get friend
| to say that l am the best qualified man in
| the district; but you all know that the
| candidate is almost invariably behind such
| statements. Let us cut out some more
| hypocritical sham and so at it.
| ALL A FAKE.