The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-26

for Congress in the state-every, man-
of wealth. indeed. in that party--ls hav-
Ing his leg pulled by system md with
awful freauency-for the benefit OF Nc
Graw. For that matter. so Is the rec.
ord of his Pronunciation OF labor, during
j certain strike at Elk Garden. y 4
Story Of colored Importation.
And that reminds me. The young
men who are doing Mr.. McGraw's bid.
ding in the State have been recently
very Industrious In circulating the re-
port that colored men are being inn
ported into the State by the Republl-
cans for the purpose of carrying the
election in November. They do nor
stop to argue when they run up against
some one who knows batter, but go
right on shouting. They locate the I'M
portations along the line Of the extern
sion OF the system OF railroads branch
Ing from ElkIns. and say Senator FL
kins Is having the colored men brought
there in his interest. The fact Is that
Mr.. Elkins has nothing whatever to do
with hiring the railroad laborers. He
is the vice-presldent of the railway
company making the Improvement. His
fathcr-in-law, the Hon. Henry G. Day.
is, n Democrat as everybody knows, Is
the president, and 1t was under his
supervision that every contract for lab
or was made. In view of Col. Tom
Davis attempt at woolng the, coloreu
brother to his camp, may It not be a fair
inference that the laborers aforesaid
were. brought Into the State In his In
terest? But the truth Island nobody
knows 1t better than the Popocratlc |
managers-there are no importations of
voters Into West Virginia. by anybody.
And they could not vote II there were.
The men at work on the line of the
road mentioned are principally from
Virginia. In very gratitude for the en-
actment of film Grow Law. In Vir-
ginia, those OF them entitled to, vote
should cast q ballot for the Democratic
ticket-nit. In gratitude, also, those Of
them who may hail from North Caro-.
lima should vote for Col. Tom Davis and
the McGraw trust. TO show. their appre-
citation Of the Democratic law in North
Carolina, which forever robs them Of
the elective franchise In that State
but not on your life will they do it.
They can read and write, and are there
fore not easy prey for Col. Tom and
Col. John.
ia No Fear at Republican Defeat.
A friend of mine-a German Amerl-
can voter. by the way-was In the Sec
ond district the other day, and while
giving his attention to the business
which called him there. he came'in con-
tact with q great many Democrats WHIP
say they are going to vote for Bryan;
not that he Is the Democratic canJI-
date-they claim he is Populist. you
know-but because they are confident
there will be enough OF Republtcanism
left in the country to defeat the Bryan
csque tendency to do evil. They admit
tea-these Democrats did that pros.
perity was never SO abundant as 1t is
now, and that 1t would be dreadful to
make a change. but they do not like to
go over to the Republicans" This
German friend Of mine succeeded In
convincing them that in supporting
Bryan they were voting against their
own interests, but-then-.
Suddenly new phase OF the situation
dawned upon them. A number OF cap
italists were proposing to invest largely
In the interior and in the proposed in
vestments these same Democrats are
vitality interested. 1t happened that the
representative Of these capitalists. and
come of the principals. were present
during the progress Of the political talk.
and one Of them quietly inquired II the
Democratic takers were really,in earn
est in what they had declaimed-a belief
In the election Of Bryan. Receiving an
affirmative reply, the gentleman as
quietly observed:
Means Destruction of Business.
do you suppose we shall make any |
Investments In your state-or any other |
state-in case Bryan defeats Mckin
ley?" The gentlemen thus lnterrogated |
nj once said they presumed It would |
make no difference to the investors |
whether Bryan or Mckinley would be
the next President.
"Oh. but you are much mistaken"
was the reply. I'VE shall 20 no farther
now, here or elsewhere. than to hold |
our options. Should Mr.. Bryan succeed |
We shall probably never go farther than
that" a.
What n cloud 1t was that manifested |
Itself In the faces OF those heretofore |
deludcd Dcmocrats-the supporters OF |
the Popuistic Bryan. You see. THEY |
had never looked at 1t that way before.
The prospect was not inviting.
This same German friend OF mine
intelligent man that he is--tacklcd u |
prominent lawyer who has Often bern |
urged to accept political nominations ut
the hands OF his party-now the Bryan
-csquc. My friend bestowed upon him
the judicial title. and l am not saying |
he IL not entitled to It, nor do insin- |
worthl!y. He has u big head filled with