Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-10
REPUBLICAN, SNEERS.

1t is the fashion, custom and habit
of Republican newspapers to sneer and
snarl at Democrats, or anybody else
differing from Republican ideas. Even
Prohibitionists are not exempt
Mr. Bryan made his address of ac-
ceptance at Indianapolis Wednesday.
and from the Republican press of the
country there was howl, yesterday
morning. He was called names. The
Wheeling Intelligencer, the New York
Press, the New York Tribune, the New
York Sun. the New York Times, the
Chicago Times-Herald, and all the rest
Of the ultra administration organs
were abusive and vindictive Mr.. Bry-
an had lodged the issue the Repub-
licans wished to make, he had proven
false to himself" he has introduced
an ''inconsequentiar' element into the
campaign, and he did this and that.
These Republican papers did not like
his address. and they consequently
abused him. 1t is well to remember
what the Republican Chicago Times
Herald said of Mr. Bryan a year ago.
The clipping is here reproduced:
What, then will explain this extraor-
binary phenomenon. 1t may be referred
to combination of causes. each potent
in Its way. Mr.. Bryan has character, sip
certify, a winning personality. intellectual
brilliancy, eloquence; and the elements
m q q n 10 No
possible effect.
"Mr. Bryan is clean of speech and act
He has nothing to explain. He is hon
est in his convictions. What he lacks
most is a lively humor, and this some
times does a politician more harm than
good as s. 5. Cox used TO confess rue
fully. Much as Americans enjoy a joke,
they prefer serious men in high places.
Wherever he goes he meets with man
ifestations of an almost fanatical personal
loyalty. Very few American politicians
have been the objects of such general or
intense devotion"
That was printed more than a year
ago. 1t is as true now as it was then,
and it was true then as it is now. Mr..
Bryan is honest, conscientious, earnest
and fair. He has stated the case of his
party, dwelling, as matter of right
and duty, upon the paramount issue of
the campaign. He does not deserve
and ought not to receive abuse. He is
entitled to credit for the honesty of his
convictions, and to a fair and square
fight. Any other treatment of him is
cowardly and undeserved Let us have
a fair deal
The same plea and the same argu-
ment applies in the case of Hon.
Thomas B. Davis, nominated Wednes-
day by the Democrats of the Second
West Virginia district for Congress.
The Intelligencer, true to its policy of
mud-throwin, promptly applied to Mr..
Davis the epithet of political Jul
das," and it will DOUBTLESS continue
to vilIify the Democratic candidate
during the remainder of the cam
paign. Thomas B. Davis is not with
ont friends outside of the Democratic
party in the Second district, and they
will probably resent this deliberate
effort to besmirch him. Mr.. Davis is
man of high honor, of undoubted in
tegrity, conscientious in all his ac-
lions, and a potent factor in the de-
velopment of a considerable region OF
this State. He deserves well of the en-
tire people, and he does not deserve
abuse. The gratuitous insult of the In
telligencer will be properly resented
Judas was the wretch who betrayed
Christ. The Intelligencer attempts to
put Hon. Thomas B. Davis on the same
level, and proclaims its belief in head
lines. The friends of Thomas B. Da-
Wis will note and remember the Intel
hgencer's villifcation.