The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-26

| OenialS OF Aeputable men.
Reputable men Of both political par
ties, who saw and hsard what went on
election day at Wallace, positively; deny
that any smallpox patient or any sus-
pect, voted there. and earnestly protest
against the incriminations. inslnuations
and lies hatchcd against and told about
our county officials. "
The railroad contractors at that place
are Democrats. and showed DISPOSE
tlon to intimidate the colured voters in
their employ and this alone caused the
presence Of Mr.. Dcnham there election
day. to see that they were not deprived
of the right to exercise the right OF
franchise.
Ali attempts to trace the existence Of
the disease in this city to the lifting OF
the quarantine at Wallace on election
day fall Nat and are exploded, when tho
true conditions are given. Just, one
week before election smallpox at Will
sonbury was reported. One of the
leases was Ollie Maxwell. who had
been working at Wallace. Maxwell
was here a day or SO before he grew
sick and Buck Deison, colored, waited
on him at restaurant
True of All Cases.
As Buck was the first here to take It
and as Maxwell had 1t before the quar-
antIne was lifted, 1t Is plain to sec that
that act had nothing to do with Buck
Deison's case. The same Is equally true
Of the other cases here. One case came
from Barbour county. Not n single
one of them can be traced to the rails
Ing, OF the quarantine. and challenge
Is hereby given to one and all to prove
| otherwise. The Democratic local press
knows this the Democratic politicians
know this, and yet their partisanshlp
and impure motives lead them to con-
ceal the truth.
Since the raising of the quarantine at
Wallace, there has not ben new case
at that place. and all the patients are
we'll and t1e guards have all been dis
charged. But very few Of the colored
people have left there since the Quaran-
tine was raised and not one Of those
that remained has contracted the dis
ease. This is another convincing, evil
dence and an invincible argument that
the lifting Of the quarantine on election
day had nothing to do with The intro
duction OF the disease into this city.
Injury Bitterly Resented.
The business men of Clarksburs re-
sent bitterly the injury done this city
and their business by the contemplate
Misrepresentation and falsehoods sent
abroad for the sole purpose of sratlty-
ing personal spleen caused by Demo-
cratic defeat And they are significant
ly demanding that the 'ntfarious
schemes be stopped at once. and ask
the general public to put no c:edence in
the wildly exaggerated reports, sent.
broadcast.
The county and city hralth authori-
ties have the situation remarkably well
in hand. There have. been but eight
cases here and they are confined and
closely guarded in a pest house two
miles outside of the citySand thorough
ly Isolated. Every precautionary meas
ure Is being taken and a concerted ef-
fort being made to stamp gu; the dis
ease. Prevalent conditions are such
that there Is positively no excuse for
scare, but to the contrary every assur-
ance for the protection and safety Of
all. the hue and cry of the Democratic
press to the contrary Notwithstanding.
The disease here is confined exclu-
sITely to the co}ored race, and Is of an
extremely mild form. No deaths have
occurred and no serious consequences
are looked for. JOHN B. SMITH.