The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-12

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Failed to Receive IN Army APP
potntment-Hence o'Farrell's Po-
litico-Acrobatic Performance.
Captain Patrick oFarrell. of WASH
ington. former Republican. recently
made etump speeches for the Demo-
cratic party in this section OF West
Virginia. and of all the rabld "anti-im-
perinltsts,' he was the worst. From
the following Interesting lettGr written
by q Washington acquaintance OF
o'Tarrcll to a Wheeling trIcrd, 1t Will
be seen that o'Farrell.s. flop was not
from unseltish motives:
II understand that our mutual friend,
Captnln Patrick O'Fatlell Is stamping
In West Virginia on behalf or the
Democratic ticket. Now, go back with
me- little, my Gear sir, and you will
recollect the day that the captain came
into my room and YOU were here. 1t
was about the time he was getting dis
gruntled, yet his entire departure from
the RepublicanSp2rty had not taken
place ut thatN tiine:=-lf you will recol-
lect, told HIM at that time that his
only trouble WEs-tf1at he hGl not sue
ceeded In becoming Commissioner Of
pensions, as heid esteG to. Patrick. on
that sametday, told me that he had u
son who caused mnSsome annoyance:
to use his own s%ofdsit he aald: That
the boy was only lit to hang collars
and cuffs on
After the capture OF Manila, you Will
recall that several second lleutenants
TO the regular army were appointed
from civil life. Patrick was very en-
thusiastic In the matter, and desired to
get his son an appointment in the reg
ular army. He applied to the President
for the appointment and, as / under
stand 1t, the President looked favorably
upon the matter: and. unquestlonably,
the appointment would have been made
had not Patrick insisted upon taking
his boy personally to the President.
The appointment was not made, and,
as believe, from the fact that the
President looked upon the boy In the
same light as his father had heretofore
that he was only fit to hang collars
and cuffs on
Patrick Immediately became an
anti-imperialist, and from that day on
has been doing everything he can to
defeat the President.
is 1t possible that man with
grievance like this. can 60 into the
great state of West Virginia and in
tluence voters? 1t Is purely n personal
matter with him. and do you for one
moment suppose that IL his boy had
been appointed to the second lleuten-
ancy and was now In the Philippines
with the American army, that Patrick
would be on the stump advocating anti
imDorialiSm as he calls itp
II believe that West Virginia is one
of the best states in the Union and
peopled by the very best citizens Of this
great repablic One of my reasons for
believing this Is that have never met
n West Virginian who was not appar-
emily an honest. upright man, and one
and all have told me that the very To-
cality that they lived In in West Vir-
ginia was the true Garden of Eden. Do
you wonder that think great deal
of your state, my dear sir; and. 1t Is
hard for me to believe that man with
n personal grievance can go there and
influence votes against one Of the best
Presidents this country ever hnd; do
not believe 1t, but believe that the vo-
tiers Of West Virginia will repudiate
such men when election day comes
around, by rolling up great majority
for the party that brought order out of
chaos four years ago and caused the
best times to come to all the people of
this country that we ever knew"