The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-17
LUMBER MEN
INTERESTED
IN ELECTION.
Letter Fob a pits>1ops Deuoofas to
6overnor Atk, eaos AdVossHng the
carae Of eaebp'aunaan.
BRY'AN's DEFEAT IMPORTANT.
Doohs as poutes rtoa, . susiness
staadpotat-paabe Orders Given
Dependeat upoa slesaoa Resalts,

special Dtsns,cp to tho tn'elllseneeN.
GhARtssTos ". w.; Get. 1e-The
toilowins iettef adaress'd 10 ooyernor
q. ". Ats,asop, Vas sscurso BY the In
tellieences eorfesnondcht te-nlsht' It
Is a remnskable iett.r, eofhlng from o
lifelong Demoera.s a.. es showins pot only
The feeling Of The wflter, but other
DEMOCRATS WHO, he nssures the Cover
working or N eMsley's election The
writer, y. NJ. fistsr. u ons Of the lars-
est hardwood luMh,f dealcrs In the
United states end eneratea a number OF
plants nt papthes, IeDowell county.
West Vlsslnie. shployins about 1900
Iaborers. Followsaf is the letter:
What ~, aisser Says.
v \, N. geeattalSER 1.
As%Saas'j s%a'jF'e esssssss, esss il fsssSs'sS'; Feet.
coIrMBus' Ohio, October s, 1900.
Hon. Geo. ". Asllnso'' fantheF West
DEAR slR:(1 A,ye Leaned vita
great deal OF pleas,re thet you are 10
address a Repuh,Ieln meetins, to be,
It'd at eanlper, Wednesaay niSat, tho
10Th inst. and Very deenly res'Ne ,hos
! Will pc unaple 70 be PRESENT 20 attend
your pieetlnG. aa. ettena to You the
hospltalitlcs 81 the place, but ! will be
on on, my Way ION o, NeE, ,ona ssrk TO Solum,
pus on that das and consequently will
be forbidden ths nleasure Of seeing and
hIearins You o. Il esatper, L 1t was day
later ] couId pc there.
Deseat Of asyap 1aportant
| an very deen,y lnteres,ed in the
Success OF The sehupllcaS party In this
eanpaisn, to- an, perfectly satisfied
IN my own Ming t1at the defeat of
Bryan, with pis d, neeroGs ideas on the
financial ouestioa q OF the most vital
Importance 70 The welfase OF the busi-
Ness interests OF the eountry. Hook at
Politics. of eousse enslseiy from the
standpolat o. tn pnsiNess man. and
have No, pousieal " plra,ions; as mat
havins beep hosn and bred In that
Party aud pntll ropf years $50 had
never Voted -aastbing nut the Demo,
Cratic ticket aoTeves. at that time,
along with host Of other lifelong
Dem0crats, felt tpat eould not follow
the lead OF jar. sryan, as It vas not 10
my best iuterests DOR the best inter-
ests OF the eouhtry, to elect him, and
voted ror Mek,aley
Regfets Not His Action.
pave not Seen any good reason to
regret my actlon tpen; On the Contrary.
everything taa deselohcd to Convince
me I Vas rIehs. and VIII consequensly.
ut this election, vote fos him again. and
I sincerely beiieve that the best inter-
est Of the eouhtry, ore how hanging In
the halauee' II Mr., Mckinley is
electea, I prealc, that the next busi-
ness Year IN BE- tpe Greatest the coun-
try has efes seep. II Mr. Bryan Is
elected, tbcre Is % telling the extent
OF the disaster which NAY follow. We
are now. o. ops onee h columbus, re-
ccIv'ns ap5 epapbty Of orders which
are depeudeat on me election OF Nc
kInles; e., |, Deklnley is elected,
they are 70 be uued, Il not, they are to
be caacellsd. and am almost besicged
with lettefs tron business People all
over the eountsy, Dehocrats and Re-
puplicans allle ipduir,ng as to the po-
,llticol copdttios and urging me and
others to 90 esers'hins in our power.
Aa1Iops fas Bepuhlicnn Success.
With tpIs condIion Of ahairs, am
extremely ansious to % what l can to
insuse the saccess OF the Republican
an s,>d,. that sou ore to talk to my
men, Tor know tnat You can place tho
issues plsinls eetore them, and I feel
honosed t',at sop should be willing to
addsess meeups at SO snall a place
as Panthcr. HOPE however, that your
meetlns p'as be . success and that you
will pardoh this long letter. which is
SO long opls hecause am SO deeply in
tefested u tho spbjeee lam
Tees respsctsuny yours,
,.4 81 ". N. RITTER.
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