The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-02-13
Mr., WOLFE RESENTS
CAMPAIGN TACTICS

special Dlspa,ch to Tho Intoliig;T5ncert;
r.:rtnG To the fact that such notaDies
n the history Of West Virginia as tho
'ute Senator stephen Benton ElKins,
senator Nathan BAY Scott. Governor
Albert r. White. and Governor william
NJ. O. Dawson were men who were porn
without the state Of West Virginia, but
whose loyalty TO tho state or thHIr
af"pticn never was questioned J.
luther Wolfe. manager Of the campaign
f Colonel Fred Paul Grosscup for mo
-lvcrnorship. today gave out me l@i,
he at,cup, made by forces opposed 10
colonel GrCssCup to inject into inc
rtmpaiGn the issue Of his not haTing
hccn native born citizen or West VIZ
cin!a:
Judge .E. + Morgan's campaign man
ayers IN certain parts OF West virginia
have undertaken boldly To do thinG
that has been with Suhllcty hreai hcu
candidate and into EVERY editorial print
ed in his favor; thnt Is 10 say. thal
Judge Morgan IL II native born West
Ntygmian. In the Parkcrshurg News
II Monday there appears stalemch,
headed. Wanted. n West Nirgtnian fer
Gcvcrnnr The text which follows this
heading advocates the nomination or
Judge Morgan for governor emphasize
.uE tho fact that h" - native porn
West NIrginian and 10y Implication that
,irnssCup because the latter CHANGED to
This question. Of course. since the
managers Of Judge MUrranS campaign
have persisted In injecting IT, mad l."
come 10 tho open. and beng IN tho open.
) 0pCn to open treatment.
The question Is: what Is n West
V!rg!nian? and shall We criticize" the
thousands Of splendid citizens who, like
Colonel Grosscup. have sT"nt their lives
IN the development OF our states re-
sources and comforting upon It tho benz
nts Of rare qualities Of progressive c!iI-
2cuship"
Colonel Cirosscup has lived IN tho
kanawha valley FOR thirty years. lie
has. rs any Charleston business man
VIII tell you. done more for tn" uphuitd-
uC the states industrial enterprises
,han any othc man. and that n" IS pro
rm!ncntly sound aud loyal and con-
structivc and proEr"ssiv" IN his citizen
ship under the Mrntant Scmpcr lIberi.
II thirty Years ur cousccrRtcd effort de-
voted 10 the uphu.lhng of a states IN
dus,rial and social institutions docs not
constitute mans right IL claim for
himself the name Of the state. indeed.
tho people have erred nightly in the
past. When the great stephen R"nton
ElknS lrit distinction Ia the state Of
his abortion urhudy questioned that he
WAS West Nirg!njan. N"h"ty .qucs-
toned the luynl'y Of Nathan BAY Scott.
another uphu ldrr uf Industrial West
Virginia. Though he was born m Ohio.
Nuhody questioned IN" loyalty or Gov
ernor Alh":l El"H.sIry White. though
H. was hp'r IN 'hr. \rhndv question:
ed tn" iu,1.;y o.; WIl',m VI. q. Dawson.
though i" was h''u n Maryland. No
body N llUu'u~i'u or Wheeling. or
Charleston. or rark"r$hurE. or fnirm"nt
or CldrK sburg d.scrimnat"S either Socl-
ally or politically against IN" newcomer
WHO hr.ngS ia the capital with which u
establish a ucw industry or open an Hd-
drinual coal mine. Strip West Nir-
riu;a OF developers Of the Grosscup type
and II would h" stripped Of the men who
have very largely mad" such cities us
HUNTINGTON. Charleston. FRIrmnnr.
Wh'rliu% and ClarkshurE. II these
men never had como /" West virginia,
the state would stIll BE- barren hill
'ruunrry. its coal mines und"ve!op"d. is
cities the villages they were twcnry fly"
years ago.
The man who lo'Na WEST virginia
o who has gwen til" h"sl years sc his IT,
10 ~ Development. whu h.s h.lr.d Ia
nurtrh - r""i'l". Who hH~ stood iur tn"
best things In progress =" civic spirit Is
y West NIrgNian. such nlan - Fred
il'aul Cirousclp. who has h"'u a most de-
voted rIt.E"u for thirty %"als."