The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-09
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: BUrLEn's BLUSDER@Bcn,s Butler, of
an other men in Congress, s keenly
sensitive to the praise sor, neglect. Of the
newspapers, andhe now has a reaIlzing
sense Of his ilunier when he made tic re
cent general onslaught on The newspaper
correspondents in Washington. The Theft st
piece Of retaliation was in sondlng OF a
day y q q two afterwards, all over the conn
Try, accounts on scrcnadc tot. p, Where y e
in the doughty warrior was placed before
the country In a most ridiculous attitude.
In other ways Ben. has felt the point Of
the mighty weapon WELDED, hy Tic news.
paper guild about the capitol; but what
terriies him most Is tho threat that he Is
to be completely ignored, This brings
Benjamin to his knees, and he
has written "a lettsr 10 one Of
the correspondents there, In which
he explains Ills alluslOn in tho
House to newspaper men rs q class "wllO
hang around the capital and enrn u preca'
rlGuS lvi9g DyWrlang lleS 70 g1stE Jour n
oS S, Tom iS ~ ~ ISocsSTo y,
who, lie says, can be rs easily singled out
from the bail ones as rascally lawyers can
be told from Tho TCapcctable members Of
tho bar; and he plrticulArizcs by saying
that the class lie meant Is tue one mat
swindles hotels anl boarding houses, dcau'
beats on railroads, and imposes generally
on the public, because he can the more
successfully do 50 from being newspaper
man. AS 10 the threat that newSpapcrmGn
intend to ignore him hereafter and never
mention his name, he says be stands In no
fear Of that, for they never have, let him
alone, and he don't believe they ever VIII.
--Hc adds thAt,.i western correspondent
Snid 70 him the other day TINT the propr1e'
tor Of tho paper told him 70 always I'LL up
his column 0bout Butler when he hal
nothing else to write about u,
CUBAN AFFAIl's-Lat'eFiy ,uIe'Vuoah
question has laIIen somewhat 10 Ii'c FeuI'
and 1t seems lols eenlesseu even ny 'nc
most ardent illIlDuslem that hol".hs Gun
be made by the .bond;inspirea patrioS out
OF other Congress or tic administrator
A letter has been received in Washington,
lntel nj HAVANA on the 9btk ult, which
III. 4, a. III nnat;,,, oyr.n ,Tnr,I.ros
oo'Su,"nJor ~ IA Quinn lorcss Ia crslit.
n,.,t,H T.io',Is ~ ,I,o i,,snrvcnis n, tI,nt
~ ~ liz "sco,,o 10 ~ iISiteJ States
,:,,, J' COON ,nIIow 7, nIds tJ,orthe l,nI.
Inc insurgents have been holding ont from
assurances received BY members Of the
un!a n washington tIIat ConGres;s would ,,d
Cnhnms no | "n,it,cd n ,'1IircreRt ri,l,ts
SSu liza" ,nnSi%s h"ying siSSScI msarlv
since Il aasembled i6Gy have well nieil
abandoned Mi. cxT1eGi0iion and have 6e.
c co,M" dnS,o mi aver III fet thSt no
in,nSrtant nTeIiminSrys action even 6as
been takeh !that promised felicf If the
CubNns continued to hold on.
TIE INCOME TAI, "A movement Is on
foot for the totaIaboliti9n Of the income
tax, and Is likely to To successful The
Ways and Means Committee having deci-
ded to reduce internal taxation thirty mil
Inns Iof dollar |, will lie proposed 10
a,,s,,,E H. ',"o,,," ~. ,,I,;n,, ,,,v,. mn,
MnISll sir ,ETI"c LUX, "lt!m , ou' ,,N vs
yield az Sglll"l revenue o. more !, 1 ,I,,a
C"SrIcs I viii r. oIc ~ I9i reach liz desired
enG Without being annoyed ~ attempted
Legislation looking to . reduction II t"xN'
a9m @ sS ILL., I NJ Nso lng ' vi
geaefal ene llEs Ille lnepnls NY ~
MuNGENA VITA good thing IS going
the rounds in Washington attributed TO
Munger. lie y sal q have walked Typ
toWhtttcmore ~ the eve Of tic latsqFs