The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-04-25
PccksniG, the Missionary.

| NSaShOWSA hAip hbNlouo WH1b !" Ghl'
William Pecksnia Barnes until we had
reached point when disgust for tho man,
and contempt for his behavior, obliged Us
TO seek temporary relief in more congo.
NAL editorial .labors. But even then,
although we said nothing, we kept him
In sight, and watched his stately figure
stcalthily stealing through the woods
emitting sort OF moral phOsphoresence,
md like another ignis tatuaS, leading the
unwary into the bog prepared for him,
and all such. The hypocrisy and chicane,
the conceit and bombast oil tho man,
which we saw at the beginning, came OF
last 10 be known Of all mon. BY the time
the last Standard article on tho subject
was printed, he had become the laughing
stock oil tho whole public aW We told him
long ago that more people than Mr.. Nil.
Ter were arraigned at the bar Of public
opinion; and that he and his indecently
aggressive company were chicfamopg the
culprlts. We warned him that, DO tho
issue as 1t might TO Mr.. Miller, no had
proved himself shabby sneak aud va,
porting prig, and in a few brlet weeks had
ruined tolerable reputation Tor respecta-
bic mediocrity Of character and talent. He
neglected our warning and the dictates Of
common sense; he ignored the rules Of
dccency, and each day seemedto strive
harder than tho day before to earn tho
contempt Of the public, His empty am.
billion made him suppose he would
become great, while he has simply made
himself despicablo. Worse than all, in
his blind folly he permitted his wife to
llnsex herself and enter the lists with men
TO write unwomanly letters to politi.
clans and editors, visit the Times office
late at night, and haunt the lobhies Of tho
Capitol to button.hole members when she
ought to, have been at home, doing lady.
like duties in lady.likG way. 77
Backed as thisp poor weak creature was,
by small but virulent clique Of asplrants
toadies and soreheads, he has stopped to
low associations and low devices TO de-
stroy victim whom he could not van.
quish by fair and open fight. For weeks
he has had renegade Irishman, who may
fairly be characterized as one of the VT.
rol.throwers of the press, going from
Office to Office, uttering ISLANDERS against
the Superintendent. The Albany cor.
respondent of the Times, who signs him.
self with IN initial which may stand for
either slanderer, scoundrel or many other
appellations, has dore b is share Of the
dirty work. The whole social influence
OF tho Pecksnif family clique has been
excited in the same direction: and Mr..
TobCy OF the Insurance Committee, ap-
parently Callous to public opinion, has
been his bitter partizan to the shameful
extent of taking PecksntFs brief for the
committee report, and trying 10 dragon
or cOar his colleagues to sign il before tie
epidlenee t0GS printed.
All this while this Snug sneak has
borne upon his face the bland smile Of the
missionary, and the sanity expression Of
Stiggins, when about to deglute the elder
Weller's gin and melted sugar. He has
been so bepraised in the Tines that the
public was deceived into the belief that
he was working in the interest of the in.
surance companies, without fee or reward
What must, then, have been the general
establishment to read, in yesterdays Sun,
the following paragraph: 1
1t Is announced that the affairs OF the Life Az.
ISOLATION OF America, Of which or Insurance Su.
penntendent Barnes Is Actlary, have recently
boardof examiners selected by tho New YORK
| trustees OF tho company. Tho report ar these
examiners will, II Is said, DO made In few days.
and some interesting developments are promis.
ed. Among other things. II Is said that II will be
shown thatMr Barncswho has been yery actiyC
IN pushing tho charges against Superintendent
Miller, has been paid by this company for ths
use Of his name and for merely fiominal Fer.
vices during the past two years, the sum OF SSS-
900. This Is doing much better than Ii Is chaSSed
Superintendent Miller and all his a SmIners hSVe
done The amount they have received. a claimeS
BY Mr.. Barnes, amounts 70 about $20000. Wonld
1t not be funny 70 SEQ Mr., Barnes buried In In
pit which he has attempted 70. dig for Supe,in.
ablGmeasurcs have been HcFortCd to to make tbIs
company appear well on paper, which viii be
fully developed In tho report oi tho examiners,
Here is n pretty mess. indeed; nearly
twice as much taken by Barnes out Of one
young, perhaps shaky, company, as Mr..
Miller and oil his commissioners have re-
ceived in all for examining all The com.
panies! Thirty:tlve thousand dollars for
two years of service, is $479O per day, or
about eight cents per minute for every
day in the year, Sundays and holidays in
cluded, allowing ten hours for a days
work; and so, as this investigation began
on the 18th o: January. this sanity Mr..
PecksniH Barnes, champion Of oppressed
insurance corporations, and exemplar Of
all the moral virtues, lightning calculator
and astronomical underwater, modern
steak'hunting Latimer, has drawn from
the funds OF widows and orphans the sum
OF 81 sos 90 rs salary for prosecuting an
an honest man and efficient. public officer I
And the Life Association of America, a
young and OF necessity struggling lite
company, has paid this much out Of lis
sacred trust funds for tho apparoa1 pur.
pose OF crushing out Mr.. Miller, and get,
, ting control OF tho New York Insurance
Department, so as to hurt lis prosperous
rivals in this city. Itthis is not fair do,
duction from the premises we are much
mistaken; hut VIC can come to no othel
conclusion, especially as We have been in
formed that the report which Mr.. Tobey
Incidentally tried 20 have his colleague!
sign, went out Of the way to cast slurs or
the Mutual and other great New York
companies. The game was a desperate