The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-03-03

WRhave received Accommodation from
the interior reviewing in petty sharp
style the political record OF our distin.
guished friend, the member from Dodd.
ridge. We hayo published about all we
have space for on this subject. Itcannot
be denied, VIC presume, that the Judge
has free and easy record in politics, and
hence 1t is not strange that good many
people should turn up their noses in a
sarcastic wayat the idea Of his taking such
an active part in the Democratic Star
Chamber Conclaye the other night. The
Judge needs considerable Of mantle of
charityto cover all OF his gregarious affilia-
tions in politics, and this being the case he
ought not to tempt the criticisms Of
those who are posted in regard to his an
tecedents.
Allusion is also made by the same
writer to the canvass of 1872 on the part
Of Governor Jacob, at the time he made
his Independent run for Governor, in
which he laid the lash upon the backs Of
some of the Democratic leaders in this
State without stint.
All this is no new story, and we do not
need to occupy great deal Of space with
rehearsing the details. We only allude to
the points made in order to let our friend,
the Speaker, out Of the close corner intn
which the Democracy are trying to drive
him, because he is following in the line Of
illustrious precedentine exercising the free
dom OF opinion. The Speaker holds that he
lisa representative Democnt-that the De.
mocracy are in sympathy with the views
that he especially in financial mat
ters-and that great many people are
ready to oheed an untrammelled expression
of such opinions, in preference to having
their sentiments choked down by repeti-
ton of the st. Louis farce OF 1876.
Our correspondent, who writes from
Clarksburg, might have cited the example
of Hon. John ]. Davis, another eminent
leader, who, as an independent candidate
in 1872, slew Col. Ben Wilson, and who
would have been glad to slay him again in
1874 il the Republicans had not posi-
lively declined to support him. And,
If We remember right, the Hon. Henry
Branum, OF Weston, another prominent
Democrat, was willing to attempt to slay
the Colonel that year in case the Republt-
cans would rally to his support. At least
his possible candidacy wasspoken Of at the
convention that nominated Gen. Gof in
1874
We might spin out tt!e list to consider.
able length il we were to canvass the
names of all the ambitious Democrats in
this State who have at times shown to the
world that they were willing to go outside
of the party ranks when they saw q
chance for success And hence We think
that the leaders should bevery wary aud
chary about setting up Star Chamber
CourtsofinQusition to neutrality-suspicious.
of opinion. 1t is not by any means i'm.
possible that the whirligig Of time may
develop tho fact in 1880 that those who
arc now putting down the party screws
on the Speaker, may be in the same boat
with him by that time. II, for instance,
we should have poor crops throughout
the country this year, md II our OK
ports should fall off, and times should not
improve, and labor should be scarce, and
the eprlce of living higher, the Democratic
party would rush tumnltuously into the
embraces OF tho Greenbackers, and then
it might come to pass that The raid on
the Speaker would be disagreeable rem
iniscence.