The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-10
"PIG IRON KELLEY"
rAE srAvNoA PRoTEcrIoNIsT
or Psnusylranla-1As Cause of His Late Physical
Sursrinss-GrowlnE fouuEtr-HIs Scheme to
Limit the Coinsge OF siIIsr-Hhat
lie Expects It to Accomplish.
From Me Editor ofAs lase1fsmoer.

| fTOGl uIe Euh0F Oi Nt 4HtetIgtHeHs
WASHINGTON, December 7.-When ]
visit Washington it is my habit to drop in
and pay my respects to Judge Kelly told
Pig Iron), OF Pennsylvania. When I came
to Washington as the correspondent OF q
Philadelphia newspaper, with little &C
quaintance to a young man Of my pursuit,
Judge Kelly gave me his hand and opened
TO me his rooms and his great fund Of in.
formation. It was, perhaps, something in
my favor that came from Philadelphia
more thatI took more than Pennsylvania
Journalists interest In the tariff question.
| feA protected then as feel 1t now, and
the Judge was pleased to say that~as'a'
pupil was not inapt. It may be that this
also helped me into his good graces. At
all events as often as dropped into his
apartments was made TO feel at home,
and through the long and heated tariff dis
cussion which followed he wss my never.
failing resource. II | knew little he knew
all, and was able TO put into my tariff
work a strength which 1t owed to the
Father OF the House.
HIS FORMER PHYSICAL sUFPERINGs.
Chatting in his room he recalled the
moments Of pain he spent up on his back
letters and kilograms pouring in upon him
and with twinkle Of triumph in his
eye contrasted then with now. In the
meantime he has been tormented with
pain and apprehension. How grave the
trouble was did not appreciate until he
gave me the history Of his case. Twice
before the final operation CT last summer
he was operated on for cancer Of the
mouth, and only his family knew Of 1t. 1t
has been erroneously stated that the opera
ton was performed in Europe. In fact It
was by DR.. Agnew and DR.. Nortop, Of Phil
adelphia, 10 whom Is due the credit for the
good results that have followed. Judge kel-
y looks ten years younger than when l saw
him last year and begged him to do what
he could 10 preserve to our wool growers q
reasonable measure OF protection. He
then said that he wss suffering greatly,
but supposed It was from general debili.
ty. There is no debility now.
RICHARD l. urMsELg AGAIN.
From what 1 see "0ld Pig Iron"
Is himself again. His movements
are brisk, his step light and elastic,
his mind vigorous, and his interest
in his work as keen as ever. II the free
traders throw down the gauntlet you will
hear from Judge Kelly and the House will
know that he Is on hand for business. BY
nature pugnacious, full OF his subject
master OF Ii, and believing in 1.-THE is q
whole battery OF protectionist artillery
when he goes into action.
You have been advised by telegraph
that 1t ia Judge Kelley's intention to pass
a bill to limit the coinage OF the silver dol.
lars 10 $1,000 year-enough to make
show and keep The silver dollar in
coinage. The Judges move is in the in.
terest OF bi.metalism to embarrass England
by disturbing her exchange with India,
knocking down the price OF silver In Lon.
don, setting on the British Government
the Indian Government and the manu-
facturers and needy operatives OF England,
and under this tremendous pressure TO
force Gteat Britain into an International
monetary conference. Asa result OF such a
conference, in Judge Kelley's opinion,
the price OF silveras commercial product
would be raised from sod per ounce to sol
again 10 the American silver miner OF
lOI or twenty cents on every ounce Of his
product. You will observe in this view
tho bill contemplatss protection to Ameri.
can silver mines. You will see in 1t also a
measure OF relic! to the Treasury and re-
sponse to a growing public demand. Hind
a few congressman who, for some senti-
mental reasons, declare themselves opposed
to limiting the coinage Of the silver dollar
below the present limit fixed by Law, s., ,0O0,.
000a month.