The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-17

\ free press thinks OF them--particularly
4 what the higl-tonod, dignifed and able
I Richmond Dupaich has said Of them in
cold type.
Mn. E.,WlLLIs WILSON has howled him
I self hoarse over what he is pleased to
term his unfair treatment by the lSrE.rI-
:5dEycEr in the particular matter Of his
3B,nwood speech. lie was charged by Il c
4IxrELIiGIScER with misquoting the Re-
publican platform on the tariff question.
This charge, entirely truthful, aroused
him to such u pitch OF indiscretion that
when he came to Wheeling lie took occa-
sion, in the course OF his phenomenal
speech, to invite the editor OF the INTEL
/: LeRScER to the platform and then didn't
know what to do with the said editor. He
3 Haunted a copy OF the lSrELLiGEScII and
said it was from that Sheet that he had
read in his Benwood speech. Mr.. Wilson
4 was wise though discortcous when lie re-
fused to. allow; the editor of the ISrrLLl-
GEScER 10 be heard after inviting him to
the stand to defend the integrity OF his
s newspaper 4 Here is what Mr.. Wilson
read at Benwood:
n We demands that tho imposition OF
duties onsforcign imports shall be made
not '.for revenue oniy,@ but to raise the
requisite revenues for the Government.
On this AIr.2Wiison argued that there
isno difference in;the tariff planks OF the
two parties. 1t was on this that the INTEL
LlGEScER based its charge Of dishonest use
s of the Republican platform. The charge
remains true though Mr.. Wilson did read
from the platform us published in the
1STELLlaEScER. First, he read only part
OF the plank, stopping just where it suited
his pcttfogging purpose to stop. Second,
there were some errors in the platform as
Z first published in the lxTghLrGENcgR, on
the day after the adoption OF the platform.
These errors may have occurred in the
telegrapling or in the type setting in the
rush and drive OF ian unusually busy time.
Since then more than two months have
Z. elapsed. Millions Of copies OF the plat
form, free Of all errors, have been printed
for free circulation. Rand; McNally 4 Co.,
of Chicago have published their official
verbatim report of the proceedings
Of the Convention. The opportunities ior
accuracy are SO abundant that no public
speaker cail at this day throw himself
back on a point Of punctuation misplaced
in the haste Of "a nights work reaching
from Chicago to Wheeling. Mr.. Wilson
preferred touse what he knew was mex
. act, and he preferred to make an unfair
use OF it 10 show that, the Republican
party has two platforms. Another Demo-
cratic speaker recently got himself in
trouble here by insisting upon availing
himself of n typographical error in the
Republican platform MS published in the
Register. They seem to be running to this
z kind Of, thing. Now compare the full
paragraph rs published in the INrELlI-
oEScER Of June G with the same paragraI Ii
rs pTlnteu III tllc ohlclut verbatim report
recently published:
Iaiel,iJencrr, June G. 0Gicdt IitrJaiin report.
il Is the Inst duty Of a 1t Is the irSt duty OF II
good government 10 pr6lsood government 10 pro.
1 tect the rights niil protcct the rights and pro.
mote the, inteyrFts OF sn0te the interests OF itS
y pcople. Tho lnrgcSt a. own people. The largest
vcrtty ofindussrs Is a9ss diversity or Industry Il
"a prpductIveof Of prosperity moa productive Of gen.
and Of the comfort md crul prosperity and Of the
Independence Of the peo. comfort and Inlcpend.
:; ple.f We titlerciorc deIcncc Of the people. We
4 mand that the inp0dtionl therefore demand that
of duties on foreign Hl the imposition Of duties
a ports shall be made notion foreign Imports shall
Tor revenue only, but iorbc made not for revenue
raIsng the requisite rev only, but that III raising
Cnucs for tho G0vcr the requisite REVENUES for
j lncnt Such duties shnl the government such du-
be levied ns to- ailorl ties shall DO SO levied rs
# curlty to our diversified to utlOrtl security TO our
industries and prntcctinn dlversiicd Industries,
4 to the rights mud wages and protection to the
Of the laburr, TO the end rights and wages Of the
that uctiye AUD Tiniclt iabnrcrtt TO The end that
gent nb0r ns well hS cap ncttvc and Intelligent III
lal may have ,its lust rcbor, well Us capital,
wnrl aud the laboringnay have It's Just rrwurll,
man his full sharc III thcana tho llboriny man his
national prosperity.S tut share til the national
E :55fIn tho first sentence the word "own"
SEw was omitted, in the second the word "gen-
eral" before prosperity. The third, SEN
7; tencc was Improperly divided, a period
being placed after the word government.
Ss'Inn before 'rising' was misprinted 'for"
/; and aiter1sshall be leyiede theword $50
+ ! was omitted. After all this, ,itaprears tha.
y @s.AIr.s;Wilson.; deliberately suppressed an
essential part of;the paragraph, and lie did
5i{ it to deceive his audience. ii he read
8 from the ISrElLlGEScER5 at all he had tho
whole platform before him, and yet he
i read d'onlys the four lines first quoted. Tie
ISrELLoEScxR5 is Quite willing that the
AZ people shall judge ;whetherit is. .AIr.!Wil
% son, or this newspaper that fafsiiies the
a record, and for what purpose. But attel
b all that Mr. Wilson may sayzafter his. low
appeals 10 tho passions sof men-thc fac
81 remains that 3hes belongs to a free Stradt
5sTSparty--:a party that talks free trade and
". That is where Swe catchS hin
& and his party. 4 e AZ