The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-07
NOTES FROM NEW YORK
ON THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.
Ths "Wleled Sun" aad IL Attitade Toward.
ClsselAad-ka Exposs Of the "Tlms.'" pa.
fair Attack On Blaine-Ths Record Clears
Alm-The Power OF ths Labor E,tmsnL

NRw YoRK, August 0.-The wickedest
the wicked New York newspapers Is Il
Sun. 1t has been said jocosely, recent,
that the Sun iss good Democratic pap
three days in the week, and good Repul
lican paper three other days, and iair r
lisious paper on the seventh day. A co
respondent Of the Sun asks what the ed
tors grievance Ia toward Grover Olevelanl
and the Sun says: u
| "Oar grievance Is OF the simplest. an
plainest nature. There is nothing about
to require investigation. We have pull
lishod II repeatedly, and will pnblish
again whenever II iB asked for. We hol
that Grover Cleveland Ia not fitted 10 b
President, and that he has done nothing +
merit such promotion" -
The next point the Sun makea 10 IN ID
cliniug to investigate the / .1alo scandal
aud upon that the provoking paper says:
Every mail brings 10 us letters uryipj
the Sun to investigate on its own sccoun
tho truth oi the shocking scandals ths
affect the pernonal character OF the Demo
cratic candidate for President. All Of thest
requests come from Democratic, soms from
Democrats prominent at their respective
homes. Some ot tho correspondents art
personal friends Of ours. They express, a.
II general thing, Willingness to accept The
result OF our investigation as final in deter
mining the question OF Mr.. Ceveland'B un
fitness. We must respectfully decline to
undertake the task. II the Sun were in any
way or in any degree responsible for the
selection Of the c,1didate, oar senso Of duty
to tho Democracy might lead Us TO differ.
eut decision"
The local Interpretation given this mat
ter is that the Sun will prt sently demand
the withdrawal OF Cleveland, and have
formidable backing in doing 60. That Ger.
tsinly is the topic OF good deal that is be.
ing said. -g.a5
vINDlcATING BLAINE.
The Sun continues its vindicstion OF Mr..
Blaine from the charge OF supprssaing some
Of the Mulligan lette1e. This takes the
form Of controversy with the Times. The
Sun says:
list the Times attend while we braid a
lash out Of facts that ought to sting its
back. In q leading article ola column and
a half on Monday Of last week, the Times
announced that 1t had made an e1amina.
ton Of the record which verified in the
mcst staItling manner the story that Mr.,
Blaine had suppressed the letters contain.
ed in the package which he took from Mul.
ligan. The TIMES stsrtling discovery WIS
thle: -Four Of the documents called nv the
memorandum it failed 10 find in The Con.
gressional Record, and by what it considered
Us "a most singular coincidence four let
ters not mentioned in the memorandum
were read by Blaine. Can It be- demand
cd the Times, that the splendidiy audacious
statesman substituted some harmless let.
tiers from his own portfolio, OF manufsc.
tured for the OCCASION the four letters on
Slulligan's list, but not read?" The only ba.
sis Of the Times startling diecovery yss
the phenomenal stupidity with which
its examination oi the Record was
conducted in the first place, Two
Of the four documents which it had
failed to find were, in fact, printed
on the pages which it has been examining,
Halt OF lts case was swept away By the eyl.
dence OF its own unequaled heedlessne ss.
A third letter was there, too, answering tho
description OF the schedule in every re-.
speot, except that Mulligan had inde1sd il
es OF July 25, instead Of july 9. The
fourth, letter Of Fishers 10 Blaine, was
not produced by Blaine at the time. In,
stead Of covering the suppression OF THE
letter by the aubatitution OF a harmless
epistle from his own portfolio or manufac-
tured for the occasion, he simply and
straightforwardly said that he did not tiud
1t in the package. The Suns examination
OF the record was not prompted BY any
other motive than the habit OF verifying
startling and important discoveries before
accepting them even from our uejVhbor
the Things. The case Of suppreesion and
substitution did not stand scrutiny, The
record showed plainly Just how the Tina,
had been mlsled. 1nsiesd OF Withholding
the result OF our own examination because
it was favorable to Mr.. Blaine on this
special point Of inquiry, We thought il rivht
to give him the hsnsGsof the facts"
THE TwISELINa STAR,
The Star, which represents the prevail.
ing opinion OF Tammany, wrinkles almost
as lively as the sunshine. The light thati.
dispsnees is as rule reflected, for its clipp-
ings from exchanges are made with an i'm.
partially that argues very independent
rather than true Democratic journalism.
However, the leader Of the Star to-day
contains the following extract:
"Governor Cleveland ought to bs fstter.
ed by ths complimentary terms which are
layished upon him by Mr.. Hendricka. II
will have been observed that the pentle.
man thought by 30 many to be the mis-.
placed tail Of tho ticket loses no onnor.
tunity to recommend 10 his iellow.c;tilsna
tho sound Democracy oil the preferred can.
didate OF the Chicago Convention. And in
truth, the opulence and frequency OF M.
Hendricks laudationB Of Goyernor Clove.
land are noble tributes TO the Indiana
|statesman's good nature and mspnamitv
We have examined Mr.. Olsyeland'e a public
remarks IN vain for an intimation OF his
opinion Of Mr.. Hendricks. There is 3D.
old FfeRch p1overb which eays: There
is always one who kisses and one Who ia
kiesed.' But We don't think this onyht
to hold when the relations OF Presidential
candidates to one another are in oueetion.
II Governor Cleveland will allow us. wa
venture to euggest that he ought to be will
ing to kieH-in metsphorical seuse-aud
that the embrace should be public. LIST
him come out with such an nrbane and
admiring tribute 10 Mr.. Hendricks eg is
called for BY the long and enviable public
services OF the eminent Indiana Democrat.
But, OF cou1ee. We don't want snv more
lip service. There is no occasion to proie.s
great regard for Mr. Hendricks, II Gov.
ernor Cleveland hssn't really bigb
opinion Of him. But tina! is hardly posi-.
bic, OF course. Perhaps the Governor
thinks that Mr. Hendrieks' record is 40
we'll known that 1t Is more delicate fat.
granted" 4tl. .I--I-"No-1'l ~ ~
= This ls pot tue old.tsahioasd way Tor the
Democratic journals to back up thsir Pres.
idential candidates. Once upon time the
spirit o. levity In these cases was inadmiesi.
BILE. b. The, most significant thirg in the
Star, however, ia q displayed article on the
i'm nfnnffaYfra NJ fho orno = ~