The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-24

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PCSnUd class matter.
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The disguise is thrown of, and the Sin
tellivent majority" is going in boldly Tor
m extension Of the session Of the Legtsla-
t,c. The long roll is beaten in the Regis
tsy in two editorial articles which are not
consistent the one with eother, butwhich
arc intended to justify what the Demo-
cratic leaders in the Legislature have de-
termined to do.
Article No. / is o trade Of abuse lannch'
ed atthe Republicans as obStructionists-
these wicked men Of the minority are
charged with having driven into the
shambles the innocent sheep OF the ma
iority and butchered them TO make
Roman holiday, or words to that effect
II Is admitted that up to this point the
session has been FILTERED away-the forty
five DAYS end next Friday-but a bungling
hand endeavors to put upon the minority
The burden OF the responsibility. The
handsome sum OF $4,000 gone-wrung
from the taxpayers under the double lb'l9e
pressure OF assessment and reassessment-
and the Republicans didit. ,,.,..
Article No. Acknowledgements for those
favored few who have ingress behind the
SCENES" Why not add that the manu-
script had been corrected by Mason's
copy"Y It isn't expected that we shall
ali got behind the scenes where schemes
are concocted to fret the people OF West
Virginia, throttle her enterprises-in
short 10 knock tile State in the head-for
The benefit of the Wall street syndicate
which maintains in West Virginia an ac-
eompIisl,ed agent to set up Tax Commits
sions and devise new and monstrous tax
bills.
We can't all be of "those favored few"
who get behind tho scenes while the jobs
are being set up; but the less favored
many know where the scenes are, who
are behind them and what they are
driving at. The less favored many know
n snake when they see one, and they have
seen this Wall street anaconda crawl out
from behind thesceneswhere the Favored
few" had Matched him. The voice OF the
tax.grabbing Esau rings through the
length of Article No. /.
Article No. 2 follows. The sequel is
appropriately entitled extend the SEES.
appropriately, because this is what
b,th articles are driving at. There may
be n few Democrats-too few or not few
enough TO be of "those favored few" so
tenderly referred to in Article No. l-who
are not prepared to go the whole hog on
this thing. They are to be fired with par
tisan zeal and their backbones stifEened
for the onset. The readers Of the Register
may have some objections to extending
wasted session and piling up the cost.
Their objections are to be removed by a
pious cxhortation to the Democratic ma
iority 10 draw out the session and slap the
burden on the Republican lninority-if
they eau.
Is the session to be extended for the
mere fun Of the thing or for the few extra
dollars that each member will get outof it?
The commanderin-chief who has ordered
the sounding Of the long roll doesn't con-
Germ himself with such matters. At cost
Of time and money the Mason Tax bill,
Corrected by sfason's copy" has been
licked and begged and dragooned into
shape. 1t can't be passed within the con-
stitutional limit Of the session. Its cause
cries aloud for time, and the Register
echoes the command. The Mason Tax
bill must be saved II it takes all summer.
That is the milk in the cocoanat. That is
why the majority is advised to "extend
the session." That is why "those favored
few whohayeingress behind thescenes" IRE
remaining behind the scenes pulling wires
while the band plays for the advance.
There arc other measures-some OF
them good ones-that will fall with the.
session. Members interested insuch meas
ures are thought good material to work
upon. There is an endeavor now to draw
them into the net with the fearful assur-
ance that ''there IS no show Tor the tax
bill, anyhow" so that they need not fear
that 1t will come up to consume the short
extra session which is spoken Of, or to
draw 1t out indefinitely.
The INrEILIGRNcRR knows some good
men who will let their good measures die
rather than assist in the christening Of the
ubiquitous tax bill. We shall soon see
whether there are enough Of them TO
stand firmly and defeat this transparent
job. We shall see who has the virtue and
the nerve to say TO the Wall street syhdi.
cate OF tax.eaters, "Get thee behind me,
Satan" We are nearing the crisis Of the
session. We shall see how members will
deal with 1t. W-gF95 ''
BREAKFAST BUDGET.
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