Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-02-08
MINE BALANCE.
A Measurement Of Senator George
E. Edmunds.
WHAT A CORRESPONDENT THINKS.
Al Man Who Is Intensely Selfish
and Supremacy Ia
diHeceat
o ALL sUT HIMSELF.
s. rtist CsrrrRe.Ar.c sfilt Rtyisr.

wAsH1. yoTos, February The MOI
overrated man in the United States
Senate tod ~ ID Geo. p. Edmusds, Of vsr.
mont" remarked . Newspaper correspond
ent, who is Oh V Of the % timers, hst night
in the lobby at Wizards after denouncing
the Senate itse u as q mee syndicate a
wealthy monopo6 sts and fzing one "a. he
brim with his own oouceptoaot the 1sAs-
ness Of this Senatorial ~appeadage To- our
system Of ~governmczti why, Mmups =
a whited sepulchre--s- hypouits al he
way through. He paees as IN snti-monsp1
olist; he is known tcAca railroad msn
from the word GO Es is in favor Of ~
sorts Of temperance legislation, asdSs .
hard drinker every day Is bis life. He l.
mean about it. too. Other men pay hr their
own liquor or treat their frinds; the Senator
from Vermont has q rou,dof committee
rooms where he can drinS OF the various
chairmen and save his OWL money. No
one knows the AMOUNT Of hard cash that
Edmunds has made and saved out ofhs
Senatorial career. Looked upsn all ovee
the country rs q frank Green mountain
Republican, he is in realitya petty arsto-
crat of the most contemplate description.
The perpetually worshipped idol Of the In.
tensely religious element in the Republicans
party, Edmunds to put it in the briefest pos
sible form is an old sinner. His reputation
has been created by the editorial writers on
the daily press, who have chosen him
sort Of lowell rack on which to hang all the
cold damp virtues Of the typ
cal reformer. Certainly he 10 not
and never has been popular
with the correspondents here. They sises
man up pretty quickly, and [ don't
know one Of them who doesn't look on Geo.
+. Edmypds as m insuferable prigg. This
feeling is partly 10 be accounted Tor by ths
fondness oil Mr.. Edmpnds for executive
sessions. Not only does he always stand
up for this effete custom Of aristocsatic
tenor, in the Senate itself, but he has suoha
penchant for secrecy that he preserves the
most mysterious air over all the commonest
affairs OF bis everyday lie. For example:
The Department Of Agriculture distributes
a considerable quantity Of seeds to Soma
tors.
Other Members
Of the upper house take Q sensible covrss
and send TO the department the addresses e.
constituents To whom they want the matter
sent. Blu, Edmunds does nothing OF The
kind. When he has had the seeds carried
TO his room he goes in after them, shuts the
door, locks It carefully, goes into executive
session and fixes up the packages which h
wants TO send ont. lie locks them eli 10
bag and then sends the bag totha pesteGoL
by q blind colored man whom be has em-
ployed for that purpose. This IL character
istic OF the Vermont Senator. II he were
compelled TO live for one year In the simple.
unpretentious and thoroughly Democratic
style OF James q. Blaine, who, rich and
influential ~ he ia, il one Of IL
most accessible men in Washingsou. the
experiment would be fatal to Edmunds,. Of
Vermont. His reputation Ia too good -
be true a. Rufus Choate once said o. ..
wealthy New York merchant Wheths he,
American people will ever come TO apprs
cia,e him At his exact value 10, OF courss.
another question. At any rate, after I'd
munds dies, fhe ever does die, history Jsiu
put him
whsrs Ne BsIssg.."
There is much truth In this estimate. ~
munds is by no means the demigod which
mugwump newspapers are in the habit Of
portraying him. Nor can he be fairly
called a demsgogue. He is too Tar sbovs
public opinion and too independent Of Tho
wishes OF the people TO admit OF such ~
epithet. His friendship toward the cor
poraiions is beyond qssstios.
His bibulous habits are proverbiAl but IN 20
sense OF the term conyiv.al in their chAssc-
ter. His devotion to Stalwarism. within hs
party is pu.ely superficial and Is assumed in
order that he may hold his grip in yermoet.
His GOODNESS 10 Mr.. Blaine's~ casdidAcy los
the last election for the Repuklican party,
One speech from the Vermont ice statue IN
New York and one in Brooklyn would have
given the Empire State 10
The Pfsmsd KsistA-
No genuine Stalwart fails 10 ooms 10 tias
when ihe party slogan sounds for the oassl
Undoubtedly Edmunds hops 10 get ..
Presidential nomination himssh in 1888,
and his introduction Of the pes,l tslsgrspb
bill prior 10 the last National Coeyenies
was intended 10 fsrestall 81, the Other NJ
tional statesmen, IL any political cspital.
was 10 be made out Of such . proposedl
measure. II the RepablioAn party hs1
been willing to be governossd D. . nnes-
i,y Of its voters, and q small minority q
that, Rdmunds' candidacy woald have Be-,
forced in 1884. The rule os the minodsy
vss once for all rep2diassd then. add vii
not again be admiAsd. Edmukds stasAs.
now n . traitor in ~ oAap Of the Isspsb-
iican party. His trsach1g viii ne,s, b.
condoned. The p.sy hAs I'D -evesythiaE
but honor" az the SoGthssasn put IL bss =
has not reached ~ peial Of deEadAties.
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