The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-05-14
HEAR THE HOWL
or wEsr vInalsIA rArRIors..
cleveland Doesu't Warm q Them aud the
Party Is Going to the isow.wess--
Democratic outnt at Ail-Tho BOYS
pi.su..ea with Their visit.

| Nauonal dOtel III ume 70 see lne IoOph
fall in, and II was my blessed privilege 10
stand on the curb and see the procession
90 by. You may be sure 1t was a striking
performance. 1t was told in confidence
that three photographers asked leave to
take the cohorts on ely. This wassup-
posed to be q mere device to get anew
Napoleon from Charley Wells. Colonel
Smith, OF Mason, said It hurt his feelings
10 hear that they had been mistaken for
the delegation OF Poncas now sojourning
here. The passage Of the Avenue was
made with heavy, confident tread, an an.
pervading air Of assurance taking theplace
Of any brass music. It is but the truth OF
history to say that they struggled back
again "down.in-themouth.s
AND THEN MARCHED DOWN AGAIN.
made 1t convenient to beat the Ma
tional to see them drop In, the dashing
body now broken into small war-worn
squads. II had been a bold assault, hand
to.hand encounter in which the President
was clubbel with the butt-end Of our
homely but expressive Vest Virginia yer.
nacular. ltwas plain that they had met
the President anl4he was not theirs.
OF the tiBtsquad OF stragglers | asked
"Well, how did 1t go-hayea pleasant
time?" s3EiN
"oh, reckon there's lots offnn in this
for you all. ! don't think Cleveland
knows there Is such thing as q Demo-,
cratic party. Talk about getting Demo-
Gratis in, and he raises objections about
putting Republicans out. Wethouyht9 he,
meaatit when he said offensive partfsansf
would have to go. They don't seem TO be
going very fast" 5 =, ~
"Prrhaps the President wants time to
look the field over and get acquainted
with his party, | suggested in tho inter
est ri fhaimony. 5,Sf I.
(which lshis party y cllimed imam:
other disgusted man. 81 think be Is pay
ing more attentiont to George William Cur
It's dndes than to Dsmocrats.p ssSss9ss
maybe lie wouldn't have baen therei
1t hadn't been for the George William
Curtis renegades,n I yantured, still in the
interest OF peace.
.Well, sir, said a big chiefwith an ,ex-
plosiye that might have been heard al, the
White House, "I'I rather have kept on
being beaten than have Democrat IN the
White House with Republican ihand-cutts
on him."
Several OF the company assented to this,
and the others insisted that q Democrat
was better at any price.
THE fAT iS THE ftRg.
81 tell you, gentlemen, what 1t is," said
an active party worker, 1'if We were going
TO have an election in Wes. Virginia to.
morrow we couldn't carry the State. Oar
people are dlsheartened, and you all
know It. Idon't reckon anyof us are sat
isied with the way things are going We
Thought We hal won big victory, bntwe
don IL see the fruits Of Il. We never had
such a fight In West Virginia. We won
it--and the New York Mugwumps are
driving the administration horses"
"Gentlemen, | said In the hope OF re-
storing the President to good party stand
ing, "lon't yor think you ara rrvolting
too soons West Virginia gothic Commits.
sionership OF Internal Revenue" NJ
Here half dczen responded at once.
The idea advanced was that no West Vir.
gintan had been appointed to anything
under the Commissioner, and wherever
they went that was stuck at us you've
got one al the hest places the President
could give"
"That's so, = said one, "hut The oomais.
sionerslip doesn't 20 round. Only one
man can have that" f-s
It occurred 10 me 10 say that.nobody
was working harder than the West Vir-
ginia Senators to get places Tor their
friends; that they allowed neither the
President nor the heads OF departments to
forget that their Is real, live hungry
West Virginia, which 10 not TO be fed on
the iuses oi fair promises.
no HARMONY. { i.
9PromisesW broke in m oSsr:burdened
soul, "why Cleveland lwon't even promise
20. He looks on as though he thought us
iutrudels, or burglars who had broken in
to steal something. lie Is not doing q
thing to harnlonizs the West Virgins
Democracy The party can't stand this.
that's all there Is about it.n
/ began u tasl very much depressed
myself I'M this lugubroas company. For
| the comfort OF the afflicted I quoted tGese
phiiosophie lines from Pope:
,settsr tos yeas ge.sap n 4 H might y aPpsasS
,E sysE Rsyss ss.sS s.5 q SssS si.5ed 5 5Rs tna
1adps.:ioai fts lss elements ollie. !,
The response to this tneadI y eadaaFor
was. that Republicans can well afford 10
smile, slpCei they hold the Offices though
they Lost the elsetion. Nv y -
i
yARlors VIEWS ns aRpyEr. u.s.;
There were some in the delegation SA9
thought the President was going as fast as
he could, sad that he msant to do the
right thing for Wes. Virginia. These for
the most part were they who tha4gbt they
saw the good things coming towards thens
selves on their friends. The disgrantled
ones were largely IN the majority. Com.
menls the most upcomp lentary were
passed upon the Pfestdents personal GH'
pearanee. His smanper gau said 70 be nm.
sympathetic, repeliant. Nobody can ac-
cuse him Of having any 'pasaGnel mag
tetIsm, ~ said . patriot who helps 10 hold
his county in line. TO this there was
general assent, gentleman remarking,
however, that whiie the fIsst1ept's ap-
psaSanee and manner were SpaIpst his4,
heheliayed that he sincerely desired to do
the right Thing, and II the party would
give him chance Democrats wQpld fill
The otiices.
@You think pePii exclaimed Fourth
District patriot 1T beaEd Commissioner
Miller sayitllatth the President wsald heve
to make ninety.one appointments 9 day
for four years to get Democrats In oil the
places. Well, he hasn't spposntaa ninety
one Democrats In two months.
AoRE or THE SANE KIND.
West Virginia does not stand alone.
The clamor is general. Colosodo, for ex-
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