The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-13

Wi's,l DtIaOcrri.
McCormick's Extracts seem 10 go a long
way toward proving tllat BIotller harL oil
the lSTIllIuENCRE WIS better edltor
wien he was Il Democrat than lie Is now
Mr.. Hart was Republican before he
had vote 10 poll. Since then he has
consistently and pcrsistently supported
the nominees OF that partyand Of no other.
Before he was ofage lie adopted Journal
ism as n life.work. In the practice OF his
profession he las been employed on news
papers ofvarious shades Of opinion among
them out.and-out Democratic newspapers
For this he has no apology to make to any
body. Those WHO think they can find
"uay dirt" in those abandoned workings
arc at liberty to employ their talents in
that way. The petulant, chronic Office
hunter whose scli.seeking schemes have
been laid bare in these columns cannot
proye Mr.. Hart 10 have been a Democrat
though he reprint all that has ever appear
cd in the Democratic newspapers which
engaged Mr.. Harris professional services.
Nor can he establish his point though he
go the length of using part Of his salary as
Collector to buy weak rum-soaked
creatures perjury.
The Parkersburg STATE Journals advice
comes year late. Mr.. Hart was aware
that Mr.. Met ormick was "loadcd." year
auo. when he reached for Collector Pier
points place, then for General Duyal's, he
burnt his fingers on the ISTELLIGENcEE.
At that time he threatened to expose"
Mr.. Hart, who offered him the columns OF
the ISrELLl0ExcER TO do it. The criti-
cisms on his appointment were made with
full knowledge of the impending evil, but
it was not thought 50 great that it could
not be borne. It was not deemed OF suih-
cient moment TO silence this newspaper.
The ISrELLloExcRp will continue to criti-
else rs Il sees lit men who seek, and men
who hold, public place, and this without
stopping TO inquire whether they arc
.loaded." There lives no man who is
"loadcl" with any "clarge" that is feared
in this Office.
Suppose the hidcous "chargc" weretrue
that this man or that, now with the Re-
publican party, was once a Democrat.
What oft? Whose business would 1t be?
Where il the Republican who would drive
him out OF the Republican party back
into tho Democratic ranks? From men
who cat the bread of tho Republican party
il comes with i'll grace TO proclaim that
one WHO was not born in tho Republican
fold is TO be denied all active service in
behalf Of the Republican organization.
The cditor Of tho ISTRLLIGRSCEG, n life.
long Republican who has neyernsked, and
does not want, public place, thanks God
that he mixes no such drivel with his Re
publican principles-that in order toprove
his partisan zeal he has never thought it
necessary to set up for proscripive,
bourbon Republican. lie prefers to be OF
those Republicans who hope TO Repub-
licanize West Virginia, and in that vic
torious day he expects 10 shake hands in
fraternal greeting with men who have
spent almost their whole lives in opposi-
ton to the Republican party. In that day
Of triumph lie would not be surprised to
find that the Mccormick brand Of Repub-
lean had disappeared in search of the
crumbs that will fall from the Democratic
table in the four years otinterval. A dry
timo is n severe strain on goods Of that
grade.
Epsll.hmsn who Psiias Gordon Fell.
The assassination Of her agents fills
,,,o.n finn nm llnn,lv chanter in the his.