Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-06-19
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A HOT TSATI..
The CoIoreG Person Discovered in the
P0stoiiics Kint'liDg.

! The COloreG Person Discovered in the
PGstoiiics Kinding.
The publication by the REGISTER yester.
day morning of the true attitude OF the In.
telligencer toward Postmaster Sterling crea-
ted quite a sensation in political circles,
ard all day the plot TO Mccormick the Coz.
cnel was the theme chiefly discussed abou,
the streets. Republicans generally read the
expose with feelings Of the liveliest salts.
faction, ard on all rides could be heard
curses not loud but deep over the ertraor.
binary course being pursued by the jo1rnal
which, u the natural coarse Of events, would
be expected to champion the cause Of the
leading members of the party it is by tEadi-
ton associated with. But while the publ
cation caused satisfaction IN most quarters,
it did not in all In the throne room of
the journal around the corner there was
| copious shedding Of tears over the rebellious
| spirit manifested within the artyranks, and
deep seated disgust that the aims and aspi~
rations Of one striving after he unattaina
BILE should be thus coldly and heartlessly
given to the world through the medi lm Of
those who should be content with the role
Of retainers and lake their summary reduc.
tons to the ranks with proper display of
meekness. 1t is understood, however, that
after a period OF deep desporiency la
Brutus arter seeing the Ghost OF Cesar, the
commanding general braced up, and assum-
ing q cheeriulness lie was far FROM feeling,
he passed the word to his co. laborers 10 put
IN q bold front, and, while denying in toto
the matters alleged By the gentleman quoted
by as to take the opportunity to haul this
ourr q over the Goals sor its presumo tiOn in
giving the thing away. Whether, in cooler
moments, this latter clause WAS abroga,ed,
We bHye no means of EHowing but if not, we
,tu ose we must brace ourselves for the |
scCtk, aid euGeavOr 10 bear with resigns- |
non whatever punishment we have laid our
selves liable to by just regard Tor the
truth
About dark last evening REGISTER re-
yort,r ran across a Republican who has so
far e. capped the deadly saGd.bag, but who is
in dead Of being hit every time he
goes out after dark, and to him was pro.
pounded the query:
Odd that conference come of as adyer.
rsed -
well, yes, IN manner, but it did not
reach the proportions expected, which may
be attributed TO the fact that in some mys.
'e,ious manner the REGISTER became &C.
ouainted with the matter and gave it !
away"
Where was it held and who were pres.
ert?'
Those questions are Of leading nature,
and for obvious reasons | must decline to
answer the second except in the general
way that the gentlemen we're among the
most prominent in the city, and that the
names Of TWO or three are household words
over the greater portion Of the State
What of the nature of the tn k, and
what is at the bottom of the whole mat
ter?'
well, the trouble in nutshell, is Just
this: We are naturally disguised at the
treatment Republican officials have received
and are receiving at the hands OF our edi'
torial brother on the next street, and
Wednesday afternoon few of US agreed to
have little talk together with view to
take concerted measures for seltpro ection.
To day, as the REGISTER stated would hap
pen we met and compared notes. The
result vas an unanimous approval OF what
was stated in your paper this morning.
There lent the slightest doubt in the world
but that there has been deliberately con
cocted plot to assaasnate Col. Sterling in a
political way. Why, the thing is 80 palpable
that imagine the school boys are talking
the matter over, and it has aroused feel
ing which will be heard from in the future.
4 dozen men have personally expressed
themselves to me to day in the most
vigorous language and you can put it down
in your memorandum book that tickets
holders to our next district or State Con-
vcntion will see one Of the liveliest little
gatherings ever got together for political
purposes.
In this connection it is proper to remark
hat among Democrats the feeling is be-
coming strongly developed that the time
or delay in the matter OF removing partisan
,fficials ia past and that the most vigorous
.iorts should be at once made
90 fecure fair field for the
candidates in grooming for the offices
vet held by Republicans. This sentiment
is universal. and is perfectly legitimate, no
objection being now raised to it in any quar-
ter.
Members OF the dominant party are also
much pleased over the dscord in the ranks
of the enemy and as the breach promises to /.
widen and the bitterness grow more in 4
tense they are naturally elated over the ,
prospects Tor the future.