The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-10-23

Who POltuIOB tho ale?
In its mad effort to save the Chiei oil
Police and his friends the esteemed
Rsyister rises to remark that the editor OF
the ISTELLIGENcER "knows he lies" This
is the language Of an unhappy soul, In
desperation driven to calling names Ii
is in the spiritof Ex Lieut.. johnson, OF the
police force, who afterwards changed bis
mind and resigned. 1t is what Officer
Burns said in effect, but only two or three
witnesses were required to convince him
OF his error aud bring about his resigna'
. ton. 1t is what the Chief OF Police said
about the Mayors charges; and listening
to bad advisers, he brought on as sort Of
counter irritant an investigation which
has shown the charges against himself tc
be true. The Chief Of Police said some
thing about people lying, but that was
before, like Officer Burns, he had been
convinced OF his guilt by the testimony Of
sworn witnesses.
The ISrELuoEScER acquits the gentle
and urbaue manager OF the Register cfany
responsibility for the use OF "knows he
lies." This il the finger mark OF one OF
those alien hands which are permitted to
practice on the columns OF our enterpris
ing neighbor as often as it finds itselfnn.
comfortably wedged in between public
opinion ami dutiiul service to particu'
lar interest. A Register editorial must be
read to be appreciated:
II the willy editor OF the ISTELLIGENCER
hopes to avoid bearing the consequences
Of the outrageous aud expensive political
strife he has stirred IN under the thin
guise OF ian investigation" no is not as
discerning as he is willy. he boes the
question laid before him by the Register
and takes refuge in clustering accusation
that our city is slandcred to the outside
world through the agency OF this paper
In this he knows he lies. The INTELLI'
GRNCgR's biased and gArbled reports have
been sifted by outside papers, commented
upon and the comments reproduced by 1t
to bolster up its position. The ambitious
editor OF the lNTRLLlGEScER Is mostly re.
sponsible fol the vile reputation our good
city is gaining abroad.
This smacks OF the Interpretation now
put upon the charges against the Mayor
by the man who swore to them. Solate
as Tuesday last the Register said:
He THAT is tho wicked editor Of the IN.
TELLIGrNcER] has for political purposes
played upon the gullibity and inexperi.
riencc OF youthful Mayor to conspire
with him in trumping up all sorts Of dirty
charges against the Chief OF Police, which
hasculminated in retaliation by the Chief,
who, driven to desperation, prefers conn
ter charges against the Mayor, that hare
been wired to he four points OF the compass
until the air OF heaven is pregnated with
unsavory, disreputable and injurious
stories about both the Mayor and city.
When the Register said this, what did it
mean? Did it mean that counter charges
hal been "wired to the four points
OF the compass? Or did it mean that the
biased aud garbled reports OF the INTEL
LdENCER had been sited by outside pa.
pers while they were being wired"
from the Register office? But there is no
need 10 waste time on little contradic-
ton like this.
What is it that han made "the Dir Of
heaven pregnant with uusavory, disreputa-
BILE and injurious stories about both the
Mayor and the city,? The Register Gays
it is the Counter charges against the
Mayor" and here the Register speaks
truly. Who brought those charges? The
Chief of Police, a! the instance of his bad
advisers, who saw no other way to save
him aud them than to assail pure and
honest man with charges which have
been raluted by their own witnesses. II
it isn't too much trouble we shall thank
the Register to say its ugly things about
those wicked people who deserve them.
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