The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-05-18

waEELlNG, ". va, MAY 49, 1856
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We like to accommodate our friends oil
whatever party, aud 50 We do acconno-
date "a Democrat" by printing his COM
muRlcation, but he will pardon I'd II we
do NOT 20 the length OF agreeing with him
IN all that he says, In the first place the
tone of his article is not admirable de
ia wautonly and extensively personal to
meu Of his own party, who are, OF course
man to criticism aud often deserve 1t, but
who are entitled to their own views and
some latitude in their selections OF men,
II we had been asked to pick out a cow
ard We should not have hit upon Senator
Kepua. ASS youth he served CALAMITY in
the Confederate army, In the celebrated
ree.for.all on Wheeling Island, when the
forces OF the State Administration were ar
rsyed against him, thirsting for blood, he
bore himself like anything but a coward
though heNwent down with his followers
overwhelmed by a resistlessttde,
Ilnow no besitates to lead a hopeless
campaign, it may be that prudence, not
cowardice, holds him back, And II the
campaign Ia hopeless, 10 not that rather
the fault Of the party leaders who lead,
rather than the fault Of n young man
who has reached great prominence but has
had little II any show nshaplng the party
pollcy2 II Senator Kenna declines to be
placed where his name would be most
heard amid tho groans Of the routed-all
IN account oil the b"ullheadedness OF the
party leaders-it will increase the public
estimate oil his good seuae. He may pre-
fer 10 serve in a subordinate capacity and
let somebody lead who has helped to
disable the Democratic party for service
in the arena OF National politics.
The Senators from West Virginia stand
in q peculiar position. They have not
been permitted to take part in the policy
Of their party at home. Here the ship
has been manned and commanded by
State Administrations intensely hostile TO
them When they have raised their
voices against the policy oil State Admin
istratlon they have been howled down.
When they have Couched their lances to
ride against the men.atarms Of Estate
Administration, they have been ridden
down and unhorEed.
In the National councils oil the party
they have Jared little better. They are,
II Is true, on good terms at the White
House; but the President has %endeaVored
to make a show oil following out a course
determined for him by men who are not
Democrats, though they supported himbe.
cause Of their r~anCourous hatred Of Blaine.
In Congress the extreme free traders rule
the roast, and II Camden and Kenna want
to stand by their country and their State
they must fall in with Republicans and
bring up in the rear. These things being
true, how can Senator Kenna be blamed
II he prefers that the honor of leadership
and probable defeat in the coming cam
paign shall 60 to someone elseH
It is quite natural for the friends OF the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue to feel
a pride in his advancement and to desire
to put him further forward, But in this
big country there is room for Mr.. Mil
Ter and Senator Kenna without Crowding,
and what is the use Of squeezing them to-
gsther in close QuartetsP