The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-22

in Championing the pottery clause Of
the Mills bill, and has Mt last endeayored
to use his personal influence in having
its unjust features eliminated. OF course
a frank, open avowal OF his change Of
heart, would have had better effect
than a secret trip to Washington. The
bold advocacy Of a principle through the
columns Of a newspaper often has
greater weight on the legislative mind
than a secret interview. In the first
instance the legislator is impressed by
the reflex Of public sentiment, while in
the latter case; he is apt to discern a col
ored gentleman in the wood-pile. lie
looks suspiciously on the editor who in
his newspaper champions measure
while privately he labors for its defeat
'Tnsincerity' is the term to be applied
to such action rather than "inconsist
ency."
Whatever may have been Genera
Manager Taney's motives, or the causes
that prompted his action, the INTELLE
aENcERis free to say that while at Wash
ington he was engaged in a good work
and that he ought not to grow angry be
cause the INTELLIGENCE made it public
A sincere man should not object to hay
ing his good deeds heralded, that other
may profit by hisexample. As, through
the INTELMGENcER's enterprising Wash
ington correspondent, the cat has beer
let out OF the bag, and it is no longer
secret that General Manager fancy hai
seen the error of his former position OF
some features of the Mills bill, the Regis
ter's readers will no doubt look for edito
rails containing more friendly senti
ment towards West virginia's importan
industries.
1t will be remembered that during
certain recent controversy, the Rcgiae
endorsed the pottery clause in the Mill
bill, and even unearthed an alleged pot
ter at East Liverpool to endorse its posi-
ton. On the 9th OF March the Regisie
published n general endorsement of tn
Mills bill, from which We extract the fol
lowing paragraphs. The italics are ours
"In the pottery industry, much i'm
portant raw material used in the manu-
facture is placed on the free list, notabl!
the foreign clays, which our home man
ufacturers are compelled to use to MAKE
a good article of pottery, and which nov
bears duty OF s. ton. Gentlemen en-
gagged in this industry assert that this NOR
than balances the reduction on The JintSilet
product, the protection on which in the
Mills bill is still from 40 to 45 per cent
The bill is acknowledged, By all unJidset
gentlemen interested in the industries men
TONED, to be an admirable and most cOnserE
airs measure which lCiN do nothing bl
gOod 10 this section. The statements, fol
purely political purposes, to the con
trary are vicious and wrong on THU
city. If they have any effect it must bt
harmful one to our industries and on
people"
General Manager fancy having (pri
vately, at lcast) repudiated the position
taken then, let him now join hand
with the INrELLIGENcER in tho cham
pionship OF other industries, OF no les:
Importance to the State, and which thu
Mills bill seeks to crush even more etIec
tually than it does the pottery interests
There are, forinstance, the wool industry
the humber industry, the salt industry
etc. Let General Manager fancy ant
his Register wrestle with Congressman
Wilson some more, but let them do it u
all true friends OF protection to Ameri
can labor and American industry-open
ly and above board, regardless OF party
platforms and party measures for thei
overthrow,