The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-02
5THB OHIO SHNATORSHIP,
The The Democratic 9. .,,ss tis Opposition to
:',,y:l! BcOdler a Brice s Increasing.
AN INTERESTING EDITORIAL
From Ono of tho Leading Demo.
& cratic Papers In tho Country. u
Complications that will En-. n
barrass tho Democracy.

against Boodler Brice. II publishes The
following interesting editorial regarding
the Cleveland protest: :'5ilG
"The honest Democrats OF Ohio pro,
test against the election of Calvin S.
Brice as Senator from Ohio. The Cleve,
land Committee Of Fifteen Is composed
OF some Of the ablest and best respected
Democrats OF the State. Their opposi.
tion 10 Brice is based on tho Democratic
shibboleth Of home rule, and they pro.
test against making the recent Demo-
cratic victory the means OF reinforcing
the already powerful array OF railroad
maguates and money kings In the
United States Senate. They truly say
that from such u betrayal may be ex-
pected the swell.deserved vengeance that
will remit the party to defeat for m in.
definite period TO come. - :'-;
! 'rThis Is aimed at MIR. Brice. He can
succeed in: bis efforts to obtain the Sen.
atorship only by the acts and means
which these honest Democrats indig-
nantly describe. He will 20 to the
Senate as a Money King against the
wishes Of his party. He will go US a
man. He can take no com.
fort or derive no 2honor from his eleva.
ton. because there will always be ring.
ing in his ears the truthful assertion Of
better and abler Democrats than he
that his election was a betrayal OF
plighted faith'-of his party's plighted
faith. Il q =. q e
"He cannot, should he reach the Sen.
ate, rise above his disgrace because be
is not statesman, thinker nor an ora
tor. He cannot cover up the baseness
Of his device by public services because
he has not the ability to render such SER
vices. II Mr.. Brice goes to the Senate
against this eloquent and-angry protest
the faint Of his election will always cling
to him. s I! 5iFi
x ~; THE WASHINGTON END.
In this connection the following dis.
patch from Washington is published:
The news from Ohio has been much
here, and It's entirely within
the record to say that the Cleveland
protest against the election Of Mr. %Brice
as Senator meets With Q warm indorse.
ment among the representative. nen OF
both parties. The Democrats. naturally
are the most interested. The welfare OF
the party, not only TO the extent Of u
full utilization Of the. recent victory in
Ohio, but in the sense that the party
cannot afford to err again in the direc-
ton and pEler the influence OF Doodle,
calls, rs they view the matter, for a man
Of very different type from. the amia-
bic. gentleman who operates as q nnau.
cieF in the money exchanges OF New
York. Even the Republicans who, for
their own advantage, hope to sec Mr..
Brice win, confess in private that he is
not the proper man for the place aud
that bis election would be a mistake for
his party from whatever standpoint con.
sillered. These sentiments one hears
from men who put q high estimate on
Mr.. Brice as I money getteF and WHO
appreciate his activity in political cir
cles. q - -, !. Y VIZ K 81
.,:.s73 TWO OPINIONS.
\ The Ohio men, as a rule, have gone
home to spend the holidays, but those
who remain here aerp f9pnd by the
correspondent and questioned ,as to the
situation in Ohio. Congressman Butter.
worth was nj home wrestling with la
grippe He said between coughs and
sneeZeS: ~ .ssa;'! s;s5s5ssy7 q va
e 1T is difficult to tel what, oIr Demo-
cratic friends will DO about the Senator.
ship. TIE problem is undoubtedly one
OF peril for them, solYe it as they may.
[ cont know much about s;r. Rrice,
bnt itE'a topIysfair and just 10 say that
his name does not instantly suggest it.
self'to one considering the seHatorship
as II prize to be bestowed upon a man
oftereat qualifications and experience
in public afairs. The;Democratic party
OF Ohio cannot excuse itself on : the
score o. want Of proper and very ex:
cellent material. I'd William S.. Graves
beck, Samuel F. Hunt, iay:ence I,
Neal, Virgil ?. Kline, John 4. McMahon
aud G, ". Baker are oil possessed ol
splendid ability and tie olsctiop Of
any one OF them rs Senator would be
an act Of which the Democratic patty
might be proud and from which il
would be justified in expecting most
beneficial results, both at home mud
throughout the, country. 1t would be
tho proclamation: OF a return to better
things and ringing challenge to Repub
licans to regain and keep the same high
ground in party leadefsbip.ii Hs
Major Mckinley said that he knew ab
solutely nothing about the Democratic
situation, but had assumed from what ht
had casually beard that Brice would win
As to the mention Of his oyn name ir
connection with the compliment OF tht
Republican vote for Senator, ha said
81 have not occupied myself at oil abou
that. To seek q. compliment OF tha
kind to deprive it Of its character o
compliment. s On the other hand an ex
preston Of preference Of that kind CON
ing to one unsolicited is, Of course, a very
high compliment and one which any
man would appreciate. si,;Ss i
M'LEAN a CANDIDATE. "a
The very great interes. taken in tn,
Ohio situation has produced "a crop o
rumors here, not the least plausible o
WHICH is that which ascribe5 to John :
Mclean feeling OF some pleasure at tht
embarrassments with which Mr. Rrice
Is now contending. 1t Is not aasu met
that Mr.. Mclean is himself now covert
~ candidate for Senator, or that he i'm
AGNES that his own election could bl
brought about this time in any event
With clearer knowledge sof Sthe fielt
than bis New York rival possessed, and
with: far more practical experience in
the practical politics of Ohio,t he 4 Il
accredited with the shrewdness OF see
ing ( at the outset that this was not the
proper time forE a Smillionaire to pres.
his smclaims" without being subjected t.
tho humiliation { Of mn exact appraise
ment OF This force and spelsanaiity.s
was a matter, OF wonder to some peopl,
when the campaign opened that Mr.
Mclean should be so 4 backward. al
| rich as 8 Mr.. Brice and equally. as am
bilious, enjoying the reputation OF hav
ing assisted ins the humiliation OF Nh
Pendletone and the elevation ] Of / Nh
Payne, and with a$newspaper under, hi
control it seemed : strange that he di,
not st once put in his bid for the place
His course Ia explained as Z first stated
He thought it an of iyear. for million
aires as Senatorship.hunters, and titEi
said iheEsees s in I the cords tightenin
around Mr.. Erice now a confirmation Q
bhia cool iudpmnnt. 3 E ~ n On, f3i,i Z G.