The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-19

aPlan Which VIII Result in Great
Good to tho American Farmer.
Special Dtpu!rh 10 the In.eiliOmce.
WASHINGTON, D. G., Dec. lS.-Public
attention was to-day attracted to the
vehement and malicious assault upon
Steven B. Elkins in tho Muswump and
Democratic New York City newspapers.
They charge Mr.. Elkins with being one
OF the chief conspirators in the star
route business during the Dorsey-Brady
days, and with being deep into the seal
fisheries and Peruvian guano job. The
newspapers which have attacked the
character and reputation OF Mr.. Elkins
are tho same ones which pounded upon
President Garfield during lis stormy
days in Congress and in the White
House, and those which charged
General Grant with all sorts OF moral,
social and political crimes. They arc
the same ones that have maligned the
Sherman brothers and heapcd disre-
puto on Gen. Sheridan and nearly all
tho great heroes OF tho war. Public
and private citizens who are conversant
with the careers Of these newspapers
have come to regard their assaults upon
public men rs the best possible certiii-
cato OF good character. The fact is,
Steven 3. Elkins never had anything to
do with the star route business, except
to earnestly endorse and recommend
the expedition OF mails in New Mexico,
where he was at tho time.
1t will be remembered by those who
watched the course OF the Star route
trial that in every instance where
Elkins had left his endorsement no ques-
ton OF honesty was raised. Mr.. Elkins
has never had anything to do with seal
turs or the guano business, SO far as his
friends here know.
HAPPY WEST v1RG1NIANs.
The West Virginians in Washington
have been in high glec all day. They
have hardly recovered from the sur
prise over the appointments OF General
Goff and Mr.. Elkins. 1t is hard to tell
which OF the two the West Virginians
irll tho happies: over. There were
quito o gathering in Commissioner
Mason's Office this morning, all discuss
ing the prominence given their state
during the past two days. The United
States court people came down from
Martinsburg this morning, and added
10 the number of visitors i'll town.
Among them were Marshal White, Dis
trict Attorney Sturgiss, ex-Rcprcsentn-
tives Smith and Atkinson, Stark Baker, OF
Randolph county, Sam uooton, OF Graf
ton, and others. They will remain here
till tomorrow.
"TlIE HARMONY OF HELL"
Indications OF the beautiful" har-
mony.which will exist between the two
wings OF the Democratic party in the
house OF representatives this session
are already beginning to crop out. The
Mills-Crisp fight will leave scars that
cannot bo healed in tho Congress. 1t
is the same old story, how the free
trade wing in Congress, four years ago,
fought Mr. Randall and his few protoc-
tion friends just rs bitterly and even
more vindictiyely than they fought the
Republican party. This same malice
Is now cropping out again, and Mis-
souri, member Il few days ago, who had
supported Mills and therefore considers
himself one OF tho "outs," said: "You
will sec the harmony of hell here this
session. We have old scores to settle
and wo will settle them. All we want
is some OF tho Crisp men to show us
what they most desire, and what will
do them good in their districts and We
will make it tho business OF our lives to
SEQ they don't get it. We don't bother
ourselves about tho few Republicans
who are here, but we have sharpened
our knives for certain gentlemen, who
tool; part in the NTills-Crisp campaign,
and before this Congress is over we
will get even with them.'
WILL run UP AGAINST TIE M'KINLEY BILL.
There is going to be great deal OF
opposition from unexpected quarters to
the Crisp plan OF attacking tho tariff
law by specific bills, and it will spring
from the development OF industries
under tho operation OF the Mckinley
act. One OF the bills Mr.. Crisp has con-
iidcntly expected to pass with q whirl
through both houses places binding
twinc OH tho Tree list. The idea is that
no ono would dare TO vote against this
proposition because it is in the interest
OF the farmers. Senator Mandcrson, OF
Nebraska, received notice to-day from
his state that an earnest protest would
be made against tho free binding twine
bill, because factories for the manufac-
turc OF that article were being estab-
llshed in Nebraska and would, within 4
year or two, supply the entire country
at less price than is at present paid.
One factory at Fremont, Ncb., he was
informed, would this year manufacture
moro than two million pounds from
hemp grown in the Plato river valley,
TWAS proposed to establish another
enormous factory at Omaha. The sta
tist!cian at tho capital OF tho state
has informed Senator Mandcrson that
but another year is necessary 10 not
only enable the binding twlne industry
IN this country to stand upon its feet, but
tomake its children walk and compete
with the world. A half dozen iactorles
are expected to snring up in Nebraska,
Kansas and Minnesota next Year,
This announcement will bc q great
surprise and disappointment to tho tar.
iiFtinkcrcrs in the house, as they fully
expected tho representatives from the
statcs named to carry. the free binding
twino bill through tho senate. It will
bc found, upon investigation, it is pre-
d'cted;. that SO many industries have