The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-04-12

any OF his popularity there. He has
made q digniiied and able presiding
officer OF the senate and is a nan in
whom the country would have great
confidence should anything occur to
mako it necessary for him to assume
the duties OF the presidential office.
THE New York 4drertiser advises the
Republicans to nominate a man who
can defeat Cleveland with absolute
ease" and names Robert 4. Lincoln as
the only man who can fill thebill. The
.Adrcrtiser forgets hat ono Benjamin
Harrison has demonstrated once. that
he is a stronger man than Cleveland,
and that he has steadily gained in pub
lie favor since then b ygiving us a%clean,
able, upright, patriotic administration.
THE New York Independent, the well
known religious journal, in discussing
the creditable characteristics OF Prcsi-
dent Harrison's administration, sum,
them ali UP in the following sentence:
Able. efficient, clean safe md patriotic. the
administration OF President Harrison challenges
comparison with any that have preceded 1t.
That is it, exactly. During the COM
ing campaign the enemy will be pu: to
their wits end to find something about
the administration to criticise.
THIS remarkable declaration is from
the Charleston South Carolinaj Neps
and Courier: 1--WE never will have a
union in truth until the Republican
party ceases to be an important factor
in it." After this bold assertion we
would not be surprised to see the Neus
and Courier, and other organs of the late
confederacy, claiming that it was the
Republican party that attempted to de-
stroy the Union ii .dlsea.T::i: !.
BECAUSE two pension office clerks de-
clined to say whether one had borrowed
money from the other, they swearing
that the transaction was purely private
and in no wise. connected with their
official duties, the Raum investigating
committee asks the house to request
the commissioner to discharge them
from public employ. Just what the
committee expects to gain by this,petty
action does not appear. ,zI4 i
|Ss
IL the celebration OF the opening
of her new encaustic tile works
GAINESVILLE gives Wheeling an ex-
ample OF wide-awake enterprise which
she might profit by; but n proposed
celebration OF the inauguration OF i'm
proyements costing millions where that
cost thousandsis here killed by GOODNESS.
Wheeling ought towakc up.
WEBSTER COUNTY Republicans are
made Of the right sort OF stuff. The
odds arc against them in the county,
but they are starting of in the cam
paign in way that ought to inspire
enthusiasm in the party throughout
the state. Their resolutions, published
in this mornings INr~ELLIGEScER, have
the ring OF true metal in them.
FoE the Register to say it isn't in favor
OF tho Republican silver dollar"
Though it fails to give a good reason for
its position does not answer the point.
blank question as to whether or not it is
nfayor Of thefree and unlimited coinage
Of the silver dollar. Is it waiting % see
how the party bosses in West Virginia
stand on tho question:
SECRETARY STAHroS's memory needed
no defense at the hands OF George G.
Gorham, since NJ one attacked it. Sem
ator Sherman's remarks did not reflect
upon the great war secretary in any
way. 1t does seem that Mr.. Gorham
was quick to grasp IN opportunity to
advertise his forthcoming Life OF Stan
ton.
THE Register can't have an affair with
tho 1SrELLlGENcER over the low priced
wool clothing for sale in Wheeling. It's
affair is with the dealers who offer that
clothing for sale, and back the character
of their goods with their regulations.
This is the fix the Register is in at this
writing.
TIE spring floods in the west arc
more than usually severe. Happily the
Ohio Valley has escaped SO far this
year. and there is reason to believe it
will escape altogether, as there are no
heavy SHOWS in the interior to 90 of.
TwESTY-slx tin plate factories are now
running in this country with an annual
capacity OF 2,s50,OQo boxes. a year ago
our Democratic friends were telling us
that tin plate could not be made in the
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