Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-04-29

this country upon general subjects He
differs from Dana, whose short editor
ials are models Of style, in that be does
not write short editorials. But his long
scholarly leaders are masterpieces In
their way as becomes the works OF
man who has written history OF Greece
and holds that strength and beauty may
90 tOgether-as the Greek sculptors
held.
The MugWump editor has brains be-
yond any question, but he has another
quality that some men have not credited
him with, and that is pluck. l have
never known him 10 back down once a
fight was on, and he has been more or
less annoyed by men who have fallen
under the lash OF his criticism. But so
far as / can judge. the man acts as he
thinks be should act, and threats do
not move him. He was called TO an &C
count by a grand jury in New York
some years ago for some things
he had written. he did nothing except
70 prove that one Of the grand jury
men had been continuously connected
with disreputable houses in the city OF
New York. On another occasion he
was arrested on Sunday morning and
taken TO q station house as a common
criminal because OF something be had
written. There was a warrant. and the
shallow headed officer who served
il selected Sunday morning as the
best time to drag the editor to
az account. or course, the whole
thing ended in nothing. No jury that
could have been empanelled would have
found the editor guilty OF the charge
brought against him, and no honest
newspaper could endorse the act OF
the policeman. Mr.. Godkin was not
unduly angry because of the treat
ment. He merely pushed along with
trife more speed the circulation
Of a pamphlet In which the sins
OF some Of New YoIk's politicians
were set forth with pointed truth and
remarkable energy. There were more
threats. They had as we'll been directed
against a strong northwest wind. And
so the battle has gone on. Yet Mr..
Godkin is a fair general. have some
times imagined and il seems that way,
that he is one OF those rare persons who
can deal with a man in the abstract,
strike balance OF hand and yet with
rare deftness.
That Mr.. Godkln is fair I do not
doubt There is probably no man in
public life whom Mr.. Godkin dislikes as
much as be does Senator David y. Hill,
whom he has always denounced as
political gamester without conscience,
and with only that dexterlty that in
politics may win just as IL wins In the
- - nd
Especially Indignant was he when Mr..
Hill was elected TO the United States
Senate, and yet when Senator Hill
showed in a very short time that be was
strong enough 70 lead some OF the lead
ers in the upper house, when he made
one or two speeches in the Senate that
will not be soon forgotten, Editor God
kin gave full credit to the man whom
be does not admire. He was not small
enough TO impute false methods to the
Senator from New York State as some
lesser men did.
Mr.. Godkin has shown that he can
see the two sides of the question, even
more recently. There used 10 be wagers
that be would never denounce any
thing done by President Cleveland,
whom he has supported in all his cam
paigns, rut in the matter OF Hawaii
Mr.. Godkin has broken the record, as
indeed he has doue before in such cases
as the nomination 70 the Italian embas-
sadorship. As for the rest Mr.. Godkin
is conscientious man trying TO do his
duty by himself and other men, some
times falling as men will, but really
none the worse for that in the eyes OF
sensible persons.