The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-23

others. Senator Faulkner Is likely TO
try a tilt before the tourney 10 over
Democrats in the senate who have done
the best they could to mako real Dem.
ocratie tariff bill know why that was
impossible. and resent bitterly the
Presidents charge that they have been
false to the party. They say that the
President should have Disseminated,
Instead Of denounclng them all as perfd.
ious traitors. So itcomes about that no
epithetis too strong to hurl At the
man who has kicked up all this bob
berry. They are not lasaociating him
with clover any more. Most OF them
arc trying TO make his name rhyme
with a swear word with one harsh syl-
liable. "Grover Cleveland couldn't get
the Democratic nomination to-day for
referee in a rat fight" said democrat
In little group composed mostly oil
men Of the Democratic faith; and there
was s general assent To this view OF the
President's party standing. The idea
is that he has recklesSly split the party
wide open, and that the Republicans
will march 10 through tho rift In the
Democratic ranks. In short, from the
Democratic point OF view, the President
has made q bas situation worse.
1tdoes not escape attention that tho
Presidents policy has tender regard for
the Whitney coal syndicate and the gu.
gar trustGfree coal to give tho syndi.
cate chance in the American market
for tho Nova Scotia product, protected
sugar to enable the sugar trust to keep
up Its enormous profits. Tho Whitney
crowd and the sugae crowd both laid
the Democratic campaign managers
under obligation in 1892, and in each
case the psomisoEy note reads, "fer
value received" There 10 in tho letter
q great deal Of fub.dub about "axed
and conscientious principles" with re-
gard TO sugar, and the President admits
that It Is "a delicate subject" but oil tho
whole there. must DO federation and
Cancellation" in the sugar matter.
Tolerate what? ConciIiate whom? Tol.
crate protected sugar to conciliate the
sugar trust No occasion to tolerate
protected coal to conCiliate the men
who win their bread from tho mines.
Here tho Whitney syndicate must get
tho Cancellation. Nor Is there to DO
federation" and Cancellation" for the
wool growers-they must take their
chances against tho world. RepnbIt'
cans have reason TO thank the President
for cracking the lash as he has and
when hc did. It helps on tho advanc-
ing cause Of Republicanism.
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The only entirely happy Democrat in
Washington is David b. Hill. The day
Of his yindication has come. Ills hates
Cleveland, Cleveland despises him. he
voted against the senate tariff bill and
Cleveland, denouncing it as party
perfldyiand party dishonor," urges the
house 10 stand against that measure to
the last Here Cleveland and Hill
atand together. It is a. remarkable
conjunction. The opposition Of zach Is
based on di0erent grounds, but both
are doing their best 10 defeat the senate
measure! Hill seized as a hungry dog
docs u bone the opportunity to agree
with tile President while he drew aud
Quartered him for the time and man
ner Of putting on the screws. Hills
ieft.hnndod defense nf Cleveland
will take high rank as political deviltry.
Tho manner Of tho defense, tho signItl'
cant tones, tho flash OF tho eye, the
"gho6lisli CLEO" OF tho speaker cannot
be caught. by tho Congressional Record,
but enough has gone into that publica'
ton to show that David b. Hill was
| filled witlIa ilnndisl delight 10 which
hc gave FREQ rein. There was no at
tempt TO conceal the malicious satisfac'
ton with which he greeted tho monu'
! mental biund0r OF tho party chief whom
no has been striving to unIIorse. When
Hill began on the tariff bill he thought
Ito could command tho voteS to defeat
it. The other sidc attacked his forces
in detail. They caught his own cole
ague with collars and cutis. They
caught tho Louisiana senators with
sugar They caught the coat senators
| with coal, tho iron senators with iron.
So 1t went until Hill was left alone In
tho eenate. To-day Grover Cleveland
stands with him and ju,tifics Ills oppo.
sitIoa. Il has been many day aiace
there was anything 40 remarkable on
the personal aldo Of politics.
Insked a Democratic senator for his
forecast OF the weather. "The house
will rpcede," he said. "&'itl. very few
alterations, none Of them vital, tho bill
that will be passed will be the bill as II
left tho senate. JhOre will DO CAUCUS
and that will scttlc it. Tho Democrats
| Of tho house are not 80 welded to thu
house bill rs you may suppose. Many
Of them like the senate measure much
better, aud in. the intercts OF harmony
and to pass q bill can with good grace
give tholr votes in caucus in favor Of the
senate. There arc, moreover. nombers
OF tho house who resent as much as aen'
ators do the Presidents attempt to boss
US all, aud tho house is keen enough TO
soc the bal politics Of tho thing. There
10 soinc. OF this talk on tho house
side, but l had no opportunity
to see how far II. reacheg:i |
did, however, have opportunity to hear
a good deal OF house criticism about
holding back for seventeen days letter
carefully written for publication and
which might never have been given to
the public II tho President had taken
counsel Of men who are better poIitici.
ans tldn Chairman Wilson. There arc
mon who think they have been badly
treated by tho choice Of Mr.. Wilson as
the sole repository Of this important
party secret. Mr.. Wilson lns no rank
"a u politician, and tho Democrats who
complain arc conceded to have some
knowledge OF practical politics. "Ho
consulted exclusively with sick man"
said ono indignant mombcr, "and now