The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-08-04
Che Jntellige,,rer
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
Another scandal.


Senator Chaudler's resolution direct
Ing an investigation into the Organiza-
ton Of tho Dominion Coal company and
its connection with the placing OF coal
ON tho free lis. in tho Wilson bill. is
justified by tho repeated charges that
have been made concerning the matter.
1t is still fresh in tho minds Of the pub
lie that the demand for free coal came
originally from those interested in The
Whitney Nova Scotia coal syndt-
cate, and that few people be-
loved that such demand from
such source would DO considered. 1t
had always been held by the Demo-
cratic statesmen, including Mr.. Wilson,
TINT q duty on coal was simply reve.
nue. duty aud not Inconsistent with the
party's pledge of tariff reform. Every
other Democratic tariff bill had retained
the duty and the sentiment OF tho coun-
try was decidedly in its favor. In the
face Of these facts coal was placed upon
the FREQ list in the Wilson tariff BILL
and it was openly charged tina. 1t was
2 done in obedience 10 tho demand OF tho
Whitney syndicate, which is composed
Of tho Presidents political frionds aud
contributors to tho Democratic cain
paign fund.
However this may be. it wis certain
free coai was demanded by Mr.. Cleve-
land and his recent letter 10 Chairman
Wilson confirmed the belief Whether
1t was done purely in the interest OF tho
Whitney syndicate or not. II free coal Is
adopted, or if even the reduced duty
provided for in the senate bill is adopt
ed, the Nova Scotia combination will
reap large benefit from 1t.
An official document published by
President CIcveland's own adlninistra-
tion-thu annual report OF tho United
States geological survey, dated on Sop
TENDER 50 last-contaius tho following
significant paragraph:
II NAV be noted MS u ilct OF some Interest that
tie impuTlS vi coal int lNStOn) from Nova SEQ.
tia, ncVcl 80 lnrIu, have aiGn on steadily, nntll
Inst year there was NrAritrHily none received ~
tlItS pnInt Now. however. TINT the tape irel0I!
county coal fields nave passed INTO tue hAhus VI
Mr. William G Whitney Ind MS associates, new
and improved machinery viii b. employed,
both increasing tho output ana Eclnc'ns tue
cost OF mining ICI TN over the primitive meth
Ods hitherto employed aud II lSeNnrctCl TINT,
nNn result mOri OF thIN coal will eventually Nnd
its way into this market In composition with
tho product from Pennsylvania mines
This was written alta time when 1t
was not regarded US probable that coal
would DO placed gu the free list. II,
with q duty of Is cents per ton on coal,
the Whitney syndicate, according to
this official report, hoped to compete
with tho Pennsylvania and West Vir-
ginIu product in the east, how much
better will it be- for it to control that
Inarket under the Accent tariff which 1t
is now probable will be adopted?
Tho feeling is growing upon tho coun-
try that tho free coal feature of tho
Wilson bill was adopted in the inter.
est OF tho Dominion company; that
when it reached tho senate and met
there tho opposition from tho Mary
land and West Virginia senators,
tho forty cent duty was fixed
by tho finance committee us a
compromise between the demand
OF the Whitney agents aud the kicking
senators. Mr.. Chambers resolution
contemplntOs II thorough Investigation
OF tho matter with view to getting at
tho bottom facts.
Tho scandals that have followed in
tho train Of the tarilFb bill from the DO.
ginning to the present arc enough to
condemn it in tho eyes Of tho people,
and they aro beginning to understand
that the peculiar brand Of thrill reform
which tho Democratic statesmen arc
wrangling over at Washington is in
reality gigantic bnuco scheme