The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-08-29
MANY MEN, MANY MINDS
Diverse Views of tho Presidents
Letter to CatchIngs.
Mr.. SPERRY WAKES SARCASTIC
Ho Doesn't 500 on What Ground tho
Democrats can Ask TO DO Continued
IN Power Longer-Chairman Bah.
oock TaIks-The .CommIttaI
Senators saint Got Nothin' to Say"

WASHINGTON. D. O., August 2s.-Eyery
senator seen to-day declined 70 say
word about the Presidents letter to
Representative Catchings, butthe men,
berS OF tho house were not 80 rOticent.
Representative sperry Dem, Conn.,,
who opposed tho Wilson bill, said: II
was In hopes the President would spare
his party tho inflIctiou Of another lCtter.
Tho tariff bill Ia distinctly party meas.
ure, and according to the Presidents
letter to Mr. Wilson It 10 measure per-
'meRted with pertidy aud dishonor. II
that Is correct | do not sse on what
ground tho Democratic party can ask
TO bo continued in power my
longer. 1t seema by the second latter
to Mr.. Catchings that tho tariff fight
must bo continued. This position must
be very disQnieting TO oil the business
interests OF the whole country. Tho
Democrats this fall arc placed on the
defensive by these two letters, first, In
defending policy Of perddy aud dis:
honor, and, second, by threatening all
tho business interests Of the country
with further attempts at tariff legislation.
at is to be hoped that tho President
will not write any moro cam paign docu-
,nents tor tho Republican party pend
ing tho coming election"
Representative johnson (Dem., Ohiol,
said: "The effect Of his failure to sign
the bill and writing letter will be to
intensity and continue tho Eight against
protection--not protection as he puts
II, but Democratic protection"
Representative Warner dem, N. .Y.l:
"The Presidents letter will meet with
unqualified approval from all true
frieuds OF revenue reform, especially on
the party policy there outlined and tho
programme OF aggressive action, drst
against trusta and then in favor o! FREQ
raw materials and in favor OF ovcry
other Democratic principle, to reach
tho fulhllment Of which tho ranks Of
tariff combination must frst be broken"
Representative MagIire (Dem., Cnl.(
~ consider the lettot very valuable
contribution to the Democratic litera.
turo OF the campaign, because it will
remove from the mind Of the people
generally the impression derived from
tho Presidents letter to Chairman
Wilson that tho tariff bill as amended
by the senate was regarded by bin aa
vicious aud Its enactment perldtous
and dishouorable,"
Hon. ]. W. Babcock, chairman Of tho
national Republican congressional COM
mittee was asked what ho thought ot
tho attitude OF tho President In refus-
ing to sign tho tariff bill. Mr.. BabcoCk
said: " confoas that have great
deal OF sympathy for the President in
the position in which ho finds himself.
He has been humiliated by his party,
and obligedIto giyo his consent tacitly to
the enactment Of law which is posi-.
lively against oil his convictions on tariff
legislation. l can readily appreciate tho
situation In which he is placed, he boinR
obliged to subordinate his feelings as
to what Ia right to tho behests OF the
trusts and corporations. The letter Of
the President to Mr.. Catchinga very
positively indicates the disappointment
he feels. It 10 pleasing to note that he
admits that be Ia not better than the
masses OF bis party. This Is something
the people have always contondcd was
the case heretofore. Now that MIR.
Cleveland haa mado this confession, !
trust that It will no longer be contendod
that ho Is superior to his party or to
tho people Of tho country.
II cannot help but look upon tho
letter Of the President as being an ex-
ccllent document for tho Republicans.
Tho tariff bill as passed. ia in line with
oil Democratic legislation and thor.
oughly bcars ont the expressed senti.
monts Of u prominent Democratic mem.
ber Of Congress, who said that tho
Democratic party could not originate
legislation; it was simply party Of
opposition. Tho senate bill is tho
result OF opposition to Republican
tariff measure. tits, as the President
says, full OF inconsistencies and crudi.
ties which ought not to appear In tariff
laws or laws OF any kind."