The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-08-17
plrndinc tlln Baby Act.

On Tuesday last the following edt-
torial paragraph appeared in the
Regiasr:
We now have FREQ sugar. free coal and free
lion ore THIS ought to satisfy tue lodAtInH ne
publicans who have been lond ~ tbesL Sla' Ii
that Democratic Congress failed 10 tnInIl Us
promises.
On Wednesday the 1STELLlGEScER
called public attention to this striking
manifestation Of donsc ignorance oa
the part Of the Regiaer. 10 escape from
the dilemma in which it had placed
itself tho Register yesterday trumped up
the following excuse:
Tho ISrELLIGESCER lights on typographical
error In tho RSgis'cF aud makes II the subject Of
hall column editorial. ThlS Is not surpFlMnH
when II Is considered that the Arguments OF tue
lSIElI.iGEECEG usually have no mdrC substantial
foundation. 1t has holy horror OF facts When
II makes tho ally statement that tho RegtHer
doesn't know that the FREE coal and FREQ sugar
bills have not yet become laws It Is slmhIy onnk-
Ing on the ignorance OF Its rcHio which Is M
insult that cauuOt DO too hastily rebukcu'
The idea Of typographical error as
an excuse for such bluuder ia about
the poorest and thinness specimen OF
All excuse thatwe have seen. even in the
Register, for many day. viii onr e'-
teemed neighbor show US precisely
where tho typographical error comes
in as an explanation Of tho assertion
that I've now have FREQ sugar, free coal
and free iron ore." Tho word 'Jree" lie
repeated three times. Did the com.
positor take this thrce-fold liberty with
tho EDITORS manuscript, aud did tho
editor omit to SEQ tho error in tue
proof?
Granting that all this could have oc-
Cured, why was it that no explanation
from the editor to his readers followed
on Wednesday? We havo heard OF ono
reader who was entirely mislead by tho
statement into an assertion Of the truth
of tho register, paragraph. and who
really beloved that sugar, coal and ore
had gone on tho FREQ list after all. Now,
surely, tho RegisLer perceived this ro-
markable error in Its columns on tho
morning OF its appearance, and surely
the editor had twenty.four hours in
which to correct 1t. Why did he not
correct it on Wednesday? Why did no
wait until tho 1srELL,dEScER had callol
public attention to it before proceeding
to thus excuse himself ut the expense
OF tho compositor9
What makes this excuse so much oil
an additional strain on credulity is tho
fact that tho RegiSter refers to the Chi
cago platform OF the Democratic party,
that declared, in advance, for tho VIII
son bill, and thus conveys to its readers
the idea that, in harmony with the
platform, the party in Congress had
given tho country Stree sugar, FREQ coal
and free iron oro," and thereby fully
redeemed Its pledge to that effect.
Now wc fail to SEQ how tho compost
Tor could have gone SO far out Of his way
Ms to support tho statement that augar,
coal and orc are now on the free list with
tho intimation that this was done in
pursuance OF a previous promise Of the
party to that effect. This would be n
most singular typographical error in.
decd. We therefore suggest to, the
Register 10 rive Us fac similo rcprOduc.
ton of tho manuscript Of that remarka.
bic paragraph.