The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-12-14


that hearing which the state Is entitled
10 command by reason OF her peculiar
position, Without such harmony what
| possible influence could she WELD In
bringing about any sort OF situation
| that would result to her advantage or
to the advantage of her honorrd cltl-
zens2
The Charleston Daily Gazette, which
Is the leading Democratic organ in the
southern tier OF counties. isn't "cuc-
koo" by any means, and occasionally
has n word to say which demonstrates
| that 1t doesn't wear Cleveland collar
| A day or two since 1t gave striking
exhibition OF its desire to be honest, by
| taking the Wheeling Register to task
for very ill-adyised paragraph. The
| Register said: Some Republican edl-
tors are indignant because President
| Cleveland has gone duck shooting, 1t
| n good thing that MIR Cleveland does
not allow the troubles OF these long
cared gentlemen to bother him." This
remarkably lmnudent denial Of the
right Of a free press to crlticlse the In
| difference OF the President Of
tho United States toward the
| public business ut critical period In
| lnt nlNlIuN bl lllt IflluNllNt RAbAbHN WV
tho following rehuke from the Demo-
cratlc Gazette: ut Is TO be hoped that
the time may never come In this count
try when Democratic newspapers VIII
fear 10 Criticlsc the actions Of puollc
| officials even In It's own party, when II
honestly believed that 1t deserved u.
and II must be left for the cuckoo
papers whose editors or proprielOrs
hold profitable positions under the ad-
mlnlstration IN power, To be afraid TO
think u thought or pen line lest they
lose their Jobs Democracy teaches
free and Independent people 70 eS-
press their views ut oil times and under
all circumstances"
The rebuke 70 pointed rs well as de-
served. The Register seems TO regard
It as nobody's business that the Presi'
dent should be away from his post OF
duty az q time when the affairs OF state
demand his presence In Washington.
Hut II Is somebody's business; II IL the
business OF the people Though blinded
by the obligation for favors received,
even the Register, II II II broad enough
I'm its alleged mind, must understand
that Grover Cleveland Is n public SER
want and not ruler who can nnord 10
snap his fingers ut the criticisms OF his
conduct which are being INDUCED IN
from one end OF the country TO the
other. These ccnsurcs are not confined
to the Republican press. Democratic
papers OF high standing ure very bitter
in their dcnunciatlon Of the Indifference
OF the President TO the demands Of the
public business. The New York World
and other Democratic papers are not
mlnclng words about the matter. After
OnumcratinE the pressing needs OF the
presence OF the executive In Washing
Ton, the World recently said;
yet at this crisis the President has
gone on duck-shootlng for week or
two. The fact is not encouraging TO
those who concern themselves for the
public welfare"
MY reference to the MOrgantown New
DominIons boom for Col. Clarence i.
Smith for the Democratic nomination
for governor II appreciated by that
paper. for II heartily agrees with me In
the statement that Colonel Smith Is not
n man who would allow himself TO be
controlled In the event OF his election,
and that he would wear the collar OF no
faction or party. Hut the Dominion
says that Is the very reason II advocates
tbs coloncl'B nomination. II ndmires a
man who does his own thinking. Edi-
tor Fleming Is sincere in this, but the
polnt | sought to make was that these
very virtues Of Colonel Smith would
prevent the Democratic convention
from taking kindly TO him. Judging
from the tone OF u majority OF the Dem
ocratic papers In the state there Is no
use for a man who Is not subScrvient
TO the Democratic Idea that a governor
must ignore the fact that he Is the chief
executive OF the whole statc-the ser
want Of the whole pcople-and be simply
the tool Of the PARTY that placed him
in power. That has been the expert
ence OF the present Democratic COVER
nor. He IL being read out OF the party
because he darcs to occasionally do
some thinking on his own account and
fails TO let the would-be bourbon bosses
think for him. AS hhve Eaid before,
he doesn't always think right; he has
made some serious hlundcrs, but the
bourbons are down on him because he
doesn't make more. They viii take
care that their next candidate u one OF
tho arrvlle kind. Colonel Smith " not
that sort Of man, and Brother Flcn-
ing. Of the New Dominion. n he In frank.
viii acknowledge that this fact would
weakened hlrn-not with thcproEreSslve
element to which Brother Fleming be-
longs, however