The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-16
RANDOM PoLIrIoAL NorGg.

Tho situation Of the national Democ.
racy since the tall elections has its hu,
morou, side. II you doubt this. road
the Democratic newspapers and note
the comments on the landslide, aud
the OK EXPLANATIONS given for il. They arc
az varied % tho colors IN tho kaleldo-
scope. II there arc two Democratic
editors In tho country who agree as 10
tho causes that brought about tho pros.
ent situation and tina elect the latter
will hRYe OH the future OF the party,
they nave not appeared in evidence,
Tho opinions range all the way from
that OF Henry WaItersou, who says that
1--WE have now no Democratic party at
al-merOly an agglOmerRlion OF quld-
ditles thrown together by tho up
honval OF tho mes"-down to the va
porinpa OF tho cuckoo" organ in
Wheeling, which accepted the defeat
with such bad grace tho morning alter
the election, as 10 refer TO tho natural
ant. usual street jubilatious oil tho vic
toriouS partisans as the "howling oil
mob" and has ever aincn
bocu in a spasm Of bad humor, pos.
sibly because it realizes that the days Of
q certain Gonsulship ara numbered, or
poasibly because It's editor isn't broad
minded enough to grasp tho situation.
Mr.. Watterson represents humorous
and fair.mindOd class OF democratic
editors developed By tho times who
look seriously on the position OF their
party and thoroughly, appreciate tho
logic OF events. They understand the
lOssons contained in the past three
years' elections, aud even II they refuse
to admit their wholOsomonOII, they
cannot blind themselves to their mean
ing-whiCh is, that the Democratic
party has been weighed 10 tho balance
aud iound'wantiug; that its donkoyi'm
has disguised the country, including Il
very large and respectable, contingent
OF the party itself. On the other hand,
tho Wheeling organ is OF tho class that
doesn't know when It IL whipped and
slubbornly refuses TO accept the verdict
OF tho people. 1t Il this class that fur.
nishes most Of tho humor Of the stu.
alton.
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An amusing picture presented by this
class OF party organs is tho contrast DO.
tween their attitudes before and after
election. Taking the organ in this city
for illustration, We have the anomaly oil II
newspaper that had not word to say,
before tho election, in favor OF the fight
which was Inad1 In Maryland aud Ohio
against Gormanism and Briceism, now
trying to comfort its disappointed con.
stituency with tho claim that Demo.
Gratis shotld rojoice over the dOtont Of
those two monsters. Such consolation
would DO received with more confidence
were II to como from a party paper that
had not lent its best effort to tho work
Of trying to- save German aud BriCO
from defeat; a paper that had not de-
nouncsd the Baltimore Sun for its indie.
pendent fight against boIsism, aud had
not contributed It's support to the Brics
candidates for the Quo legislature. 1t
ia very late in tho day for tho
Register TO adopt such n course.
Does II think its readers have
forgotten its attitude before election
day2 Does 1t mean that when II labor.
cd to show tho hopes oil Democratic sue.
cess in Maryland, aud congratulated the
party that West Virginia had sent some
Of her ablest Democratic leaders to that
statc to help In the campaign for Gor.
man, 1t was not sincere, aud all tho
tino was hoping for Republican sue.
cess? Such after election hypocrisy,
designed to con'olc thoughtless Demo.
Gratis in the hour OF defeat, is not dis.
gushing; 1t Is only amusing Such an
organ cannot hope to share the credit OF
tho accom- plishm0nt OF glorious vic.
tory with Democrats whom 1t denounced
a. traitors because they had the courage
to openly fight a corrupt leader. An.
olhor amusing thing in this connection
IL tho attention which these organs limo.
Gently direct to the fact that whenever
Democratic cuss-dnoss Is TO be rebuked
the reiormcrs Hre Obliged to use Repub.
lican material for tho purpose.
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Frank Democrats with whom havo
talked, arc FREQ to Admit that thoro is
much humbug and false protenSo in
the claims sot up by tho apolociStic
Cuckoo" organs OF tho administration,
and that nothing can obscure from tho
Democratic mind tho real signiGcunCc
OF tho fact that the American voter has
struck down tho Democratic party In
every state IN which he has had u
chance ut 1t since tho coming Of tho
Cleveland administration. Intelligent,
thoughtful non OF that party are not
blind to tho lessons cpptainGd In tho
elections Of '03, ~ and '0j, aud ovory
citizen knows full well what thoy moan,
II tho impolent administration aud itS
sorvilo newspaper organs DO not. Hero
II isin n nutshell IRON n Now York con.
temporary; "lho Democracy was beaten
with equal severity inNMG'RaChusOlls
and Ohio. In Now York and in Now
Jersey. Tho dominant isBtioa in lhcsu
states, like those IN Maryland aud Ken.
lucky, were tho broad issues Of national
policy. Voters werO sick OF tho hypO.
CriBy, tho inGompoLoncy aud tho
cowardly Iub'orvicnCot to foreign powers
which tho Cleveland administration
has constantly displayed, They wero
tired OF seeing British manufacturers
enriched NJ tho expense Of American
workinginpn. rlOy resented tho
tremendous loss aud suffering wanlonly