The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-07-20
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RANDOM NOTES.

EQUATOR Elklna nHa, within lup ph9t
three months, been credited with being
tho author OF no less than u dozen HOpa'
ratio and distinct presidential schemes
and combinations, breaking out in as
many different sections Of the country,
and each one tho only reliable plan Of
this great prslident,maksr for the con-
troll Of next years national Republican
convention. All thessl %Stories, too, arc
aside from the numerous AUTHENTIC
statements that Mr.. Elkins ia himself q
candidate. AZ zach one Of tho enter
prising takirs who has had positive in.
formation concerning tho plans OF
Senator EIkins has told his story, he
has been quoted by tho Democratic
presS, aud tho flake" accepted as al au'
IhOutic statement, just as though tho
same Democratic prcSa had not publish
cd only a week previous, and accent
cd as equally authentic, an entirely dll-
| ferent story emanRting from tho ferttfo
Imagination OF some other ent0rpriIing
ne Wspapss iakir. II Mr. Elkins occu'
pics as many different positions on the
presidential question, aud is tho parent
Of ne many different plans MS it would
seem that no ia, judging from the many
publications recently made, no is tho
most remarkable politician the world
has eyer produced, for he 10 going to
perform the wonderful feat Of nomlna'
ting a half dozen different national
tickets At the same convention aud
electing every one OF them, TO say moth.
ing Of his intention to throw himself
into the presidential chair along with
them for good measure.
- -.
Mr., ElkIns will undoubtedly DO some
what OF u factor IN the situation, and
why shouldn't no be2 There is no
wiser, safer political engineer in any
party than no, That Is why his friends
know that all tho publications about his
alleged plans ara false. He is too wise
u leader to DO guilty otaome OF tho ride
ulOus schemes laid at his door, and 30
safe that no Is not making presidents a
year in advance OF the nominating con-
vention, nor is he formulating pIaliorma
before the country is ready for them.
lie has said repeatedly. n"otwithstand-
Ing all reports to the contrary, that ho
has never declared his choice for tho
presidency; that 1t will DO time enough
to do that when tho proper time ar
rivos. Tho latest story regarding his
plans for a combination with Mckinley.
published on tho authority OF an IN
known "prominont Republican in
Washington, and sclssorod from a con
temporary by the Wheeling Register, is
as silly as tho rest Of them, In the
past tho party has always known where
to find Mr.. ElkinI at the proper time.
So it will DO In the future,
Our free trade friends arc grasping at
straws. Tho so.called Democratic tariff
law, which tho Democratic President de.
nounced a. a product OF party perldy
and dishunor, having proven an made
quute revenue measure, they arc seek.
ing Tor something that will pull them
out OF the hole in which they find them.
selves. A general increase Of wages in
tho protected NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. indus.
tries which, thanks to tho senate, were
not deprived altogether OF tho "uncon-
stitutional Republican protection ii
the atraw they are graspinR aud which
they expect will save them. But it
won't 40 1t. These increases arc in tho
protected industries, aud tho working
mon OF America arc not fools-they
have not forgotten that in the last Con.
gress tho men who made the assault on
our tariff System, from PreiidOnt Cleve.
land down, declared that the fight had
only begun; that 1t will be kept up
until the last yestige Of protection Is
wiped out. a question arises. II the
present tariff law is responsible Tor tho
revival Of business, and that same law
is, as Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Cleveland
and others declared, un.Democratic
and n violation Of party pledges,
a disgrnceful compromise with Ropub.
liCanism. where does tho vindication Of
Democratic principles como ih2 Demo
cratic principles have about as much to
do with the condition Of Affairs as tho
Cuban rebellion has to do with tho seal
fisheries in Alaska. The restoration oil
confidence which came with tho ovor.
WltlHllHg NoIulCb VI NlU hhlullSai
people in favor Of stopping tho assault
on our industrial system, had n great
deal to do with it. As to wages, they
arc being increased in tho protected in.
dustrics. but thoy arc yet a long ways
from the point from which they r
reduced with tho advent Of the Demo-
cratic panic. They must reach that
point before tho w]orkingmRn will DO
able to see how they are aS well of US
they we're undor ROpublicani'm.
There isn't much logic in tho Jubilee
our Democratic friends ara holding over
tho small advance in wool. How illopi.
cal It ia becoming IS very aptlY expressed
in a scrap from n Protcctioni't papOr,
which lquoto: Aa il always the case IN
a FREQ trade campaign, great promise
was made that, II tho duties wore tnkon
oil raw material, tho cost Of manufacture
could DO greatly reduced and lower
prices given. Tho article in which tic
greatest predictions OF all were made IN
this direction was wool. FREQ wool was
tho gront reform which was to give tho
American people cheap clothing. Tho
frat OIloCt Of Clcvoland's election ANA
tho lroU wool schedule In tho Wilson
bill was to cause American wool growers
10 force thur wool upon tho market NJ
rcckloHsly low aud, in many instances,
losing prices Tor fear Of being driven out
by foreign wool growers. Iloy follow.
cd this, rs In every ouch instance,