The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-19
REPLY TO CHANDLER
General Grosvcnor Comes to the
Defense OF Mckinley.
SENATOR CHANDELIERS CHARGE
orMoney Ielng Used In Mckinley. In-
terest-They arc Mere Recurrence or
Periodical Outbreaks Against Successful
Candidates - General Gro,venor Says
Some Very Tart Things.

members OF both sides OF the capitol
yesterday was the Interview with Sena-
tor Chandler. which appeared In yester-
day mornings Post. In this interview
Mr.. Chandler made some remarks about
the use OF money by the Mckinley man
ayers in the preliminary campaign for
the apparent purpose OF making the
nomination an assured thing.
The straight out demand OF the New
| Hampshire senator for n categorical
statement from the Mckinley managers
touched popular chord in certain quar-
ters. Mr. GroSvcnor. who Is the recog-
nlZcd mouthpIece OF the Ohio candidate
In the house. was promptly forthcoming
with u statement. Mr.. GroSvenor said:
ut Is to be greatly regretted that n
condition OF things should have arisen
in the presidential campaign to shock
| the sensibititteS OF the late secretary Of
the navy, Senator Chandler. The diff
Guilty about Senator Chandler IL that he
has lived nll his political life so far re-
mote In locality. and In such dlsSlmi-
lar atmosphere from the average politl-
| clan that he IL more easily affected by
matters OF this sort than the average
Republican statesman. The first vice
in the attitude OF the senator Is the fact
that he assumes the truth OF mere ru-
NOR. Had he been in the active pouiti-
cAl life OF the great SWIM OF politics
during many OF the years OF the past,
he would have learned that mere rumor
ought not TO establish even prima
facie case OF corrupt denling In politics
| 1t Is strange that n man OF his extreme
| senslbllities. and who has lived. us l
have said. so long n life amid the rural
purities OF New England politics. should
| be shocked and scanduliZed at the mere
breath OF SANDER. but as he grows Older
| and more experienced. he Will learn to
take with n great many degrees OF al
lowance statements OF the kind to which
| he refers.
II cannot speak with absolute full
knowledge upon the subject matter OF
his charges, hut will undertake to say
that In my opinion there Is absolutely no
substantial foundation for them. and II
would be wise for Senator Chandler and
! every other Republican to hesitate and
require full proof before indorsinG the
charges with which idle rumor fills the
air in NIL election contests, and which
| fall with no more significance upon the
minds OF the people who have been 30
| often heGuiled by them, II must be
borne in mind that nearly all prominent
American statesmen and politicians
| and scandalixed, and because some one
has escaped the 'slings and arrows Of
personal detract!on and the assignment
| OF unworthy motives II Is no reason why
| he should accept rs truth the assaults
made upon others.
ChAndIer's Arcadia.
I'm all great campaigns We have
stated and unvarying periods of de-
velopment. Usually for time the can
dldate is sneered at as unimportant and
without strength and support. and
hardly worthy OF consideration. Later
as the tide arises in his favor. the suG-
| gestion comes forth that no such coHdt-
tions exist: that he has no votes. and to
say that he has Is n Misrepresentation
of his friends. and the result OF the en-
thuslasm OF his supporters. And then
comes the period when he is charged
with corruption, vote-buylng, unfair In
YasIon OF other mems preserves, and
scheming tricks and devices to gain
strength. All these periods OF political
evolution are familiar to the majority
| OF the American people. But there are
remote Arcadlan localities where amid
the blossoms OF absolute political purlty'
and official virtue the American states
man grows to great dignity and import
|
ccnce OF all these blemishes upon Amer
lean character. II Is delightful that II
Is so.
But now. coming to treat the matter
seriously for a moment. is there any
| man In the United States old enough to
vote and intelligent enough 10 form an
| opinion as to whom he wants 10 vote for
who does not know that in political
campaign for the presidency there must
be some expenditure OF money, and
when the candidate has no money OF
his own, II Is not crime. ] trow, to per.
nit his friends to pay their own eX-
penseS in the necessary work OF his
| campaign. Why not be honest and in
genuouS? When a man begins to play
the hypocrits the people understand 1t
| perfectly. There are necessary expenses
| Incident to u political campaign for the
nomination for President that must be
paid. Take the current campaign. How
| much money has been expended for but
tons. and pictures md literature for the
several candidates? And yet l rejoice
TO say that there is but one in all the
| galaxy OF candidates. splendid Amcrl-
| cans. highly fitted for the presidential
| Office MS they are. who has money
enough to pay Just those simple OK
pcnses alone without seriously embnr-
| RAISING himself and HIS family. How
mawkish, childish, babyish, absurd.
and contemrtibleN TO create capital
against mn honest man because some
body has pprchanCe offered to aid his
friends in the prosecution Of a great
national canvass. II may be that tho
contribution OF money to presidential
campaign Is n deleterious development
in this country. but the development
| OF Inslncerity and contemplate hypo-
I MI M n
development far worse for the future OF
| American politics than the other.
The Invasion Of Pennsylvania.
"Now again. this thing Of the Invas-
ion Of other peoples states. This Is a
new development In American politics
| II has not been settled law OF party
organization hitherto that any man
| owned, any state IN tho matter OF the
nomination for President. All the Re-
| pubIIcnns OF the United States have a
| right 10 be heard In the matter Of this
| romInhH ton, and no man hns the right
TO put UP board on tree, ana say,
NO hunting or fRhIng allowed on these
grounds. and there is nothing whatever
| in the proposition. snve and except only
the question OF good policy. 1t would
| be bnd policy for MIR. Mckinley to
] go to Maine to try to get votes. IL
would be bad policy for Mr. Morton TO
go to Ohio. And this Is all there iS to
| this preserve business, But II tho poo.
pie OF Ohio or any OF It's congressional
| districts see 1T to support MI Kecd
they have Just as good right to do 1t
in the district Of Athens, Ohio. M they
have in the district Of Portland, Me;
and all this mawkish, puerilc stun had
better he eliminated In the interest OF
the common sense OF the aubJect.
"These gentlemen are candidates Tor
the purpose OF being nominated, ana u
| ,L.I, SrIsn1u commit lnWIHp acts, II