The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-18

York Press: II have liked Steve
Elkins from the beginning OF our &C
uunintance." says Mr.. Howard, "De-
cause he Is one OF those men who never
lot slip an opportunity. He makes the
most OF every chance. on dirty piece
OF brown paper. six inches by three.
folded once and without envelope or ad-
dress, he sent me this note about ten
years ago:
dinner to be given tonight by Ex sen
Davis to prominent railway people. "
will bring together Pres. Roberts ana
v. p. Thompson OF the T. X: X. fres'
Garrett and V, P. Spencer OF the D. q o.
and others.
"'Do you want a special dispatch
from Baltic early In the evening. II 20
simply say to bearer from my office
and l will send lt-Say how long.
s, B. ELKINS..
ut Is needless to add that the dis
patch came signed Elklns, and was as
full and complete rs any newspaper
could have desired"
One OF the important events OF the
week was the election OF Foraker to the
United States senate from Ohio
TO succeed Mr., BrIce, OF New
York. OF course It was q fore
gone conclusion that he would re-
ceIVe the unaHImouS vote Of the Repuo-
lean members OF the legislature, for
he had been the unanimous choice OF
representative state convention, ond
TINT choice had been endorsed by the
people, at the polls by hundred thous-
and majority. It has fallen 70 the lot
OF few men to be SO honored, and the
enthusiasm which prevailed when the
formal act making Foraker 4 senator
was done was q fitting climax TO the
series OF events leading up TO 1t. Few
men have been the target OF more abuse
from the Democratic press and politi-
clans. and this fact renders the over
whelmIRg endorsement by the great
state OF Ohio all the more significant.
The experience OF Foraker should be
a pointer to the Democratic editors
that their policy OF Violent and undig-
nIfed personal abuse OF Republican
leaders Is pretty sure, sooner or later,
TO be rcbuked by the people. But they
will not heed the lesson and will re-
open their mud batteries as OF yore as
soon as the campaign begins to get q
little warm. Some partisan editors,
and they are not oil IN the Democratic
fold, imagine that they are performs
ing the highest duty TO their party
when they get down into the mIre OF
personal abuse OF opposition leaders.
They seem to regard Issues and argu-
ments OF minor Importance, and are
under the impression that argument
can be answered and scattered to the
winds by abuse and Misrepresentation.
II used to be that such methods could
sometimes prevail. but that was before
this enlightened age when men are
Judged more by their acts than by
what their enemies say OF them.
Speaking OF Foraker, am reminded
that Wheeling paper one day this
week placed him IN a false light be-
fore its constituency, and has not yet
undone the wrong. quote verbatim the
sensational headlines over q Columbus
dispatch concerning Foraker's speech
before the legislature, as they appear
ed in the Evening News:
FREE SILVER-Forakcr Springs
Sensation In the Ohio Legislature to-
day-In his Speech Accepting the Sen
atorship he Declares for the White
Metal in very Strong and Unmistakable
Terms"
These startling headlines occupied
space OF about two inches. nearly as
much as was taken up by the entire
dispatch which followed, and the num-
Der OF words 1t contained Is Just seven
less than the number OF words in the
garbled extract from the speech on
which II was wrongfully based. Here
Is what the dispatch In question says
Foraker said:
81 am in favor OF bi-metalllsm.
thing It was n mistake 20 denonetize
silver and hope that some safe way
may be found to restore II to Its proper
place by the side OF gold"
Lest some OF the 1ntelllgencer's read
crs may have been mislcd by the even
tnE papeF's sensational publication, |
uuotetwhnt Senator Foraker really did
say on the money question; II Is from
a verbatim report OF his speech:
II believe also in blmetallisni. ZAP
plause.) ! believe the world made
mistake when Il demonetlZed silver,
sincerely hope some safe way may be
found for the restoration OF silver to Its
riSktGWl place alongside OF gold as q
money OF ultimate redemption.
II shall favor every measure c1lcu-
lated Is my Judgment to bring about
the result. subject always. however. TO
the condition that II provides for the
maintenance OF the parity OF the twn
metals. Every dollar OF money Issued
by the United Stutes government,
whether gold. silver or paper, must be
OF exactly equal value with every other
dollar The United States cannot afford
to have q currency system or o money
standard less good or less high than
the best in the world"
It will be noted, therefore, that Mr..
Foraker. far from making sensational