The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-18

The deRrth Of Democratic candidates
may yet lead the desperate party to
make ovcrturcs to General" CoxCy as
last rGsort.--New York Press.
And now We are told that the great
Pennsylvania railroad holds it's trains
at Canton in order to allow enthusiastic
delegates bound St LouIswHrd to stop
and shake the hand OF Mckinley. Per-
hRps, in the interest of prompt mail and
passenger delivery. the sooner we get
the Ohl0an settled In the white house
the better II will be for cverybody,-In
fact, we know 1t will bc.-New York
Advertiser.
Age can not wIther nor custom stale
the infinite ambition OF the Empire
state to be known as tho mother OF
vice presldcnts-Burr, Clinton. Thomp-
son, Van Buren,. Fillmore. King.
Wheeler. Arthur. Morton, and now 1t is
to be- Morton again, apparently. a
CredItable array OF statesmen they
were, too. Mny the royal house OF York,
like "BanQuos" line, stretch out To the
crack OF doom, provided. Of course, the
Ohio man ever rs now holds first place.
Cincinnati TImes-Star.
The national committee decided yes
terday that It would not recommend
this year tho adoption OF proportional
representation In the next national con-
VeutIon. The future is very apt to
demonstrate the wisdom OF this dccis-
ion, for the coming election may plnCe
states in the Republican column that
never were there before, and wipe out
entirely long existing sectional lines
Cincinnati Commercial
The announcement Of the crystallza-
tion OF sentiment among the delegates
for an uneQuIvocal declaration for the
maintenance. Of the gold standard has
had natural and immediate effect, as
may be- seen from the market reports.
Foreign confidence in American scCur-
Itias at once has been strengthened. and
the Increase In the demand for them
has been Observation-Disclosures Com
mercial Gazette.
who gives anything to poor Tom?
whom the foul fend hath led through
fire and through flame. through ford
and whirlpool DER bog and quagmIre:
that hath laid knives under his pillow,
and halters in his pew; set rHtsbHna by
his porridGe; made him proud Of heart.
to ride on a bay trottinG hors" over
four .inched bridges. to course his own
shadow for a traitor. Bless thy i've
wits! TOMS a-cold king Lear"
BY way Of st. LouIs-New York Mail
and Express.
The Democratic newspapers are Civ
ing themselves great uneasiness over
what they regard as differences among
Republican delegates to St Louis on
the money question. It win b. found
that the platform will indnrsc. confirm
and continue the policy OF the Republic
can party. which for long series of
years has given the citizens OF this
country as good n dollar IA ever was
made. and one that is good all the time
whether OF gold, OF silver or OF paper.
Had the name OF Mark Hanna, ot
Ohio. been mentioned in national polit-
ical circles twelve months ago those
who did not arch their eyebrows in
quirlngly at the sound would have
bluntly asked: Who in thunder Is Mark
Hanna? To-day his name IL upon the
tongue Of every voter within FcaCh Of
tho newspapers or the telegraph, and
there ia no apparent reason Ia doubt
that It viii become even more familiar
than 1t now is. In sens" his rise is
without parallel in the history Of Amer
lean politics. Men whose careers have
not inappropriatcly been described us
mctsOric In rcality worked years 10 at
tain the positions they held when so
described Mr.. Hanna rose In less than
ycar.-Philadclphid Inquirer.