The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-01

"fnvestlgation (?)" Gays tho 1ntelll-
gencer In a. headline over the dispatch
telling OF the damaging testimony In the
Ohio senate investigation Of the charges
OF bribery against Hanna. Thus IN i'd
vance does Pecksniff try to prejudice
the case In favor OF his patron saint
Register. .5
This has reference to the headline over
an Associated Press dispatch In sa,ur-
day's Intelllgencer making an important
statement In connection with the alleged
bribery investigation now going on in
Columbus. There has been no attempt
to prejudice the finding In advance. That
was done by the consplrators at the time
the committee was packed with personal
enemies OF Mr.. Hanna, and the charges
were prepared by, Allen o. Myers. who Is
not q member OF the Legislature. but the
pald tod OF John r. Mclean. whose
Doodle methods and other corrupt prac-
tees Myers himself exposed in a book
he published only three or four years
ago.
But there Is another matter worth
while calling attention to- since our
neighhor has seen At TO charge the Intel
ligencer with an 'attcmpt to prejudice
readers In advance: The identical Asso-
clated Press dispatch referred to was
also received by the Register and was
published In part by that paper on the
same date. The part that was not pub
lished, but which was carefully cut out
in the Register office and suppressed
from Its readers. was the part that justi-
fed the Intelllgencer's headline. which
our nelghbor takes exceptions to. AZ a
matter OF interest In connection with the
point that somebody Is ''prejudiclng the
case In advance" It Is proper to quote
from tho first two paragraphs Of the
dispatch, as It appeared in the Intel
l!gcncer. the following important feat
urc. which the Registers news editor
drew his blue pencil through. and did
not permit to reach the eyes Of the read
ers of that paper:
There was nothing In the testimony Of
either witness to even indicate that Sem
ator Hanna, Major Dick or Major Rath-
bone had any connection with General
Boyce. through whom It Is claimed the
alleged negotiations were conducted. In
fact, Attorney Campbell, who came all
the way from New York to testify. took
occasion to say he did not believe Sena-
tNr In t,,ta tnI I,.
Boyce.
Moreover Bnycc himself had declared
to Campbell that he did not know Mr..
Hanna, and that II his personal wishes
were consulted he would prefer TO see
him defeated. Campbell produced roll
of bills In denominations OF $500 and $500
aggregatng sl,750. which he claimed
Boyce had paid to him during the nego-
tiaslons. Campbell said IL Boyce re-
turned to Hamilton county he would be
glad to return the money, otherwise he
would use part OF 1t pushing a suit for
damages against Columbus paper
The reader will note the Importance
OF the bearing Of this extract from the
opening Of the Hsparch, which the Reg
sister eliminated. and which referred to
the testimony OF ]. c. OTIS, the man
claiming to have been offered the brfbe.
and T. c. Campbell, his attorney. It
was the statement OF the conservative
Associated Press as to the result OF the
testimony OF the two gentlemen, and a
summary of the testimony of the two
men followed It. Considering that the
important feature OF the news contained
in the opening sentences OF the dispatch
did not appear in our neighbours COL
umns, although It was received over the
wires on a duplicate of the telegraphic
sheet the Intelligencer received, the, Reg
lister Is not warranted In making It ap-
pear that the 1ntelligencer was preju-
dlcIng the case by its headline based on
that feature.