Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-02
HON N. b. sCorr,s COMPLAINT.


HON. N. B SCOTS COMPLAINT.
Through his faithful organ, the In
teliigencer, Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue N. B. Scott places himself be-
fore the suffering public once more to
complain against the Register, which,
the Commissioner says, accused him of
being absent from his post of duty on
political business on the occasion of
his last visit here. He points proudly
to the fact that he has been absent from
his duties only two days in six months
Though it probably made no special
difference in the efficiency of the
office, the Register heartily congratu-
lates Commissioner Scott on his faith
fulness and advises him to take more
vacations in the future. 1t is not at
ell necessary TO the duties of his office
for the Commissioner to confine him
self to such an extent as this and if
Mr.. Scott were to get out for two or
three days every week these long and
hot summer days and stretch his
manly frame in the mountains or at
| the seashore the work of his office
would move along just the same, and
he would be in much better shape to
guide it.
This is not the point of the Registers
criticism Of Mr.. Scott. 1t probably
matters not to the public whether Mr..
! Scott is absent from his desk two or
twenty days. The point to which at
tention was directed was that Commits
sioner Scott was in tits State during
| his absence giving forth political in
terviews to his political organ and in
those interviews portraying a false
! state Of affairs as regards the business
! and labor interests of the country, evil
IDENTIFY for political effect on the pres
ent campaign, the outcome of which
Mr.. Scott hopes will be the election of
Republican majority in the next Leg
islature before which prospectively he
is an avowed candidate for the United
States Senatorship.
This was the substance of the Reg
ister's criticism, which Mr.. Scott and
his faithful organ seek so diligently to
evade, and not whether he was absent
from his duties in Washington for a
day or two, which is a matter of no
consequence
Mr.. Scott endeavored through his Or
gan to convey the false impression to
the people hereabouts that the country
was undergoing an era of great pros
perity for which the Republican party
should get the credit. The Register
endeavored to prove that this prosper
ity had existence in Mr.. SCOTS mind
only, that business, far from being
prosperous. was actually dull even in
these war times when business should
be brisk; that labor, the great barom-
eter of business conditions. was de-
pressed; that wages had been falling
steadily ever since Mr.. ScCtt's Presi-
dent entered the White House: and
finally that if Mr.. Scott did not know
and wanted to learn the truth of these
things he should enquire among bust
ness men and manufacturers in this
neighborhood where he is thorouob,v |
acquainted.
Ihls is the point, or points, Mr.. Scott |!
and his faithful organ carefully dodgo |
and endeavor to cover by nonsensica1 |
palaver about how often Mr.. Scott has
been absent from his desk in Washine-
ton-a point in which the pa1Dle ara
totally uninterested.
Mr.. Scott is not conducting his Son
atorlal campaign in very brilliant
fashion. To accomplish the best re-
suits he should keep himself in the
background as much as possible and
say nothing; then he will be sure not
to expose himself to criticism. nor To
blunder. The talking. where it is ne
cessary to do any, he should leave to
other and more adroit politicians
than himself
Above all he should carefully refrain
from making such statements as lis con-
tanned in his prosperity interview in
the Intelligencer. They won't goldown
with people here who know of the un-
usually large number of business fail
ures Of late and wage reductions and