The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-17
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..,,, Very Pertinent iItemarks on me
o.,o senatorial situation Demo craey's
.,h,mc 10 clown iinnnN."i Wash.
r.t,clnna,i Commercial Gazette: tn.
,nlendid fight and wcll.carned victory
~ Mark Hanna was bitter pill FOR
Is Democratic press OF Ohio to swat.
low. and IT wifi be many a day. We
,,n.t and believe. before the Democracy
,scDycrs from tho effects OF tho dose
tn,t administered, Senator Hanna has
ilcked the Democrats out OF their boots
m three occasions during the past M,
,o,n months, and that they should fight,
MIN bitterly, Willy him beyond all pre-
rrdeut and s1ulrm at the drubblngs
administered BY him was to have been
expected. 3 5.5
nut now that Senator Hanha has won
Nj, Nsht FOR the senatorshlp, In spite OF
attempted trcachery, renegades. an 'un--
natural alliance between Republican
t,aItors and tho representatives o.
Ohlo's Democracy and In spite .ot nll
those low. base influences OF politics
which were exercised against him. Mr..
Wanna himself Is invnlnesable to at-
;ack, lie cannot be hurt or harmed In
nny degree by tho rage oriuseless wen-j
rons OF his !mpotent enemies. Entrench-
cd in and supported BY public cona-t
Jence and approval. the man against
whom the rage OF the conspira tors was
chiefly directed can now regard the
snarlng, batiled mob In the manner of
a man who calmly views the securely
Gagged wild beasts at the Geological
Gardens. lfis L
Tho Democrats who tried so despcr-
a,cly 10 encompass Mr.. Hanna's defeat
rcalIze their failure, and are now, as q
last resort, attempting to injure4 all
those who aided him With their votes,
though In this project. as In their
schemes against Senator Hanna him
SELF. they are doomed to lignominlous
failure. The anti-EIanna conspirators
are especially bitter against Represent.
tatiyc Droste. OF Hamilton county, who
Is being honored by being made the
target Of such eplthets ms Judas"
.,raItor," and the like. or course, the
enmi,y'ot the conspirators Is n proof
and guarantee. Of Mr.. Droste's honor
sufficient In Itself, but we believe II Is
due to that niember OF the lower house
Of the general assembly that therposi-
,lon which he occupied during the re-
cent senatorial contest should be made
clear. and put on record. E4
II Is needless TO say that Mr.. Droste
took that course In the senatorship
struggle which was dictated by his ideas
Of duty to himself. the Republican. par
" and the state. In a letter to the edi-
tor Mr. Droste's attitude from first to
last, Is plainly set, forth. AS
this letter well and aptly says, after the
retirement Of Garrard from the list OF
senatorial. aspirants. Representative.
Droste was left wholly free to act in
the manner believed by him to be best
for his fe!lowscitlzens of Ohio. and so
he voted for Mark Hanna, Isl )
Mr.. Droste made no mistake. His
course was consistent. his vote was In
accord with those principles OF honor so
consplcuously absent from the councils
OF the antiHanna. conspirators, and
while, they Will, Of course. vent their
spleen upon him, he need have no fear
that he will not be esteemed FOR his
course by all those Of his fellow-cIti-l
zens who are able to distinguish be-
tween decency and dishonor.