The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-05
SCATHlNG ARRANGEMENT
or Governor na.h,asii with Regard 10

or Governor nnshneii with Regard to
HisInexplieabio conau In III. Senator.
iai Contest now. Coin. ON at coinmba,.
Cleveland Leader tItep.): Shall a life
Zinc suent In building q name turn to
ashes in the twinkilns OF on eye?
Wciput this question In good faith to
tho governor OF this state. We desire
20 bring 10 ais notice some hard facts.
the truth OF which he cannot deny, ane
the unerrins COURSE OF which he caa;
not oyade.
Mr. Bushnell. lie every otncr man
who tcspscts himself aud loves h!s
family; has spent long years in the ac-
cumulation OF q competence for his
children. and In tho building OF a repti-
tation for honor, truth, and square deal
ms.
He:ha8 doubtless hoped that when he
10 no moro his fellow citizens viii re-
member him with esteem, and that his
family viii he proud that he left to
them u heritage far more precious than
money or bonds.
VI We fancy that II ans nan questioned
~ Governor Bushrcli's honor in the pri-
vnto or business relations OF life he
would resent the insult with emphasis
a on the spotSr But Il an honorable
man take the course which The COVER.
nor nov seems determined 10 follow
aud retain his good name?
The solemn truth Is that Mark Hanna
Is no longer the most conspicuous fS.
ure In the contest at Columbus. Worthy
as he Is. great as he is us q Republican
captain, his personality and his claims
have gone almost from view.
The, coAtending forces are the Rcpu5-
llean party Of Ohio on the one side,
and Charles Kurt and q handful o!
wrctchcd traitors on the othc. side.
Tho interests of the Republican party
are paramount to those OF Mr.. Hanna,
and thus Mr.. Hanna's cause has be-
como the Republican, cause, great. ever
lnsting and precious to every party
man OF principle and patriotism.
Governor Bushnell is not fighting
Mark 1Iarna. He Is carrying on 4. dis
astrous war against the party which
has twice made him governor OF this
state. has loaded him with laurcls. and
has written his name on the scroll OF
fame. Is he an migrate? Is he 4 traitor7
Is he an. honorable man? Is his word
only given to be broken? Is he willing
to go into history to be despised by
coming generations, and to be assocIa-
tel In intamy with Benedict Arnold? Is
y ii. n ~, httIN,,u N. tatya Il pa1 , In fhh Gnr.
y ate and to meet with the scorn of every
member OF that body. and social ami.
\ hilatlon in the city OF Washington?
Why have Kurtz and his scant and
struggling and utterly disreputable as
sociates seized upon Bushnell as their
candidate for senator? Is 1t because
they love or respect him? This ques-
Is ton would, II put TO Kurt, make him
laughiinS derisior. 1t Is because Cover
nor Bushnell has so far lived a. life OF
deccncyt and of business. social. and
4 political rectitude. He does not know
1t. apparently. but Governor Bushnell
Is to-day being used by pirates to
wreck a party that has :onored him and
i made him politically what he is. And
In the tumblins ruins OF the party Asa
Bushnell will himself so down to dis
grace and disaster.
II Mark Hanna Is beaten. then what?
Ask john Mclean. Democracy will be
triumphant, and Republicanlsm will
2, perish Cor the time in Ohio. to be
Z spirned and impotent for at least q
decade. But the much more deadly
81 punishment will come to Governos
Bushnell. The infamy OF the traitors
as a whole will be forgotten, their
lame sill pass into oblivion. but Gov
ernor Bushnell will always live in the
memory oc tOhio people as being a
weak, false, and contemplate char
acter.
Time. eve SD short a period as ten
years, will obliterate the names OF
Kurtz and his second rate coasplratcrs
from the recollection Of the people.
Their names VIII surely fade away,
but Governor Bushnell's name will live
for all time. He will get the whole
measure Of disgrace; his children and
his grandchildren will bear the burden
OF his treacheYs and. perhaps, regre;
that their name was his name.
These are plain words. but they are
Justified. They are put down with de-
liberation and "ith a feeling that every
statement made is true In spirit and
fact, and that every prediction is based
on common sense and the history OF
mankind.
Does Governor Bushnell court dis
honor? Is he 4 candidate for the title
and tie utter loneliness and wcctched-
ness OF q traitor? Has he any regard
for his own flesh and blood?
what profitet:l 4 man IL he gain tAe
whole world and lose his good name?
4 1t is not too late for Governor Bush
nell to show that he is n man OF cour-
nge and virtue, and not 4 too! in the
hands OF a few Indians whose favor
10 MIN will be his ruin and hIs erc:last-
: ms shame.