Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-01-22
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journalists 10 pay o.: respects oace o. tWice
70 the copdHc;, II MS pgicisl capacity, Of
one .! the delegates II the Legislature from
Nariun county, NJ. Fontair Smith. The It.
les. r-ieE Of lhis prsseidigi-Eting gentleman,
Ers bis eadsErpr ys.;sr1eE 20 defeat tie
election q public printer aa5 We deem 4 e
Inesus resor.e5t 70 Is Desng worthy Of notice.
tllt people may know. and particularly tie
people Of MSS county, what style Of : mar
represents that county 10 tae Legislature
a proposition - elect pu5lie printer II
lea Of tue iuc1rnosut whose tsrI3 ha6 e1-
yifsd. md been pending q t4e House since
esrly Il tae Session NJ Smith a. ais spe-
eisl attorney cud pres:itigi.Gteor, with L
Irtle Rid rom me other quarters had re-
sorted 70 every conceivable means 70 stare
ofsp elections and had succeeded up ;o yes
terdsy. Bv: Yesterday whe0 tue House had
resolved % be tried with 10 longer. the
question zane Up 'or Gasl seton Nj
Smith apa g.aer friends Q; tue present
printer resorLei 70 al the do5ges and eva
sions allowed by parliamentary usage, put
10 vain Ire house determined 70 20
sn, rud everything being ready for 3 vote,
2 fell on M Smith 70 De directed 6y
the Speaker 70 iufort1 the Seasts, as IL
usual il such esEes, Of he readiness Of the
House TO proceed. The House iben went
o. with tie ballot, Ead when It was cou-
pletet sent tie usual committee 70 the
Senate 70 count the jgin: ro;s. Mich %
tile Surprise Of the House the couuit.es
returned aud announced Iba; The ssaste
had taken recess after waiting 81 il was
tired foE notification. from the House,
aud thar n, Smith had .fziLed tg zzaEs Ia,
gggssysEss II I'll. TIE result IS that the
vote taken in the House Amounted - 10th
ing. Sad that body slsOtook reeess.l
lathe afternoon the bslloting proceeded
tud The resals u the House was the san.
Co1iy the gentleman elected received lit
tie larger vote end WAS eoneur,ei n by
the Senate
50 tsr as We heard any expression on the
part Of the members, il was one Of iudig-
nsIion 8. the indigoi!y offered the Speaker
sad the House, sud q contempt fgr The
member who was guilty Of IL Old mem
bsrs said they never knew parallel case
Il tue sfteruogo Mr. Smith came II toy =
few minutes. aud Ress-s. Cro;becs and
Persons offered their resolutions Of cen
sure, which were rot entertained because
they were oat Of order. Mr.. Smith tried
20 eIp!sia ,hst on his way 70 the senate
Chamber he had been called aside o.
matter Of business and having been de-
tsiued Iouger than ne expected, was not
able 70 resch the Senate Chamber till eff.
ie, it had adorned. The excuse was
transparent anu received like It's author.
bat little countepancef for fully an hour
elapsed after he left the House before
the Senate adjourned. The chegrised
gentleman remained in his seat but few
minutes. The contempt was TOO plain and
uudisguised aud he couldn't face it.
Now, we do not think there was mem
Der in Ihe House who did rot believe Dir.
Smith did what be did simply as poor
miserable shift TO gain time, in the hope
that if vote could be STAYED of some.
thing might turn up. Yet we really had
supposed him possessed Of more natural
cunning sense than to resort To trick
certain TO bring down on him such open
and palpable shame. If he had just re-
turned from a sheep stealing exploit he
could not have looked more guilty than
when he appeared in the House after din
ner. We would like to inquire where he
"stopped in" on his way to the Senate
Chamber, for the transaction of ga little
business" We don't know any place di-
reetIy on the route where such thing
would likely happen.
We do not notice this matter, as will of
course DO charged, because the gentleman
whom Mr. Smith sought to defeat is one of
the proprietors of this paper. Neither
shall that fact prevent US from characteri-
zing the unworthy manner of this attempt
as it deserves. We allude to it as an evi.
deDcc of an utter want OF dignity, charac-
ter and honesty in amember who nspires to
be the leader of clique in the House of
Delegates-Whose whiting, hypocrisy and
time-serVlng nave become oy-WOrd IN
that House. And in this connection we
will say what is apparent to all familiar
with the facts, that this trimming, and bril-
ding, aud backing and filling, with the uni-
versal want of confidence in his loyalty,
have lost Mr.. Smith waatever of weight and
influence he ever possessed either in the
body which he is member of or before
the country. The only weight he can now
boast is his RvordupoiS.
We hope tho resolutions of ceusure will
be adopted, though we hardly expect they
will be pressed Whether adopted or not
no one has any doubt about the merits of
tho case-that it was a low trick which
could not be resorted to consistently with
hiEh-toned honor or self respect, or the
respect of others, and one which no mem
Der of public body could be guilty of