The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-03
4 PoOr E1ea.e BeIte1 Ia No0e.

We neDro1nne from The RtFiEH cA'p
purprting 70 be uricsn b. DASEEL
LAlr1, Rsq., in regard 70 the pTtseotAt5n
ofh's name 70 The Dsn@-Taiic County
Co.yeutIOn IN = Ie4tes banded TO the Sc
resa1y Il The Couveotin ,: NJ. LEWIS
9AKEz. editoe It he Re9iGET, Chairman
Il The Democ.1tic s4H COMMITTEE add
zsdids:e tx safe Senate. Lette0 from
,hst quar19 IL tie name Of W. LAMB
are 70 te received with cAuiiO1, 5ut Is 20
dni.l q authenticity has ben received
from thai gentleman up 70 The hon q
writing this. the chances Ue that this
ard u genuine-
Ina lRsle noe Introducing il, the Be0lt-
sr ssys NJ. LANB reqOssas the editoE 70
ssy TIA, the dslay in giving this df'c1mso;
70 The pdDlic Eas ooasioned By Nj
LAxBs Absepce since Lax Wednesday
morni1g- Il This vas 50, why didn't NJ
LAMB say il himself IN The card: CTos
this point it seams worth msntiouing that
NJ. LAMB knew al Abo7i The ciycUns;Sn-
e4ot BIZ Bbnha6oa tefose b kk 'be
city, Is shown By The Statement 0: oas
correspondent that he hsd ''pos;dTesy
stst.sd to seeT5eal pessons th2. ne never
w1uts pledge, nsvsF ssthOEizei any per-
soatO Ents ose tx him. and thai his
name Feut beEEe he C0nUsntioo with
out his knoElsdge OF cOuseoi He
had IN day Tuestsg I'D Tuesday
night vheEem 70 Vrae This card, i
be had ;hea deemed ii pruPs7 70 Do -,
RmhG. JEr3Ne inhcnlsd thst he k "a
ben back TWO OK lhree d4ys b'sEo0e the
cad appeared We coDc!01e, ihe:eSo:e,
that Absence vas MA tie only EsAsoo q
dssy; that he writing q lis card Ess
An astSthousht; SD 'hSt Il va written
ndefznoe 70 NJ. BAkEK's apFeAls bs
be'p-Ae finding il impossible 20 ssy oae
word in selEexculpssi0n NJ. LANE < =
kiDd.hearlsd gsniisnAn: and despite the
wroog doOe him, be dos vh4s be can 70
relieve NJ. BAKE ron this op:o AID
apparent Eh1me"
But what Is tbege d Nj LAKES card,
Atz Al: Simply TIA; ne hDi u,it NJ.
BGKn repe4tadIy TIA; be did DE y an
70 be nominated Jos Hos. u D=Egs;e.:
but h1Vhg hfIsd Iosy % -p4emPsoEily
toNr. BAxER, tboash hs did 70 o;hs.2 be
thinks NJ. BAKER 5:!ie'4i IL wo0A,
lhgngh Eery Reluctantly. tccsp: he nosai-
nstion if pat up1n hin, soi thinks NJ
BAxER Ness 111thoE1eA 20 pToiEss his
name To the C0nYeniicn anil gre the r.
quired pledge: GGd thegeEyre. Mr. LA>tE
generously sayA the hah UAs his own
End he is in great degree responsible or
Whist occurred Bat Mr.. LAMB Is 10
good-natured in this mater. NJ. BAKER
mar have been warranted in dis1egardinz
NJ. LANB's reluctance and in giving the
C0uSentio1 IN a1sm7Dte that ne womb
Dok ret1se cbe nomina;ioa il ode1ed him:
md If he had done this opEnly and
given his own pledge for Mr. LAMB, here
would hare been nothing u cDnp!sin Of
Bot the course bepursIed Eas different
Aletleg Was written Yi!boui Mr. Lanes
knowledge, purpoEtiDg 70 BE- By him
nd pas landed 70 Che Secretary and rad,
sdlicstingl the nomhattou and pledgtng
himtSeHJ 70 abide the result, support nOEni.
meade. This not only did Mr. LANCB An
mintuy By putting him before the Con.
ventiOn in false attitude, bot the means
employed TO do II vas such as he cannot
excuse or Justify. Twas such transAc.
ton IS in 3 business mAtteT would have
exposed the writer OF the letter 70 great
ri& oTIesal consequences. Our reasle5
know bywhat name the offence Is called
IN the criminal code rs
AS 70 NJ. BAEER's purpose in adopting
hIA extraordinAry means to have Mr..
LANE nominated In the C0nvention, 9th
sDWill divine that Tor shemselvs. Our
correspondent suggested that II wsS not
% much un anxiety u have NIr. LAMB Oh
thS ticket as 70 keep Others Of ii and to
mike secure nomination for the Senate.
OF this Mr.. Bakers own political frienGS.
who Gs tHmiliar With the inside working
u the party machinery, are the best
judges, md with them We leave tina, qua
ton.