The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-01-20

reason to expect II; but constituting It to
mean that he wanted to make his commit
tees acceptable 10 the Republicans, we fell
1t not only proper but q duty to go. We
met the Speaker at the appointed time ri
Mr.. Hubmrd's law Office. We were dis
appointed In the character Of the COnsultN'
ttOp. In very short time we were i'm
pressed with the fact that 1t was rather u
matter Of form than Of substance, so far as
VIC were concerned. Without prelimina'
ry conversation tho Speaker sat down, In
constrained manner, and proceeded
to write out his list, with sort
Of readiness and decision indicating
that his mind was already made
up US otis leading features. Hebcgan by
saying to one of us that he hal deter
mined to appoint Mr.. Lamb chairman Oi
the Judiciary Committee, and said 1t In
way that did not invite suggestion to the
contrary. Nevertheless, VIC did suggest
Gm. PCirpOint rs the man for that place
lie wnte down the Judiciary Committee
without hesitation or asking suggestion, us
It stands now, except that he had Mr.. Bal
lard 0f Monroe In It instead Of Mr.
Davis, and remarked, "That's my commit
tee" While no was filling out the list
we edged in such suggestions as we could
certainly without being asked for advice
in single instance. The most impOrtan.
Of the suggestiOns made are mentionedby
tile Speaker IN LIS statement elsewhere.
In addition TO these, VIC suggested MIR.
GoFF for the Craftsmanship Of tho Finance
Committee, and that was aCceded to as It
then appeared. We also pressed MIR,
FLICK for the Craftsmanship Of the Com
mitlce on Elections. &C., hut the Speaker
said he felt Obliged to give that To MIR.
LAMoS. Our suggestions Us To the
cllairlnaBIlips Of these three most I'M
pOrt!lnt committees Judiciary, Elections
,nd Finance were not accetlcd to. The
other names suggested, rs Mr.. Welch
himself shows, were also those Of Rcpuhli-
cans who latl voted for Capt. Putnam for
Speaker. We were earnestly dcsir0IIs oi
getting the committees (Hnd especially the
important Oncs) us much Republican ~
VIC could, hut when the interview WIS
over did not consider TINT anything sub
stantinl hal been conceded uS, We felt
all the time nS II our advice was not want
ctl at all, (As II certainly was not askcd,)
aud rs II such ils We rendered was very re-
luctantly received.
Having made up his committees in n
remarkably short time for so difficult n
task, (Ie certainly lid not occupy over hall
nhOurO he put thGlist in his pocket and leIl
us, remarking that hO would look over It,
and might make some changes. lie re.
marked to Mr.. Hall tIlat II il would be
"any accommodation to sec the lis" rs 1t
would stand IN the morning, he might do
81. The latter replied that lie did not care
to SIC il, that lie did not know that It was
any of his business, or words Ia that et-
lGct-mcaning to tlisclaim any idea Of re.
sponsibility for tue list as made up. The
Speaker did nuke changes, and very
important ones. The list ~ made
Mlt next morning was much more par.
ttal 10 the Democrats than that male
in Mr.. IlubhMnl's office, and tho Crasurcs
and intGrlincaiions made before 1t WIS
presented to the House show that the
Speaker made further changes shortly he
FIRE the Committees were announced, and
that tho changes wtTe all In one direc
tion. The most important ones consisted
in putting Mr.. Davis on tho Judiciary
Committee in lieu Of Mr.. Ballard, Of Mon
roe, in putting Mr.. Smith at the heal Of
the Committee on Elections in place Of
Mr.. Lamon, anI in substituting Mr.. LamOn
for Mr.. Colt rs Chairman Of the Finance
Committee. Numerous other less import
ant changes were made.
Now we utterly deny the statement at
tribulml u MIR. Welch that we endorsed,
or that we even acQuicSced IN, the list ot
the committees, in It's tint, It's second OF
lis third edition. Our opinion was neither
asked norcxWesscd. We felt that We had
llcen looking on ut II performance In which
We llad no sort of responsibility, and why
ehull lrcn invited to witness II at al
we could not CxNclIy comprehend.
These are the simple facts so far rs VT
have part in them. We do moi
SEE wherein we could do different
: " ir 1t were to he done over
81 fur as concerns what was or was nO
saId ly Speaker Wclch, ut the dinner
liable, that Is question Of vCraCity be-
tween himself and Mr.. ScOlleld. Will
that VIC have nOthingto do.
GRAVY III.E D. HAIL.
WILLIAM p. IIuHDARD.
Hon YIN. Radford, a leading Democra
of WcstchcstCr county, New York, and I
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