The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-18
OUR CHARLESTON LETTER.
Gossip About the CapItol-The Veto
The Federal Court..A Fight be.
tween two Lawyers. The Weather
and bourbon Politics.


tween two LawYers.. The WeatheI
and Bourbon Politics.
/. CHARLRsToN, West Va, May 10, IA.
! Correspondence Of the IntellIgeneer J
. The weather has recently become ex-
Z tremely warm for May. The thermom
eter stood at SO degrees In tho shade OF
yesterday afternoon. Linen clothes ant
straw hats can DO seen parading at oil
/ hours, and as the weather heats up about
In the same proportion does the coming
Congressional campaign oi the BoutbonI
burn and blaze. 1t IS getting too hot tc
stand unless ice be Immediately applied
can't SEQ how the thing can be kept
through the hot weather until October al
the present rate Of excitement. As rule
In hot weather decomposition follows ex.
treme excitement, pain and disappoint-
, ment; this being true, there will be many
decayed political carcass, lying on the
training ground ere the time for the races
rolls around. E
Your readers arc aware that there are
something less than fifty Democratic
Bourbon aspirants for the privilege OF 0
scat in Congress along side Of the Hon.
Mr.. Elliott, the sable representative from
the Palmetto State. OF course all Of them
can't be elected from the same District
and tho same year, hence 1t is reasonable
to suppose that iorty.nine OF these gentle.
men will be sadly disappointed; and furth.
er, judging from the character, abilities
and influence Of the present incumbent, 1t
would take the whole fifty Of them to
make D representative like Elliott, If he is
4 Ia "nigger." So tho successful man, him
self, will DO disappointed when he comes
to measure arms with the South Carolina
statesman. ~'l.. M
TIE COMING NAN.
For some time past Mr.. Kenna has
been the foremost man In the field; but re.
Gently the present incumbent, F. Here.
lord, the beneficiary Of the school iund Of
the State, .has struck breeze which run
his chances up wonderfully. His speech
on Initiation has done the work for him,
as 1t Is popular cry among the people ol
this section. They want more money,
and as Frank gave that side OF the fight
his weighty influence and ability, 1t has
made him popular. There Ia no doubt in
the minds Of any Of his Boone or Hogan
constituents that If he had not spoken
in favor Of the bill, it would never have
passed. This gives him theft" among
that class Of men. Then again II cannot
be denied that tho lame, halt and blind,
and the widows and orphans are for
him on account oi his brave act In stealing
that $1,000 from the general Govern:
ment, and donating 1t to the free schools
oil the State. Why, the old women are
praying for him, the children and babies
are crying for him, and all Join in one
universal chorus singing that good old
song:
He's bully boy NIT q glass eJe."
Frank, without joking, is rising rap.
idly, and II he keeps on until the day ol
the convention, will carry of the "sweep.
stakes"
THE VETO.
At first the people of this section Of
tho State were down on the President for
vetoing the currency bill, but upon ma
ture reflection, the moro sensible men Of
both parties now admit that he did right,
Grant Is man Of good judgment and
thus iar has not materially erred in his
administration of the Government. he
can be elected the third term If he signi-
tles willingness to accept over any 9TH
or man Of either party, and the Pump.
kin Head Graugers" thrown in for good
count:
TIE FEDERAL COURT.
The farce known and styled as the U.
5. District Court held session in this
Vill00c during last week. the Right Hon
orable John James Jackson, Junior,
Judge, presided. The Court spent about
three thousand dollars OF Uncle Sans
money, and tried o few small cases, which
any magistrate member oil the delegated
stupidity, might have tried and disposed
oil Tor less than three thousand cents.
There were present, as usual, several doz.
en- dead Democratic beats that make
their living by following this right honor.
able court about from place to place
and of course are always welcome.
In the meantime Bourbon caucus or
two was held and an effort made 10
"unite,n and thereby cement over the
gashes made in the carcass Of the party
BY man by the name Of John ]. Jacob
few years since. From what can
learn, however, they didn't fuse worth o
cent. a
HON. JOE SMITHS COURT.
The Circuit Court Of Kanawha county
convened at the Court House on yester-
day, the Judge weighs alittle less than q
thousand pounds avoirdupoi, but Is
nevertheless an active and efficient Of
Ger. The session will probably last
until the first Of July.
This morning while the Court was en-
tertsining motions from the bar, a dis.
pute arose between two lawyers, Messrs.
Dubois md Bloun, which resulted in a
rough and tumble knock down. 1t Gre
ated terrible excitement for few min
utes, but the flow Of blood was stopped
by the bystauders, when tho Judge
ordered the Sheriff to incarcarate the
combatants ten days in jail. A strong
appeal was made to tho Judge to remit
the sentence Ell imprisonment, which he
did, and placed them under bonds to
keep the peace. ''. SWELL
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