The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-02-04
Governor Jacobs Course on the
Congressional Question.

The Charleston COurir lays the heavy
responsibility OF DAVIS and HAaANB, ad-
mission to Congress from the First and
Second districts Of this State upon Gov
ernor JACOB. 1.-The had only discharged
his plain duty, as the Bourbons wanted
him to do 1t, and Gs they themselves
clearly saw II, then The editor Of the
Courier would have been spared his
present sense Of modification Of what has
happened, especially OF what has happen.
ed 10 the Second District. He has indi-
Gated that he could bear DAVIS admission
with some degree Of composure, but be Is
incensed beyond federation at the idea OF
HAGANs admission. He esteems his adj
mission an outrage upon the people Of the
Second District, and proceeds to lay the
responsibility Tor 1t upon Governor JACOB,
as follows:
"For this lisgracelul state Of things,
against which one Of their foremost .cit-
zens, Hon. Charles ]. Faulkner, has 30
ably protested, the people Of the Second
District can thank their friend John ].
Jacob. Enough manhood on his part 10
have respected the will Of his people,
aided by enough judgment 10 know the
law, would have saved them the NORTH.
cation OF being mlsrepreserted In Con-
gress." sI ,u
That isto say, that because Gov. JACOB
did not certify that WILSON and MARTIN
were duly elected to Congress from the
First and Second Districts, that therefore
he proved himself deficient In manhood
and judgment. And this, too, notwith.
standing the fact that there was so much
division Of sentiment not only throughout
this State, but also among able men in
Congress on the subject. WALKERS idea
ia that Gov. JACOB had no business with
any conscientious scrupleS in the case.
Not being bothered with anything Of that
kind himself be naturally attributes the
Governors hesitation to a want Of man
hood and judgment. Governor JACOB
had no right to share the public doubts in
regard TO whether August or October was
the proper time. he should have as
sumed that one or the other OF them was
the proper time. even II in so doing he
had to stiAe any misgivlngs as
to his judgment But suppose that
he had thus assumed that August
was the proper time, and made
the same decision that Congress has
Just made, what then2 Why, abuse Of
the most virulent character would Of
course have been rained upon him by the
Bourbon organs, and especially by the
Courier. What WALKER therefore means,
when 1t is boiled down, is that he should
have assumed that October was the time
and issued certificates TO WILSON and
MARTIN. Itmakes no difference TO him
that the Governor placed oil the candi-
dates on an equality and issued certif-
Gates to them, leaving Congress, which
is the judge of the qualifications Of its
members under the Constitution, to de-
eide as 10 who Of them we're properly en-.
titled to seats. He does not even stop
to debate with himselfthe possibility that
even Il Governor JACOB had certified in
favor Of the October claimants, the
Clerk Of the House at Washington might
not have placed their names on the roll.
Or that even fhe had placed them on the
roll that tho House Of Representatives
might have ousted them from their
seats. He simply assumes that the whole
settlement Of the case was with the Gov
ernor, and that he was bound to decide It
to suit WALKER & Co. To make good
such an assumption let WALKER show
that the action Of the House Of Represen.
tatlves would have been different, that Is,
that they would not in any event have
done just what they did do viz: admit
DAVIS and HAGGNs 10 seats in their body.
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