The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-06-17
these two representatives Of a Republican

tain persons to occupy and administer the
internal revenue Offices in this city" a1d
the twin editors accordingly nominate four
men, .sneither Of us having any personal
feeling in the matter" 1t wasn't strange
that Mr.. Hayes, with ideas OF this character
in regard to the manipulation of Federal
offices, and highly serviceable friend IKE
Mr.. Delano in office, should have gained the
nomination which he had previously lost.
He entered the campaign with strong ODDS
in his favor. General Rosecrans was noml-
mated by the Democratic Convention which
met in July Of that year, and at when
Mr.. Pendleton's name was peremptoo-
riIy withdrawn; the expected candi-
date refused the nomination, however,
and at late date Mr.. Pendleton was
induced to take the Democratic nomination
Success was scarcely possible under the CIR
cumstances, and General Hayes earned the
State by majority of 1918, or ABOUT one
third that OF the year before on the etate
ticket. The next appearance OF Mr. HAYES
as q candidate was last fall, when ne was iloiil-
mated on the pubiic-schools platform AFTER
sharp contest with Judge Taft, whose canal-
dacy in opposition to Mr.. Hayes was NO
fault OF his own, but was due entirely 10
letter which Mr.. Hayes wrote the night De
fore the Convention, OF which the following
is an extract:
- cannot allow my name to be used
against Judge Taft. He became canul,
date after / declined. He is pure man anu
a sound Republican. | Will not accept Il
nomination obtained with contest against
him."
The pith and point OF the voluntary IN
dorsement which Mr.. Hayes gives to Judge
nv, he NJ
Convention turned on an energetic effort TO
placatc the Liberal Republican party by MS
nomination. The attempt failed, ana ar
HAYES became candidate, accepting the
nomination by telegraph the same DAY. IN
the bitter and hard-fought canvass whlch
followed Mr.. HAYES was successful, rccel'-
ing majority OF SOFA over Mr.. Allen. Inc
duties OF the third term, to which Fir. hayes
was thus raised on an anti-thlrd-tcrm plat-
form, like the two terms tlat preceded
it, have been so far successfully executed by
Governor Hayes, without atlordlDS the
slightest ground for comment, for obserVa-
non, or for reflection, and Mr.. Hayes enters
the presidential contest the best hguIc-head
which the party could furnish.
The Convention, exhausted by the strug-
gle over the presidential nomination, quick
" came to vote for nominee for the vice
presidency. Hon. w. \. WHEELER, OF
New York, was the successful man. 1t Is
evidently expected that he will in some
sort be an offset to TILDEN should the
Democrats select TILDEN. 1t is Il very vain
hope. WHEELER occupying the second
place on the ticket would not be able to win
New York from a ticket headed by TILDEN.
All that is known Of WHEELER's public life
may be found in the following sketch
WILLIAM A. WHEELER, OF NEW YORK.
Mr.. Wheeler was born June 8, 1919. IN
Malone, within the county which he has
since represented in both branches OF his
State Legislature, in Constitutional Con-
vention, and in the lower house at Wash
ington. He is now i'll his 1lfty-Scventh
wear. A common school and an academic
education in his native town was followed
by short course Of year or two in the
University Of Vermont. He left, after a
years study, without graduating, and
making up in a lawyers office the seven
years. study then required before admis-
sion to the bar, he began the prac-
tice of his profession in Franklin cOun-
wears when he was elected rs Il Democratic
candidate to the Office OF district attorney
in Franklin county. At the close of his
term Of office he was elected to the Assem-
blv as a Wing. A reelection to the Assem-
bly followed, and after that for Il time Mr.
Wheeler retired from public life. His prac'
tice as 4 lawyer soon ceased to be an en-
crossing pursuit, and he became first the
cashier Of his local bank, position he held
Tor fourteen years, and at Il later date be
came president OF the Ogden>burg and
Rousc's Point railroad, continuing i'll the
supervision OF the road for eleven years.
lie passed out Of Whiggery into Re-
Dublicansm, and reached the State
Senate in january, 1888, to take his
seat in the first Legislature fully controlled
by the Republican party. He was chosen
president pro tenn. OF the body. Through
The sessions of 1853 and 1859 Mr.. Wheeler
served in the Senate, and in the fall OF the
last-namrd year he WAS elected TO Il seat in the
Thirty-seventh Congress. Through the long
sessions of this war Congress Mr.. Wheeler
voted with his party, and with that CON
stantly-rccurringsduty exhausted his useful
ness in Congress.
In April of 1867 Mr.. Wheeler was elected
a member of the Constitutional Convention
which met in the following June. As chair
man of the Convention Mr.. Whceler's posi-.
ton removed him from the debates on the
floor, and his record in this body presented
few salient points. The fall after the adj
journment Of the Constitutional Convention
Mr.. Wheeler was nominated for Congress
in the Seventeenth district, Franklin and
st. Lawrence counties, and elected to the
Forty-first Congress, in which he took his
Al, F,lln Inn
newly-elected Speaker, Mr.. Blaine, made
out the committees Mr.. Whcclcl's name ap-
peared as chairman OF the Committee on the
Pacific Railroad. Mr.. Wheeler held the
same position also in the ensuing Congress,
to which he was elected with little opposl-
ton in the autumn OF 1870. In the next, the
Forty-third Congress, he was succeeded Is
chairman of this committee by Mr.. Sawyer,
of Wisconsin, and in the present Congress
he is on the Committee on Appropriations.
Including the present and still unexpired
session, Mr.. Wheeler has therefore had oyel
seven years. continuous service in Congress
| beginning March 4, 1869 He has made few
speeches in that time, and such influence a:
| he has eXerted upon current legislation has
| been almost exclusively in the committees
with which he is connected His votes have
| been party votes. No protest has been
heard from him against the party Legislation
which has passed during his membership
of the House of Representatives, and hi:
| votes have been consistently recorded fol-
the extreme measures of his faction. Sub.
sidy bills, from first to last, he has consist.
emily supported.
Upon the question of civil-scryice reform
Mr.. Wheeler has consistently followed his
party, and ended the dreary farce by voting
| to kill Representative Wizards bill making
it miSdemeanOr for congressman to solicit
Office. On the tariff Mr.. Wheeler has been