The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-07-08
OUR NEXT VICE-PRESIDENT.
POLITICAL RECORD AND EXECUTIVE ABIL-
ITY OF WILLIAM A. WHEELER.

POLITICAL RECORD AND EXECUTIVE ABIL-
ITY OF WILLIAM A. WHEELER.
[" CreigAton," IN the Danbury Ne'cs.l
William A. Wheeler has been in Con-
gress four sessions, and has troops of friends
on both sides of the main aisle. He comes
from Malone, N. Y, by large majority.
He is about fifty five years old, square and
solid, plain and sensible, fine lawyer, an
admirable parliamentarian, and good man.
AS presiding officer of the Senate, the old
est Senator will not be able to name his
equal. When President of the New York
Convention of 1867, where he presided
over the deliberations of such men as &.
W. Curtiss, Horace Greeley, VIM. CASH
day, Sanford E. Church and Erastus Corn
ing, he exhibited abilities, tact, and clear
visloned common sense that won the ad
miration of the entire convention, and
added greatly to his standing in the Elm
pire State. He is not dashing nor hand
some. He is man of honest look and
conscious bearing. There is something
about him when he takes you by the hand,
in his firm, close grasp, that smacks of
fearless honesty and magnetism. His face
is filled with character and manliness. lie
is free from the slightest SINCE. There is
no faint about him nor squcamishness
His reputation is healthy, pure, and rella-
BILE. He is not on lie defensive. lie is
faithful to his convict ons and true to him.
self He has no chul to reward, no as
saults to avenge. Ind pendence and cour-
age have healthy lodg nent with him.
oh ~
can read him like book and he can read
you as we'll He wont claw you nor rub
your left shoulder blade and invite you to
to ask favors that he will never bestow.
His record is as clean as blank health
bill. Then he has clear skin and
an unblinkable. eye. A square walk
and a tirm aspect are his. He is neither
pedantic nor clownish. He has humor and
feeling, respectable constituency bursting
with satisfaction and we'll represented. He
is an office holder by integrity and assertive
merit. He has never sought office in
single instance. Quiet, modest, and rather
retiring, he has steadily advanced. If you
90 into the House and ask member
Where's Wheeler?' ' the member will
take you over to his seat and introduce
you. Then ask for Blackburn and the
member will point over in the corner and
say, That fellow with the big chin and
loud moustache." There's the difference.
Mr.. Wheeler is now widower His wife,
a most estimable lady, died last Winter
His nomination emphatically secures New
York to the Republican party. The Lou
isiana compromise, of which Wheeler was
the author, has given him hold in the
South that no other Republican can have.
States that now stand doubtful he could
carry. He would be acceptable to the
Schurzes, the Curtises, the Bryants, and
the Parke Godwins. His record requires
no investigation. He could not be forced
to the defensive, for he has no wrong to
defend. If the Democracy carry New
York, twelve more votes gives them the
Presidency. The South, by the friends of
Conkling, Blaine, Hayes, Morton, and Bris-
tow, was conceded to them. With Wheeler
this concession is not necessary. The
fght-worn people of New Orleans received
peace from him, and the sore spot OF the
South he healed. Wheeler can carry Lou
isiana, South Carolina, and Florida.