The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-03-08
sOvERNOR GROVER.


soual Appearance Of the Governor
His Views ON the CrOnin Case, &c.
Soon after leaving chicago on the
Baltimore and Ohio train. on Monday
night, q correspond ent of the REGISTER
was attracted by the appearance OF the
gentleman who occupied the next seat
in the Pullman car. The individual in
question was considerably past middle
age, nearly six feet in highth, thin and
possessing strongly marked features.
His rather long beard aud
close cropped whiskers were grey, and
his mustacbe was just turning from its
original hue; dark reddish brown to the
same color. The long, thin, stern looking
face, with the deep lines around the. cor
ners of the mouth, complicated wrinkle
between the brows, and the iron grey
hsir combined to give him good deal
the appearance of one of the old ascetic
looking Puritan fathers and could he
nave exchanged his glossy black silk, for
q steeple crowned hat, and his well-ft.
ting suit of sombre black for
hsbiliments cut IN the fashion, which
was CONNIE IL faat with those living en-
b )diments OF prosecuted intolerance, the
resemblance would have been complete.
The face and figure would have attracted
attention almost anywhere, and here his
complete isolation, neither speaking nor
spoken to by anybody, together with a
slight nervous movement at times, the
result of long and fatiguing travel,
and perhaps to certain extent
of worry and anxiety, rendered
them doubly noticeable. After
taking note of the Plymouth
Rock scion the correspondent retired to
the rear OF the car, and was quietely en-
loving a soothing weed, when the con-
ductor remarked That he had taken
Cronin through to Washington before,
and now he had Governor Grover on
board. Enquiry elected the fact that the
pas ,euger described above was the man
who forced the Commission, in one in
stance, to 90 behind the broad seal of the
State, and 50 stulify themselves and con-
tradict their previous decision.
A few seconds later, cigar was
thrown out of the window, and an inter-
viewer was on the track of the man,
who has been so universally execrated
by every member OF the Republican
party; too late! The Ex-Governor and
Senator had gone to bed; so there was
nothing to be done before morning.
Even then impotence had to be re-
strained till after breakfast; man does
not talk well on an empty stoma ch.
That meal dispatched - dispatched
conveys the exact idea-the Governor
was interviewed interviewed on the
cars. too-bet ween Chicago Junction and
Newark, D. He proved not unwilling,
talking freely and pleasantly. but ALSO
lutely refusing to commit himself on
G .rtsin points. He seemed to be very
little of politician, but very much 10
earnest in all he did and anxious to do
what he thought right. Above all, he
is gentleman from the crown
OF his plug hat to the sole of
his we'll polished boots. Below is given
verbatim, the greater part of the con-
vsrsation, relating to the matter in
which the governor was one of the most
prominent aCLOEs.
"What do you think of the decision of
the Commission, Governor
IL think it the most fortunate mode in
which Hayes could have been made
President-tor him."
"How do you regard the decision in
the Oregon case, in connection " IN those
in the Louisiana and Florida csse.?'
THE principle on which tho Oregon
case was decided, was opposed to the
principle oa which the people OF Rhode
Island elected their governor, and on
which one vote in Rhode Island was
counted fer HAYES"
add you con ider your action in Civ.
ing certificate rs a presidential cleetor
TO Cronin. consistent with the laws OF
Oregon"
"rhere was ne positive legal provision
IN regard to the prohibition IN the Con-
stitution forbidding federal officers to be
appointed electors; but deduced from
the authorities IN the states of Indiana,
Pennsylvania and New York, and in the
Eng ish decisions. my view that If the
Constitution has any force at all, it sets
aside an ineligible candidate from the
canvass altogether, and that the state OF
affairs in Oregon, in November last,
was the same as though the Republican
party had placed no one in nomination
for the position, for which Watts was a
candidate. The count was to be made as
if he had not been in the field, and certi.
ficates must be given to the three candi-
dates having the highest number of vo ties,
who, at the same time, are eligible for the
position. If this is not the torce of the
constitution, il has no force. TINS
prohibition in the constitution has
signallv failed to have any i'm
preston at all upon the last Presldentia.
election, and ought to be repealed by an
amendment to the Constitution. AS it
exists now, it is naturally dead letter"
"What do you think of the action of
the Democrats on the Commission in
voting to exclude the vote of Cronin?'
"Thst question is involved with several
Others. The question really was on
organizing the Electoral College
whether it was necessary to have two
members to organize and elect
q third, or whether one cleo
tor could organize and elect
two others. Parker ard Miller were ap.
poluted by CroDin, and counting his
vote involved counting theirs. l did
not notice that the Commission ever
I ,ok distinct vote on the issue, whether
under any circumstances the next can
didate, after setting aside the ineligible
candidate who had the next highest num-
Der of votes, could be declared elected or
not; but if such was the decision OF
the Commission, in fact, It is
very authoritative determination of
that question IN the United States, and
must be regarded as final, notwithstand-
ing the decision of the courts"
"What is your opinion of the action of
the Democrats, who erdeavored to null
lIfy the result of the decisions of the
Commission by fillibustering?"
81 don't see how they could accom-
plish much by irregular resistance, after
both Houses had declared in favor of the
ruling of the Commission by large
"But after voting in favor of the Com