The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-01-27
GheGttelliasueer.
The senatorial Coup d'Etat Yes.
terlny.


The Democratic members Of tho Legis,
lAture had no idea Of electng two United
States Senators yesterday, but Repub,
lican member who was posted remarked
as the joint assembly was taking is seat
Look out for fun to-day" And, sure
enough, there was fun. ~ .1gE Z
The Republicans had come 10 an I'm.
derstanding several nights ago, in little
quiet caucus held nt the Grant House,
that whenever they could get in their
work to advantage they would 60 solid
for Henry q. Davis and Frank Hereford,
asa choice Of evils among the Demo.
cratic candidates.
They picked out these two men be.
cause OF their desire to stem the Conied.
crate tide that has been running
rampant in this State since the nomina.
tions at Charleston last June. Both Of
them have Union antecedents, Tone was
Union soldier,) and TO this fact they
owe their election. They were yesterday
teddy the Republicans. But for the
Republicans is doubtful whether either
ofthem would have finally succeeded.
BY the same reasoning Messrs. Price
snd Faulkner, and especially Mr.. Faulk.
ner, owe their defeat 10 their Confederate
nntecedents, anil more particularly to
the fact that il seemed as limo politician,
Democrat or Republican, was to have
any status hereafter in West Virginia
unless he could show i Confederate rec.
ord. Mi. Faulkner carried the business
too far by letting the public know that
he had written all Of Slonewall JaCkson's
reports. That boast became an ofiense
in the nostrils Of many Democrats and
.of all the Republicans. Union people Of all
shades have been surfeited with that sort
Of stuff. They want no more OF it.
1t is thus that every excess brings on
its natural reaction. The Confederate
element among the Democracy had their
day in the fall election. They carried
everything before them at Charleston last
nmmer and filled the State ticket al.
most solid with Confederates. The peo.
pie nadea note Of the fact at the time.
Union Democrats swallowed the dose
with many wry faces, reserving their dis.
pleasure for u suitable occasion, and the
Republicans were easily educated up to
the point of voting for Union Democrat
in order to get even with these greedy fol-
lowers OF the lost cause.
When the time came yesterday at
which the Republican vote would elect
Messrs. Davis and Hereford they received
it, Senator Scott leading of, as the color
bearer, for the long term, and Delegate
Riley, Of Jackson county, for the short
term; and thus the job was done.
When the Democracy saw that they were
being beautifully hOisted by the Rcpnb.
Ican petard they became completely de.
mOralized, so much so as to lose control
of their organization, and were compelled
to fall in with the tide and change their
votes to Davis and Hereford.
The result was OF course the talk OF the
town yesterday, and generally speaking
people OF all shades Of politics are
satisfied, mainly for the reason given, the
same reason that actuated the Repub.
licsns in making a choice among the
Democratic candidates. 1t is thought
that timely rebuke has been admins.
tered to the Stars and Bars element.
Hereafter they may probably go slower.