The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-03-11

where, II the Democratic caucus should
be unable to control q quorum, and so bC
obliged to let the election Of Speaker take
the chances OF q general vote on the floor
they would vote for Randall for the pur
pose oil putting the hard money Democrat
ot the House, and those with most mod
crate views, In power, rather than Black
burn, as the representative Of the OK
tremists, REINFORCED blythe GreenbaCkeTs
ANOTHER CONSIDERATION.
There Is another consideration that Il
working strongly In favor Of Randall, and
that Is found In the fact that the entire lob.
BY, without exception, isdenouncing him,
and actually working against him. II Ii
work against Randall, and not directly
loS AackbuSn. There Is claim on their
part that the latter would deal more
ieniently with them, but their conduct
concerns Randall alone, and Is prompted
soley by sentiments Of revenge, The lob
by went out Of Congress empty handed,
and they chargetheir failures more general.
~ to Randall than 10 any other man-iar
more than TO any other Democrat. This
bitter opposition OF the lobby will be an
additional argument with Republicans for
the support oi Randall, provided the con.
test Us transferred from the caucus TO the
House. .ss ss.T
II fh BAITINoRR OPINION. leI.
The Baltimore American OF this morning
concludes leading editorial on this sui.
lect US follows: Diminishing, then, the
idea Of electing a Republican Speaker,
what then ought to be the policy Of the
Republican party? II viii OF course pre-.
sent It's own candidate; but II It should
turn out that the Gfeenbackers do in.
deed hold the balance OF power, so that
neither oil the parties in Congress can
elect Its own candidate, what then ought
the Republican party to do? In any
event, 1t will not become the Republicans
70 enter into any combination with the
Greenbackers; and, II 1t is necessary to 90
outside OF party lines in order 10 break
any deadlock and enable the House TO get
to 6uSinesS, they should 10 us did the Re.
publican party OF Maine, prefer Demo.
crat to a Greenbacker, and cast their votes
for Mr.. Randall, who Is the Democratic
candidate representing the best elements
OF the party" 80 .. -
THE CANVASS FOR TIE MINOR OPPIcEs
in the distribution Of the Senate and
House continues active. 1t is the old
struggle for the spoils. A. G. Buell., the
democratic writer at the Capitol, whose
stirring appeals for the repeal OF the su.
pervisor law had marked effect on the
extreme element here, and did much to
bring about an extra session, and whose
pen has been more potent in suggesting
revolutionary possibilities than that OF ali
the Democratic journalists here combined,
IN his article this morning thus describes
the insatiate greed for office:
There is a struggle between fitnessand
unttness, between usefulness and use
iessness, between alertness and inertia,
between brains and imbecility, which in
telligent Senators ought not to be many
minutes in terminating, after they get to-
gether in caucus. Feeble hands are
stretched out on all sides in beggary, that
would be wicked, ifit were not TOO abect,
and tremulous voices are raisedfrom every
quarter in mendicancy that wouldbe crim-
inal II it were not so pitiful, for all these
places which fairly yern for flesh, blood,
brains and muscle, unimpaired by age and
unblemished by imbecility. 1t is not nee
essary to mention names. In this case
general description identifies and ordinary
Characterization locates with an unerring
and remorseleSs accuracy. to which the
addition Of a name would be needless
cruelty"