The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-06-17

WASHINGTON, June 16.
Special To the IutellIgenser.
GARFIELD AND THE DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS.
One Of the amusing features OF the
Garfield nomination, is the fact that most
Of the Democratic members OF the House
have at some time or other put themselves
on record as giving the Republican nomi-
nee for the Presidency hearty endorse
ment. Ellis, who recently visited your
city, and who Is among the most active
aud influential OF the Louisiana delega-
ton, remarked to me before the balloting
was ended, that Garfeld's record was bet
ter than that OF any candidate before the
Convention, and that the charges against
him have amounted to nothing. When /
reminded him OF his remark after the
Chicago opera was over, he laughed and
turned the conversation upon the subject
OF the probable choice at Cincinnati.
Dozens OF others have precluded them
selves similarly from any very damaging
attacks, and so far as ] have noticed, the
Democratic members who know Garfield
best, have no disposition to make them, II
the material for such attacks existed.
Most OF them resentth exploded ISLANDERS,
with which the Democratic newspapers
are filled.
GEO. DAvESPoRT's DEATH.
A good deal OF sincere regret was ex-
pressed here when the, news OF George
Dayenport's death was noted in your col.
umns last week. There were few among
the West Virginians in Washington, who
did not know him, and his connection
with the recent Political Cases, so called,
(including the Strauder case), which were
before the Supreme Court ot the United
States, gave him reputation among the
lawyers OF the country who have business
at the Capital. / once heard. distin.
guished member Of the bar say that he
never knew young man who Sas or g.
inally gifted with better legal mind tn. n
Dayenport's, and those who remember
him before his faculties were blunted by
excess, will recognize the force oil the re-
mark. Added TO intellectual gifts and at
tainmeuts he had natural kindhesrled-
ness and freedom from malice aud wick
edness singularly attractive to those who
knew him best, and the franEuess OF his
manner generally won over everybody
with whom he was thrown in contact.
SOME "REMINISCENCES.
Nobody ever had keener sense
Of the ludicrous, aud the manner as
well as the matter Of his quaint comments
on occurrences that amused him linger in
ones memory. remember seeing him
throw himself back in barber's chair at
Charleston. after hard days fight over
the retention OF the word "white" in the
West Virginia statute, and, as the Afri-
cans gathered round 10 wait on him, he
remarked in resigned aud nncnmplain-
| ing way, that was irresistably comical:
"Well, II you Riggers knew how much |
have done for You to-day. you would wait
on me for nothing"
Ills description oi HE iirat visit to White
Sulphur Springs was another piece oil act,
ing and humorous cIsggeration that used
10 amusc the writer. 1t was before the
recent era OF improvements thurs. which
has Transformed the old.fsshiOnod water
inc place into mOdera aud well appoint
ed hostelry, when he visited it, and his
picture OF PGyton's best apartment, where
the furniture only inventoried eighty
cents, and the general eject suggested was
that Of the debtors room in a ssoond.class
county Jail, was as painfully accurate as
photograph.
There are good many other reminls-
cences, grave and gay, connected WIN
George Davenport, which 1t might be oil
advantage to revive, but it is hardly lair to
take advantage OF his death to point
any morals or adorn suy narratives oil
mine. Fortunately, in some cases at !esst,
death obscures the memory OF some faults
with the recollection OF many virtues.
BRAIS9 rHE CAT.
notice that your talented and distin-
guished fellow citizens las Ben Wilson
would call them), Gen. Hearre and Col.
Josef Gallaher, concerning the stiffness OF
whose spinal columns have had occasion
heretofore TO remark) have succeeded In
beIling tho agile Thomas cat OF the Rhgtaer'
have known OF a good many attempts
being made In the same direction hereto
fore, but, like the attempts oil the mice IN
the fable, they have generally JAILED
through irresoIution at the critical mos
ment, and the gentlemen who were ac-
customed TO spit and snort and yapor as
To what they proposed to do with the
| Register, have generally skurried into their
holes at the first exhibition OF its claws,
even when the real work OF showing up
the concern was To be done by others.
There was q notable exhibition ol this at
Parkersburg ct the Congressional Conysl-
tion four years slnce, when President Bob
Blair sat down on Sweensy's resolutions,
IA great light seems to have shons en- BOD
since thenl, and there was another IN the
Democratic caucus at the capital two years
later, when the balance OF the mice and
men and long tailed rats all ran OF, and
left old man Hearne to tackle the estab-
lishment single handed. Now that the
opposition have accomplished their pur-
pose ot making the taGts appear, they are
10 be congratulated on doing It thoroughly,
: for the general impression here is that
whatever proof was lacking In the charges
was furnished in the reply.
on TO CINCINNATI.
There is likely to be something Of con
test for the fourth place as delegate a
. large from your State TO the Cincinnati
: Convention. Besides Gov, "Jonce" Gam
den, Of Parksnburg; Senator R. F. Den
mis-, Of Green brier, aud Beale, Of Mason
several others are candidates. II is ever
hlnted that Mr.. Baker, OF Ohio, has put II
I an application on the ground that hI
i needs It rs vindicatiou and pAnsaea ioI
i injuries inflicted upon his rear elevation
: a. HlaFkahurg 0T fhoa.. rnantinnad how
ever, 1t is believed Camden will seCur
|. the place, he eing reasonably sure OF Nc
9 Eldowney's vote, aud having the insid
s with Harlow and Davis notwithstanding
the fact that tina former Is Dennis towns
man, and the further fact that Denni
voted for Davis as Senator mora times q
o the last Senatorial election than eve
3. Ben Butler voted for JET Davis as Pres
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