Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-01-05
THE s sENAVoRsHIP.

/ With the mercury ranging among the
foot notes OF the thermometer and the
snow piled many feet deep in the gorges,
/ found a seat about the Hale House fire
more agreeable than one IN the uncer-
tain and irregular trains that OCCASION
4 ally pass over the Che sapeake and ohl"
railroad. Jack Frost has eiiectually sus,
pended business in this exCapital and
soDr-to be Capital oi the State, and the
I oniv resource leit tn the frozen lnhRbl-
tanis il vigorous discussion Ot that
/ suhirct ever dear to Nirginisns-pelitics.
OoIhc = Of January the Legislature
oi the State will meet in Wheeling, and
/ its organization is naturally somewhat
discussed. This city will present a can
didate ior presiding officer OF each
| branch. VIZ: DR.. A. T.. Summers Tor
! President at ,he Senate, and hr. J..
| Wilson for Speaker OF the House. Dr:
| summers is a polished gentlemen, and
/ yonld make a prompt and capable OH
Ger. but | understand there are tour or
/ five other gentlemen spoken oI Tor the
/ same position, so the worthy Doctor has
| not a sure thing on il. Mr.. W lISnn mas
served the State quite number oil se;-
sions in both the House and senate, ana,
| ! believe, has no opposition Tor the
| Spcakership,
The LEGISLATURE will have q United
/ Str,,.s senator 10 elect, and Tor TINS
I pl,re there have been three names sdlS'
| cussed. viz: Hon. Frank Hereford, the
present incumbent; Gen. II. NJ. Math-
! rws. The present Governor OF the State,
and Hon. J. y. Camden, Of ParEers-
bnry vino, although a public man, has
meyer held public office. AS IN most
states some stress is laid in West Nir.
ginil ON the geographical distribution OF
t5r important officers The State is
divided into three Congressional dis
tricts. and 50 important is this geogcdph-
ical distribution considered that, at the
las. Democratic State Convention state
ticket composed OiSiN members, had Two
ns .mbprs liced in each district. AT
present the two United States Senators
are located, one in the Second district
and one in the Third. During the seven
wears OF Republican rule in the State the
Senators were chosen from the First and
Second districts, and since the Demo
Gratis came into power, ten years ago, ihe
two Senator's have come from the Sec
Cnd and Third; aud during these ten
wears tie Governors Ot the State have
also been taken from the Second and
Third districts. This year, Tor the hr't
time, a Democratic Governor has been
! chosen from the First district, and that
| district is partly indebted for the honor
| IN little intrigue. The outgoing Sena-
| TOR Mr.. Hereford, lives in the Third dis
| trict. where his true Democratic prede'
! cessoys. Senator'S CdPerton and frlce
/ resided. and he even lives III Cdper-
! tons county and is married 10
| niece 0f that gentleman. GOV. hath-
eys il a citizen Ol the Third district anu
| Of * Senator Prices county ana town
and is a near neighbOr of Senator Here
/ ford. State Senator Dennis, OF the same
county, Greenbrler, would like to have
| bean the candidate for Governor last
SUMMER. as would also DR.. Summers,
of this city, but it was not to the inter
est oi either Messrs. Hereford or Math-
ews that a Governor be taken from this
section Of the state; therefore, Mr.
Uereford's friends generally supported
the accomplished Mr.. Faulkner, OF the
second district, while Mr.. Mathews
friends entered into an alliance with
Mr.. J. Il. Jackson, OF the First district
The terms of the agreement were th"t
Mathews Vas 20 use all hls power 10
make Jackson Governor, and In turn
Jackson is 10 use his power this
winter to make Mathews Sena-
tor. Jackson was not especially anN-
ious to be Governor, when the matter
was at first broachcd, because the salary
is but =, 700 year, and the JacESonS
are all known 10 BE- rather extravagart
livers. Mr.. Jackson is lawyer with
practice which yields him double the
salary he will receive from his o!iice;
and his official duties will take him to
Wheeling four years, hy which time hls
practice will be scattered TO the iour
winds. This has been the experience Ci
both Of his predecessors, who lett paving |
practices 10 become practically paupCrS'
With all this in view, the bait Citeredt to !
Jackson WAS not especially temptng' |
Bnt when il WAS so enlarged rs to ~
clude the offer of seat IN the
Senate, two yesrs hence, he swal |
lowed the bait hook and all. little |
ring was therefore formed which lnciud-
ed slate Tor a portion OF the State TIC
kat and the disposition OF two Senator |
ships. Although Jackson Is personally |
popular in this district, this intrigue has |
had the effect OF strengthening Here
ford, and he will receiveONer lwo'thlrds |
Of the votes OF the members ot the Leg
islature from the Thru district. lie has |
also considerable following IN the sec
ond district, where Mr.. Faulkner M
nuence is great. Senator DAVIS, VINO
was elected the game day that Hereford
was. iour wears ago-the former for the
full term and the latter Tor an uncX-
pir.d tcrm-is believed Ia quietly
wish for EerefOri's election, although
ne is personally warm friend OF Mr..
Camder's. But the charge has been on
h,m with such emphasis that he - Try
ing 10 dictate the election Ot his co!
league, that lac mas come To- wish that
Mr. Camden would wait and take his
chances for his Davis seat when his
time expires two years hence. since he
has absolutely determined 10 retire from
politics and give his entire time TO his
/ immcn q business interests. do not
think, however, that Davis will real
lv oppose CImdCn's election, vet 1t Is
an aScertajned fact that the latter
will get hut Que vote cut ot ail the MEM
| bers Oi the House and Senate in his
/ DAVIS Senatorial district, while Here
! ford will receive the bulk OF them.
/ Senator Davis first choice would have
| been Mathews, and he tried harl II in
/ ducc Camden u be q candidate fer Gov
/ eruor, but he found he could not trans
| fer his friends 10 Mathews.
What the First district will do on the
Senatorshi.' is only matter OF rumor
I loSn here. II Jackson and Mathews
! iil To control II in the interest OF their
cpmbiRstion, which has its headQ quarters
/ il Wheeling. Camden will probably get
/ il vote pretty solid, and the places the
contest between Hereford and the
I latter. II.
/ High Old Times in Logan County, w. We.
/ GAIT EsUcEG, KY, January 4.-John
/ Cohn. q desperate refugee from Elliott
| county, this State, was shot on Marh1ae
! Creek, Logan county, West Virginia, last
Saturday, by Aaron Brewer. The
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