Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-10-10
WgEEITNG w. VA MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10 1881.

ton was discussed tonight to allow
Senator. Anthony, as the oldest Senator,
to call the Senate to order, as
the Republicans have assert
ed an inclination to dispute the
right Of the chief clerk to do 80. It is
said that David Davis has q candidate
for the secretaryship, o Republican and
wounded soldier, who will be voted
for by the Republicans who are opposed
70 9orham. The method to elect will be
by resolution. The Democratic resolve
thai their caucus nominee shall be sec
retary will fail by tie vote, 90 will the
resolve that Gorham shall be elected.
Then
The New Man viii Be Elected
BY the Republican vote and David Davis.
Among the precedents mentioned in the
Democratic caucus to-day was that
Conkling was sworn in on his first
reelection upon motion of Hannibal
Hamlin when his credentials had not
i reached Washington, solely upon news
paper statements and private kilograms.
Pm. B. Young, OF Georgia, has the lead
In the race as the Democratic candidate
for Secretary. l.. Q. Washington, OF
Virginia, is next.
Senator Edmunds' Indignation.
Senator Edmunds said after the eau.
eua had adjourned, that the action OF
I the Democrats was not exactly O sur
prise to him, although he had been told
BY some Democratic Senators that the
situation was one which demanded q
compromise, and the suggestion for a
committee of conference had come from
the Democrats. He had not counted on
any result from such a conference. 1t
was quite in keeping with Demo-
cratic methods to invite a con-
ference and then forestall all
action by seizing the only thing worth
coniering about. The Republicans can
as easily stand such tactics as the Demo
Gratis. They will hereafter feel justified
in taking advantage OF a majority, no
matter how temporary. They should
recall all pairs, and il sickness or death
should weaken the Democratic side,
The Republicans Should Take Advantage
Of 1t,
and change the officers OF the Senate, il
it was but for a week. Upon being
asked If the Democrats intended to elect
secretary before swearing in
the new members, he said
he did not know. They stood on their
legal right to elect other officers. In.
| deed, they had the same kind OF right
| to refer the credentials OF the new men,
bers to a committee and keep them
there all winter. Politically, their act is
an unwise and unpatriotic one. They
say to the country that they are willing
to get power by any means. They now
offer a reward tn any insane partisan
who may think the country injured by
the rule of the Republicans to put an
end to it by Staying the President.
The Result of the Cauous,es.
WASHINGTON, October "a week ago
the meeting OF the Senate was looked
forward to as one to be a marked con-
trast with the extra session called by
President Garfield. Prediction was that
both parties were very anxious
to avoid the exhibition OF
crimson hand, and that the Conserva.
tive members would so guide the coun-
ellis that the organization OF the BODY
and the division OF the committees
would be by unanimous consent.
The death OF President by assassina-
ton, the profound grief OF the people
without respect to party or to section,
and the fact that the Senate was called
together to supply link
in the Presidential succession, were
thought to be sufficient reasons to
compel an exceptional willingness to
sink party considerations, at least until
the senate was organized. The con-
ierences at Cleveland pointed
| to such result and the talk OF
Senators on both sides, previous to the
caucus OF yesterday, enforced the same
view. The air af the committee rooms
appears to have put all such ideas to
flight, and the prospects OF dead lock
have ceased to be terror to Senators OF
either party. Theyare
Further From an Agreement Than Ever.
and the division OF little patronage has
dissipated the last vestige OF sentiment.
Every step in organization is to be con.
tested. Edmunds and Frye will
open for the Republicans, and
it is not likely they will
be left without reply from the DEM
ocratic side, There will be little il any
obstruction except in the form OF de.
bate, but it will be seen that the mis-
fortunes OF the summer have failed TO
weaken party zeal in the leaders, how.
ever much they have operated on the
people.
The Democratic candidates for Secre.
tary Of the Senate are very urgent that
their party shall elect secretary before
the admission OF the new Senator'S.
That course would have few
advocates in the Democratic caucus did
not the candidates realize ii the election
is postponed until the new senators
are admitted, there is little
chance for the election OF Democrats.
AS David Davis vote is conceded to the
Republicans in the organization, Davis
will not vote for Gorham, but after the
resolution for the election OF
the Democratic caucus nominee
has been voted down, and that il Cor
ham was similarly defeated, Republi-
can caucus will be held to select another
man. For him Davis will vote; he will be
elected. Boruck, the man brought from
the Pacific coast by Senator Miller, as
its representative in the place OF Gor-
ham, is not likely to be the man.
Further Political Gossip.
WASHINGTON, October 9.-Edmunds,
Frye and Logan will present a Republi-
can protest against the election OF Bay
ard, tomorrow, previous to the swear
ing-in OF the new Senator's. II necessa-
~, the Republicans will break the quo
| rum to prevent the election OF q Demo
cratic Secretary before swearing in the
new Senators. Although David Davis
will vote for Anthony, it is not believed
that he would join the Republicans in
an attempt to unseat Bayard. The
message OF the President will be short
and formal. A paper is in the
hands OF Democratic Senator, said to
be signed by all the Democratic men,
bers OF the New York Legislature,
alleging that the elsction OF Lapham
and Miller was accompanied by bribery,
and pointing out certain informalities