The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-07-19
WIND WORK
OF EaE HoLLoWERs OF CONKLIAa.
No successor to the Ez.6Oas Yet EIeetsd
Yesterdays VotS-vAFyIng PESdIe.
IiORs a. 20 the Results to-day.
TuthIlrA Tall Talk,

htAno urn lot OonklnR'
: LaphAm, this morning, said he had
learned that Conkling says that hs(LAp
hRm) must not be elected.
Senator Mills introduced the following
bill;
sEcTIoN l. When any vacancy exists in
the office Of Representative In Congress
from this State, occurring on or alter the
fourth ot March IL any year, and more
than sixty days before an election, spec.
ial election to fill the vacancy shall be or
dered and held, provided q petition there.
fore In writing, signed by Of least two
hundred electors Of the Congressional dis.
trict In which the vacancy exists, and who
are entitled 10 vote In said district Tor
such representative in Congress, shall be
presented to the Governor o. least City
days before the time for holding general
election.
SIC, 2, Upon the presentation Of such o
petition 10 the Governor q special election
TO fill the vacancy shall be ordered by the
Governor, who shall, within Eve days
after the presentation Of the petition, issue
q proclamation for such election; but no
special election shall be held under this
act within twenty days before the general
election.
skc. 5. The provisions OF this act shall
apply 10 any vacancy now exialing In the
office Of any Representative In Congress.
This act 10 10 take effect Immediately.
The bill was made the special order for
Tomorrow,
The Joint Convention proceeded to vote
to ill the vacancy caused by the reSigna.
tion Of Oonkling.
When Tuthill's name was called he pro.
ceeded to defend the StAlwRrts for
DEMANDING A CALLED CAUCUS,
and also spoke Of the effect OF ties In the
United States Senate In the past. He
said It was stupid blunder to elect Miller
and LRpham, IS this gives the House oi
Representatives to the Democrats, and he
insisted that the time had arrived for ad-
ournment.
In the course OF his speech he returned
to Oonkling's letter OF resignation, and
said 1t would be read when the vile ira.
ducers Of the illqstrious Senator were
dead and forgotten, aud continued as fol-
lows: "Ifthe United States Senate were
called together II would be Democratic.
So II would have been the day Senator
BlSine resigned; 90 It would have been
when Window resigned; 90 1t would have
been when Kirkwood resigned, and 80 It
would have been when Senator Garfield
declined; bat no faction oil the Republi.
can Legislatures OF Maine, Minnesota,
Iowa or Ohio undertook 10 overthrow the
e:honored usage Of the parties. In the
usual decent and orderly way, iudivid.
ual preferences were submitted TO the ar.
bitrament OF q caucus, and harmony
and o choice promptly ensued so II
would have been here, One hour oil com.
mon fairness In honest methods would
have saved US these weeks Of contention,
and the State the dipgrace oithe painful and
damning disclosures. When vigilSnt
and unprincipled lobby by the black art
Of bribery had taken the field and thou.
sands Of dollars were traced from
the banks TO the pockets OF their
co.lAborers, with all the attendant sua.
picious circumstances, 1t was time to nd.
ourn. When the Grand Jury, on
ample testimony, had relieved the
Investigating committee Of all tho
painful duty by the Indictment oi half
a dozen oi the ring leaders In
this unholy crusade, for offenbes pun.
ishsble by imprisonment in the State ptis.
on, II was time to call halt, II was Time
toe adjourn. When o certain candidacy,
while yet holding majority vote Of the
Republicans, was 10 smirched with brl.
berry as 10 render its support impossible,
and the trick Of an irregular caucus with
the secret purpose Of It's withdrawal was
played, II was time to adjourn. When this
contest had 90 completely dobauched cor.
tain participants, and they had become 90
low and degraded as 10 be willing 10 allow
themselves to be advertised "a step.ladder
sneaks and transom peeping pimpa, In
order to give color oil truth and currency
Agains An honest citizen, II was time 10 ad.
lj0urn.
This infAmy was never surpassed ex.
Cept perhaps by those who pledged their
word at Utica and battered II at Chicago,
only that they might wreak their spite on
the most illustrious Senator of the century,
whose only fault was and 10 that be pos.
sessed that intense common sense and 10.
trepid valor which ennSbled him, Ia the
dark days ol supreme trial, TO be the
savior ot his country. yI 't.l
Why not Adjourn2 Gan you not trust
your Governor 10 call you together, II need
be, after reason shall have resumed lis
swAy2 II not, can you trust the people2
When did you learn that you could not
trust Roscoe Oonkling 10 10 10 the psople7
Were you afraid 10 trust him 10 60
TO the people last autumn7 Were
you afraid 10 trust him before the
people Of Ohio and Indiana In that crit.
cal October election, when every Republl.
can heart yearned for the much needed
victory7 When II was everywhere con.
fessed that the electoral vote Of New York
was absolutely essential for the election
OF Garfield, were you afraid 10 rive the
Gag into bis keeping2 Did be not bear Il
10 victory aud return IL 10 you unboiled
and resplendent2 insist that the re.
sponBibllity Of this long continued farce
Ishall be placed where ID properly belongs.
While 90 insisting, let II be confessed that
some results Of priceless value 10 the
commonwealth have been achieved.
The notorious headquarters and den oil
corrupLionists, gamblers aud Lobbyists,
where legislation has 90 long been bought
and sold, have been invaded BY The strong
arm Of the law, and several oi that corrupt
gang have been indicted for tbelt ctlmes by
q Jury oi their counttymen. This alone
will 10 far towards securing the peoples
representatives freedom from inoleatalioh
BY the tools and agents ot bribery, and
thus, BY their cen viction and Incarceration,
will disappear the shame and dlsface
Of an organized band Of criminals, openly
plying their infamous trade ID the very
shadow Of the capital. This betrayal Of
trust by the Republican caucus commit.
tees was the one cause OF oil our Woes
and 10 II directly was GhAfgeahle this long
and tedious contest. While taking my
stand on the lmpfegnAhlo position ln 40.
cord with party honor and party usage, |
have found myself supported and con.
filmed by the JetfefDonian standard oi
fitness In my candidate: us he honesty
fa he capAble2N Let eYotY man at1BWaf