The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-10

House without opPostttop, anu elther
Henry Cain or Ed, PsnnYbacker sergeant
alarms OF the House. You want TO know
about the United States senate-Camdan
will undoubtedly succeed Hereford, He
already has q large following and this will
be augmented daily. In the Senate | can
hardly say who will be elected President
Judge r, S, Brown, OF Jackson county, Is
being very prominently mentioned by his
friends, and will BEES strong candidate. Dr..
Summers, Of Kanawha, Is also another
candidate, and will have q good following
Homer or Dan Johnson will be clerk,
@. P, Crap, q memberotthe House from
Randolph county, said he was in favor oil
Col. Monroe for Speaker provided he was
In the field. He had served in the Legis-
laturs OF Virginia and in the army with
the Colonel and regarded him very highly.
Peyton would be elected Clerk without
opposition. Mr.. Oresap said he was Tor
Judge John Brapnon for United States
Senator as long as he was in the field. he
had not set his stakes for any other candl'
dates, but would await the event.
Dr.. A, Z. SummerS-senator from
KRnaWha county, is OF the st. James. The
Doctor Is prominently mentioned as PrCsi-
dent OF the Senate. In regard to his canti'
dacy, he said he was not q candidate IN
the ordinary sense Of the term. II MS
friends should give him the nomination
he would not consider 1t his duty to de-
cline 1t,
Jerome SLeuoR- Senator from Summers
county, Is also at the came hotel, He ia 'or
DR., Summers for President Of the Senate.
Homer for Clerk. Nothing to say on the
Senatorial question.
Hon. John Sou-Member Of the Senate
from Wood county, Is also At the St.
James. Summers for President OF the SEN
ate. Horner for Clerk, frsti Johnson Sec
ond.
Hon. SEP. HaR-Member Of the House
from Welzel county, ia at the Mcclure. He
thinks that Wilson will be Speaker, and
Peyton, CLERK,
4 very prominent politician whose
name wa do not give, told our reporter al
the StAmm Hosue last night that Is wat
well understood that Willis Wilson would
be Speaker OF the House, and that 8
strong effort would be made to make
Judge Brown, OF jackson, President oil
the Senate. ut 10 true," said he, "that
Dr.. Summers, OF KanawhR county, has
been prominently spoken OF for the posi-
ton, but the fact is here, KRnawha gets
the ~Speakership, that ought 10 crafty her.
ton In order 10 rush the Capitol TO com.
pletion. The $4,000 already appropriated
10 about exhausted, and 1t stands TO rea
son that she cannot be cheeky enough to
ask for the presiding offices Of both
branches and the appropriation too. So II
is thought that Judge Brown will be sup
ported by the Third district memberP. He
10 now and has been for some time identl'
fed with the party, His sons are staunCh
Democrats, and he has many friends who
think his peculiar abilities Ut him for the
position. ! He is q nan OF undoubted abll.
ities, and great attainmentat"
PERSONAL,
Pat Tierney, Of Weston, Is atthe stamm.
Pat wants to be sorgeRnt.at.Arma Of the
House.
John II. Holt, the "Orator from Gran.
berry" Is at the ST. James. John wants
10 be q Committee Clerk.
Col. Jim NeRlis, OF Hampshire county,
the one'legged doorkeepeF Of the last
House, Is ia the city, and wants to be re.
elected to his old position. We have
heard Of no opposition, and as Jim 10 Q
deserving man, We doubt not that he will
get through with a boom.
Harry Gain, Of Gilmer, wants to be
sergeant.at.A Arms OF the House.
j. J, s, Hssler,::o Of Jackson ;county, iS
here In the interest Of Frank Hereford.
j.. B. Thompson, Of Summers county,
wants to be assistant 10 Peyton in the
House.
b, r. Neal, Jr., OF Wood, Is after the
~clerkShip to the judiciary COMMITTEES IL
the Senate.
Hon. Joel Z. stollings, Hon. A. O. Full,
kerson, Of Wayne, COL Alex. Monroe, Of
Hampshire, Senator H. Samples, OF Clay
county, and j. B. Orumrine, Of Pennsboro,
are at the Stamm,
Attorney General o. @. Watts, and W.
7. Lucador, Of Charleston, are In the city.
Col. D. D. johnson Ia at the Stamm.
John W. Holt, member from Lincoln,
Is at the Stamm.
Colonel W. II. Hogemsn, ofthe B. 10.
Il. r., Is at the Mcclure.
Percy Mcneil is one Of the remote pos
sibilities for Speaker Of the House.