Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-01-26
WASHINGTON.
kSthrs md Thlass At IL Fed.
erA Capital.
The Parkersburg Postofiee fisht-How the
Trouble 0riginated-The Pension Ar
rears Aet-Iariff Talk-The
Ghost Of rs.
POINTS, PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
speaa, Dtsposca 20 a. R,ot<.r.


Special DifPofch 10 the Reotser.
WASHINGTON, January 25-There Is A fair
sized row brewing oyer the p.,ker,b,rc
nos,u..t.-sh;r - hI..,.,,
sup, W "u'.n 'eioerapneu you
sonetning Yesterday. 10 60 back to the
beginning; when Charley Scott made his
unsuccessiui race Tor Congress against Col.
Den Wilson, tne Administrator were will
ing " ao Soine'nihs 70 reward him Tor BE-
lug ne aau NC ehose tne fafkersours
Po'so.ee. snaai once, only worth
aoou' si'oW year. put a. Dan. webster
SAID about Dartmouth College, there are
some of us who love it,n and among those
who had nm affection for th;s n.,.;,n,.,
-. = - ~.
gu out " maAs = PIace tor Scout Ine
former postmaster was orother OF ex'
governor ana ex-senator Arthur l. Bore
man, ana ne naturally thought he ought
TO hold on. After Scott got in he was made
custodian Of the new Government building
at Parkersourg, which contains. beside the
Postofhce, the custom ofiees OF the U. s.
court rooms, ana IL wash long before ne
S 5Ss nf tba hS;Id;nn SomshoJv n, @ ,he he
court room. one night. over Goyernor
Jake's election, and Scott made fuss over
,;g using "9Sernmeht Tn % gas ior poliueai oele1ra.
him for contemns oS conr, ;n ssrS;ns ,Sp
court letters containing distasteful inter
rogations, and
The Devil Was 70 Ray
generally for several sittinSs. Finally,
when this was settled up and Judge John
lent Judge Nun the court room one day
To hold court Scott sent I'm to know bv
,s,,-r.rt ,,,o ,,,,-,,,,,, IA, NJ, -.
';..,S" .an' YI' n"'."O' w. uuse "uI was
sitting there, and then the cruel war broke
out in fresh place. Just now Ii seems
much every interest in the controversy Is
represented here, besides the candidates.
Steve Davidson, who is put forward by the
opposition 10 Scott, is represented TO be a
popular carpenter and builder OF Parkers,
DuIR, WHO served III the reuerhl army ana
married relative OF Capt John S. Bur.
iette, oil Sharieston. lie is accompanied
IN MS pilgrimage mere Dy the Naptaln ana
Bob Foreman, who are acting as right and
left supporters.
Tariff Talk.
Somehow the tariff representatives who
come here TO see that their interests get
,ius,;csu n, IN. hands of Con,res. mors,o
10 create the impression of arrogance and
purse-proud spirit which does them un.
doubled injury. refer to some circulars
recently issued by tariff representatives
lere, in which those who advocate changes
II the present protective list are designated
Is 'cranks," "incendiaries," etc. II ought
9 be remembered that the gradual transfer
d one az ,So free % Ia, ag hs s, rom ,S me pro
ufsctnrers % CON fnaJ 70 . onv psoTsu
nun nun, uiae'Gs Sohnneu W eVn nParauveiy
maj ma Poi III son =. '-.e Souh.iy i anu 'as' ou
iue " sunsi anIe aiiI SoL s.siVn y. P
ic PoIicy, tney nave n.'ic hoPeM III y. a.is
1' ,iesent auL uLa,itabes. y. ~ ~ AZ, tne .s
- 49,, Vu. VI o nLan n'';,hs,s anS .tn.a
St:aI ~, ""SA 'f-'N1S@ ~A~ ~S@s
VIC ieAeu vi.
The Pension Arrears Act.
q - ~ ,to.o 4 40, ,;rs,v to be any
ishea is' tnA' 'hefe 10 NV - ,h.
nnsiaefaDie aDateinert tea ert t1ir I'm Se..s....
nittees begin to apprehend that there was
iome truth in the remark .nnt th1 unor n, The
riding LOT tnese = i;ab;iitv equal 10 the
pubic : i'cn' ~,
"'' wanna, Suffrage.
- r., c,n.rossman took the troubis IA
se'St". a, O..
indicate TO the recent Womahs ouhasv
r,l,,,,,,,on In this city, that they would
,.l;s.d wouan's suffrage, say for
Fote ior au"i''' - -, go ,,,onartv
women WOMEN "no ~. 80.
holders, ,:etc., but were ho' "'h"e ="
n a mpcb lare,,r proportion than aireaoy
80. - ,,o,or. thoroughly ignorant OF
- 20. .nd Incapable Of voting intel
igently ON political questlohs; y.,, asy
Jared that suffrage no and the vicious
,xtenued; ri,s .nt ,soI nearIv 4 majarity OF our
nrssent voters, and thought 1t was ABOUT
lime TO call a halt until the pt or The
,erous elements were p,o''..H, ss,r,s, would
adies claim that woinAn ane present
not oniy ehllghuiI uus ;,;Je iss, ,e be.
politics, there seenis 70 oe ,ha Too s,,Ics.
tween the represensI''o" :"
divorce ,..,
here. in which Lewis Decker - pininuh
and his wife is defendant, and In which
rn1 ohor,od with de,ertion. brought
ne.A e., s.'sr YESTERDAY IN which he
o ..rs ,bo, IN 1s77 his wife went to Cumber.
say !, " .hon - % Wheeling where sbe en-
lana , anu i hm.;no.. ,s , dres, maker: that
ga saseu s,,h'onmor,Iv ;" wrote him that when she
d;J 1 return TO Washington she did not
xant 10 hear from him, for she had
friend who was a member OF Congress VINO
had secured position 10, hc' h olo nn
that she would live with her oro'heL nm
this state Of facts he claims 'he uese''''"
was mainly on .ne o.n. w,,a.
n,,,. o.,,,,on here i, tolerably we'll di.
. inpnc nc "p,n %,"n. Wild and his aestb.tical
performances in this city, notwishs'and'hs
tho newspapers unite in writing him down
. v.n;d ass The portraiture Of him as
"pa,ience" can hardly be called burlcsque