The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-23
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The HOLIDAY R.ess-tspitai Notes.

RON our special tOfitsloautnL
WHIISGroS, D. O., December 29.-I.ep
resenlative Springer has announced him
self rs u candidate for Speaker It's moi
believed that the Illinois hoBeiy has any
serious expectation Of being elected to
succeed MIR. Keller, but that hc simply
makes tho announcement, to warn Randall
or Carlisle, one or the other Of whom II Il
believed will be the next Speaker that lc
wants ilrst class chuirmanship. With
Randall, Carlisle, Blackburn mud Springer,
there ure now four av0wel candidates Ia
the field, with bare possibility tlat Sun.
set Cox, Of New York, and Eaton, Of Con.
nccticut, may swell thc list to xix, San,
Cox would rather bo Speaker than l'tesi.
dent, but M brilliant ils he IL In parliamen-
tary affairs he has the honor oi being the
clown OF the House, and any mention Of
llis namc In connection with the position
is always read us n huge Joke. There Ia
still talk Of kcnna us II dark horse, although
he says unrcseryelly that lie IL not Il
candidate for that place, but wants to bc
Senator. ltis not beyond the probabilities,
II he IL not successful nj Wheeling In the
Senatorial contest, he inny he pushed for
the Spcnkenhip, in cuse there is II very
heated contest when the time arrives 10
nominate one iu the CAUCUS next December.
WILSON ANGlSG Ills rLrMAGE FOR THE
sESATolslIir.
Ben Wilson Is making himself very
atlAble this winter md some people express
tho opinion that lac may yet make Il,
troublesome for the numerous Senatorial
aspimnts in West Nirsinia. One promi.
ncnt West Virginia politician sail 10 your
correspondent, this morning. that he be.
lieved there was more In the Wilson,
Republican combination tllnn the morr
Astute Democrats cared to admit, and he
believed II BeDja would 20 to work he
would have little difficulty in securing
enough Democrats in the Legislature TO
stick TO him, and with the aid Of the solid
Republican minority he would be able to
nainc the successful man, even II lie could
not be elected himself There is no qres.
tioning the lact that Ben is one OF the mos,
accomplished politicians IN the State and
1t is very hard 10 discount his movements
us TO the future.
4 BUSINESS MANS OPINION.
Mr.. Charles Drockunier while here dur.
ing the past week intimated that ii Colo.
mel Wilson was in earnest hc believed lie
could pluck the Senatorial plum. Bnt, in
speaking from u business standpoint, Mr..
Brocknnier said: "Thrre is no doubt but
the best man for the State is Henry G.
Davis Mr.. Brockunier referred TO the
various enterprises in which the present
senior Senator was connected with now
and the benefit lie had been to the State
in the way OF attracting outside capitalists
who have invested IN these enterprises.
KENSA's CANDIDACY.
It is apparently the feeling among West
Nirginians now here, md who have visit.
ed the Capital this winter, that Keuna
ought TO be the next Senator il Mr.. Davis
is out OF the race, and ii his friends place
any reliance in his repeated destinations,
he is. Mr.. Davis Is no donbt sincere in an.
nouncing his determination to retire from
activc political life and it Is his friends
who are responsible for placing him in the
unpleasant attitude that he now finds him.
self. We're it not for the talking done by
Mr.. Davis most earnest friends he would
have been counted ont OF the race long
ago. Bnt there are those here that Mr..
Davis has taken care Of and they DO no,
relish the prospect Of his retirement. 1t is
conceded by those here that il il was not for
these repeated destinations on the part OF
Senator Davis he would have but very little
difficulty in harmonizing the sevenil iac-
tions.