Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-11-14

| oohouCteu py Lew wallace aided by public
| PTeJudice. Mcdonald, with the late Judge
| blacK, was counsel for the defendants in
the celebrated case Of Bowles, Horsey and
Miliigan, tried for treason and and con,
spiracy by military commission at Indi
annapolis, and sentenced to be hung. The
case was taken to the Supreme Court of the
United States, where a number Of impor.
tant constitutional questions arose as to the
relations OF the general government to the
states, the war power of the government,
and the rights of the citizen. The defend,
ants were
Released by the Supreme Court.
In the case OF Beebe versus the State, in
which the Supreme Court decided that the
enactment known as the Maine LIQUOR law
was unconstitutional. Mr.. Mcdonald was
one OF the counsel for the defendants. He
was also one Of the attorneys for the par
ties VINO assaiied the constitutionality of
the Baxter liquor law. He has taken an
active part in many important cases before
the Supreme Court of the State and the Fed.
eral Court.
The Senator is most successful in his
pleadlngs before jury, and is a
shrewd examiner. He is not an eloauent
tslker, but has the ability to influence
those who listen to him by the
Apparent Fairness of His Arguments.
When his days work is over, Mr.. Nc
DonaId ceases thinking OF that in which he
has been engaged. He returns to his Office
from the court room, and, notwithstanding
be may have been interested in a most i'm.
portant trial, he is able to begin new duties
or go 70 his home, with mind freed from
care, to,spend his leisure time in social con
versation or pleasure. 1t is different with
both OF bis partners.
Before he had received his license to prac-
tice law, MIR. Mcdonald was nonin.
ated for the office OF Procuring
Attorney. and elected the follow
ing fall over Robert Jones, Whig and
prominent member Of the Lafayette bar.
This Was the First Election
Of that class of officers by the people, they
having been formerly chosen by the I.eris
lature. AS Prosecuting Attorney he served
four years. He Was elected To tine Thirty
first Corgr from the district in which
CTawsfordsvil!e was then situated, having
removed 10 that place az the close OF his
Official term as Prosecutor at Lafayette
While IN that Congress Mr. Mcdonald ex-
pressed bis sL..-S.av,ry views. h wanted
The NatiCna CapitCi removed from slave
district, and so strongly did he advocate
the removal that he became the subject OF
Caricaturists. A prominent caricature OF
the day was Mcdonald in front OF the Capt.
tol Building
Earnestly Pulling by Rope
attached to his neck the immense struc.
iure. Returning to the State after his Con
gGess!cIaI term, lie was elected Attorney
General OF Indiana five years later. He was
the first choice OF the people for this office,
.nd held ii two terms. With Oliver p
Morton as an opponent he made the race
for Governor of Indiana in 1861. He run
ahead of Lis ticket, but Mr.. Morton was
elected by 10000 votes. Eleven years later
Mr. Mcdonald took his seat in the United
States Senate as a successor 10 Daniel u.
Pratt. He was chairman OF the Committee
on Public Lands and the secon2 member
OF tie Judiciary Committee. When
Senate committee visited New Orleans 10
Investigate The Count of the Vote
Of Louisiana in the contest OF l>76 the In
diana Senator was member. lie made
the principal argument for the obiectOrs
before the Electoral Commission. The
Senator was also a member OF the Teller.
Wallace Committee. 10 investigate frau Is
in elections in Rhode Island and Massachu.
Setts A. the expiration of his Senatorial |
term he returned 10 Indianapolis, where he |
has since been engaged in praCticing law,
and permitting his friends TO boom him for |
as there any doubt about the Senator |
being candidate for the Presidency on the
Democratic side | asked ,o-day OF gen
len an intimately
associated With SIR. Mcdonald.
The Senator seldom speaks OF that mat !
that is, II ,h,y want him for the oincs, ne
will accept Bat DO not believe thu Sen
ator will he disappointed should he fail to
receive the nomination. He looks upon IT
almost as the creation OF the hour and OF
course, cannot tel what may transplre
within the next year. His apparent IN
difference, however, is indicative that he Is
not losing many sieepless nights IN con-
sidering his chances
There has been much talk about
and Mcdonald Being Eue.
miles,
NV informant continued. when McDon-
aid sees such statements, or hears them, he
merely langhs, and says: There's nothing
in it, If there is any Ill feeling hetTeen
,hen no one knows 1t but themselves,
The Senator never refers to Hendricks az
ton at the time of the Cincinnati c)nye1'
ton. when he refused 10 withdraw in favor
of Mcdonald He evidently believes thai
if Hendricks wanted to remain /, was his
prerugative TO do So