Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-05-21
A STALWART SCHEME.
Col. d. Withdraws the Veil Once
More
And Reveals a Plan to Bounce Pierpont
and Duyal and Put Mccormick
Into a Fat Position.

ado you know Ex-Governor Pierponrs
business in town."
The venerable gentleman in question
had just passed down street, and the above
question had come to a REGISTER reporter
in the well remembered tones Of Col. D..
Though the gallant Colonel has recently
been enveloped in the shadowy shades Of
private life, his occasional avalaDches into
politics will not have been forgotten. No,
the REGIsrER man did not know the bust.
ness.
well, I'll tell you. He's working to
save his scalp You know he's revenue col
lector in the Second district and an effort
onto it and is here working to prevent it.
Did you notice the editorial squlb in the
htelligencer on Saturday? Here il is:
There is a movement on foot TO re-
move Ex-Governor Pierpont from his Rev
enue collectorship. The gentlemen who
are in this scheme would better pull of
while they can re Ire in good order. There
is q better business for them than waging
war on the man whe put 5000 Virginia
soldiers in the field under the flag of the
Union. There is no flaw in the admins
tration of bis office, and there is no base
metal in his Republicanism.'
Well
"Well. that means that the IRteUigencer
supports Pierpoint because some one who
antagonizes him is not on good terms with
il. Ii you look sharp you might see who
il is"
Come, Colonel, tell me all about it
81 can only give it to you for what 1t
is worth, and then you can put on your
interviewing cap and hunt it up. 1t seems
that Pierpont heard they were after him
and he packed his gripsack and hied him
down to, Washington. There ne
learned that some such effort was
on foot. He heard the proposition was to
consolidate the two districts of West Nir-
gipia into one, which would fire him and
General Duval out. Then he heard that
certain prominent Republicans were ylgor'
ously advocating the claims OF S. L. Nc
Cormick, the Grafton delegate to the Chi
Cago Convention. They said he was otal,
wsrt of the Stalwarts, and that he could
do more, as a Republican organizer, than
any man in the State. Well, PIerpont
wss given to understand that the records
of himself and General Duval were such
as would insure their retention. Then
Pierpont came here and had stormy in
terview with Marshal Atkinson, who had,
he was told, written a letter on the subject.
Atkinson said he had done nothing but
write a letter, and that Golf was at the
head OF the movement, whereupon PIER
pont left him TO interview the little Ten
eral"
And then WHAT
That's about all heard, but | got that
much pretty straight Gon browse around
among the Republicans and see what you
can learn. You can use what l told you
you as pointer
Taking this generous advice the REGISTER
nan, began to circulate. He soon found
the promiI ent Republican desired and
questioned HIM concerning the family
quarrel.
81 think" said he, "your informant is
mistaken. There is certainly an effort be-
ing made to consolidate the two districts
of this Stale. but it Is departmental effort,
making in pursuance Of the policy OF cut
ting down the government expenses. Dur
ing the last session OF Congress, bill was
introduced, reducing the number of co''ec-
ton districts, bui the c1llecto-s
who would thus be cut off were
friends OF so many Congressman that the
bill was defeated. In this case il the dis
tricts were consolidated, it would naturally
legislate PerpOnt and DuYal out and there
would be scramble for the new position.
Mccormick wants federal position and |
think he has stated he would be after the
new collectorship. it it were made. But,
of course, it would be open to the old col
lcctors just the same
Are Coil and Atkinson working for the
consolidation
LAS understand it, Mar hal Atkinson
says he is appointed to 1t, but he wrote
some kind of letter concerning it.. How
General Golf stands do not know, but he
has control OF the Federal appointments.
| know Atkinson is great friend OF Gen.
Duvafs, and think Duval knows il
Pierpont is little hot-headed, and natur-
ally got excited about it,"
"ls anybody trying to get him out?'
moi that know OF. He may be legis-
lated out, as | said, but | do not think he
will be removed or that any such effort is
making
How about the Httcliigcacers editorial
on Saturday,
That CAM say, unless it reflects Pier
points own views. He probably imagines
everybody in league against him."
When this conversation was reported to
Col. D., he closed one eye and mumuring
he would back his informat'on against
that interviewed" strolled away.