The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-11-22
CONFERENCE .CAlWS
FROM TIE crows IN THE CAUCUS
Al Hnrnnn''s Hotel Who're the iIsossss OF
Wcst virginia Met md pnrceied Out
t's Patronage for West virglnln-rhc
State House Hing Utterly lgnurcd.

Sptchl Cou.Ho,ue,ee ofths Ia.elliaencer. M
WAsilSGroS, D. O., Nov. oO.-Sennto
Camden passed through this city durinl
tho early part Of the week eli route 10 l,al
,imorc, where he had u conference witt
political nlagnates. concerning West Vir
gina's share OF tho Federal patronage un
der the coming Democratic adn,inistra.
ton. Another Barnnm Hotel caucus
took place ut which the principal figures
were lhogreatpolitical mogul, Senator Ar.
thur German, Of Maryland, your Stand
nfd'oil Senator Camden and WestNNirrin.
in's coal mouopolfst ard railway king,
llenryG. Davis. Now, the chief object OF
this caucus was to further the political
prominence ,of smiling Henry, ns most
things ART In which he participates. Tr1he
atlablc Ex-senator has Cabinet bee
in his bonnet. lie went 10 the Chicago
Convention rs the leader OF the Bayarl
forces, and failing to nominate the chival.
ricDd|awarc statcsnan flG was considered
for time out Of tho political arena. Since
1t has become positive fact that Bayard
will not 20 into the cabinet and that Cor.
nall prefers to remain in the Senate and
pc the: leader OF the administration on the
lloor oil the Upper House, then it was tha,
Henry Cts. ambition took another flight
upward, s...1i + z,Sa ..,s..sf Is, = 4
GoNMAS fAvoRs DAVIS. (
Davis and Gormanare cousins, and they
have long been connected in business
matters. It's tho wish Of the MARYLAND
boss TINT Davis Should 60 in the Cabinet.
Then lis way isvery neatly paved for reach.
Ing the pinnacle OF his ambition. Their
little. ra,lcns WIS called for the pur.
pose Of discussing the situation anil the
Of pressing the name OF
Henry q. Davis upon the attention Of the
prcsdent.eect. Senator Camden while
here strongly urged Davis name i,t con.
nectlon with the head OF the postollice de-
partnent, and II his is considered the post
lor which lie is steering. The. caucus
came to no definite tonclus ON upon that
point, but it was agreed that it would be
well Tor Davis 10 60 to Albany in rrsnns..
70 M au'ngrlnh letter fr N Cleveland in
vltlny him there for consultation upon
political a'lairs in general. This letter
from tho newly made Pr silent may mean
and then again it may not. s 4, 4
After disposng Of Henry, the question
Of West \irginia's share in the ''spoi,s"
was discussed German conceded and
til other bosses claimed that the s,at,;
was entitled to 4 very large share OF the
tederal patronage to be disp.ns after
the It'll Of March.
WEST vilsGISrA's CLAIMS ron PATRONAGE,
The reasons given We're that the State
had been hotly contested by the Republi-
cans i'll October and had been bravelv
won by the extra work and the liberal use
oi coal oil on the part OF the Democratic
bosses OF the; State. In addition to the
federal Offices in the State it was agreed
That West Virginia should have q Cabinet.
PORTFOLIO several hundred clerkships in
lhe various departments here and two or
.hree foreign e6HsHlates with several
OF legations from among the
young BoIrbons, particularly these who
,re expected TO put in their best work
liking" the next Legislature for Canlicu's
reelection. il is the proud boast OF some
'f the Oil Kings lu.lscrcct l,encl,-
man that he has already mott
sage upon nearly, il not quite all, Of
thr Senators recently elected who have
,lcdged their votes to him early in nd
vance. The Banum caucus concluded by
| mutual understanding between Cumdci,
md Davis by which the former was TO
support the latter for cabinet position,
md Davis agreeing to endorse all applica-
ions for Offices made by Camden upon the
President elect. The Standard Oil Sena.
or has fully mnde up his mind to mo.
'opolize the West Virginia patronage and
l'c It in the interest Of his re-clection 10
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