The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-08


Camden's returns.
at is MS definitely settled as anything
political u.n be-" said one OF the shrewd-
est politicians in this State last night,
"tllat Henry G. Davis will 80 into Cleye-
lands Cabinet. More than that he will
be Postmaster General. ! am not talking
Mt random now; neither am I INDUCING
in any Cabinet c%onjectures. l am talking
whereof I know. The State House ring
knows it, too, if it knows anything. The
Decentralization to my mind that it has had
the tip in the matter is tho fact that it
las been urging such men rs Governor
Jackson, John ]. Davis, Dan Lucas md
William A. Quarter for preferment.
Now, examine that array for u moment.
Governor Jackson is a Democrat, but that
word defines him andi hissole claim upon
Presidential attention. He has no in
tiuence with the party in his own State
andi is not known outside Of the line Of
tie Baltimore & Ohio road or South Of
the Ohio River. However, he is aware
that tho Cabinet is his only hope, fer
when "Windy" Wilson succeeds him, that
will DO tho last Of the Governor, rs apolit-
ical factor, in this State. The mention OF
his name in this connection was merely
Nh cbullition Of gratitude on the parto Of one
OF the Governors henchmcn. That was all.
II was not meant ~ serious. Davis is
even a more remote possibility than jack
son. llcisiubad odor with llenryG, Cam
den, Baker and others, who are nearer the
Presidcnt-clect than the coterie. His ideas
relative 10 the tariff are repusnant to four
liftlls OF the people Of this State, and they.
will not relax their negation' as to him.
Davis speeches told for nothing in u sin
gle county in the First Congressional Dis
trict in the recent contest, and went Jar
toward defeating Judge Brannon, who was
his running mate. OF course, as a candi-
date for %elertor, the men Of lis partycould
not ignore him, but it nauseated many
when they came to vote for him.
Lucas is in the same category. He is
narrow, moss.backish and non-progressiye.
IIe represents nothing but Lucas and is
only useful TO the Democracy Of this State
MS il chrome to illustrate n tradition Of the
party OH the occasion OF a Presidential
election. When he dies sJeiiersonian
Denocracyin West irginiaw will bc cxtinct.
Quarter is not known outside OF Charles
ion, and has no statesmanlike qualities.
lie is mentioned only in a complimentary
way. He is also done Tor as u politiciani in
this State, as the election Of kcnna to the
Senate shelycd him rs n candidate for that
office; and when Phil. Snyder steps down
and out Harris, st. Clair or some other
Denocra. outside OF Charleston will step
up. The fact is, tho 'cotcrie' is trying
TO shove itself into prominence in
this State through the Medium Of the Reg
lister. 1t is trying to call into prominence
rs representative men tho mediocres, md
to present them as the choice OF the Slate,
when in fact not one Of them could be
elected for anything in the gift Of the ag-
grcgated Democracy OF West Virginia.
Why, either Senator Camden or ex.Sena-
tor Davis has done more to perpctuate the
party than all of the combined opposition
to them. Both Of them have given large.
ly and literally Of their means, while
tho others have given largely and
literally Of their gall and venom.
The aim Of tho opposition to C%amden'and
Dayi. is to dwarf them IN this State, and