The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-24
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THIN wild. As Lucas was talking met
were passing the obnoxious Rsqiat
article around In pamphlet form
800 copies had been printed. This wsl
adding fuel 10 the flames. Men who hat
not seen the article asw II now, and the
more they cav Of It the less they liked It
And there was the man who wrote it.
ta'gst for their shafts. Senator Ksnnr
threw himself into the beach asaiu-casl
into the arena a career tf phenomena
eucceta-Rnd down came the convention
on 1t like an avalanche.
THE GOVERNOR TAKES VI THE GAUNTLET.
Governor jackson, seated on the plat
form, had been restive through It ali. Hi
lace vt times showed the red and white o.
deep emotion. When k,nna was speak.
ing all eyes were turned on Jackson.
Would be take up the gauntlet. k.nna
was not yet in hie seat before the portly
form ot the Governor was belore the con.
yention, mounted on a chsir, pale, out
wsrdly calm, boiling with passion but
"lord oi himself" He made sure that bis
voice shnuld reach everywhere, for be
wanted his yind!ca,iou on that spot
The tumul. ceased 40 he began
to speak; but as be put the lash Of bis bitter
inrective on MoG.tt, and over hiR shoul.
ders on Kenns, Baker and the Register,
there WIS scarcely Il sentence that wAs no.
punctuatsd with applause. The more We.
hement the Governor, the more wild the
applause. Hia speech was no less shrewd
then hitter. He played upon the hostility
10 Baker. He kne~ he WIS talking to Dem.
ocraH and he e1hortad them In the name
ni Democracy not to beioul Their own nest.
It was 4 dramatic scene-s Governor and
q Senator Of the United States
glaring at each other and contending for
The rnastery OF convention. But the
Governor had the convention, and the
whole opposition was routed. There was
not even a baggage wagon saved.
There WAS little need Of the speech oil
Mr Davia, OF Harrison, in the sans vein,
strong as his speech was. The Governor
was the star performer on that side, and
he hac flushed his remarkable, dramatic
scene amid such vociferous and hearty ap-
plause as rarely comes to any man.
NO COMPROMISE WITH THE ENEMY.
HeuBhaw, Of Berkeley, q man Of hand.
s,me face and fine presence, spoke in be.
half Of u free press and government OF
law, but be spoke also in favor OF Nj Hs,t,
be was the chairman Of the committee
that was under gal ing fire, and he was the
CHIEF lieutenant Of F4H!kner, against whom
the administration forces were mRssed.
Henshaw WAS not accorded 90 much ss re.
sppclful attention-they yelled and hooted
and tried to hiss him down. He stood his
ground psllantiy. had his say, but without
other effect than 10 madden the beasts OF
prey.
MIR. Medst! advancing again 10 state
that he had nothing to take back, but de,
sired to Withdraw from the contest, admin.
men howled like demons. Even
bia dne courage in the face Of fearful odds
did not touch them. Withdraw They
would not let him Withdraw. They we're
to vote him dowa to slgnalizs
the defes. Of his faction, and they vera not
particular abou. the way Of doing 1t. They
would have preferred to put man in his
place at once. but Davis had de-
cined, and HaItin, tf Taylor, was
declared to be ply sicaily unable to fill the
place. There seemed nothing 10 do but
racommit the report 10 the committee, and
the defeated warriors were glad to get { 4
With their heads, sca! !ped and bleeding az
they were.
Such battle has never been eeen in
West Virginia convention. It will be
for the issue involved and for
the Prominent figures in the panorama Of
terrible reality.
EFFECT on CANDIDATES.
The effect on the real work OF the con-
vention is not easy to- foretell,
The friends Of each candidate
claim that he has been helped by the Eard
10 hand struggle. It looks aa though vii
cons cause has advanced at FAulkner's tx
pense, but it must not be overlooked that
the Governor drew support from Faulkner
the music when Mr.. Baker and
his psper we're h,nnted in their
Iaces. F.ulkuer could have been
nominated yesterday before the fight
came on. The row and its result can not
be regarded as addirg to him when it has
showed tho weakness OF his principst back.
prs in the convention. The Vsnmeter
men and the Raymond men are smiling,
Ior they think tnat. Faulkner and Wilson
were both slaughtered in yesterdays car.
mage. -.F
The convention has practically made no
headwsv, and there are conditions very
favorable to 3 renewsr Of the trouble to.
day and further deiy IN the proceedings.
II either side throws brick the other will
let 90 with all its ammunition.