Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-12
uis Reappointmsut Undecided as
Yet.
WEST VIRGINIA DELEGATION
c.r a, The President in His Behalf and
though They Receive No
Encouragement
IT IS THOUGHT TO BE ALL RIGHT.
sp.cielt2 ths RsgiIlcr.

fThe delegation when arri'eu ueR0 'A'' .
-.I.v IN his behalf has been augmented so
.,., i row numbers about sixty. To-day,
5fsade8 BY Senators Kenua and Camden,
Etbsv called upon the President and urged
Mr. McGraw's appointment. Mr.. MeGrsw
\ ,v,s nominated as is well known, before the
Senate adjourned, but his nomination was
no, acted upon. The early trains arriving
Absre this morning brought in quite num-
sbsr of West Virginia Democrats, and the
sr,ovd in and around the National Hotel
vas apparently twice as large as that which
gathered there on Saturday. Early in the
fo,spoon Senators Camden and Renna
called at the White House and made ar
,s,veuep,s with the President for the
F |R,,ertion Of 3 West Virginia Delegation.
The Presiien: agreed to receive the visitors
., quarter to one o'clock. So promptly
a. y 80 the West Virginisns got together
! A. The National, and headed by the two SEN
sto,s started mp the avenue. They made
rn;,s an imposing procession and attracted
considerable attention. Arriving at the
Executive Mansion the party were at once
directed 10 90 up stairs and were shown into
,be Cabinet which is the first room at the
bfsd of the stairs and between the offices Of
he private secretary and the one known as
he Presidents private office. Here there
wss wait Of perhaps quarter OF an hour
Will. the President disposed OF number
visitors who had been admitted to his otic
rrsyious 70 the arrival of the West Virgin
Is-s This being accomplished the visitor
w.re directed to 90 into the private office o
the President. who, while the party entered,
seJ h O. s-lf in talking to q gentleman
who wa srrh him. The delegation in the
neaurirc had gotten into
The Presidents ONCE,
and formed in half circle around the room.
President Cleveland then turned to Sens-
tors Camden and kenna, and after cor
dial greeting, said: well, Camden, these
sre your people, eh? "Ies, Mr.. President
responded the Senior Senator, these are all
representative Democrats Of West Virginia
and turning, the Senator introduced, first,
Mr.. David b Leonard, as the Chairman of
the .Hemccraic State Committee, and re-
ouested him to present the remainder Of
The visitors to the President. This Mr..
Leonard did in a very graceful and digui6ed
style. About half of the delegation had
grasped the Presidents hand when Colonel
Ben Wilson turn came. He was introduced
S an ex-member Of Congress, who had
served tao terms. The greeting between
the ez Congressman and the new President
vas paT'ica arly cordial
Uncle Ben
soppsd and aaid before he passed on he
wanted 10 say word. He said something
about the President having already made
handsome recognition Of the men Of West
Virginia in the selection Of Joseph S. Mil
Ter tor Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
and West Virginia having fired the first gGn
in the Presidential campaign last fall, duish-
ing up with q good word or two in behalf OF
Of McGraw. Uucle Ben then let 60 the
Presidents hand, and the remainder of the
party passed b7 him and were introduced
BY Mr. Leonard Mr. Leonard then ad-
dressed the President in behalf of the gen
tlenen present and the entire party OF the
Safe
Requested the appointment of Mr. Hc-
GraW.
He repeated the arguments to Secretary
Naming on Saturday and Senators Keuna
and Camden reiterated oil they have had
previously sSid and then Mr. Leonard said
that the gentlemen present came from near
y every county in the State on Mr. Ne.
Graw S b-half and that the people we're ex-
eeedingly anxious to see Mr. McGraw sp-
pointed. The President said well, they
90 seem 10 stick 70 Mr. McGraw pretty
veil Senator henua endeayored to call
NE Presidents attention TO the fact that q
very large proportion OF the Republicans Of
iteStste were opposed 20 t?e retention of
Mr. McCOrmicS. The President in
;e;rupting said Nov i. seems to me
mat If sll this is true there ought
iobe no difficulty in establishing the fact
he fact being SO thoroughly impressed
upon the minds Of the visitors, this speech
a the part OF the the Executive was
received IA her in the nature Of shock by
mem. SOme one suggested that all of the
!esding Republican papers in the State had
inclcstsd this much, whereuBOn the Presi-
dent said: oh | believe | have heard
something about that. Two or three
editors Of Republican papers have been
teTe but atterwari ascertAined that they
we're for Blaine and that the other party
vas TOR Arthur or vice versa and 1t did not
impress me very much. Here Uncle Ben
musoE came to the rescue and SAID: "Ar
PRESIDENT many West Nirginians myself in
GUIDED would have been pleased to have
lad MAJOR Anderson appointed, but you
iIaung deemed Il prudent 10 nominate Mr.
'cIIaw We are now SOiciuiops tor his reap
continent The head Of the Internal
ihs'enue is Democrat, and We think that
s as heutenantS should be Democrats"
ne PresIden, responded that he
Lad once sent NcGraws
!iane 10 the Senate, and that iG he sent i.
IN again the Senate might criec; the nou-
InslOn, and said he would not hold the
tace more than three or four months, aud
'nai would be very bad
=. Senator kenna assured the President that
AeUraw' 5 nomination was again seat TO
Is Senate there would De no dlEculIy ia
'o'trni0gU To this the Pre- aisa; nLls
10 GOresponse
+, Said the President to Mr.. Camden:
Ian Just as
Anxious to Get Democrats
q 'aese places, as you people are, but We
AVE 10 proceed carefully and consider each
sase nom all sides. will dispose Of this
rranes Just as soon as possible" Senator
Isnna perhaps thinking that nothing could
gaiued oy p5OloDging the interview,
IN It vas p's-u 10 see By the expressions
"a Tie laces OF the visitors, was anything
Sa' satisfactory, thanked the President for
= courtesy and few of the callers shook
e. cc1les With the President and the procession
sec cut Down on the front portico of the
.I5 .ai son the party gathered in small groups
~ zoe expressions indulged in by some of
s. Use "ho bad jast !si; the Presidents pres
I've pSrly indicated that Mr.. Cleve-
a. M nasr and way Of talking
Nl 'e'he- the Lind of politics or
Tn, ~ ,'acy that they were used to West
,.,N's. Il vas Lot so much what he had