Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-01-18
WASHINGTON.
An Exhaustive Review Of Senator
Don Cameron.
How He Conducted His Campaign
For a denomination.
Characteristics Of the Noted Penn
syivaaian.
etksf Notes and News From the
National Capital.
Sssesal b ne Rasser.

WAsHIRsfoS, January 1.-THE Sherman.
Dsvis controversy, during the past week,
has directed the attention Of the country to
i the personnel of the United States Senate
and q the elziistorisi force on each side Of
the lins which separates the two parties. II
can not be said that TIE comparison invo'-
1ntarily made between The past aad the
rresent list oil favorable to'tl,s claims Of
| tLs generation o. Senatorial sisputants.
The degene7acy Of the Senate is the one
facs which has been brought ints promi-
nencs in thi, as in other comparatively re-
cent partisan debates. There is hardly d
man in the bedy whs can fairly be called
eloouest Even orstoEy in its generic sense
is at s,discouns Business msn forra the
greater number. in the make mp OF the
Senate, and are indeed the most sotent fac
or in the work done BY that
.sanch oSsoyernu,ent The time when an
eloquent speech coald do anything to push
sill along has gone BY. Novote is shangea'
in that way. The addresses which are de-
livsGed are Irinted in the record anS' goi in
sone. form To- the Constituencies Of the
Speaker. Bgs for that fact the Senate
would be basiness organization in the
,strictest sense Of the term. The reason TOR
this, p to be locked for paFtly'in the increase
of the total amosrt of work TO be,ransacsed..
The member Of local and private bills has OF
course increased enormously aimee the time
of Clay, Webster oud Calhoun The legislator
who woald leave his footprints in the sands
of time is now obliged to do his
work in the committee room and BY thA
sort Of application results ire achieved
which would be impossible for the talking
statesmea.to accomplish Il ia-related that
President Grant once expressed the opinion
that of all the members of tho Senate Don
Cameron uas the most efficie1i, although
he very rarely spoke on any topic, because
he had the sort of ability which pushes
bill through. There was truth IN the criti-
cism. Caueron has done as much for his
own State rs. PennsylNanis ooald expect
from any one of her sens inihe same cspac-
ity. There is. no better business man in the
Senate to-day. But as a political manager
he might we'll be dubbed the great inheii.
tor" His father stepped out OF
the Senate TO give him
seat six years ago With The seat in the
Senate, old Simon left bis son u perfectly
oiled machine in complete order, and eoF-
ering all the ramiiicatiOas Of the Repablican
political organizations in Pennsylvania.
His Early Training.
Don'S early training had given him excel
lent qualifications for the work Of keeping
the machine running, but he had no con.
ception whatever, Of the outside forces
which were liable 10 throw his engine OF
the track. In other words, the younger
Cameron was more distinguished Tor the
fortitu in vi than Tor the suayeter in modo.
Cancellation was oil out Of his system. He
was more ready 70 use up his resources in
tunnelling through . rock than to bring his
genuine Scotch pugnacity to the task Of
devisting from its course, and
walking round the obstruction. Be'oe
Young Don could learn the necessity Of con.
ciiating enemies as well as taking care OF
friends, the Blame men in the State had
gotten hold vhish could not be easily
shaken of. Even within the Cameron
clan divisions bad broken out Quay and
Mseee and Cooper were fixing up q tri.
angular fight all on their own hooks.
Mitchell was elected United States Senator
as Don's colleague instead Of General
Beaver. Finally Patterson was elected
Governor Of the State and the Blaine men
were delighted Old Simon Cameron looked
on with disgust, but be had taken his hands
of and did not intend to meddle with bis
sons business Don did not come TO
his father. He looked into the
history of the State Of Pennsylvania and
found there the record Of many coup by
means OF which bis psternal sncester had
delivered himself from worse predicaments.
BE set his brain at work and decided for
himself upon q course Of action. a Repub-
lican nominating convention was TO be held
in Chicago in June, 1884 In January.
1885, his own successor was 10 be named.
and unless he should control the State
Legislature which was TO elect Senator
his prestige would be gone. The stroke de.
cided upon BY the younger Cameron would
have been worthy Of Cameron Senior in his
bes, days. He Kept still himself. but al
lowed sll "the boys" TO jump in and help
along the Blaine boom. He sacrificed Gen
eral Arthur, who would have been his first
choice Cor President aud gave practically
solid delegation for Blaine at Chicago. The
Plumed knight was nominated and Don
bad the Independents in his State where he
wanted them. One by one the Republican
candidates for members Of the Legishture
we're nominated. The kiekers who bad
helped elect q Democratic Governor wese
satisfied that all the recognition they desired
could be gotten IL Blaine could only
be elected Bat Pennsylvania, which had
lust elected Democratic Governor. VAS aa
ssssptial point. IL the electoral vote Of that
State we're lost to the Maine statesman 4
was as good as O defeat The nachins
vas in Cameron's hands, and be could make
or break with It 10 sui. himself In the
various assembly districts and Senatorial
disirieis this pressure was brcnght 70 bear.
and Cameron men were noBinate3 in
large majority, Of course. When this wss
accomplished the Cameron cohorts noSsd
on the enemies lines, an excelless canvas
OF The State was made, every vote yas got
ten out, and 200 RepsblioAn majority
was given for Che RepubiieAn stsndAs&
bearer IN the Keys,oae State
He wss nsiiehfsA.
Cameron vas Of ooufss deIghtsd With
the result in To State Be WA even betier
satisfied with Che eisctica Of ClsveAsd IN
The coanir5 1t large. He had 10 love Tor
hr. Blaine. but had been diligently feA'hes-
ing his own nest Tie probability is that
be win have no diaieaIy IN being retarnsd