The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-17
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THE wIllSfEHlNH HAH"I'''
Governor Jackson is soon 20 chang up
do shovel md dc hoe" OF Office and take
down de fiddle and dc bow" Of the iaw.
p.rhaps YOU don't need to be told conf
dcutially that Ills Bourbon Excellency,is
good deal Of a lawyer. When he planted
his portly form in the gubernatorlaI char
he had fine law practice, most of which
Is now to he gathered up again. say
most Of which, because during ms Term
tho Governor has not entirely lorSakeh MS
olI love. He has consented TO serve some
nj his old clients and taken III their sne-
kels will, infinite dignity and graceful de-
corum. According to population there u
more law.busineSs in ParkcrsbuTg than III
Wheeling, and, believe, not SO many
practitioners to the square foot.
The Governors ability and sociabliity
will command for him all that reasona-
bic man ought TO want Besides, in
worldly point OF view the Governor may
be eaid to he "wcl!.fiEed:@ lbs sp'rituNl
welfare is what gives me greatest concern
hear it said that out oil ollce "1Ecrnor
Jackson will be ont Ol politics. Maybe
Since the INrELLiGENcEH has pN'h nam
mcriny his administration nave noT en-
loved Ills confidence, but in the vGIled ana
uncertain future ii happen to drop INTO
any gathering OF the pehocrlllc -, li" WI
expect to find Ills BOURBON E S.
Ioncv thcrc or within telephone distance.
lie takes to politics as another man uocs
N fHst horses or tho girls to roLler.sEates,
I,tu NAlnu2ifrp Tie mas
warm friends among the active men OF
Lis Marty and don't think he will cut
them all suddenly.
Oncof tho striking figures OF the House
of Delegates is William Workman, OF
Boone. Tall, active, easy in his move
ments. the wears that have passed tell no
tale on him. His iAce is n study. Kind
liupss and determination are written on
n His sharp eye tlNshGs like lightning
or beams with genial glow. lio Is the
sort Of man who can bG rs tender rs 4
woman or as hard us steel. should think
him in his eIement engaged i'll some haH'
ardous enterprise, and To- such en-
ploits he is no stranger. Uncle Billy
Is counted among the new mem
Lcrs, hut in fact lie is an
old hand at the Legislative bellows.
He served five or six terms beginning
with the close OF the war, think. |
know he served with credit. He hadn't
any notion of coming up this time, but
his people had different view about it,
and here ho is by q very comfortable ma
iority. They tell mo that he can have
unwilling he wants in Boone. lie was one
one of the original panel OF West Virginia
Union men and Republicans, and he got
in to stay.
The handsome work in Fayettc sends
up w. ]. Davies, whom suppose tobcthe
youngest man in this Legislature. lie is
20 years old, bright, pleasing young
fellow who is anxious to do his best Tor
his constituents and the State. think he
will move cautiously and try to learn the
ropes before he crowds much TO the front.
III haven't said he is good looking 1t Is
because don't know whether he Is mar
ricd or single.
They arc telling oil sorts OF stories on
cx-sleriH G. B. Smith, Of Wood county.
The ex.sherilE was OIL deck this week,
making himself agreeable among states
men. The most serious accusation against
him is that hc has been mistaken for
Grover Cleveland, and ain told that Il
Wheeling hotel clerk was paraly2ed when
he stepped IN to register. 1t ought to be
said that tho cx-shcriH OF Wood county
wears a smaller collar and 0biggerhatthan
thcex.sherifrofE Erie county. ndthisisn't
ali. The cx-sheriIr OF Wood never hanged
anybody. He suspects that Governor
Jackson had designs on'him when he took
hanging match out OF his hands. Up to
that point brother Smith WIS fairly started
on the now highway to the White House.
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Speaking OF Smiths, James H., has been
sentenced from Berkeley county to term
in tho House OF Delegates, and l don't
know but he is the handsomest man there.
Better than that, he is an intelligent man
who is highly thought OF at home. Major |
Bristor, OF MarLinsburg, says, You can
tie 10 Smith," think SO myself.
What do you think? Don't all speak at
once, and brace yourselves for q painful
shock. "Windy" Wilson, thrifty fellow
that lie is, hasn't yet paid his campaign
assessment! ! have not asked Chairman
Leonard 10 confirm this statement, but ii
he will show the committees books they
will be confirmation enough. suppose
Mr.. Wilson took it for granted that there
were men Of means i'll the party who
would not let the organization suller for
lack OF funds am also informed that
"chill penury" was not permitted to AZ
llCt the party. Wonder whether Wilson
was saving his money to bet on 5000 ma
jority?
The saddest thing brought to my knowl-
edge by tho assembling Of tho Legislature
is that Henry s. Walker got left in the
recent unhappy campaign. He was to get
SIOn speech. He spoke many times and
rot yerv little money. Perhaps the COM
mittec wasn't willing to pay him $40 for
every timo he shot off the same able
effort. 1t may have been the lack OF va
riety in the performance that brought
about tho breach OF contract. At all
events Henry S. went short, terribly short
on his pay. And then he remarked that
It had always been his luck to be
made a foOIOiby the Democratic party. Be-
fore election day, when he was looking I
around for his cash, he was referred 10 l
"Windy" Wilson, and told that Wilson
would pay him out Of the unpaid assess.
mcnt. Walkers proud shirt rose tri-
umphant over all thought OF filthy lucre,
and in penetrating KanAwlla accents he l
shouted, ooh, Wilson be did" That
was a fine speech that Walker made for =
Wilson in tho Wheeling mob convention. 5
Congressman, Snyder has been doing a
little genial circulating among the gather.
cd wisdom. He might have been in Glib r
sons caucus II no hadwanted to, but he !
was too busy declining to sign petitions I
e.. E,jnroI 1Oicn When philin first