Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-11
A POINTER
On a West Virginia Delegation at
Washington
Worked Up and the Result a Nc
GraW Boom.
President ClsYsland's Sound De-
mocracy.
Good West Virginia Democrats to
the Front!
Spseia! % Ms Ssadag Reqisser.

/ REGISTER representative last night from
Grafton. Being aware that there was to be
a further effort made to secure the reap
pointment of John T. McGrsw, as Collector
| of Internal Revenue and also that the Com
mission of the United States District Mar
shall would expire on Monday, the point.
er thus received was not unexpected. There
fore the first place that your correspondent
called this morning was at the National
Hotel where it was ascertained that the
West Virginia delegation was located, 1t
having arrived there at Z o'clock.
The Party
consisted Of the following named gentlemen:
Senator Camden, Senator Kenns, Hon. W.
NJ. Clements, ex-Master of Transportation
Of the B. & o. railroad, Delegate Wilbur
F. Dyer, of Grant county; Major Ed. Nc
Donald, of Burton; Hon. John Bassell, of
Clsrksburg; Ho,. David II. Leonard, Chair
man of the Democratic State Committee;
j. E. Fleming, editor Of the Morgantown
New Dominion; Hon. Charles Z. Wells,
late an aspirsnt for the Msrshslship; ex-
State Superintendent of Schools Butcher;
Professor John NJ. Birch, of Wheeling; Su-
preme Court Printer o. S. Mckinney, John
T. McGraw, William Jennings, John j.
Giligan and Editor Dunnington, of Grafton;
Captain Cal Stone, of Msrtinsburg, and
Congressman Wilson and few others. 1t
was ascertsined that the delegation came
here principally for the purpose Of calling
upon the President and Secretary Of the
treasury to impress upon them, as repre-
sentative Democrats of the State, the neees-
siiy OF reappointiDg Mr.. McGraw to the Col
lectorship.
Charges Against McGraw Refuted.
Il was ascertained that there have been
charged fled with the Treasury Department
BY some of McGraw's enemies to the effect
that in several instances he has been guilty
OF irregularities in his legal practice, and
also giving other alleged reasons why he
should not be commissioned. Athdavits
have. however, been secured from the parties
interested in the cases in which it was
charged that McGraw had been crooked
utterly reiuting the charges showing that
they were without foundation in fact, but
were originated by certain parties having a
personal grudge against him.
About ten o'clock the West Virginia Wis
itors assembled in one of the private parlors
Of the hotel and arranged
A Programme
| for the day. All present were invited to
accompany the party on their visits to the
departments.
At halfpast eleven o'clock the party,
headed By Senators Camden and henna,
and accompanied by ex Senator Davis, who
had in the meantime arrived from BAlti.
more, started up Pennsylvania aveauH, en-
route for the Treasury Department. Arriv-
ing there, it first proceeded to the Office OF
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue;
where they were cordially received by Com
missioner Miller. From here the party
moved over to the office of the Secretary Of
the Treasury. Mr. Camden having gone in
advance to arrange for reception, and as
the party fled into the office of the Score
tary. each gentleman was introduced by him
% Mr.. Manning. Senator Camden explain
ID The object of the VISIT and said that the
gentlemen present were representative Dem
ocrats of West Virginia, and would speak
fcr themselves. Whereupon Mr.. Bassall, OF
Clarksburg. acting as spokesman for the
visitors in q neat modest, but pointed
| speech,
UrGrd the RespPointment of McGraw.
BE said in su ostance that the Democratic
party was a unit in requesting this appoint
ment. That the retention of Mr.. McCor.
mick and a number Of his subordinates was
especially Objectionable and damaging to
the Democracy Of the State, and his re.
moval would meet with the appreciation OF a
very large per cent. of the Republicans in
West Virginia. Senator Kenna also spoke,
taking up the argument apparently where
Mr.. Basel left of, AMI related how some
of McCormick's deputies, one in particular,
had been in the habit of riding over the
country and
stopping Private Citizens,
swearing them on the public highway that
did not know of Illicit distillery, &c. He
told the secretary how one poor old woman
had been conspired against and
dragged hundreds of miles to court
charged with crime which she had never
been guilty Of Mr.. Kenna said that this
was not an isolated case but there were
many outrages of similar character which
had been committed By internal revenue
officials in West Virginia. Senator Cam,
den assured the secretary that McGrsw's
appointment would be acceptable to the
united Democracy of the State as well as to
large majority of the most respectable
element of the Republican party and the
citizens of the State in general After at
tentively listening to the above named gen.
tlemen
Secretary Manning Responded
that he believed he understood the MeGrsw
/ case very thoroughly, and turning to the
to Senators he added: "You know what
/ have already done toward securing Mr..
McGrsw' resppointmsnt." Mr.. Kenns in re-
ply said that they were aware of Secretary
Manuing's feeling in the matter, and &C
cOrdingly felt very grateful for what he had
already DONE" But" Clipped in Mr.. Cam
den, I'VE want you to do it again" Mr..
Manning assured the delegation that he
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