The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-03-05

Hon. E. Willis Wilson is o native ol
Harper's Ferry, Jefferson county, W. ya.
Hefollowed his trade as q mechanic in
earlyiliie and was employed in the Har.
per's Ferry afmory when boy. He re-
eeiyed common school and commercial
college education. In 1860 he took up
thevarious branches Of liberal education
and the study oflaw at home, without any
instructor, and was admitted to the Jetfer-
son county bar in 1900, where he contin-
ued to practice until his remoxal TO Kama
wha county, in 1874.
5 He was amember OF the House OF Dele
gates in 1871, from Jefferson county.
He was elected to the State Senate from
Jefferson, Berkeley and Morgan counties
and served in the session OF 1873, COM
menoing in January.
Having moved TO Kanawha, Mr.. Wilson
was elected to represent that county in
the House ef Delegates of1877.
He was again elected to. the House OF
Delegates Of 1881, and was chosen Speaker
OF that body.
THE INAUGURAL CERENroN1Es
At the State House at Neon--1:he Procession
and the Crowd.
The new State administration, elected
by the people last October was duly in
augarated yesterday at noon. The cere-
Notwithstanding this event were Of very
quiet nature and attracted by little at.
tention. A stranger in the city would
scarcely have imagined that such amin
portant event as the Inauguration Of a
Governor ola State Of the importance OF
West Virginia and the installing in Office
OF other State officers was transpiring.
Between 10 and II % clock s few business
houses on Market streetin the vicinity Of
the McLure House, the headquarters. OF
the new Governor, Hon. E. Willis Wilson,
put ont few flags and a small sized crowd
gathered about the hotel. In the office,
the members OF the incoming and out
going administrations, and the other prom:
inent individuals who were to take part
In the ceremonies, stood around aud con-
versed about various topics while waiting
for the time to arrive to SO the State
House. Governor Jackson and the other
officers that have served during the past
four years, created laugh by writing
their names in tho hotel register under the
familiar quotation, Turn the Rascals
Out"
TnE PROCESSION.
About II o'clock anumber Of carriages
drove up to the hotel and shortly after
wards Kramer's band, at the head Of
seventeen members Of the Young Mems
Democratic club. arrived on the scene,
Col. J.A. Miller, chairman of the Com.
mittee on Arrangements, then proceeded
to load up the carriages, aud Mr.. Oscar
Seeley, Marshal Of the Day, aided by
George Baird, Jra arranged the order 81
the procession as well as their prancing
steeds would permit At last everything
was nrcadinessand the procession moved.
At the head marched the police force oil
the city commanded by, Lieut.. Steve John.
son, and II can besaid truthfully, that the
tcoppefse formed the best and most at.
tractive part Of the line. They looked
neat and marched well and called forth
several expressions Of praise. They were
followed by the band playinga memorable
air, to which the gallant Plumed Knights
often marched in the stirring days Of the
recent campaign.
"JeGn Davis, the pet Of the Jefferson
Club, having sobered up sufficiently "a
walk straight, marched by himself at the
head Of the handful Of members from that
organization, who we're supposed 10 be do.
ing escort duty. They Wore nountforns
in the way of hats, gloves or anything,
JEFF carried the black gold. .lettered ban.
ner Of the club, that banner that was pre-.
sented byBome Of the fair admirers Of the
club, with the understanding that il was
never to be deilled by being carried by a
person Of color. Itwas the only banner
carried the glorious stars and stripes had
no place In that procession; the flag OF the
Union was conspicuous by It's absence,
The carriages were next in line. The first
cantained the chairmen OF the various
committees, the nextthe two Governors
Bishop Kain and Judge johnson, The
other officials followed, together with q
few oI Governor Wilson'S Charleston
friends. Mayor Grubb and other city oiIi.
GERS also occupied "a carriage. The reai
was brought up by q iour.horse omnibus
containing between twenty and thirty
membersof Wheeling's own beloved City
Council.
THE ESTnuslAsM.
Not o cheerlwas heard as the line pass
ed down Market street to Sixteenth up
Sixteenth 70 ohapiine and by chapiine to
the north entrance Of the State House.
There was quite q crowd at the McLure
House when It started and one at the
State House when Il arrived, but the peo-
pie were dumb, excepting =. Tommy
Cockiyne who reioiceds lat some one 8 ex.
pense- to th ,nk tlathe had lived TO see
the day on which Democratic president
once more ruled the land, !, aud vented his
feelings in loud talk and boistefous laugh.
tar a lnnn The line Of fnhfnh q few -fiennll