The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-06-26
ARrER TmOUGurs
About the HSStin 1T 'hs state Democratic
EIseutiVs CommlrIss.

| Abeht AhN "Rellt Z WI ihe HtAAp bNmNgFhllg
EIseutiVs Commiuss.
spseiR t0rIap0a'tsl.os Of ~ iAtRigaoa.
PAEKEasBuEa, June 95.--I desire TO cor
rect slip Of the telegraph, tho types-or
could Il have bssn the pen-in my dis.
patch Of last night concerning the Demo.
cratic Conference; aud the correction will
open the way To bring forward sons ieA.
lures Of the pleasant family gathering
which ii was sale enough to keep on Ice
for a day. II will be necessary to enter
noIbeleusly the Office OF the Commissioner
Of Internal Revenue. The Commissioner
is seated at bis desk busily driving his
iacile pon, the while dozen or more peo.
pie await an audience with tho always
GIAbls Commlssionsr. That Is proxy
which he has Just turned lace.down ON
the periumed blotIIng pad, cannot sec
definitely whether the name Of the bearer
has been tilled In, but think not. There
IL, however, no trouble TO SEQ that
the person who Is to be honored with
seat pro ten In the Democratic State Com.
mittee aud there IN represent tho FiFsl
Senatorial District Ia instructed 10 vote .oT
Mr. Henry q. slime, Of Huntington, ior
the National Committed. The COmmis.
si0neT makes no CHnceAlment OF this, ana
remarks pleasantly, "Ihat'B my choice"
Mr.. Sims is an active, Intelligent man, a
good lawyer and highly thought OF by the
Chesapeake ( Ohio Railroad Company,
| ShOic attorney he Is. II Is at once eyi-
| dent that the Commissioners heart turns
back iondly TO his old home in Cabsll,
which gave him his first boost in \ career
Of phenomenal success and ~ yet by no
means ended.
WORKING our a PROBLEM.
At drsl, do not quite understand the
Sims move in the Commissioners ofIics,
for have heard that Major Ran StAlnaker
hsa secroled about his premises letter
from the Commissioner urging Msjor
stalnaker'a appointment to succeed
my growing lriend IN the boundleSs
West, Hon. LaWis Baker. II was not
until the COMMITTEES was well under way
with It's meeting that light dawned in oil
is Ctlulgent glory. See how It came 10
pass. Col. TRncy, OF the Register, had
gentls aspirations 10 succeed IN tue Ma.
tiJnd Committee his predecessor in the
newspaper The proxy inRtructinR for
Sims was handed to him. Stalnaker was
not In the committee meeling-lhere was
no vacant chair for him, though II has
bean hintel that by arrangement with
his friend tho Commissioner ho under.
stood tho programme. On this point |
cannot make positive statement, Thus
handicapped Col. Tanay took the sacred
COW by the horns and placed In nomina.
ton MIR. simp, understanding that move
to be merely compliment, sort OF good
lokO on the Sims outfit. The turn Of some
one else wAa coming later. 1t Is needless
to follow this matter In detail. Commit
teOman Vinson 1t was who said that when
the lower end had man she
generally sticks to him, but was always
ready 10 yield TO the party welfare. Sims
Was withdrawn, aud In about the time II
takes to tell Of II Henry q, Davis was
named and elected by acclAmatiOn. II
was rather a roundabout journey, but the
tourists got there all the same.
WHY IT WAS THUS.
asked an active member Of the Com.
mitteO why the place was not given to
Col. Taney, rOmarking that there might
come time when the lead.
ing Democratic newspaper Of the
State would tire Of being snubbed,
and that Il would have been graceful
thing TO confer that dignity without emol.
ument on one who had to do good share
OF the party lighting. The response was:
1.-THE reasons for Mr.. Davis election were
so many and great that anything elsa
would have been ineXcusablo folly"
did net consider myself greatly enlight.
ened But the thing was done, and Il Is
but truth to say that while everybody adj.
mlta Mr. Davis qualifications for efficient
service, there are good party men who
question the wisdom OF ignoring the party
organ at every turn. II must also be said |
In Justice that Col. TAnoy shows no re.
sentiment though his friends say that he
shares In their disappointment. have
been thus particular to have this whole |
matter exact because Il goes into the only |
preserved record Of an interesting event
In the history Of great party.
FAMILIAR TAcEs ABSENT.
One who cast his eye over tho conierees
as they filed upstairs to the meeting room
could not help noticing that some Of the
distinguished Wheel.hoFses OF tho party |
we're conspiCuously and painfully not |
there, Not n member oil the State Ad. |
minIstralion was present. Except Major |
slNlnakeF, not member Of Governor |
JRrkpon's administration was on hand to |
ioln In the council. From the upper Pan. |
handle not representative Of the great
wool RroWlnR,And manufacturing interests, |
Where, thought, Ia Campbell Palmer, |
that stout pto,ectionlst who battles In |
every campaign TO hold Brooke county In |
| llne2 Where were the HeaFnBs, GIL. |
christ, Dubois, Loring-WheOllng iron |
men, who spend their time and money for
party success and hays deep interest In
the lAriT policy oil their pATty7 Where
was john ]. Jacob, IT,, who saved the
country and Of Ohio county In the cam. |
paigu ol lSSiH and then there seemed TO |
DO another conspicuous omission.
THE o's AND rtH MC's.
The earnest and energetic Wheeling
Democrats Of Celtic blood seemed 10 have
been entirely forgotten. Note a few Of
lhBui 0'Bflen, O'KeelIe, O'Kane a De.
vine. Remembering the growth Of the
pFoleCllonlBl sentiment among Democrats
who wear the honorable " and Nc, Il
seems that the party was not rep. esehlsd
In oil lts elements without them. Taking
q wider view, there was that gifted Demo.
cfai, John Davis, Of Harrison, who
would ofnAIL lht any gathering, and John
basel, Of the same eounty--bolh among
J the miaaihg. The feCluse oi Long Reach
{. was non esl And % With 81 Clalf, Of
1 lkFayelle, whose splendid charge IN the
J IVhOelihe convention did more than any
hef one thing 70 nominate Wilson, Efi