The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-10-14

I
POLITICIAN With the accession OF a
IN Democratic administration,
pErrlcoATs. both Mira. Thompson and
her legion Of friends felt thather Continu.
alton in office was doubly secure, But
the reverse proved true. Aa the date for
re.appointment approached last spring
there arose contest over the office 60 de.
termined, loud and long. that It's echoes
were heard all over the Union. No less
than iorty.one male applicants arrayed
themselves in unbroken ranks to selfshly
contest the little lady's official honors and
emoluments. To this army Of ungallant
KentuCkians and their followers, the
COurierJournal through its chief owner
Mr.. w. N. Haldeman, gave q most
aggressive leadership. The milk In the
cocoanut here, was the control OF the
| minor offices for the benefit Of Mr.. Halde.
mans family and immediate iriends-and
he fought for 1t savagelyl He sought to
prove Mrs. Thompson Republican; re.
verred the policy Of his paper squarely
upon civil service REFORM committed 1t
btatantly to the most offensive interpreta-
ton OF the war.cry ito the vlctors belong
the spoils;n aud daily for three months
he waged o warfare upon the little lady
as yenomous and as unfair as 1t was I'm.
doubtedly energetic and unCompromising.
His every henChman and tho full list Of
applicants he kept in state oil perpetual
activity; and by means Of threats, boldly
and vigorously applied, he whipped mum.
bers oil Mrs. Thonpson's warmest sup.
porters into negative silence. In truth
the air was blue with "the old Deacon'1"
threats OF vengeance, and for time the
case looked desperate for our plncky
heroine. But, "beware Of the widowW
The brainy little lady never faltered,
never once lost hope. And, from first 10
last, she displayed the genius for political
generalship which challenged the admlra.
ton OF all Washington, and which has
never been equaled In her sex. She mar.
shaled her forces at every point; gave her
personal direction to every detail oil the
canvass awakened an unequaled 10y.
atty among her friends; and when she
went on TO Washington to establish her
headquarters at the Ebbitt, she carried
with her the documentary evidences Of o
following which, In point Of numbers, In,
Huence and enthusiasm, dwRried the COM
bined opposition into rldiCule. Once at
the seat Of war, though the contest lasted
for eight long weekS, and though the
White House was fairly peopled with her
opponents, this doughty daughter Of .
worthy sire held her forces 10 pan and,
from daylight until next dawn,
week In and week out, she
fought o winning fight. She
proved her Democracy by her individual
record and by every family antecedent
proved the honesty and efficiency Of heI
administration BY every rating In the De-
partmentI and duallY, by sheer intellect
ual force In demonstrating the superiority
Of her claims 10 oil cotners-she wrenOhed
the trophy from our Cheiitain's hands
and came home the toasted heroine D! Thu
hour.
II was a piece Of work as brilliant ant
mABtefiul 90 American politics has eve
seen and, woman though che be- II ha
given her undisputed rank with tho fire
political manaseru q the day.
LITERATURE Ono feature Of the can
AND yaSS iSStrkingly ilustrAtlv
. roLtTis. Of both her character an
: intellectual powers. The needed an
prolonged presence In Warrington q
course robbed her cause At HON
Of that spontaneous enthusiasm
!, which her personal magnetism
always imparlsI aud that, loo, at q tim
!: when the COuritrJO Journal was doing II
\ uplleSt work. To supply this needle
y force she adopted the policy Of COrrel
b bonding freely with her most lnAuentll
|, suppoftets. These letters were noihln
Abort Of remarkable literary productions
: Though the issue was Of grave import I
her domestic welfare, and though he
days and nights were iull Of work m
anxiety Of the most exaCllng CharActe
her lsttets Abounded In the llyslleal hume
and originality, were feplete With hihtoi
col aud classical alluBlohS and they aul
eSted the ungallAnt and ungainly oppo