The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-03-22

causes was such that he did not belieVl
the Democracy would stand q show in
State election, Il one were to be held 10
day, The animus Of his remark appeared
further on in hin conversation, when ht
called the attention Of his hearers 10 the
fact that he Governor WILSON, had car
ried Cleveland through at the elections OIL
1884, and that, but for his brilliant
campaign in the State Of West Virgins
Mr., Cleveland never would have beer
President. Notwithstanding this very ap,
parent truth, Mr., Cleveland had acted
with base ingratitude toward him, and
had ignored his existence. Atleast, the
President, in making federal appointments
In West Virginia, had seen tit 10 snub hil
requests, and he had not been allowed u
name 80 much as postmaster, This &C
tiOn OF Mr.. Cleveland In not sending foI
the Governor and consulting him In the
matter Of West Virginia appointments was
indeed ungratelul, to say the least, II ID
very probable that the Governor never ex'
peCted his words to gain circulation be-
yond the circle Of friends in the sound ol
his voice, but somebody leaked, and as a
faithful chronicler Of the news, feel bound
to give It here,
Words cannot describe the indignation
OF the unterri6ed administration men, and
particularly the members OF the "ring'
when they heard of the Governors lam
guRge. He had said the President's ap.
poiltments In West Virginia were bad,
and that the people were not pleased.
Whom did he refer to particularly" ?"
"Why, MCGraw and Sehon, OF course
every body knows thatW
THEN THERE WAS A RIOT.
That was enough, and then the swear.
Ing commenced, A Democrat, whose
name l am not permitted to mention, but
II were would be recognized all over the
State a. one Of the shrewdest politicians Of
West Virginia, but who does not, by the
way, hold q federal position, said 10 me
"Windy Wilson certainly assumes q
great deal when he says he carried Cleve-
land through and that II 1t were not for
his brilliant campaign there would have
been no Democratic President, "Why, l
could convince you, II had time, that the
situation Is quite the reverse, Cleveland,
in fact, carried Wilson through, and II It
had not been presidential year, our self
importapt Governor would have realized
long before this Just how small space he
occupies In the hearts OF the Democracy
Of the State, undertake to say that II It
had not been for our anxiety to elect a
Democratic President and our fears
that the loss Of West Virginia to US would
mean the election OF Blaine, that Wilson
would have been defeated, AMI that his
defeat would have amounted to q sladgh-
ter. l will go farther and say that II the
Republicans had nominated anyone on
their ticket but Maxwell-ii they had
nominated Flick, Mason, Golf or Mclean,
for instanCe-Windy Wilson would not be
Governor OF West Virginia to-day, in
spite OF the effect his defeat might have
had on the National ticket. believe |
speak for very large and respectable ele.
ment OF the West Virginia Democracy
when l make this assertion. / think Mr..
Cleveland understands the situation. !
am quite sure he understood 1t thorough
ly during the campaign. He reads the
newspapers and knows that instead Of
helping him the West Virginia State
ticket was a load for him to carry. We
swallowed Wilson at the polls Just as some
Of your party swallowed fusion-ior the
sake Of the National ticket. Only this and
nothing MORE"