Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-12-28
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.

The fact of Hon. RESRY G. DAVIS re-
cent visit to President-elect HARRISON
has esussd the editors Of the country
,,,sst deal of Gxcitsmsnt He was
immediately accused Of having pOliti-
cal object in view, of working to
,.t BLAINE into the Cabinet, Of
wo-king to get GoFF into the Cabi-
net of working to get "Son-in-la""
FrKISs into the Cabinet Of working to
gat himself into the Cabinet. He was &C
cused of dsssrtiDg his party. 1t was
roiotsd ont that he sffiliated with, and
had er,at love for certain Republican mil
Iionaire mouopolists and politicians, GoFF
among them. He was even quoted rer-
Iot1a ct Iteratia as chasing himself with
thu Republicans, a. witness the following
sample special" to the New York World
from Indianapolis:
rxnr,y,Porrs Christmas Eve, 1SSS.-There IS
rsople say. q pusSant combination in West Viz
yiris which runs things in the politics OF that
safe by 4 sort Of whipssw arrangement ana
,ybfchcyer way It goes stephen B. Elkins and his
rs,ber.in.lsw, ex-senator Henry q. Davis, To-
.,..,bor with Nathan GOf Jr., and some lesser
,.yhtS cannot by any possibility get len. Mr..
RG.fn. tOa 10 seems, Is interested Win Lhem IN
,,nIt OF their enterprises ,,
~ Sanstnr Davis who, when at Warrington,
,g,, numbered with the Democrats, but shifted
,,,-a In a wlly when any measure arose thas
fn,r@hNd his coal and railroad interests is Presi,
FautOf the West Virginia Central hallrOad anu
Sprne OF It's tributaries Sud ElEluS II flee-f resi-
- when tha caupaign was booming and all
bands were busy as beavers in West virginia
irCgino after the negro aud the labor votes, ar.
FIEin< waSSpOkeu 70 about his candidacy for the
On no said ne, with C;eSsr-like wave Of
rha hand. mot l. | haven't lived here long
enough Mr.. Col will be senator 70 succeed
Mr. kenng." But now chSnge seems 70 nave
come over the spirit o. stephens dream, ana hlS
iu.Ilw has come u tell It 10 the President
Tn, Democratic Embassy Of two ambitious Re
rublirsuS II tho most amrsiCS TNhtlcaL ePlsO'c
Indianapolis has known. There has been won
terfII bob-nObbiug going on al the house OK the
President elect to-day, and all on the Strength OF
ancient lreudShip tJr Harrison, ana thls uIne,
lpnn-e,l Democrat has been trylug % hlStts GSH
into the Cabinet that room may o. ElAue lot the
,,.ry and smiling steve in the United States SEN
a,r and now he has gone He ~ carrying houle
q christmas present 10 his republican oo{s II
the shape o, an assurance HOul 'AA0 AAS''N'N'
elect
Tho pv.S Senator had a pretext that his visit was
yr,rrs >Orlsl recreation, aud he played Il, In
clumsy way, fOr all IL was wO-th HIS mission,
however weighed on him so heavily LnSI ne
couldn't conceal his feelings from the time ne
boarded the Chesapeake and Ohio TRAIN AZ Gunl'
b.rIauI Nd IIa forgot that h" poses a. a Dcm-
nc-at, and continually talked about Republicans
i'm me first person plural. There was home
coming Congressional beyy on the train when
~ aT0s IDgsnDh h lQ,
Democratic Congressman Bynum, hatSOu ana
Shigely, Of Indians and goodness Knows now
many more The ke1 note OF ms VISIT mere Was
rlivuIged when he said: We have the LegtSla-
tura " meaning the Republicans, by one ma
iprity The Democrats claim one majority on
,Diut ballot but there are TWO IAOOr'IllsLOn men
m their ranks who will vote for Ton, ana InAI
makes Il all right"
As soon as this publication came to hand
tue REGISTER sent the following Self-ex-
planatory dispatch 10 Mr.. DAVIS:
WHEELING, December u.
Hon. Hnry g. Dlri' Baltimore, Nd:
See indianapolis telegram in New York World
OF the 9th inst concerning you. Many doubt
the quotations therein ascribed TO you. viii you
wire facts in case hk"SrAE'
In reply to this, Mr.. DAVIS telegraphs US
as follows:
BALTIMORE, ND, December p.
To he Editor Of ne Register, Whce!rg'
Telegram received Regret my call on Gen
eral Harrison should have caused 30 much un-
Necessary and uu,ruthful comment Your edito-
rial of Yesterday, the twenty-sixth, relative TO
the same, is a fair statement. The assertion that
Irlsssed myself as a Republican has no founda.
tion in truth. Ny political sentiments have un-
dersoue noChsnge H. u. DAVIS.
That is all there is to it. Mr. DAVIS
and Mr.. HARRISON have long been per-
sonal friends, besides being relatives
through marriage, and Mr.. DAVIS, being
in the Ie:ghborhcoi, simply ran over to
indianapolis to make friendly visit, the
most natural thing in the world for him
to do.
1t must be apparent to all that in this
matter there has bsen much ado about
nothing.