Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-01-12
EN-SgSATORJ. C. FAIR.
The millionaire Gentleman From Nevada
Passes Through the City.

The millionaire Gentleman From Nevada
Passes Through the City.
Ex-senator J. G.. Fair, who is known as
the millionaire Senator from Nevada ar
rived in the city last evening over the Ohio
River Road and was driven TO the Bruns-
WICK, where he took supper. After the
Senator had finished that pleasant duty
and had lighted 4 Flora de tiDa, REGIS
TER reporter dropped in upon him and in
lrolurri himself in his peculiarly modest
way.
ANY especial significance connected
with your visit here, Senator asked the
newspaper man.
None, whatever answered h.. II
came over the Chesapeake and Ohio to
Huntington with Senator Camden, and up
on the OHIO River Road to IMRrr.burg,
where lett him, coming on up t. Wheel
ing this evening. find the road IN good
shape ami the extension from Point Pleas
ant to Huntington is through, although
not yet entirely complete. The bridge at
Point Pleasant Is not yet entirely finished,
but II IL one n the finest structures of the
kind | ever saw. 1t is sight well worth
looking at. II will he completed in short
time, and after few miles Of track ia bal
lasted at the Point Pleasant end, every
thing will be IN running shape. No: !
cannot say which point-proctor OF New
Martinsyille-wIll be rho-an AS the ter
minus OF the branch road up through the
coal fields. really cannot say what Is
being done regarding il.
'What do you think OF our proposed
I l.nion bridge"
ideally, AIN unable To say much on tina!
point, as am not thoroughly conyersdnt
with the matter, although irOn what !
have picked NJ regarding it am assured
that ii will be = peat institution tur
| Wheeling, and will give her AN outiet and
other sections an inlet that will he OF
Immense value 10 her yrOlpcTity. Ynu rer-
tainly cannot get too many railroads into
the city. And, hy the way, ;n lr-
| minded that when | was here several years
ago, spent day in Wheeling aud found
| her to he II very busy city. | visited all
! your big Industries and w!ps greatly eur.
| pTised to find that you had such a large
manufacturing and business centre her..
think you will have to hunt w s,nna ad-
ditional room to spread yourselt in the not
distant future.
'5enat0g, what do you think Of ,anars
chances of being conlirmcdt'
"Ohl ! do not think ibcra will he any
| trouble on that score. The Senate IS
bound to confirm him. No. would be
unwilling to say what Republicans will
Nm. ,r ltu Int I
lidcnt he will come ont all right III the
end 80
"What effect has the Presidents = mes5
aye had in y0ur part of country"
"Well, you know as we'll ~ do that
| Presidents message All have about the
same egprt IN one way They DO not
nmount to more than the yell Of wild
Indian sailing mp into space from a noun
tain top. II s'ir7 up little cXrtc,.enI,
but | never knew ot ? ;Le,zaE, yet that
| caused any ,cp'es entative in Congress to
, cnsngc his convictions and what - done
will be the same rs if no ucssapc had hcen
written A message < main eject is TO fur
nish political capital and 0f course the
newspapers are bound to make the most
| Oi them. There is one thing sure, presi-
| dent Cleveland is honest in his convictions
and If you read the message and like it,
or if some one else reads it and di4lillcs it,
! 1t is one and the same thing to President
Cleveland. He says what he means and
means what he say@, aud as every me
knows by this time, honesty is one Of his
characteristic that cannot he Va,nsaid. i
At this moment a carriage drove up TO the
door and tie r4enatOT's blpyapr was 1pnog-
lied in it by his valet, and after shaking
hands with the ncws.gIthcrer, he bearded
the cab and was driven to the i, !; q. where
he took the IL o o'clOck train for Chicago
and will proceed at once for the West.