The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-08-29
lR. PENpLErON IN THE CONYEyrlON.
The Way He Worked to Assist the Ottioo
to Find Him.

to Find Him.
The Ohio county delegation sat in the
right hand corner Of the hall, on the left
OF the stage. Mr.. John o. Pendleton
stood in front Of the Ohio county dele
CATION, facing the convention. Mr.. PEN
dleton wore the cast-iron smile which
denotes that something is agitattng what
he is pleased to call his mind. He was
cycling the proceedings from his pointof
vantage.
To add impressiveness to the cere-
monies he occasionally went through
the familiar performance OF wiping his
hand off ON his head. 1t is no easy mat
ter to do this rs Mr.. Pendleton does it.
With long sweep OF the left arm he
encircles his neck, rs though lie were
bent upon getting his head in chancery
for severe punishment. BY II convul-
sive effort the arm is thrown around the
head, and the skeleton fingers are ner-
yously run through the long, clinging
bang that half obscures the Websterian
brow. The bang is turned and twisted
and yanked for moment, and then it
falls back into its accustomed place,
weary, worn and awfully tired. The
left arm goes into the left trousers pocket,
to be jerked out at once for another hair
pulling match. The delegate from the
interior looks on in dazed admiration,
wondering whether this performance
wouldn't stampede the House Of Rep
resentatives.
There is a mutiny in the Ohio county
ranks. Mr.. Pendleton has racket with
his hair, shakes his head and gives it n
Jerk as though it were the cracker of a
whip-lash. He pleads with the boys to
harmonic on PendletOn and give him q
chance for the nomination. Now he
darts off to wrestle with the Gilmer dele
CATION. "Where's Pendleton?" asks an
Ohio county man. Just run over to
Gilmer," is the reply. mo! there he
goes down into Wetzel. BY Jove, amt
John hustlin'W And there he was,
smiling that seductive smile ut the whole
Wetzel delegation, pleading for a little
more help and assuring the boys that
on the next ballot he would have Ohio
county solid. Back TO Gilmer and into
Lewis, over TO Marshall, with n sidewipe
ut Braxton.
A riot in Ohio recalls Mr.. Pendleton
to his post in front OF the delegation.
This time be threatens, and some OF tie
BOYS talk back and tell him they won't
have it that way. Up and down, back
and forth, dropping u plea here, perhaps
postotlice there, the sad-eyed keeper
of the Vampire hastens and hustles and
buttonholes. zone more ballot and I'll
get there; stand by me once more" 1t
was a plaintivo plea.
Col. Dan johnson is looming. Mr..
Pendleton makes once more the tour OF
the counties in the hope OF holding
them up to the belief that it is the
strongest and best man who stands be-
fore them. Ohio county is in a turmoil,
Philo Kimberly is trying to convince
DR.. Campbell, and Secretary He'll is try.
ing to wrestle with Ohio county fractions
when all others have failed. Mr.. Pen.
dleton gets his arm around his head and
pulls his hair almost viciously.
Now there is shout, and it looks rs
though Pendleton is going in with q
rush. A frantic Ohio county man gets
hold OF Mr.. Pendleton with both hands,
and there is q good deal Of shouting
The hurrah is premature, and Mr.. PEN
dleton once more seeks consolation by
having fun with his hair.
I Now it is all over, and before anybody
has time to get second wind Mr.. Pendle'
ton is on the platform taking another
turn at his hairand waiting to get in his
acknowledgements.
While all this is going on Mr.. Woods
sits calmly against the wall, taking nc
part in helping the Office TO seek the
man. Col. Arnett looks on unmoved
Col. Dan johnson is at the Howell
House awaiting his country's call, but
not pulling any button-holes out of any
body's coat and not having any gymnas.
tic exercise with his hair. The conven.
ton is over and Mr.. Pendleton's cele-
brated bang trick has won. The vampires
are bowling in their cage, impatient to