The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-02-11
CHARLESTON SITUATION,
Mr. Kenoa May Make One Last
Effort Before Giving Up,
HIS TRIP TO WASHINGTON
,o1 what May Result From 1.-THE
u,rurn- for Governor Loosely
uandlcd-What May Happen
ro.Uay-OIher Matters.

S,tM H4a'hoNf hId'g7'ctf,
'rn,nLl,roy, ". VA Feb, l0,-Sena
tn, Epupa went to Washington thi'
,ao,njn,. It is said he went to get m
,nnropration. Iihe brings 1t back with
Lim he may change tho current, The
n,obsbili,y is that by the time he gets
L,kbswiIl be in worse condition than
Lp VAS when he lett, Unless all signs
nu there will he u decided break TO-
morrow, with waiting for the caucus
conference to remove the obligation
which tleanti.Ecnna men say has never
existed. Tie break OF Delegate Ford
Yesterday is regarded as only u forerun-
mar NJ more. Merrill, Shanklin and
T. Vanpelt ara believed to have polled
thrifa,, votes tor Mr., Kenna.
TIRED or THE FARCE.
Mr. Ford explains that he is tired OF
tbe ioolshness OF voting day after day
braman who can't be elected, More
feel thp same way, and II half OF to.
ni,bt's pnpilclions come true there will
Gpa vide rent in the Kenna ranks after
to.lnorrow 5 balloting, Dorr is immova.
Lle The rumOr that President Cleve.
land lls offered Mr.. Kenna u judgeship
In WnshinrtOn ia not believed here,
ihoupb nobody doubts that the Presi-
dent would he glad to fix him, and may
Laye called him to Washington on busi-
ness Of this character At all events his
roi0, is interpreted to mean that lie has
Siycn up all hope Of being reelected to
Inc eSenatc, There Is much talk, but no
rood prophecy concerning the residuary
ieratee More is heard OF Judge Elem.
inc in this connection, and his friends
do moi seem aycrsc to have him so con.
sidered. Thprc is ample time to think
about that.
THOSE RETURNS,
The people Of West Virginia will be
interested TO know something about the
returns Tor Governor, since they were
opened but not read. They arc still
Open and the last time | saw the paste
board box containing them It was fas-
tened with gum band and the Speaker
was on his way to deposit it in tho office
Of the Secretary Of State. 1t Is to be
presumed that the box, unsealed, is
locked up in the safe Of the Secretary Of
State, but these returns have been in the
custody Of the Speaker since they were
delivered to him, and since tho result
for Auditor and Attorney General has
not been declared, Of course tho returns
are still in the Speakers custody.
40 rRECAurIoN TAGES.
Everybody who touches those returns
may be entirely honest, but the fact is
that the official papers showing the vote
for Governor have been opened, are not
now sealed, and, whether they are or are
not in thrOilicn ui tho Secretary OF State,
thCrCisnO guarantee that they will not
be tamperrd with, and there is no record
Of what they showed when the Speaker
broke the seals and opened them. There
would have been record il the Speaker
had been permitted to obey the Consti-
tuition and publish as he opened the re.
turns, The Committee OIL Contest will
have charge Of the returns for Governor
when that committee shall have been
appointed, but who knows what may
happen between now and then? These
are days Of desperate tuctiCs, and after
all that has happened nothing would be
a aSnrprise.
40 BUSINESS TRANSACTED.
The end Of tue session is nearing and
practically nothing has been done or is
likely to he done in the way Of lcgisla-
ton. There is not time enough to ma
tlre and get through the appropriation
bill5. A resolution will probably be OF.
Tered tomorrow to extend the session.
Republicans will want TO think about
that before acting on it.
Word was received tonight OF the
death of the wife Of Delegate Lively, OF
Lewis, who was summoned home by
ielcgnph and is paired with Silas Smith.
ny LIyely's son, page in the House,
Wl''s'art home in the morning. C,hlI,