The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-02-19
Hopeless
SPLIT IN TIE DEMOCRACY,
Kenna's Men Desert Him and
Make Sensational Speeches.
Democratic Forces Badly DemOr'
allied at Charleston.
Joint ASSEMBLY, DISSOLVED
On tho Motion of tho Inconsistent
Delegate Sprlgg.
Judge FIomlpg's Notice Admitting tiOiE's
Election BcIas on tho Journal, Is
Not That Il Publication OF the
Legislative DOIngs.
s.eial Diaa,,s to lie htdgt0euor,

CHARLESTON, W, VA, Feb. ls,-The
JoInt Assembly that took recess Feb
ruory II to meet to-day convened at the
hour set, During the call Of the roll
Delegate Sprigs must have nearly broken
his arm leaning on his desk waiting for
tte spring that would give him the floor
first. The coveted time came, the clerk
had called Mr., Speaker aud Mr.. sprigg
had tEt'i!oor Consistency OF all con.
si,tenCles he had obtained it to make a
motion thatthc Joint Assembly now dis
solve.
lie was quietly set down on by sena.
tor Maxwell, who made tho point that
before such motion could be made the
journal Of the last session Of the Joint
Assembly must either bO rc0d or its real.
ing dispensed with. The point was sts.
tanned, and the motion was made to dis.
pense with the reading OF the journal.
Mr., Sprigg again moved that the AS
sembly dissolve. There was long roll.
ing aye vote on the Democratic side, and
the Assembly had dissolved,
nRwAs CUT OFF.
Realizing the untenable position Of his
colleague a Democratic member OF the
House had agreed to move that the
announcement Of the result OF tho vote
for Governor OH the face OF the returns
be made, But, poor man, conscience
gave way to the slernest faces OF those
who have resorted to everything to de-
feat the will Of the people, from tramp.
linvupon upoutheConstitution to adopt.
ing measures By votes without a quo.
run, and he held his place.
Had there been less haste In securing
the dssOlyingoithe session, Senator Nor.
ris would have introduced the following
resolution:
THE Rpsorurloy
~yurpr,, II nnnoora from the notice
filed with tho Cicrk of tho Hopse oI
DeleyatesOpd made nart Of the notltiop
ofA'D Flaming rnon which this Joint
AssembIy,tooE action nm tie iirst day oi
FSh,nary ISS iSSo "'m snJ U mo1o a' narb m tLa M
ionrnSi n iSe Ioint SssSmIIv ~ TINT
Inv from which notice Il anneSrs thSt
StiIe general eleciion held tbronohont
the State NJ WHst VIRGINIA nm tLe sixth
day Of NoyeInber lSSS ior tbo Office ri
Governor Nathan C;olF received 7S7lI
votes and 4 b Fleming receiyed 7S60i
votes and the said number OF rs, ia Is a
plurality Of all the votes cast ut said
,bssao,a slsSs,Gn LOT 'ne SAID ONCE Oh GOVERNOR
SRs,oirai. That tho spid Nathan Goa
be and hereby Is declared duly elected
to the office Of Governor of the State OF
West Virginia for the term Of four years,
beginning on the fourth day OF March,
1882
A NICE QUESTION,
Oicourse Il VIVA known Ihis resolu.
... 80, wv, WV" O"" '",' 4eSV,N
Wv" "Vu'u n"'e peeh Voteu uoWn ny
lhe handy majority OF one, but 1t was Q
simple little notice OF n very pertinent
condition Of fact. 1t raises a very pretty
question:
Upon the journal Is found, IL will be
observed an official statement TINT Gen,
era[ GotT has the plurality upon the face
Of the returns, Is Il not. for all effects
for oil purposes, d decidedly good publi.
Cation2 Haven't tho Demmies rnwill
ingly walked into their own trap9
THE sry,rou,,, covr,sr
rho ,,a.,..''''v s''','' 'o'N%N WV Ah'
"' newspapers VINO 30 coRhdentlI
predicted the election Of u Senator to
day, especially those TINT hnd Il mnnnof
out The Democratic wovid stond 49,, Il,
Kennn md Ihs, Gu %Ws'S ',s..i s.u nm ,lI ~ ~
him c,c % Oro @ hSJl' SG,F Mou.u ,, So'e MI. do
fint brcnk a. tI'" a., - aio ag Sup -" u
tor Kno,i ~lo .V n;so,,s JHE Mas ,il.ue py sC,ia
for i RoyS SPo FOriI.n m,s.lou' NJ my aup S NoteI
came iro;n Ss0nna,. sM,eF iho % he1t ~ pFeTs u,
L. Wilson V"nvoIsi VvvIVi, ,ia,,,o mno No.eu ;, iUF "
for Snmmprviii6 SnJ 'TSu p.o.;lH MtSa IN. WV ~
peted i6S vo,o v ~ GH n.y., .res,ueE OItfSo ,9 y
Neal T6o H CSIl UI " tv ,l scat9 soi " ipr VIII n
proceeded sTimmins M s SO,' , " '1s Hol nUuS ,.,s
all then wont as % NJ voso ~ " a." H. ySV"S pNn.i,i;
cans voting for Goii, i6c Democrats 70
NEenna, llarr and Kirk voted for Neal
Srsn.,,, Mg,rill voted g for Governor Wilson, al
ANU I".,P'o u, followed by Peck, who In
and and SdIJG,5dcIGtlSlS SdJ65 GtLs speech lauded Kenna
oIin I "IcH SiSl,,,at tllat lle was 80 well though
n, n,omi,iS,. on iS,i'SSu,o'aseo4nty th9t cattle, sheep
V',i1 nomaJ puppies and bnbies wert
S ISTSto,SI I''Gr w. nun, Shanklin voted 70
SN,i., Siv.,'u, .ne next break coming from
wbiSs ,,0 Sso .., ingle 4 strong speech, II
Slcctina , sy rtveoshihed the impossibllity q
CiSya,,slotN C,s NWSnhN, W1i, and cast his vote 70
SvISn,,,i, SUIS,aVi Wilson, The next break va
~ tE,Ce,snnss,FlC,EterThoalSo sns !, voted for Wilson
6y by tUS Sno,E :, tIlG House being conclude