The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-01-08
In The Soup
IS WHERE SENATOR KENNA
May Find Himself Before the
Senatorial Contest Ends
Development of a Strong OppO'
sitiOu to Him Among
tho Democrats.
REPUBLICANS SAVING WOOD
And Saying NOthing'''GOyernOr
Wilson Explains the Ger
tIacate Complication
Itt.uDts to Get Democratic Caucus
Charleston Crowded with States
ulen-rlCnty OF Interesting
tOsslp from the Capital.

So,rnl Dspirh 70 he Ht'lgncfr'
Cu,mEsroS, W. VAn Jan. 1.-THE
elscton of Il United States Senator Is set
tlad at least dozen times every five
minutes by each one Of tho sundry
y,ouOs Of the more or less informed men
who stand about the hotels awaiting for
sOmebodytotcIl, but nobody really seems
to know. LIZ
The Democrats say to each other very
often as though to assure themselves OF
the truth oi.thc statements, ".0h, well,
our majority on the joint ballot is small,
oieourse, but then We have got it, you
know and We can elect anybody We can
agree upon.n 1t is true that II the
Democrats havea majority aud can agree
on some one they eau elect him, but
neither of these propositions has been
madeentirrly clear TO any Democratic
mind, so that the said Democratic mind
Is much disturbed and cannot figure out
tue result F
HESSA THE sCAPE'GOAT.
Senator Kcnua's friends pooh.pooh
any and all suggestions which Counte-
nance the possibility Of his defeat, but
this is a mere whistling to keep the cour-
ave up, lie who has u vivid recollection
Of tho contest six years ago, In which
Mr. Kenna swept the platter clean aud
emptied into the npthat too.protesting
statesman, Mr.. Davis, and compare that
situation with this one cannot help
taking mOurntul interest in the very
marked decline Of Mr.. Kenna's popular.
ity. Whether just or unjust, he Is blamed
with the rigid march Of events
which have swept away the Demo.
cratic majority in West Virginia,
lot in q Republican Governor aud rG-
duCed the Democracy TO such straight.
ened circumstances that II Is not certain
that that pariy cat elect his successor.
All the serious mistakes Of the purity
management are loaded on him, and he
Is blamed moro than any one else for
the conspicuous blundGR in the recent
campaign. 1t is also urged by the Dem.
OcrltS, who Ure determined to take
Kennas scalp, that wherever he could
he trlled of Judge Fleming for himself,
aud in order to silence the results which
followed, he has been foremost In push
Ing Judge Fleming into contest In
which he cannot possibly gain tho Office
or reputation,
Kennas friends say that hc has urged
Judge Fleming to this step, but say he
did so because lie believed Judge Elem.
Ing could be seated and they strongly
deny that he traded anybody.
COMBINING AGAINST EESNA.
The friends Of every other possibility
ioru field against Kcnna. While some
Otthem are not talking loud against him,
they are encouraging those whose
tongues swing more freely and who are
willing to take more chances in the pend.
ing contest, Judge 0key johnson Is
more heard Of than was expected and Is
on thegrCnnd to take care OF his law
practice and any other interest TINT may
come up. Col, Dan Lucas is'not 40 much
engroSsed in the late Daniel 0'ConnOr
that hO could not find time to set in the
next Senate for six years. SprlEg, OF
Hardy, who l. coming to the front
in tue speaker contest, a hand.
some and genial man, Is spoken Of
quietly as very good material OF a dark.
horse character, though perhaps he has
not entertained the thought himself.
Senator Camden's friends say TINT he is
standing aloOt and taking no interest
whatever except he desires, Of iCourse, tho
election Of Democrat. They do not
say TINT he would refuse to serve his
country once more in the Senate, All
talS talk goes on and with It Il great deal
Of quiet wire.pulling, Just us though Il
were only a question lor Democrats to
determine. Meanwhile Republicans arc
saving a great deal Of wood, Which in
Time may add fuel to the flames. The
senatorial question is very far from
being settled, aud there Is going 10 be
much sport for the galleries, Tic con.
!est Of two years ago was tame in com.
FrlSon to the rumpus now on tho bills.
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