The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-01-19
BY His Party When HO Was
About to DO the Proper
Thing ut Last.
Senator Davis, Of Taylor, Elected
President, But Knocked
Outby the Schemers.
Highly Interesting Senatorial Situation,
Mr.. Kenna's slim Show -COnstItu.
tlOnal Provisions Regarding the
GOYcrnOrshIp-WllsOn Can.
not Hold Over After
March 4.
Special Dtspatch to The htci,t0cnccr.

Special DiSpaich to Tie IateiIi0pcer,
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Jan. lS.-To'
day the Senate made another narrow
escape from being organized. Although
Judge Maxwell was still tho Republican
nominee, with his consent, Republicans,
thinking they saw disposition on the
Democratic side to support Senator Da-
Wis, Of Taylor county, changed from
Maxwell to Davis, and Nlinear joining
with them made 10 votes, and one from
MCCallister, Democrat, OF Cabell, made
the Ia necessary to elect. To the great
surprise OF all the Republicans and some
who were not Republicans, McCallister
got away in u hurry at tho critical time
and the deadlock continued.
Senator Davis. a modest, solid man,
was not candidate, and had no thought
Of being chosen. Tho first impulse Oh
the Republican side was that McCallisler
had triaed with him, but further in.
quiry proved this To be unjust to Senator
McCallister. Tic Senator from Cabcll is
much interested in Col. Peytou, Of the
same county, the old clerk OF the House
who was delcNtedin the recent scramble,
Astheblst solution Ofthe problem there
was general understanding among the
Republicans that il MCCalis,er and
Priclard, of Wayne, his colleague, would
help to elect it Republican President
Col, Peyton should have tho clcrksllip. |
For souln reason Senator Priclard.held |
of, but with MineAr's vote he was not
neeLed. When it was seen that Davis |
had tho fourteen votes necessary the
Senators OH the Democratic side made
hnste 70 inform McCalistcr that the Re-
pubIiCnns were about TO trick him, hNv-
ing no intention to give him the clerk
ship.
M'cALLIsTER's HASTE.
There was little time for considera-
tiop, for the vote was about to be Nn-
pounced. McCallister heard some other
Republican Senators considered in con
nection with the Clerkship promise, but
the Davis idea was new TO him and there
WINS not time enough for him to ascertain
Mst tbc same understanding applied to
nsvis ns 10 fhe other Repubicans.
When NlcCaIlisier understood the true
s;tuatiou he WIS great deal Chagrined
s ssHsssnother Glance for lis friend had
SiinnSI awov. OF cOursp the inior.
nation suddenly pressed upon
him was u pure invention. DEM
oCratic Senators generally were not
ready for All organization. They had
taken itint9 their heads that a., thSy ,,Sii co%Id
make ] 4eas M'II ,,"liI "ii" u lin NV PresiJcnt
GSt S,,,,h 1G h""mIerstandins that tle contests
against Sweeney and Yeater were not to
be pushed SO they desired to enter into
negotiations. Added to this was the
general Democratic disiuCinNtion to or
Saniye which has shown itself ON every
SrcnSioTi N WliGn tIiGif'e WIS gUod-oppof
funity 10 elect president.
wu,uppn rrru ~ line.
W., - -, .'...,l.,.'a, I ,i,ao,or;,,
Between INC s'o'h'ns "'" wv . ,0"S GU, !
sessions the Democratic senators 'o'u
caucus and straightoned up their lines 20
ti,nt whom niCht came. before the first
iaHio. Hv Hi mns taten. IL wns evident that no
i,oI,, could Ia Ind from their side to or.
liV .Sni,o 0O the senate. Republicaus gave
H'n,,' sHa."S o,nN no nN,trnitins which tho Democrats
Snio.iy Sao,Ii X ~ scc"nt '''S'
VIII" NV non,ocr9tic 0r Senators will caucus
,oI,nor,o,, nv ,oVS'' "ornin0 10 determine
sOLi'' .ss,LaIiaS Nov ,Siii 'hnIn the RepubliClns
muus W oos,,Nr;s" s" ~ "o ~ dniny us they have
~ t'oo1 ,''"C Jo,%S w.
p'ui' NV'"e' ......,.,.,.,,.,,, ,,,s
MlIEDE. TIE NEsroNsIllb''' h'h',
Up TO this point the DGrnocrats 's''.F"
before tho country US having twice de-
%SaI % M ol,o,i,n ~ n president when
leo'U;l 'u' v's.S'on ~, ~ ., nonrcn ,,o ,c.
the chair was s. "OoU. , " conti"%" "VI N % bS rS
SUIT, 80 .9IA tllIs ~. s"S W" IsoJ.locL f'his rc.
sponsiDlinN W." tn,,o,.row uv ,s"T nnInss ihey
change their taGtics Lore ioT so.lSS,, 1 IN " Ino rS.
leased tho Republican Senators from any