The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-01-28
SENATORIAL SITUATION.
Kepoa Drowned sin the Soup
and His Desperate Friends
PURSUE DESPERATE TACTICS,
rnc Motive for the bribery Story In
the Rcsistcr-A Pure Fabrication
and Part of Kenna's Plaa'
The G0yernorshIp.

body should have been AZ church Inl
morning, at Sunday school this attol
moan, and evening service and al
through the day wrapped in plous medI
tstion, Almost everybody has been dc
inca very different thing, Republican
have donobctter than their friends, tn
enemy" since they have no family 6gh
nm hand and have been devotiug them
,slyes chiefly to discussing how tn
monkey keyanltheparrotaregc egctting on AM
heipp gIgd Of it. On the Democratic
side there would now bo more Sabbatl
rnlm and higher order Of 1t II Senate
Tonna were willing to stay dead and |
tIs Intis could make themselves belleyt
,Gey % have killed him for keeps. Here Ii
n " "npculiar phase OF this heated contro
SSarsv-Kenna doesn't believe the mer
Who swear they will never vote for him
and thew don't quite believe themselves
Tbe situation Is SO peculiar aud strained
hat ma man can defeat Mr.. Kenna as de
cisiyeIyas the whole 46, Seven have said
tbat they will never vote for kenna
Set Vat Coch Of the Seven Wise Men regards
tbs otEers with doubt and even indicates
n SIeyelsping suspicion Ofhimselt, There
isas much dislike OF the leading aspirant
AZ there WIS two years ago, and the feel
Ing Is more personal in its character.
AMAREED CONTRAST.
During the Camden conflict the
Twelve Apostles admitted tlat Senator
Camden was more Of business man
than politician aud that he had done q
great deal to advance the material inter
ests Of the State while he was advancing
hIs own. When they were hitting him
the hardest blow they conceded to him
certain good qualities, but they never
iOr moment doubted the result, fol
they never suspected themselves OF In
decision or lack OF courage, They were
as compact aud immovable rs tho eter'
nal hills that surround the Capital City,
The men who are opposing Kenna have
nOgood words to say for him. They de-
nouncc him us ia mere politician and,
from the party'S point Of view, n poor
one at that. They tell OF his setting up
and knocking down candidates for the
Legislature us they happened to be for OF
against him. They assert that he traded
right and left along the whole line
in the recent campaign, sacrificing Judge
Fleminvs interest to his own as often
as the opportunity presented itself, OF
could be made. They go into the de-
tail Of these accusations and cite the in.
stances, and then they want to know
what obligation OF honor rests on them
AZ Democrats to send Mr.. Kenna back to
the Senate with the seal Of the party't
approval on his conduct. They show
greater strength jnstiiying their position
than in standing up to It. The trouble
seems to be that they have not organ
lied as the Twelve did two years ago, dc
not come together for counsel and q
wholesome strengthening Of the willing
spirit, which always helps the weakness
Of the flesh. Still proClaiming their de-
termination, they act us though they
feared their own shadows, or were ap
pretending that kenna may Conjurt
them with the rabbits loot h0 is said tC
carry in his pocket.
HARD TO SEE.
One Of the Ants, who is regarded as Q
man Of nerve equal to any occasion
said to me that he would not vote iol
Kenna but was not confident OF his de,
feat, yet without his one vote Kennl
cant DO elected. have even heard II
said that DORIS bold dash In the con,
ference Of Thursday night has greatly
helped Kenna. How this may he Is moi
50 easy to see. Dorr raked Kenna fore
and aft and declared his unalterable on
position to Kenna's reelection. His
fiery speech struck terror 10 the KennI
ranks and was regarded us insuring the
success Of the opposition by giving Il
the leadership il lacked. But the Antil
are drawing closer together and have {
fhey are master, ~ ,Sn stmSt;on t,Si ,annS anS
can either dictate co,,S,s T S',| n",n;nat;oy Iy
or defeat onS Sv SIt"vo,ESs y .""'uS 'ou1'na''ot
To.mCrroS row %tisr niSbt IL lnoLod ior.o.d .,
with intense iptsrest ,s 'oTHeH iHs iUIwar1 ., ~. y
conference which, Ssno,or tUt EoOnn y Uns ono III,
10 conyest into ca,,a,," "vVI H., Mciu ,, nopy,'
up The esEs U ViSC 'IuS"S H ,bn tat Ssa caall in
necessary 10 bo,Nrn,n sJ @ oaS .nS ,y tnlfty SCtel @
The sixteen norH nssssSrS %S % p.nI noUt 70 hiu
lr+S" raY'V sn" necessary S 10 elec''
AFTER EESSA wHATH
Besides those who have declared owe
and over that they will not under nm,
circumstances sunro,, wa,,,a % ~ a. 49,.
open i. session, are others, estimated a
support EeunS onIv ""U oN co:yd;,;ey Guy ;sI;ey n ~,
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