The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-01-09
THE SRNATORSHIP.

THE SENATORSHlP,
The Attitude Of the Labor AIen.,In Their
Power to Dictate the ElsctiOn',AmuSing
Features,
Special Dipaieh 10 he INtelli1eHeer,
CHARLESTON, w, Va, Jan, s,-Ihe at
titude Of the labor men in the present
Legislature is a subject OF growing inter-
est, engaging the attention Of the poll
tlciaus olbOth parties, Interpretations
have most to do with the election Of q
United States Senator, Corcoran, Of
Ohio, and Harr, OF Marion, supported in
the last election by Democrats, and
Kirk, Of Putnam, and Senator Carr, Of
Kanawha, supported by Republicans,
are classed as labor men, CorCOan is
Chairman OF the Knights Of Labor Legls-
latlye Committee, aud in their State AS
senbly to-day the Knights added to the
interest which Is attached to them by
adopting the following resolution;
"WHEREAs, II has already been de-
monstrated that party Caucuses arc not
for the good OF the people, but only
serve TO promote and further the selfish
interest OF the politician; therefore be 1t
ReSOlred, That 1t Is the sense OF the
State Assembly that all labor members
OF the Legislature are requested and
urged to not meet in caucus with any Oi
the political parties, and be 1t further
ReSOlred, That the Secretary send
copy OF these resolutions to each labor
member Of the present Legislature"
This resolution refers to all caUCusses,
but with special force to the caucus for
United States Senator, upon which the
knights OF Labor intend 1t shall have
its effect.
AseQNPLICATRD SITUATION,
One suggestion Is that the Knights
expect by this action to bring about the
election OF one OF their own to the
United States Senate, and Ii this betheir
program the situation is still more COM
plCated. The Democrats base their
claim to the majority OF ono on u joint
ballot on the assistance OF Corcoran and
Harr, who have Democratic leQnings.
Corcoran, being,rated us Democrat,
may net with them on the Senatorship.
Ii only one OF these two should stay out
OF the caucus, and refuse to support the
Democratic caucus nominee, that would
block the Democratic program. II the
Republicans and the Democrats stick to
their own men aud the labor men stand
aloof, 1t would bother the longest head
to predict the outcome OF the contest.
This situation is now seriously appro-
hendGd by the Democrats since to.lay's
action in the State Assembly OF the
knights,
Thus far the labor men have refused
to express themselves us to their in-
tended action in the future, and when
tho resolution Of their Assembly is re-
ierred to, they say that their course will
be known in time.
There has, us yet, been no formal SER
vice Of this notice upon them, but this
Is mere fornality.
The politicians are taking the resolu-
tiOn under consideration aud trying to
determine whether the labor men will
regard 1t or go their own way us circum.
stance may seem desirable TO them.
MAhlON SuuNIl bkhOClAlS NhANhANN
HARR.
An interesting feature in this labor
line is the grotesQue way tho Marion
contingent has Of taking care Of Harr,
the Marion labor brother, Messrs. Wat
son, Ohlcy aud Hagans do not give the
good man u chance to sneeze, unless
they are present. They sleep with him,
and they eat with him aud, am told,
order his meals for him, 80 that no un-
wholesome freak OF the appetite may
disturb his digestion, and so render
him unfit for the highest order OF Demo-
cratic service.
The boys tell that this afternoon, the
day being very beautiful, and Harr hay.
ing begun to feel the confinement, started
out to take a walk, when the Democratic
minutemen oiMarion county interfered
with him on the ground that a stiff wind
was blowing down the Kanawha, and 1t
might do him serious damage. The
amusing part OF the performace is that
nobody Is supposed to notice what they
(Which all goes on in the public places,
and Mr.. Harr is presumed to be unaware
that he is being guarded against.the pos |
sibility OF the results Of doing as he
pleNses.
WILL ACT FoR HIMSELF.
Harr Is represpnted As being q man