The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-23
THE TILDEN;HAYES CONTEST
Is Referred to md Cited as q Pre-:
cedent eden .9lri for tho a Unseat- j
Ing Of Goif. 81.
Republicans Hare Grcatery Hopes that
Golf VIII DO Seated Since Hearing +
JoIlnson's Sptecl-.t Belief that
the Judges Heart Was Not In Il i
His Argument-A Field .fSi !.
Day for tho Repub. Sss
llcan Side. .Si Il n

Special Dnpsiea 10 nc IhIetigeItetT. iSE}fAi III,
CnARLRsroS, WA, Jan. q. The
first big gun has been fired, and opinions
differ as 10 the noise It makes. Il After
Judge 0key johnson! concluded his
argument members and others Of his
audience gathered in knots to discuss
the performance! To say that tho Demo.
Gratis are disappointed lis to say the
truth. Some OF them declare 4 that
Judge johnson did himself !, and his
cause injustice by failing to prepare
himself thoroughly Some say that be
worked the majorityreport. as "a labor
saving machine, using lis ample pages as
padding. One dyed.in-the.wool Demo
crat said he had ridden thirty miles to
heal Judge johnson prove. that Fleming
was elected. When the Judge 1 didn't
prove it in the morning he thought he
would in the afternoon, and when! he
didn't do itin the afternoon he thought
maybe the Judge had forgot about it.
1nls luuut tne Soou man Sau. ~ y
IonSsoN's SCHEME.
The fact is that Judge johnson spoke
with great freedom, {and had at 4 his
fingers ends SO much Of his case as he de-
sired to use. He worked up shrewdly
his raw material and; very ingeniously
talked away four and n half hours with
out leaving matters much worse than he
found them. It should be remembered
tina. he was not trying to convince any.
body on the Republican side that Gofr
ought to be conntcd out. He was aim
ing at the forty.six who constitute 3the
majority, aud his object was to solidify
them beyond any danger of disintegra-
ton; to paddock their; minds against an
intruding word of fact or law from the
other side. He hardly got his mouth
well open before he reminded the
Democrats that they are; forty-Bix5 and
the Republicans forty-fve. This was to
show them their power. His next
move was to introduce the Tilden: Hayes
campaign OF 1876, and he did it with no
little skill, reminding his partisansi that
lSI6 was the year OF a great fraud which
did them out Of the Presidency and it's
usufruCt. ) This was to remind them of
a provocation. That case was deter
mined on the SKI principle. iiAvenge
the wrong so far rs possible with .46x45.
All this could have been said in ten
minutes but thatwould have been too
hold. ltwas infinitely more skillful to
say 1t in four hours and a half, from the
advocates point OF view. The scheme
was well conceived. ~ ss " - -: Fl 4
WANTED TO HEAT PARTY, SPIRIT. ~:
Republicans are disappointed 4 that
Judge Johnson did not attempt to; pull
apart the minority report. His method
was much better for his purpose. It
would have been better II he had given
it a most careful reading, but he was not
much concerned about reports. $ He was
handling lorty-six pieces of iron. \ His
scheme was to get them hot enough to
be hammered into a solid mass. 8 0cca-
sionally Senator Maxwell, Senator Morris
or Mr.. Hubbard fired into him a yques:
tlon or an answer, but he took it all
good naturedly.s He permitted nothing
to turn him from the one thing he was
bent on accomplishing. 5ssi + 81
Last winter the Judge was open to an
engagement on the Republican side and
as followed him to-day could not
help wondering how different would
have been the spectacle and the plan Of
campaign il he had been standing there
the champion OF Golf, the Republican,
elected, instead OF the 2 advocate Z for
Fleming, the Democrat, defeated. a a Y Y 8Ss q
THINK oorr. HAS A CHANCE. N
Judge Johnson's tactics strengthen
the poaition Of those Republicans who
differ widely. from your correspondent
as to the probability Of one tori more
Democrats being convinced by evidence
orareument and swept from; their party
moorings. Tonight there are more
Republicans than ever who believe there
is not only chance for fair play to Goff
md the people, but that !. Golf will be
declared elected and seated. Mr.: Hub
bard goes on tomorrow and will prob
ably take the whole day. s. His fame as a
close and logical 'reasoner aud hard hit
--fGg lalker invests with deep interest
10. the Democrats $as well as Republic :
cans his part Of the discussion. /
Democrats arc predicting that Chair:
man kee, who comes In ON the round
up, will lay Coil wide open. y This, too,
Will be entertaining. n 5s
Judge Fleming arrived this afternoon,
having been delayed byla railroad mis-
hap somewhere between here and the
"interior." He does not desire 70 zap.
pear before the joint session. G. -. Il.
OPENING ARGUMENT. /. \; tSss; mi
Judge johnson statesi FleminEs Case
Points Raised. Z, ri II