The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-31
Managers
Or WAYERlNG DEMOCRACY
Still Have Their Sleep Broken by
Strange Dreams Of Revolt
Among the Forty.Six,
And Their Waking Hours Arc
Made Heavy with Laboring
With tho Suspects"
REPUBLICANS LAST APPEAL
REPUBLICANS LAST APPEAL
Senator Morris Makes tho Clos.
ing Speech in Behalf of the
Minority Report...An
Able Effort.
Chairman Hce Is Booked to speal
To-day, Which Closes the Case SO
Far ns Argument Goes-After
That the Voting Begins with q
Ten Minutes Allowance
For Explanation.

CHARLESTON, W. Va, January 3d.
The Democratic managers here put il
another long day Of iucessant, desperate
effort. They arc not yet sure of thei,
ground though they think their chance
to coerce the unwilling has improved
Every Democrat, who has expressed 6
desire to do right, is watched anG
guarded by day and night, and the
same old pleading, arguing, bull.dozinp
goes on. The crisis approaches. It may
come tomorrow, Saturday, Monday. Il
would certainly come tomorrow il
Judge Fleming's friends were sure Of
their ground. Nothing but this unce,.
tainty holds them back. They pretend
to fear that the Republicans will not
keep faith with regard 10 pair between.
Buxton, Republican, Of Berkeley, and
Justice, Democrat, OF Logan, who are
both absent. The answer TO this is that
Buxton is an honorable man, and that
General GoG would not take the office
through such n breach OF faith, This
matter OF the pair is a pretext. The
Democratic managers have never for A
moment feared that the pair would be
disregarded. They have merely worked
that scheme to cover the hand they are
playing. 55-
Everybody is asking when the voting
is to begin. The rules gay Immediately
on the conclusion OF the discussion.
This will be when Chairman Kee stops
talking. He begins tomorrow morniny
at 10 o'clock and talks for three hours.
Following tho recent practice he will
suspend ut noon and resume at half
past two. Nothing but Democratic ap-
prehensions will then stand in the way
Of getting right down to business. The
vote then becomes the thing, II the
Democrats are not ready they will move
m adjournment until Saturday or even
until Monday. The scheme seems to
contemplate an adjournment to Mon.
day, but circumstances will decide this.
Republicans are ready to vote as soon
as they can get chance. They
ask no delay. The Democrats will
show their hand tomorrow afternoon,
to which time everybody looks forward
with keen interest. 1t is understood
that when Senator Flournoy's name is
called he will explain his vote in the ten
minutes allowed by the rules. Then a
motion will be made to extend bis time
for half an hour, as was done to-day for
Senator Morris, on motion from the
Democratic side. Unless Senator Flour.
noy has discovered in the printed testi-
mony something to justify his accept
ance OF the challenge uttered by every
public speaker thus far, his speech will
not show that Judge Fleming was elect
ed; but it will give him chance to get
in an appeal to party men who will
stand by the party. 5EJF
The idea the managers want to get
well into the heads Of Democratic mem.
bers is the idea advanced to Judge Elem.
ing yesterday by Uncle Aaron Morgan
Delegate from Wetzel: Judge, you are
the nominee OF the Democratic party
and that's enough for me-" 1t is thought
that this should be enough for any o.
them on that tide. II it turn out this
way, Judge Fleming will 20 on jumping
Senator Norris speech to-day was /
carefully prepared effort, covering ths
case in detail. He disappointed thoss
Democrats who hoped he would make
what they termed "blood and thunder
Speech" and he seemed to take grea
satisfaction in their disappointment. H,
had the case SO well in hand as to ofle,
little announcement for interruptions
His remarks were logical in their ar
rangeiuent and his points strongly put
lie made the tampering with the Ka
nawha returns SO clear that nothing re
mains to be said on the subject.