The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-01-13
LOTS OF CANDIDATES
For Offices a. tho OisposaI Of
tho -egi5Iatufe,
THE CLaEs IRE GATHERING


s.,s.a, Du..lss 70 ~ Aasssaser
Cs,ul.ros, W. Va Jau. FL have
,sve, kggEu l4s ei4AG u be 30 late
ys,henpy 10 open o ssaaion Of the I.egis-
I,,rgc Bad r5aIs have B9nethiDg 10 do
v,m H. A LDlhor from Nicholas tells
me tbnls couldn't have reached here
atsuif be aaInt lad his trousers bali
foleI with s.ssl 10 that h0 could slide
,ovn fho mountain 5Ides. Not many
R.ppbIoans hage come in, possibly be-
eta,e laiA.Dglsso oue,bided this year
Int arriving Senators and Delegates
meet With a warm reception. Aspirans
for plsces moot them cordially at the
railroad stations With umprellmto take
tbem In out OF the wel tHti! tonight
the candidates OulHumbered those who
are TO do the gollrg,
mND srUArloN.
dout pretend 10 know everybody
who wants something, bat Iist Of the
a,p.ranls who are talked about is for
midabls enough Tor the start. For
gnsakgr Dl tla H0usn, White, Of Ohio,
Ilhs1D. Of JeGem5n, Bennett, Of LoNis,
samuel, oi CaBeN, Thompson, oil sum,
rneFB. Tho laGt !uur have . day'S start ol
White. who has delayed his coming
untif hia friends have began 10 Ask
whether he ID iobL
Bennett md 6ibEOn are getting about
quietly, Samneia aud fhdmP'oa are
making 4 huRtI,ng campaign in the
rTowdCd lobby OF the RuIlnef, which |
bppIpB 10 giyG some signs Of tbs coming |
IrgiaIalnTe. Delegates arc 80 scarce |
that nobUdy'R Rueos 90 to the result OF
tbe speakerahip contest Is worth any
thing.
PRECEDENT Oy TIE SENATE.
For ProsIdenl OF the Senate, the ky |
Is clearer, though the fog is heavy
enough. The known aBpirunts are
Gllkeson, Of Hampshire; james W
81. Clair, Of Faycttr, heChtary, q
Raleigh, aud Gall, Of Barbour. GiIkeEon
C1meg TO NJ the uuoxpired term oi
Flournoy, resigned 10 practice law Ia |
Charleston. lie hhR served credilably |
in tho House. Tho point ia made against
him that hU ia new 10 the Senais and |
hng not long to serve. McCrearY's |
Girnda urge in hiH behalf that he iB the
,pldCgt Senator 10 continuous ncTvlCe, he
understands procedure q! thc Senate and |
.lespFyeg tins place. Gala supporters !
cay that hia election would be graceful
recognition OF the Democratic press OF
The State. There weTn not enough Sem
atora up TO lstg hour tonight to get
any approach to poll. All that can b" |
and is that the dFiis 10 IN Gilkesoh'd |
favor. and unlcrs WatisahOuid be sprung
IL Ia more than an even thing that Qilke-
1on viii b0 nbiG "a Dire tho HAmpsbiJ iJD
heart with the welcome news OF his t1.
umph, Watts hNs said that he was not
in il, and would not be.
OTHER OFFICES.
The contests for Speaker OF ths House
and President OF the Senate are tame in
comparison with the mad rush for the
other places. For Clerk Of the Senate
.be entries are W. Il. Il. Byrne, oil
BRytan; wiz A. SLrirkler, Of Rttch'ei
Holly G. Armstrong, Of Cabell; Thomas
VI. DenniF, OF Greonbher, All Rhein'
strofp, OF Ohio, BylRe seems to have
the lead on his record as Assistant Clytk |
OF the House, but with 30 many in ihe |
field. combination, Pscsibie at any nio' |
mout, may upset the best calculations,
II ia said that Holly Armstrong hEs not
siapt since hc entered the race ''aad |
ain't going to- He can see more men |
beiore anybody else sees them and see
thnm harder in n short time than Ray |
other man 10 tho race. StriCkler RayH 1t
isn't fair tu tntD him down because ne
comes from Il Republican county, for III
Richie 1t is hard sliding for Il Democrat,
and no thinks this should he point III
his favor. RhoinstTom is catching At !or
haiing from two counties, RsnAWh hA
and Ohio, which 10 thought to be TOO
great burden for ono little man ~
carry. Nobody doubts that he wouid
make a good clork.
HOUSE, CLERKsHIr.
Colon n ]. B. Peyton, Of CabelI, who
hlsm,ds this sort OF thing fine Grl,
and ]. q. Downtain, Of Putnam, are
having the HouBc clerk fight all to thcut.
selyes, and neither is wasting any op'
portunity to got in u lick. The chances
favor Peyton.
Each branch may have II fair bunch
10 choose from for Sergeant Mt Arms ior
the Senate. W. l. Tracy, OF Ohio; I'D
Andrcws. OF Clay DR. BosSess, OF Kama
wha: n, D. Kelley, Of Greenbrieri J. f.
Williams, Of Hardy, and Smith, whose
front name don't know, OF Wayne.
TRACY COMFORTABLE
For Sergeant.At.Arms OF the House,
N, B. Gibbs. Of Rosne, would like 1t
a!ain and is working iudustriously.
Others are Melville Stump, Of Gilmer;
Charles HedriCk, Of kGuAwha
Tracy tells me that he ia much en-
ConrAged 40 the Senators drop in.
3nd others in the same comfortable
frame OF mind. In fact, there is more
than the ordinary confidence in these
manly aapiriny boBoms. Tomorrow
nights caucus will tSil the tale.
Al this writing there are not enough
Republicans hero to know what they
viii do about organizing, though the ctG.
position ia TO name somebody for each
place. Just 90 though they could elect
somebody. G. H. H.
IRtO Arrivals Adj to the tntsrctt,
so,tioi Dispa!th TO Ne Tgtr'iigmoer,
CHARLESTON, W. VA January l.
The arrival Of statesmen from the upper
end tonight added to the interest. It
brought Senator's Stewart, Dorsey and
Hartman, Delegates White and Simp.
son; ]. b Taney, Major Ran. Stalnaker,
All RheinstIom, and miscellaneous as
sortment gathered along the way. Col.
White was soon busy hAndshakirg, aud
other candidates for the Speakorship are