Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-06-01

invest this most important ONCE with
the dignity and fairness REED deprived
it of, and to return to the high standard
left by Mr.. CARLISLE? The gentlemen
mentioned for the Speakership are, in
order of length of service, ROGER Q.
MILLS, of Texas; WILLIAM NJ. SPRING
Err, of Illinois; BENTON MCMnLIN, of
Tennessee: WILLIAM l.. WILSON, Of
West Virginia: CHARLES f. CRISP, Of
Georgia, WILLIAM ID. BYNUM, OF Indi
ana. and JOSEPH III. OUTHwAITE, OF
Ohio. Mills, CRISP and MCMILLIN
come from the South, and the first two
were in the Confederate army; SPRING
Err, BYNUM and CULTIVATE are dis
tinctively Northern in birth, residence
and experience, and WILSON comes from
State which is Southern in classified
ton but Northern in sympathy.
every man." says BeGOrd'S, has
done honorable as well as conspicuous
service in the House. Not one has
made himself responsible for vicious or
dangerous political heresies, and there
is no demagogue among them"
It's decided preference, however, is
WILLIAM l.. WILSON, of West Virginia,
OF whom it says:
Mr.. Wilson is one of the best all-round
men in the House. He was elected to Con-
gress in 1882, and his ability was soon rec
Ognized in the Forty-ninth Congress by an
assignment after one term of service to the
| Committee on Appropriations. In then
Congress he was placed on the Ways and
Means Committee, and first obtained gen
crOuS and general recognition from the
country. He soon approved himself one of
the best debaters in the House Whether
discussing the merits of the Mills billitself
or the schedules, he showed perfect IA
miliarity with the question under DEBATE,
and ne did it with so much tact and cOur-
tesy and with so much literary finish that
his speeches soon found circulation and
readers everywhere. He showed on the
stump the possession of the same qualities.
and was in general demand in all the close
and doubtful States. During the last
Congress no man more loathed the meth
DDS and ideas of Reed than did this nervous
little college professor from West Virginia,
and no other was able more successfully 10
pierce the rninoceros hide of the Maine up
start. But the darts he used were wit,
satire irony, and ridicule, combined with
arguments of the most sober or the most
passionate kind. Mr. Wilson is not given
10 much speaking but every word tells,
every argument goes home, every weak
point of his opponent is exposed.
The writer concludes, after detailed
review of the fitness, ability and locality
of the various gentlemen mentioned for
the office:
IT is announced that the south gave the
country John G.. Carlisle, the greatest
speaker since the days of Henry Clay. But
Mr. Carlisle was a Union man from Dor
der State II was for this very reason the
House Of Representatives should seek out
another such man. Ii has only 10 take aim
in the person Of William l.. Wilson, of
West Virginia Having every claim, on
the score Of ability, experience, fitness and
party service that can be preferred on be-
half Of any aSpirant. L is possible for the
Democrats of the House TO give the coun-
try u speaker equal 10 any that ever occu-
pied that important Office. y cool, clear
headed scholarly man, modest to degree,
having the confidence of both north and
south, though not belonging to either, there
ence, or brilliant his service, who will in
anv way be superior to Mr.. Wilson. His
election will project no unseemly contest,
put no weapons in the hands Of the enemies
of Democracy, and will satisfy every pos
sible demand that the country the party, or
devotion to Democratic principles can
make.
Everyone who knows Mr.. WILSON, or
has watched his distinguished career as
Representative of the Second West
Virginia District, must endorse every
word of this. This brilliant young
Congressman combines every attribute
necessary to restore the Office OF
Speaker of the National House Of Rep
resentatives TO the high place from
which it fell during Mr.. REEDS in
cumbency. AS pointed out, it cannot
be urged against him by those who OBJ
iect to a Southern man for the Office,
that he is from the South, for although
he is from the State of West
Virginia, his constituency is Northern
in SYM patty; nor can 1t be urged by
the South that Mr.. WILSON is in
any way hostile to that section.
His political career has been of the
pureSt, and during the hottest cam
paign or debate his bitterest opponents
have had nothing to say against his fair
ness, integrity, honor and ability. Dur
ing the heated debates on the tariff
in the House Mr.. WILSON was
almost the only Democrat who
could compel the respectful and close
attention of the Republican side. In
his case, also, is is, distinctly, the Office
which seeks the man, for he has not
raised Il finger, nor uttered word to
advance his candidacy, and has never
stated that he was a candidate, or de-
sired the office OF this we have per-
sonal knowledge.
His recent eminent services in behalf
of true Democracy in the West and
Northwest, where he has brilliantly and
most successfully carried the campaign
of education begun by GROVER CLEvE-
LAND. have, of themselves, thus brought
him to the front For that arduouS
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