The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-03-02
N'GTNNIS GETS LEFT.
Tho Effort to Give Him His
Rights is Abandoned
OWING TO THE LACK OF TIME
Before AdJournment...It Might Have
Endangered other Important
Matters...work of Congress.
Amount of Business Done.

Special Dlspnfeh 70 ue lHtCHUtItcIs
WASHINGTON, D. O., March 1.-THE
proposed. action to seat Major Nc
Ginnis, Of West Virginia, and one Oh
two more Republican contestants by the
House Of Representatives has been aban'
doned, and It is not az all probable that
any further attempt to dispose OF the
pending contested election cases will be
made between now and Wednesday,
This was because the Republican mem-
bers Of the House refused to stand
unitedly together. The attempt would
have undoubtedly resulted in forcing an
extra session. The Democratic mem.
bers Of the Election Committee put the
breaks on the appropriation bills, and
tho Republican leaders either had to
take the risk OF their failure OF the call.
ing Of an extra session to pass them or
abandon the turning out Of any more
Democrats. =,
Chairman Cannon in his speech, said
he was willing to accept the respon:.
sibility, and Chairman Rowell addressed
the chair for the purpose of calling up
the McGinnis-Alderson case, but tue
Democrats demanded yea and nay vote
on pending vote, and during the time
it required to call the roll the Repub-
licans held hurried conference and 1t
was developed that twenty or thirty
Republican members were opposed to
the calling up Of contested election cases
at this late day. All the coed that could
have resulted from such action would
have been to give the contestants, so
seated, the salaries which the Repub-
licans believed they were entitled to.
The opposition to the Election Com.
mittee's proposed action was led by
Cabot Lodge, OF Massachusetts,, and Mr..
Payson, OF illinois. There was consider.
able feeling worked up over the matter
aud there were threats from other
Republicans TO fllibuster anyway unless
the contested election cases were con-
aidered.
Major McGinnis was here and Major
Alderson fully expected TO be unseated.
In expectation OF such action Mr.. AL
derson had drawn all his documents and
had them hauled over to his house, and
he had also arranged for his full quota
OF seed from the Agricultural Depart
ment. He would have left McGinnls
nothing but his salary that he would
have drawn had he been sworn in.
L. L. Baker Deputy Collector OF Inter.
nal Revenue at Elkins, W. Va, was at
the Capitol yesterday trying to secure
the removal OF John A. Pettitt, postmas-
ter at Elkins, who was appointed BY ex-
Senator Davis during Cleveland's Rd-
ministration. He may succeed yet, as
neither Mr.. Davis nor Mr.. EIkins is OF.
fering any opposition.
There is quite a colony Of West Vir'
ginians in Washington to see Con.
gresr expire. Among them are General
and Mrs. Golf, Mrs. Mary Gotf and Miss
May Goff, OF Clarksburg; Miss Ida
Raymond, Miss Mamie Raymond, Ger.
trude Bennett and Mrs. W. D. Bowie, Of
Weston; George R. Tingle and daugh'
ters, ex.Commissioner ]. s. Miller, Rep.
resentative.elect John 0. Pendleton and
Mrs. Flora Camden, the latter OF Par
kersburR, and q number OF others.