The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-01-25
THEY ARE MAD At HILL.
Northwestern Democrats Say 1t
was His Influence
THAT HELPED CHICAGO WIN.
Still has Carried the Convention TO
Chicago. Now Let's See Him Garry
Anything in tho Northwest" Said n
st. Paul Mnn...An Example of Dem.
ocratlc Econoiny.--.Defcat Of tho
Printing Dill..DIscord Prevailing
in Democratic Ranks.
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~ WASHINGTON, D. G.. Jan. 24.--There
was some o. the protancst swearing on
record INDUCED in by the members Of
tho various unsuccessful city dclesa.
tions when IL was announced that the
Democratic convention had been taken
p by Chicago. The scene in the lobDies
OF tho Arlington hotel was very signiii.
cant. There WAS not tho semblancc OF
n cheer following the announcement.
(. On tho contrary the silence was deep
and ominous, and in the rooms OF tho
st. Paul delegation come exceedingly
plain talk. One st. Paul man mounted
on chair and remarked "IIill has car.
J ricd this convention to Chicago. Now
j let's see him carry anthing in the north
z vest That seems to be. the general
sentiment. Nobody doubts that the re-
suit OF the committee meeting was due
TO an agreement between Messrs. Hill,
German and Brice, the presen! supreme
Democratic syndicate.
There would have been nothing to
gain for Hill in sending the convention
to New York. lIe already has that
state solid. Besides, that would have
excited much unfavorable comment on
all sides. Voters are to be gained for
Mr.. Hill in the west. Tammany has
announced that it will send two thous-
and men 10 Chicago, and tina. in all
about ten thousand will 90 from the
whole state. They ought to be able to
maintain something OF Hill boom.
German had no particular choice ex-
cept Hills. Bricc was ostcnsiEly for
Cincinnati. The mere fact that the
was able to do nothing more for his
( choice than Brice did for Cincinnati
speaks for itself as This real feelings.
The result, summed up, is that the
/. triumvirate has again shown its power,
: and tho rank and file may think what
!. it plcases.
The ruling spirit in the St. Paul dele
I CATION was the Hon. Lewis Baker, late
OF the Wheeling Register, who lett West
Virginia because, as he himself put it,
there was not enough Democrats in
West Virginia who could read to make
newspaper publishing profitable. lie
was ably assisted by Mr.. II. 7. Black,
whom Wheeling people will remember
rs the city editor OF the Register under
Mr., Baker. They worked hard for St.
9 Paul, but from the start were fearful OF
Z Chicago and the Hill secret influence
Their fears were well founded. Hon. ].
w. st. Clair, who has q Worlds Fair
headquarters established here now,
slipped over to Baltimore and secured
Mr.. Camden's proxy as the committee
member from West Virginia, and there
fore took part in the proceedings.
There were some other patriotic citizens
after the same document, but they
found that Mr.. St. Clair, as usual, was
just little bit before them 1t may be
observed that up to date Mr.. St. Clair
has not felt called on to enter q denial
as to his part in the late speakership
contest relative to Mr. Wilson. He is
doing good work for the Worlds Fair at
present as chairman OF the committee
on legislation.
e The seventh week OF the first session
OF the Fitty-second Congress has closed,
( and the net results in tho house SO far
& are the passage OF the Holman resolu-
ton favoring economy. OF course the
senate can do nothing until the house is
ready to do business. The rules have
!, not even been reported yet to the
house, which is still acting under gen.
eral parliamentary law. The Holman
resolution passed, and the first pro-
ceedings under it were to defeat the
proposition to cut down the number Of
committee clerks, and to sit down hard
on the public printing bill. which pro-
posed reduction OF some S500,0O in
tho printing estimates. Although the
speaker pro TEN ruled that this action
would not preclude the introduction OF
other bills on the same subject, it can
be stated that no other printing bill is
likely to be presented until the senate
gets readyto send one over. Upon the
printing bill every one OF the West Vir-
4 ginia representatives voted to table ex.
Ecept Mr. Pcndlcton, who was absent
Z and did not vote. So much for the
: first shyat economy. Meanwhile all of
these. gentlemen are opposed to appro-
priating 100000 TO send flour to the
starving Russians.
1t is said that Mr.. Springer is wavcr-
4 ing in his expressed intention OF attack.
ing the tariff piccemeal, and it is furth-
4 er reported that Mr. Mills will bring in
another general tariff bill. This is not
the result OF any understanding be.
tween these two gentlemen, their rela.
& tons at present, in the language OF d.
I plomacy, arc somewhat strained, but is
simply another evidence OF the hone.
less discord prevailing in the Democrat
Z ic ranks, A free silver bill is one Of the
s certainties, in fact Alr. Bland, chairman
{ OF the committee on weights and coin.
age, has already introduced ono on his
own account. twill be moro bitterly
opposed by Democrats than by Rcpub-
licans. So goes the fight. And still the
greatest show on earth" has not set.
tied down TO business yet. It's already
worth the whole price OF admission.
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