Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-08-05
YOUNG MR. PENDLETON."
TO ne Edior Of ths Register;

WlAtAA -H--rt n A-~t
10 ne Edlor Of tss Register;
WHEELING. w. Va, Aug. 4, 1892.
The IntolliQeuccr of yesterday SAYS edl-
tOrially: mir. Pendleton has oeeh
fnilure rs a congressman; - that "he mas
cut no figure IS a leader"
viii YOU please inform me through your
esteemed paper. whether there ever mas
been, iu the history OF this country,
Republican elected to congress who was
hon0red with presiding over the house
of Representatives Of the United STATES
during his first term as was the Hon.
John .. Pendleton, who will be reelected
in Novembert Please answer.
A READER.
We have not at hand the data neces-
sary to answer this, but our correspond
emit need not worry on that score. Mr.,
PENDLEroN's record in Congress is so
we'll known that it is necessary only
TO mention his denomination by
reclamation and without opposition as
substantial proof of what his con-
stituents think of his record as their
representative.
Our correspondent evidently does not
remember the I,lteiligcnccr's method of
attacking Mr.. PENDLEToN in the cam
paigns Of 1855 aud 1s9O-the same
method it has adopted in the present
fight. 1t has never dared to come out in
theopeu aud deal with him. It's campaign
against him consists of undermined
personal attacks and, analyzed and
summed up, is nothing more than ring
ing the changes on the title it applies TO
him and which it seems to think dis
grace, namely, young Mr.. PENDLE-
TON"
We believe the esteemed editor OF the
HtcUjgcncer once gave away his age in
his paper, and, if our memory serves us
right, it is very close to that Of "young
Mr.. PENDLEroN," and in view Of the
fact that young Mr. PENDLEToN, F"
without hurting himself, wiped the
earth in the First District with the body
Of that able and middle-aged RepubIi-
can, Hon. GEORGE w. ATKINSON, in
1ssS. and the further fact that he went
over the same ground, performing the
same feat in 1890 with the person Of
that other middle-aged and heavy
weight Republican statesman, the Hon.
WILLIAM p. HUBBARD, it seems to US
the IHteIigeacCr should have more re-
gard for the feelings of these two able
Republicans, both having greatly the
advantage in years Of Mr.. PENDLETON,
than TO refer to the latter's youth. In
fact, such reference must cause Messrs.
ATKINSON and HUBBARD severe blush
ing pains.
While the TltcUtgepccr's dissatisfaction
with Mr.. PENDLEroS for not being
"leader" at Washington is very like
high compliment TO a man, not to say a
Young man, serving his first term in so
great BODY as the Congress Of the
United States, still, he was thought
quite large enough to preside i'm the alb
seuce OF the Speaker, and the big DEM
ocrats of New York thought enough Of
his ability TO select him as one Of the
orators to deliver an address at the
monster Tammany celebration on
the Fourth Of July. As a Congress
man he has been particularly active
and Jealous in attending to his duties
and looking after the interests Of his
district and its people, and if the Intel
ligeuccr will break its record aud tell the
truth, it will acknowledge a fact OF
which every active member Of the Fifty
second Congress is aware, namely, that
Mr.. PENDLEToN's ability and his tire
less energy have caused him to be
ranked among the few influential mem
bers in committee work and on the floor
OF the House.
Mr.. PENDLEroN's Congressional rec
ord is loaded for Republican bear.