The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-04-25
CAPITAL GOSSIP.
Matters Of Interest to the West
Virginia Constituency.
Mr.. HILLS VICTORY IN THE HOUSE
Over the Cleveland Fnctlon.-..Con.
grcssmnn o'Fcrralrs DcnnhclatiOn
ofIiill nnd Ills Crowd...alr. Wilson'S
Free Wool Spccch...only n Small
Portion OF 1t Addressed TO tho SUBJ
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: Special Di'paieh 10 II: IntilGcEeer.
WASHINGTON, D. c., april 2l.-Chair.
man Black, Of tho Second congressional
district committee, announces Tint the
timo and date OF holding tho convention
for selecting district delegates TO the
national convention has been changed
from May 4 at Koysor to May 8 at Mar.
tinsburg. 1t will be held OH the morn.
ing Of the 9th, so as not to interfere
with tho meeting OF tho state conven.
ton. This change Is made to suit tho
convenience Of delegates who desired to
attend both conventions, and could not
sparo tho time required otherwise.
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Secretary Elkina will make IN address
oil tho occasion Of tho laying OF the cor
ner stone Of General Grants tomb at
Riverside Park, New York city on the
eth OF this month. x.
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The Democracy has had another OF its
noteworthy experiences in the house
during the past week in connection
with tho Noyes- Rockwell contested cleo
ton case from the Twenty.eighth New
York district. The Republicans took
very little part in the proceedings, us
usual, except to vote solidly. The fight
was all between tho two factions OF tho
majority; and it Is probable that there
has never in tho history Of the house
been rs much acrimony displayed in q
contested election case, even between
Republicans and Democrats, as there
was in this n between the supporters
Of tho two leading Democratic candi-
dates for the presidency for this is
what it degenerated into. No made
any attempt to conceal the fact. The
names OF Hill and Cleveland were freely
banded back and forth; and Hill
scored a decisive victory.
The case itself was not o peculiar
one. Tho law and the evidence 80
clearly pointed in one direction that
the decision OF the elections committee
Wa practically unanimous In recon-.
mending tho unseatins OF tho Demo.
CIut, 1OCkWCls hIlu tuC EcAlluk VI
Noyes, Republican. The election laws
OF the State 81 New York had been
clearly violated in awarding the certif.
cate to Rockwell. The evidence showed
this, and all but two members OF tn
committee, these two being Democrats,
signed tho majority report to the house
in favor OF Noyes. This was the way
the matter stood three weeks ago. Then
Mr.. Hill took a hand. Rockwell is from
his district, and is an intimate friend
and supporter. Tammany was called
on and responded right nobly. The
three Tammany congressman from Now
York city, Cummings, Cochran and
Fellows took charge, national politics
was promptly interjected, and the re-
suit was a complete overthrow Of the
report OF the elections committee, But
the task WAS not an easy one for Hill
and his followers. 1t will be remem-
bered that an account was tclegraplied
all over the country OF the stormy
scenc between Senator Hill and Repre-
sentative O'Ferrall, chairman OF
tho elections committee, when
the former personally came over
to the house to further his
scheme. Such q thing was unprece-
denied as that q senator should per-
sonally take part in q question involv-
ing the right to n seat in the lower
chamber. O'Ferrall vigorously re-
sented tho impertinence, and it is
stated that the two men were with diff
Guilty kept from q personal encounter.
But this was not the end OF it by any
means. 1t is now stated, as q part OF
the aftermath OF the contest. that there
was a second meeting between the two
men, when Hill again attempted to in
t~eriere. anil that O'Ferrall this time
actually struck the Modelling senator.
Certainly the speeches OF the Tammany
men and OF O'Ferrall on the floor were
charged with a bitterness out OF all pro-
portion to the question Mt issue. The
latter is IN ardent Cleveland man. He
handled not only his immediate OPP
ponents, but their candidate, without
gloves.
But Hill won the day. His boom
may be subsiding throughout the coun-
try at large, but it needs no bcttos
evidence to show that it is yet healthy
in the house OF representatives.
None OF the West Virginia congress-
men voted on the question except Cape
hart, who voted with the Hill people
for Rockwell.
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Mr.. Wilson's speech on the free wool
bill, which was withheld Tor revision,
has now appeared in the Record. OF the
twelve columns which tho speech &C.