Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-11-12
LONG LOOK AHEAD.
REPUBLICANS HAVE fHB EKINLEY IDEA IN
THEIR HEADS BAD,
And a Lot Of the Leaders Posted Of to COlum-
bus Yesterday Morning to Shake the Hand
Of The Alleged Great Nan = The
Gas Board Snar Again.

pilgrimage. the object Of which was to
recall to the mind Of Governor MeKlu-
ley that there was such a State as West
Virginia on the map of the Union, and
to impress upon the understanding
OF the Presidential Possibility the
additional fact that while the Republi-
can party in the aforesaid State of West
Virginia didn't amount to much when ID
came to eIectlng Republican Presidents.
it had a great appetite for fat offices
just the same, and would expect to be
suitably and substantially rewarded in
1896 in case Mckinley was the Republi-
can candidate, and the miraculous hap
pened and he was elected President.
On its face, the trip of the local Re-
publican leaders to Columbus vas to
tender the thanks Of the party In West
Virginia to the Ohio Governor upon his
triumphant reelection. In reality,
those making the trip were taking a
long look ahead, and were making
them elves solid with the Major in case
u6 SuOuiQf Oy 1uy RONolOAiiNls 10 bOAhA
mated and elected. 1t wasn't at all
because it was Mckinley. They would
call upon Mr.. Thomas B. Reed, OF
Maine, or Governor Jackson, Of Iowa,
or any other Republican presidential
possibility, in any State OF the Union,
with the same grace and enthusiasm as
was exhibited yesterday when they
%ensconced themselves in a special y. &
o. sleeper and were whisked of to the
Buckeye capital. "Ofices, me boy;
Offices" was the motive power behind
the little excursion, and this more than
suspicion is borne GU by a partial con-
fession the delegation made to Ex-
Governor Fleming, whom they met
at the 3. & o. depot just previous
to the departure Of the Columbus train.
Some Of the pilgrims undertook to guy
the Ex-Governor q little about the
alleged advantages Of protection, but
the Governor gave them to understand
very distinctly that upon that question
he stood just where the Democratic
party stood. He then asked IL the real
purpose of the little trip wasn't to get
upon the solid side of Mckinley, and
members admitted that the suspicion
was a correct diagnosis Of the case.
The following special telegram from
Columbus tells Of the rather tame and
disappointing reception Of the excur-
sionists at the Ohio capital:-
COLUMBUS, O., November IA
party of Wheeling gentlemen. chaper-
oned by Representative j. c. Heinlein,
of Bridgeport, came over to Columbus
to-day to personally congratulate Gov
ernor Mckinley upon his election. The
expedition was planned by @. b.
Hart, OF the Wheeling Intelltgencer,
who acted as spokesman. Private
Secretary James Boyle met the party
by arrangements at the Neil house, and
escorted them to the executive office.
The following gentlemen composed IL:
Col. n. B. Scott, George Wise, j. X.
Hall, B. S. Allison, H. p. McGreRor, P.
B. Dobblns. n. A.. Noble, George
Adams, E. Buchanan, G. B. Hart, VIM.
Exley, Morris Horkelmer, T. G. Cald-
we'll, w. L. Peterson, John L. Dickey,
Henry Baer, Henry Schmulbach, w. j.
johnson, d. L. Loos, John K. List, c.
E. Schenerlein. George E. House, w.
J. w. Cowden, T. G. Moffatt, G. w.
Atkinson and John Cummins.
addressing the Governor Mr., Hart
said they had come 10 thank him for
what he had done for protection. Pro-
lection had done much for West Vir-
GINA. 1t was a great State, 1t had been
most prosperous under protection and
suffered most under the threat OF with
drawal of protection. Governor Nc
Kinley simply thanked them and re-
minded them, that they had been aided
in their victory by many Democrats.
He then retired. The party attended
the theatres tonight and at midnight
left for home"
The Associated Press sends out the
following account OF the affair:
While Governor Mckinley has re-
ceived congratulatory kilograms and
letters from every State in the Union,
West Virginia Is the first State TO send
a body OF her representative citizens to
Columbus to congratulate him In per-
son. About thirty citizens Of Wheeling
chartered q special car on the Baltimore
and Ohio and arrived here this after
noon. They returned at midnight, be-
ing highly delighted with their visit.
They we're accompanied by Hon. j. G.
Heinlein, the representative from Bel
mont county, whose home is just across
the Ohio river from Wheeling.
The delegation arrived at the eXecu-
tive Office while the Governor was in
the midst OF hearing an important case
of requisition and ii was impossible for
him TO meet them.
Later they returned and Mr.. G. B.
Hart, Of the Wheeling Inteligencer, adj
dressed the Governor on behalf OF the
party in a most eloquent manner, saying
all West Virginia proteetionists would
enjoy being with them.
After congratulating the Governor on
his service to the country, Mr.. Hart
said:
1--WE have ~prospered mos under that
measure which bears your honored
name; we have suffered most under the
threat to wipe out that law and suosti-
tute one that shall reverse the principle
on which the tariff legislation has been
based for a generation. Living as we do
under a Governor who has not a single
redeeming protectIonist principle, IL is
an exceptional satisfaction TO come over
the river to pay u respects to q Gov
ernor Hho embodies all the principles OF
good government as well as the per-
sonal virtues which commend him to
the thoughtful mind"
Governor Mckinley replied as fol-
lows:
Mr.. Hart and Gentlemen from West
Virginia: / thank you for this call. l
appreciate the good will and she good
fellowship which it implies. ! thank
you for the generous words OF congrat-
ulation that your Chairman has spoken.
I'VE rejoice to-day that our party
principles have been successful in q