The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-06-30
RANDOM POLITICIAN NOTES.

RANDOM POLITICAL NOTES.
Tho ovont oil the woek In tho political
history Of this section OF tho state WINS
the withdrawal Of Hon. George ". At.
kinGon from tho contest for tho ROpub-
Ilcan nomination for Congress in the
First dIstrlct Mr.. AtkInsou's letter,
which was published Ia tho IYrELudEN-
CER, was doubtlosaR surprise TO most Of
his friends, but on giving II q careful
feRdlnH aud considering all tho clrcun-
alanCcS, they gOnorally endorsed his
course Us being wise and patriotic. In
hiS action he was moved Holsly by q DO
slro Tor party harmony, aud OhOwod
himSelt 10 DO tho big man that Ovnry.
body who knows him beloved him 10
be. lilo gracefully and chCorfnlly yield
Cd TO tho decisive verdict OF tho major
!ty Of tho party In Ohio county, which
expressed a preference for Capt Dove
nor, aud retired from tho field with tho
hearty assurance 10 tho party that no
would support the nominee with all the
energy he is capable OF. and that meanB
HAVub uVhi' "Es htklnbUu CullToo
practically insutcI tho nomination OF
Captain Dovoner on the first ballot.
With the ility-one votea OF Ohio county;
with Hancock county instructed for
him; with eight votes certain from
Lewis and possibly 4 good share OF the
remaining oight, and with every indica-
ton that he will develop all tho strength
needed In the other counties OF tho dis
trict, there Is no reasonable doubt chat
tho gallant captain will have an over
wheIming majority In the convention.
Attor thla will como tho campaign,
and tho harmonious pulling together OF
all the Republican war horses OF tho dis.
trict. and earnest individual work BY
the rank and file will mako success at
tho polls certain. Thoro will DO no sore
heads 20 out Of tue convention. but
everybody, every candidate and his
friends, will DO for the nominee With
proper effort this district will DO roprc-
sOn,ed in tho Fiity-fourth Congress by
man who will care for Its interests
faithfully, and voto to preserve its in
dus.rinl prospority-a man who will
represent tho whole people In tho
true,t sonsc OF the word, and who will
DO something moro in Congress than an
ornament performing no duty beyond
drawing his salary and filling po,tolIlces
with his henchmen.
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Some OF Mr.. Pendeton's constituents
dispute the claim that he is even IN or
nsment as member Of Congress. but
granting that he is, what other claim
has no for reelection? What has he
douo for his district Well, he voted
for tho Wilson monstroslty, called u
tariff bill. But tho people OF his dis
trict didn't want that On tho con-
trary. they believe that it is one of the
things to he charged up against Mr..
Pcndleton. What else has he done7
Nothing. No, l am wrong; he has donc
something else. Hc has bagged a fow
offices; but it is Il question Ii no would
not DO better off il ho hadn't done so.
It's an established truth that tho man
who holds the power to fill tho local
offices Yields boomerang that reacts
upon himself. Mr.. Pcndlcton has not
shown himself to be skillful
wielder OF the patronage dispensing
power. He began by making
mistakes in the distribution OF
the offices and has kept up that gait
all the way through his term. He be-
gan by filling the postofticOs OF tho dis
trict with Democrats OF his own seloc-
ton. regardless of the protests OF the
patrons OF the offices, and without con-
sultins the local leaders. Before the
Inauguration OF the Democratic admin
istraton Mr.. Penileton announced to
the astoni.hed Democrats OF tho dis
tric. that he had already selected tho
postmasters, and that il was OF no use
for the aspi.snts to flo their elaine.
He didn't care who the Democrats
wanted; he knew who he wan.od, and
that was enough. II tho Democrats
whom tho local leaders and the rink
and file Of the party had endorsed didn't
like it, they could saw wood" Well,
many OF them are Saving wood" and
when Mr.. Pendleton comes around dur
ing tho campaign with his euear-coated
speeches, telling them what good DOM
ocrats thew arc, and preaching falthiul-
ness to tho time-honored principles OF
Jefferson and Jackson and the Stuffed
Prophet, they will take a fresh chew OF
tobacco, spit on their hands and-con.
tnue to saw wood"
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There are some Democrats OF that
kind herc in Wheeling. Men who
marched in all sorts OF weather and
spont their hard-carncd wages for brass
bands and fire works TO help send Mr..
PeRdleton TO Congress to vote for n
change tina: has Knocked them out of
the opportunity 10 earn wages arc wait
ing for him to come around with those
pretty speeches this year. They won't
haTo any money for fireworks and
brass bands this year, because tho
change that camo when thoy voted for
Mr.. Pcddleton and the Stuffed Prophet
has deprived Thorn OF the power to earn
money; but they have their right OF sui.
frage left. Tho ''chango" didn't taho
that from them. Some OF them, the
boys who worked, and hustled, and wor-
ried, and stayed up O. nights spending
their money in Mr.. Pondloton's inter.
est, will have some pointed questions
TO ask OF him. Why it was, for inatanco,
that thoy couldn't get crumb from tho
bounteously spread table in Washing
ton, when such man as Joe McGivern,
who, up to two month, before the cleo.
tion NJ 1000 Ind ot,pors b,op po,,,h