The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-03-11
REED A WINNER.
Tho Man From Malno win Havo
Thingn His Own Way
n THE SpElkERSHIP CONTEST.
rho Alleged Opposition of Represent.
ntise Cannon is Without Tounda.
tloa-.rho Illinois Stan Desires tho
Appropriations ohalrmnnshIp--son.
ntor pubris' Embarrassing Position.
ldaho's Now senator anu Ills Past
Experiences.

'""hoo NoW ocnutOr uhu Ills LNSt
Experiences.
WAslnNaroS, D. G.. March lo.--In tho
aftermath OF Congress can always DO
found stories moro or less apoctyphal.
Ono 10 now being indnstriously circu.
lated to tho effect that rhoma, d. Reed
made many enemies during tho paat
session among his follow Republicans
and his road to tho spGakership Of tho
Fifty.iourth Congress- Is full OF rocks.
This story had It's Inspiration In tho
fact tina. no refused to offer resolution
Of thanks for tho manner in which Mr..
Crisp had presided over tho past Con.
gross aud had refused to vote for such
resolution whom it was ollorcd by Mr..
Cannon. Of Illinois. 1t 10 said tina. his
coarse greatly ancerCd number OF his
colleagues, especially Mr.. Cannon, and
they arc now looking around for eau.
dida.o to run againat Mr.. Rood next
December. Mr.. Hopkins, OF Illinois, II
spoken OF as tho probable man who
will oppose Mr.. Reed.
Outside tho iact TINT Mr.. Reed and
half dozen other Republicans did no.
vo,e for tho resolution, there Is no ioun.
dalton for the story tina! thore is any
seriou, opposition to tho eS.spenkcs's
candidacy tor his oldpiacc.
Nor OPPOSED TO THE MAINE MAN.
Instead Of opposing him. Mr.. Cannon,
of Illinois. will doubsle,s do all hc can
for Mr.. Reeds election. He is an as
pirant for tho chairmanship OF tho
house appropriations committee and
has pretty tight contest on hand, be.
cause Col. Henderson. OF Iowa, tho
ranking Republican member oil the Last
committee, is also q candidate. Mr..
Cannon ia not foolish enough to oppose
q man who Is as certain OF election as
Mr.. Reod, whom no expects aome higher
honor ut that mans hand.
The reelection OF Senator Shoup, OF
Idaho. may bring about somewhat
strained relations batwcen him and his
colleague. Senator Dubois. Heretofore
thoy have been the bes. OF friends, but
when Senator Shoup positively asserted
that he would not be candidate for re-
election Scuasor Dubois took him at his
word and turned In for Representative
Sweet.
When Senator Shoup did enter tho
race il was TO find his colleague arrayed
on the side OF his leading opponen. ana
the situation became embarrassing.
That embarrassment: has not been
lesscncd by tho election Of Mr. Shoup.
a NATIVE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Senator shoup is very quiet man
and is seldom heard from in the senate.
lie is, however, man OF great force OF
character. Hc is almost pittsburgicr,
having been born lin Kittanning, Arm.
strong county. and educated in tho pub
lie schools at Freeport ana slate Lick.
until he was sixteen years OF age. when
he went west with his father in the
year 1852.
His history would read like a wild
romance. He has been scou; in the
wild westin its widest part at the Wild.
est time; has had hand.to-hand conflicts
with savagcs and has wrestlod with tho
grizzly bear. Hc has fought tho In
diaas with troops and By himself, aud
has had even moro daring adventures
with the outlaws who infested the re-
gion Of the Arkansas.
He became scout in the region along
the base OF tho Rocky mountains in 'Gl,
and from then until '6i he saw some OF
the hardest service, with thrilling ad-
ventures and hairbreadth escapes that
falls to the lot OF any man, even during
a war In wild county.
a REPUTATION FOR DARING.
During period whom civilization was
almost lost sight OF amid tho scenes OF
savagcry and thirst for blood and 70.
pr,saIs were tho controlling motives, no
had q reputation for daring cooln.css
and cunning which mad, him tho terror
OF the ortlawI and Indians. He be-
came lieutenant and later colonel in tho
army, and it was he and not Chevington
who commanded small body OF troops
who rcvengcd Themselves upon q band
OF lnurdcrous Indians with such terrible
slaughter 1t what was known as tho
"Chevington MASSACRE
Shoup's story OF this so-called mausa.
Gro is very different from that which
startled the cn.irc caat and made good
pcoplo hold mp their hands in holy hor.
ror and sympa:hy for tho poor Indian
at tho timw.
II ia seldom that tho senate. can DO
got to speak oi thc,o events, but when
he Docs q spark Of fro in his oyoa grows
brighter and brighter. ns ono event after
another Is RECALLED. There is nothing
about him except that spark in his oyc
to suggest daring spirit, and hc has nj.
most womanly gontlencaa in manner
and a smiling cordiality OF address
which gives the impression that he
might DO imposed on aud not nny or do
harsh thing.
THE SUEX CANAL.