West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-03-07
HON. WILLIAM l.. WILSON.
The New Postmaster q cnerai and Pro
moted to a Cabinet Position.

The New Postmaster a enerai and Pro.
moted to Cabinet Position.
AS announced in ruE ANGUS last
week, Wilson ). Bissell. the Post.
master General. sen his resignation
to President Cleveland who prompt
ly appointed the Chairman Of the
WAYS and Means Committee and
Representative in Congress from
the Second West Virginia District.
Mr.. Wilson will not assume the
duties OF his new Office until April
l. lie will spend he time betwe, n
March 4. when this Congress ex-
plred and that date in seeking need
ed improvement in his he,lth. lie
still suffers from the severe strain
incident to the preparation ard
passage of the Tariff billaald after
weeks s rest at his home in Char
lestown. w. Va. he will 90 10 New
York as the guest of his intim !.
friend. Congressman IsiIor Straus.
MIR. Wilson has for years been on
intimate terms with the President.
and his speeches in the House h we
always been accepted AS voicing the
sentiments of the Administration.
IL was noted that Mr. Wilson's
speech upon the amendment to the
Postoflice appointment bill, to com
pei railway clerks to i've on the
line OF their routes, WIS an earnest
plea to Congress TO support the
Postmaster-Genernl.
Democrats generally express graf
liication ut the selection OF Mr..
Wilson for the Cabinet vacancy.
Mr.. BisselI has not been over pop.
nlar with members OF Congress
owing To his distant man Ter and
lack OF political knowledge. The
pressure to which Mr.. l}rissell has
been subjected by members aud
Senators in rclstion to Post lice
appointments has often been an
moving to him. and disnppoinimcnts
and delays have been irritating to
The patronage seekers.
William Lynne Wilson's : career III
Congress has been exception ,lIy
brilliant. 1t WIS during the pen =
sion debate in the I0ih Congress,
when almost unknown as an orator,
he electrified his hearers with ~
speech which, for purity Of Ian
gnage and tOrcefulness OF delivery.
has seldom been equ ,lled in th,
Halls Of Congress. From that day
ill this the fame Of the West Vir-
ginian has been steadily growing.
Mr.. Wilson was born May 3, 1913,
on a farm near ChIrIestown, w.
Va. lie served IN the Confederate
army during the entire war. At
It's close he bec ,me Professor OF
Ancient Languages in the CoIum-
bian College at Washington. y. g.. &.
was admitted to the bar and began
TO practice vt Chlrlestown. ln 1880
he Was deleg te to tho Democratic
National Convention ~ Cincinnati.
In 1882 he WIS elected President If
the West Virginia State University,
aud afterwards was unexpectedly
nominated to Congress. lIo was
elected, and since March 4. 1888,
he has been "a mber Of the House
Of Representatives.
In 1892 no was permanent Prosi-
Gent Of the Democratic National
Convention 1t Chictgo. Ills cele.
brated Tariff Reform Bill and Gght
to secure iis passage have made him
celebrated abroad as we'll as at
home. At the last election he was
deic tied by Gordon Dayton. Re.
publlc,n. Mr.. Wilson hns been IN
poor hrqlih for some time. lle
married IN 1868 . daughter Of Prof.
A.. J. Huntington. 81 Columbian
College, aud BIS six children.
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