The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-03-08
MIL son
Succeeds BisseII.
The TarIr Reiormer Noninated il,
Cleveland ferihe Cabinet Vacancy.

= - = @ssesssttAAg iN0SN1J NEut 10 lHG
Senate the name Of Hon. VIM. L.
Wilson. Of West Virginia. 10 be
Postmaster General 10 succeed
Wilson s. Bissell. who yesterday
resigned. Being somewhat run
down inhealth, and wearied from
his work 10 Congress. M wiz
son will rest for some time,
probably, fera month. before as.
Stunning the duties Of bis new Of.
ice. Part Of his vacation will
be passed in West Virginia, and
part of it in visiting friends else
where.
Senator Faulkner. of West
Virginia. was presiding over the
Senate when the nomination of
Mr.. Wilson was presented to the
Senate. Mr.. Faulkner said the
appointment was splendid, and
could not be better. He was
pleased to see West Virginia so
recognized. and so ably repre-
sented in the Cabinet, Senator
Voorhees, and Senator Villas also
spoke highly ofthe appointment.
In executive session to. day the
nomination OF Mr., Wilson was
referred to The Committee on
Post Offices and Post Roads. and
Immediately reportedback favor
ably. but no action was taken
because the Sioux Falls post
mastership stood at the head of
the list. and Senators Interested
in this case would not allow any
action until this was disposed of.
An agreement was reached that
an executive session be held at
l2o'clock tomorrow, when Sioux
Falls and the Postmaster General
nominations will be disnosed of.
Close friends of Representa-.
tive Wilson say his appointment
to the Cabinet is not TO be con
sidered as the permanent dispo.
sition of him. AS they under
stand it. Mr.. Wilson is to have
the first good judicial position
made vacant by death or retire
ment. For several days Mr..
Wilson has had an intimation of
what was coming, and has hest
tated about acceptance because.
he thought his means would not
permit him to sustain the social
position OF a Cabinet place, but
his friends urged him to take the
place and not consider what
society might say
HIS POLITICAL CAREER.
VIM. L. Wilson is best known
to the country in connection with
his recent tariff work in Con
gress. He has been tariff Stu
dent since he first entered con.
sressional life in 1882, but it was
not until the present Congress
that he became Chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee, and
as such official leader of the ma
iority in the House.
Prior to his first election to
Congress, in 1882. he had taken
little part in politics, except in
being a delegate 10 the Demo-
cratic National Convention at
Cincinnati, and subsequently, an
Elector-at-large from West Vir.
sinia In 1882 he was chosen
President of the University of
West Virginia. This would have
fixed Mr., Wilson's sphere for
work had it not been for a politi.
cal eruption in West Virginia,
which was settled by the oppos-
ing factions uniting on MIR. will
son. The campaign was a hot
one. Mr.. Wilson finally won by
nine votes. lie was then re.
reelected to six successive Con
crosses. He received good com
mittee assignments from the
first. going on the judiciary,
Appropriations and Ways and
Means Committees, His expert.
ence shortly after the war as a
z rofessor of law in Columbia
College equipped him for the
work on the Judiciary Commit
tee. In the four Congressional
eras of recent tariff changes-the
Morrison bill, the Mills bill, the
Mckinley bill aud the Wilson bill
MIR. Wilson took a leading part
He did much of the work Of CON
structing the Mills bill, and he
and Representative Breckenridge
started IN a tnnr - H..