Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-06

summit to-day But as It's term Of ser
vice expired, mos OF Be re-enhsted as
his must2che. and Miller looks bare and
cbarred and dead about ,le top on that
account One mus, not be miSled by
1liuer's looks. however. People VINO
have rudely shaken Miller 20 see if he
was alive fell heir 20 q whole lot Of bad
luck. Miller was born i'm Ohio. Since
Miiler's birth Ohio has been more on her
guard. and nothing like Miller is likely
20. Happen 10 the Buckeye state again.
Miller is q Republican as You may see
10y the puzzled look on his face. His
politics is To- End OuJ what Steve Elkins
is and then be &c himself This assign
ment frequently makes Miller dizzy, as
following Steve El kius takes one across
some sharp rougl country. Miller
practices law when fe can find any.
Once he was delega -e-at-iarge 10 a Re
publican convention. This was at Chi
cagO in 1888. After the worst was over
and Harrison had been named, the Ma
tiOnal Committee sent word TO West
Virginia to be careful what it did With
Miller in the future. The committee
explained that while it did not presume
TO dictate the party des-iuies in West
Virginia, or take al arbitrary stand
about a purely State affair. still it had
some rights Of it's own. II said that
while the committee did not object 70
Miller being q delegate. &c objected 70
his being at large. The State was eau
toned ag3ins, making Miller delegate
Gt-large again, Of anything more album
dant, indeed than just q simple dele
gate. That was hereafter 20 be the
frontier in the case OF Miller. The
worst thing which has Of late befallen
Miller is Walker. OF Massachusetts.
walker is q great fnaucier. and if John
Sherman would spend more time with
Walker, hearing bis views. we might
make man o. sherman yet Walker
is head OF the Banking and Currency
Committee OF the House. Selling a
neat opportunity, Walker penned Miller
in an aic0ve and read him his banking
bin and the speech which is TO support
il. When Miller was turned over TO
his friends his recovery was q matter Of
rs much uncertainty IS his condition
was O. subject OF concern. Careful nurs-
irg and perfect quiet, however, after
three anxious days, landed his intellect
on re right side o., Jhe line Should
Congress adjourn without Miller again
fall.ng again q prey 10 Walker he is
safe. They do say chat recurrence Of
Walker would 81 fatal. In the picture
the ar.iss- has siven Miller a look Of
peoyls6uess, not TO- say pe,U,ance, which
neither becomes Miller nor belongs to
him. Tic arises from the fac, that Mil
Ter had not been fed when the picture
was taken. Al,er dinner Miller viii
look as smooth and s.iken as SPAN
iers ear. and those deep lines OF care
and hunger VIII noe appear above his
eyes. The glasses which ens8Gdle Mil
ler's nose somewhat intensity an eX-
preston OF hornI vVacUi,y which en-
wraps Milier's face IKE a fog. This
pontless look 10 Niuer's face comes
from his position 0l the money queS-
tion which is tla, OF q s-raddle bug.
lIowever. tina, does not matter. West
Virginia lives under the feudal system.
with steve E.kius az ,he top OF the
feudal pyramid. What Steve says set
. ties FL with NIler as with everybody
else. One lroUl rom Steve viii cause
Miller and the Others in West Virginia
10 make q break for the tail party tim
her 10 beat four OF q kind. Such is life
in West Virginia, and the Kingdom Of
Eikins. A. ii. L.