Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-07

DAY-AT THE SAME TIME, DENT
WILL BE SWORN IN IN THE
HOUSE, EVERY LINE OF EVI-
DENCE PROVING HIS RIGHTFUL
TITLE TO THE SEAT.
Special to the Register.
Charleston. w. Va, February cit
is fair assumption that one Stephen
B. Elkins is not in an enviable frame
of mind tonight
The stolen seat from the Fourth Sem
atorial district was to constitute por-
ton of the nucleus of a Republican
majority in the Legislature of 1901, but
the best laid schemes o. mice" and
politicians gang att aglee'
1t was intimated in these dispatches
yesterday that a sense of fairness
which has penetrated the minds of cer-
tain Republican Senators. coupled with
the conviction that r. f. Kidd was
legally elected, might upset the Elkins-
White revolutionary programme.
That is exactly what has happened.
The certainty of active Republican
opposition, and the uncertainty of a
party majority, resulted in the ADAM
donment Of the contemplated larceny of
Kidd's seat. 1t is bitter pill for the
bosses to swallow, and while they are
making many faces over it, they are
making all the capital possible by their
protestations of virtue.
Kidd may thank the Republican Sem
ators whose sense of decency was not
obliterated by partisanship.
The case was taken up this afternoon
by the Senate committee on privileges
and elections, Evidence was heard
concerning the alleged Irregularities in
the Democratic precinct in Writ coun-
ty which was relied upon to wipe out
Kids majority and elect Morris.
Delegate Robert O'Brien happened 20
| be at the voting place and testified that
the polls did not close early, but in
reality were kept open few minutes
after the regular hour for closing. Nor
us WAS III TIC tO4ilAiAbtNN At0tAv A. ,
saw the way things were going, and
withdrew his contest in very graceful
speech. He said he realized that his
success must depend upon technicaA-
ties which would virtually disfran-
chise many voters, and he did not de-
sire the seat in that manner. The COM
| mittee decided TO recommend the seat
ing of Kidd.
While Kidd is being seated in the
! Senate tomorrow the House viii act
upon the report of The committee in
the Taylor county case. All the evil
| dence taken has been printed in tho
| journal. and 1t clearly establishes
Dents right to the seat. Dent will be
| sworn In as member. The Repuhli-
cans will thus have a majority Of one
On joint ballot.
The manifest injustice Of the stua-
ton lies in the fact that the Republi-
| can Senate so manipulated the proceed
ings as to elect Scott. Haptonstall
would never have voted for Scott, and
unless .McGraw had been chosen the
Legislature would have been dead
locked.
There was a lengthy and acrimonious
discussion in the House this morning
over a resolution TO pay Il. E.Hood
$50 for his services as clerk on the
! opening day. Hood assisted in the Re
publican programme with his sugges-
lions to Byrd Hill, who was the tenn
! porary presiding officer. The Demo-
| cratic position was that he performed
a partisan service and that the House
| would have gotten along much better
without him. The number Of Demo-
/ Gratis who voted with the Republicans
wa. sufficient to carry the resolution,
however. but the announcement OF the
vote was postponed until tomorrow.
The House took a recess for a half
hour to listen to an appeal By Federal
Judge John Jay Jackson on behalf OK
the Home for Incurables. II was the
/ first speech. aside from his remarks
/ from the bench, which the venerable
! Judge has made in thirty years, and
he stated that it would be his last.
/ The force and earnestness with which
he spoke, in spite of his three score and
ten years, evidenced his deep interest
/ in the home.
The Ohio county colony here has
been augmented By late arrivals, and
! now embraces Hon John A. Howard.
| Fidelius Reister. Hon. T. NJ. Garyin,
Randolph Stalnaker, VIII Caldwell. ].
| X. Hall and others. II. V. ARRLE-