Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-08

It will be remembered that the DEM
ocrats claimed it to be part OF the Re
publican revolutionary scheme to CT
ganize a ''rump" Rouse in a certain
contingency. Since the settlement Of
the senatorial fight Republicans are
saying that nothing OF the kind was
ever contemplated. Evidences secured
by merest accident furnished proof TO
the contrary. A Republican member
Of the House, whose handwriting has
been positively identified, wrote a let
ter to his wife, and without ccnplet-
ing it, threw it carelessly aside. 1t
found its wa to q waste basket and
thence by easy stages into Democratic
hands. Following is copy OF the let
ter:
january %. 1880.
My Dearest:-I cannot tell when l can
get away from hers-perhaps not for
many days. We are just going into the
election of United States Senator, and
no man can tell what a day may BRING
forth. We are apparently upon the eve OF
a political revolution. The Democrats in
the House seem determined to throw out
all the Republican members, and IF, ON %
RECEDE AND FORM A NEW HOUSE
OF DELEGATES II everything passes
off smoothly, and We elect 3 Senator this
week, l viii try and be in Washington
Geo. G. Mcintosh, Of Fayette, is a
bright young newspaperman in the
House. lie HAS DuJ JwU faults, TaopuU-
licanism and cigarettes. Mcintosh was
reared in an atmosphere Of pastepOt,
shears and printers ink. His father
was a publisher in Cabell county. Nc
IntOsh started in as Journalist, and
has risen to the position Of newspaper
man. Some years ago he associated
himself with r. Mather Archer, now
city editor of the Irtelligeneer, in the
publication Of the Sunday Gazette, in
Huntington. 1t went up like a rocket,
and came down like the stick. The
sheriff interfered at the expiration Of
ninety days, when notes began to fail
due. The Gazette was long on brains
and short on capital. Archer drifted
into Wheeling, and Mcintosh started
another paper in Hinton, with indiffer-
ent success. His present venture, the
Gazette, is bright, newsy and remun-
eratiye. Mcintosh is the wit of the
House Of Delegates. He listens to
long-winded harangues until patience
ceases to be q virtue. Then he offers
fake resolutions which put everybody
in good humor. His sense Of the ride
ulous is very keen.
Mcintosh has one rival on the floor
in the person of W. F. Brown, of Han
cock. Brown is the Delegate who came
to Charleston with 5000 sewed up in a
pocket in his undershirt, and had to
disrobe when he deposited it in bank.
He has made four speeches, all terse,
as follows:
Mr.. Speaker am not a lawyer, or
doctor, or a politician, but I've been
vaccinated, and l have sulphur in my
shoes, and I'll be there when IL comes
to voting"
Mr.. Speaker-We are used to get
ting up early and working late, and we
Travelled far to come to Charleston, and
we don't get much money, but we're all
going to have a good time"
Mr.. Speaker-As we've all been in
vited to a picnic at the Governors
house tonight, and We want time to
change our buds, l move we adjourn"
Mr.. Speaker-We all went to a pic
ME at Huntington last night, and l
move we adjourn so the members can
catch UP on sleep"
These speeches do not appear in the
Journal, but should not be lost to
Browns constituents.
Wetzel county is ably represented in
the House Of Delegates by L. NJ Steph-
ems, Of New Martinsville. Stephens is
a comparatively young man, but has
taken rank with some OF the leaders in
debate. He has been heard upon every
measure affecting the interests OF his
constituents, and has made q number of
ripOrnnS SneacheS unnn nartY measures