Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-12-29
FOR ALL WEST VIRGINIA REPUBLI-
A States AND MANIPU-
LATIONS.
POWERS AT CAPITAL RULE.
VERY FEW CHANGES IN OFFICIALS
ARE NOW IN SIGHT
And Of1ce-HuRgry West V~irEinians
VIII Have to Possess Their Souls
in ~Patience-The Probable Distri-
button of the Good Things Within
the Gift of the Legislature.

affairs, that do not find their origin in
this city, where the two great politi-
cal bosses spend most of their time, and
intact, reside.
1t is now regarded as the sheerest
nonsense for any Republican of your
State to even deign to seek a political
position without first having consulted
with and procured the sanction of the
powers that be and even then | have
heard it entimaIed that such sanction is
not always, an absolute guarantee of
success, for instance when two or more
persons get promises for the same place,
while the latter may go to indicate that
not all who get a friendly word or
promise from the chiefs secure their
appointments. Yet this does not alter
the inevitable and never deviating rule,
that none can be chosen except they
have such endorsements.
Now that Mr.. Mckinley has given
out that his reelection meant not only
an unqualified approval of his past ad-
ministration, but also those of his al
most countless office holders, there are
evidently to be very few, if any changes
made in the various governmental de-
partments within the next four years.
So about all the hungry horde of West
Virginia Republican offce-seekers have
to look to is the four places TO be created
by the division of the State into two
federal judicial districts, and the pa
trOnage Of the coming session of the
Legislature.
AS to the first none but a few of the
biggest fish will be considered, but when
IL come TO the latter, a number of the
smaller Try Will be permitted to, at least
Delleve, they will have some say in the
matter, but from the presiding officers
OF the two branches of the Legislature
down to the smallest positions, each
recipient Ct these favors must learn to
know but for the kindly and generous
PERMISSION and approval of the bosses
he could never have succeeded.
In speaking of the presiding officers
Tor the coming session of your Legis-
lature, it is given out here with univer-
sal record that because Of his acknowl-
edged ability and eminent qualification.
Delegate Wilson, of the county of Ran
dolph has been chosen Speaker of the
House. 1t is said that Col. Lewis Mar
tin of Kanawha; Major Silas G. Smith,
OF Ohio, and Captain S. T. Stapleton. of
WOOD, each possessed yearning aspira-
tinons along that line, but the senior
senator preferred the gentleman from
his w county and that settled il.
When the three gentlemen whose names
nave mentioned in connection with
the speakership come to enquire of the
bosses wbU thou ca poorr 49,
lature experience, were turned down.
they will be answered with the follow
ing:
Mr.. Smith will be told that as the
presidency Of the Senate is to be ten
oered 10 Senator Whitaker fully real
lzlng the uncertainty of his accepting
III IL would not do to give to Ohio
county both presiding offices. Mr..
Stapleton will likewise be informed
that Col. John T. Harris, of his county,
is to be clerk CT the Senate and Mr..
Martin will he aAured that Captain
Hoods clerktAAs CT the House is all
that kanawh4 county-notwithstand-
ing the big harmony existing in the
&. Q. p. down in that section-ought
ask for or expect.
NOW as to the presidency of the SEN
ate it is given out here on what appears
to be excellent authority, that Senator
Whitaker would not accept the posi-
ton were it unanimously offered him.
among others, for the main reason that
he has a large number of business
transactions that will require his pres
ence in Wheeling the greater portion
OF h time in which the Legislature
will be in session. This seems to have
in some way leaked out, as it is claim
ed here. Now that nearly every Re-
publican member of the Senate has.
within the past few days, come into
communication with the bosses in this
city, asking and urging their upport
1t is suggested that the names being
most favorably considered as Harmer.
Of Harrison; woodward, of Roane;
Koran, Of Nicholas, and Col. T. Z.
Davis, of Grafton. While Mr.. Davis
has had an extended experience as a
member of that body and is well fitted
for me position, yet it is said he is not
held in very high favor by the powers
here, because he at some time in years
gone by actually breathed above a
whisper some sentiments indicating
that there might possibly live in West
Virginia some other citizen besides
your Senior Senator, capable of repre-
senting your State in the United States
Senate.
Mr.. Koran being strictly orthodox
under all conditions, possessing the
requisite qualifications and having sue
ceeded in a normally Democratic dis
trict, will, in all probability, be agreed
upon.
AS to the Sergeant-at-Arms, Door
Keepers and minor positions, the slate
has not yet been completed, but it will
| be made up in ample time to reach
Charleston on or before January 9Th,
when all the names written thereon
will be unanimously approved and the
several Republican journals Of West
Virginia will proclaim it the most har-
monious political caucus ever held
within the walls of the capital of your
little mountain State.
A telegram received here from
Wheeling announces that State Sena-
tor n. Z. Whitaker, of Wheeling, will
not enter the race for the presidency
of the Senate at the organization of
| West Virginia's next Legislature. but
will work to secure the election of Sem
ator Starke L. Baker, of Randolph
county.
The Randolph county Senator, who