Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-09
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS
ENDORSES Mr.. ELK|NS.
THE ACTION WAS UNANIMOUS AND
WAS TAKEN AMIDST EN-
THUSIASM.
A LAUDAT0RY RESOLUTION.
SENATOR SCOTT SUBMITTED A FEW
PREVIOUSLY PREPARED
REMARKS.
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, January 8.
The joint caucus Of Republican mem
bers Of the House and Senate was call
ed to order at $40 tonight by Hon.
S. t. Stapleton, Delegate from Wood
county.
On motion of L. A. Martin, Of Ka-
nawha, Mr.. Stapleton was made chair
man of the meeting. Senator Harry c.
woodward was made secretary. Sen
ator T. E. Davis, of Taylor, arose and
said:
Senator Elkins being my neighbor
and from my district, l wish to offer
this resolution:
The Republican members Of the
Senate and House of Delegates of the
Legislature of the State of West Vir-
ginia, in caucus assembled, %recogniZ-
ing the distinguished ability and
craftsmanship OF Hon. Stephen B. Ell
kins, his faithful service to the Repub-
lican party so conspicuously shown in
the last election in our State, which
eliminated in an overwhelming major
ity for President Mckinley and Gov
ernor-elect White, and both branches
of the Legislature; and the further fact
that he was declared to be the unani-
nous choice of his party by the last
Republican State convention for United
States Senator; and believing that his
great services to the State and to the
country in the Senate entitle him to
the continued confidence and support
OF his party and to reelection to the
high office which ne now holds; there
fore, be it
Resolved, That the members of this
caucus send greetings to Senator Ell
kins and congratulate him on his
splendid record in the Senate and the
strong position he has attained both in
the State and in the country, and here
by endorse him as the unanimous
choice of this caucus to represent the
State of West Virginia in the United
States Senate for six years from the
4th of March next, and pledge him our
undivided support"
The resolution was adopted amid
great enthusiasm. Senator Koran, of
Nicholas, moved that the course of Sen
ttor Scott and his services to the State
De commended. The motion was
adopted, but with less enthusiasm
than greeted the Elkins resolution.
On motion of Malcolm Jackson, Sen
ator Scott was invited to address the
caucus. Senator Scott said he was no
speaker and would not attempt q
speech, but would read a few remarks
be had already prepared. He congrat-
nlated the aucus and the country on
the great Republican victory which he
thought especially good for West Vir-
ginia, as it would guarantee the de-
velopment of her great natural re-
sources. He paid a high tribute to
President Mckinley and Senator Ell
kins and thanked the Republican par
ty through the members of the caucus,
who were its representatives. He closed
with a touching recital of a burial
scene he had witnessed at Airing
ton, when 1872 soldiers from Porto
Rico, Cuba and the Philippines were
laid to rest in the cemetery there, and
how he thought when he noticed vol
unteers from Illinois and Texas and
Massachusetts and South Carolina, that
this was in fact one people with one
flag. At the conclusion of Senator
SCOTS speech the joint caucus ad-
journed.