The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-27
Washington News OF
Interest TO West Va.
, I'm ihr irtelligeucrr.

Special Dispatch I" the h'enEe",''' NJ pho
: WASIINCiTuN. u. g.. AprH p IL II
first time that Congressman. stuart r.,
Reed. addressed the house was upon tiIe
occasion Of thu passage OF ne i fla
lution. His speech WAS dcllNereu 49,.
,midnieht hut was not want ing large
IND ,nnrr.iativr audience. for the gar
Irries we're packed But II IS Only ~
ihn LATEST copy If the tnnErtSSlohni
| Record that the speech Is given ~ vi
as Mr. Reed withheld ~ ln' pod . smacrh
i,bouuding in cluuusncc. apt meiai2Ioi'
Interesting history. and ahrNr az -
hirh-claSS piece OF nratnrlCal iI'I ~ ~ V,
Ij,rr are rwn characteristics paragraphs
fran, Tho Third districts representative
- DISTINGUISHED gentleman has Just
referred To that draIutlif occasion "hen ,
| the sailors and marines OF 'Ie S'N "a
',nrrhrI n the ancient capital OF nina
n rescue the legations from the hoAr'
madness. Nh. that w;tS II great protrs
sion. with the American mHr'htS MAJ , IL ~
ing at III" head "t the '"iu.,,m' j.; in" my
makes the blood CnurS" raster III my
veins ms | remember. and history rec
urds, that when the rcscurrS neareG
: pelting, that ancient. walled r:tpllal o.
! China there rushed ahca! ni thH NJ H3 a.
forces Of the world, Cal Titus. i Mrst
! Virginia hoy. with his mothers Blnle IN
! his porkc,. who climbed the old wall anu
was the first to plunt pld HlorE on me
top, Il harhinGrr Of hope, an anpt"es"H ,r ~
| liberty and victory 10 all the word
| IAnplauscJ. am sure you would eN-
nee, West Virginia to be loyal TO- the
! future as she has been in the past;
And isis. the pcroration or Splenalo
speech: +, ,a.b,n1
more in this war now than securing IN
demnity for Il few American mercnaint-
men that have been sunk something
more than dollars. something more IMAM
of
greater than keeping unohStruGtcd the
pathway Of the seas. IL IS Srander IMAM
the things We have Srent most time IN
discussing to-day. victor HUGO , Snce
comes times when events constitute the
hinges ulnn which the centuries swing.
Such Il hinge Is being mace TO-DAY
| America is getting ready to hc!p lnaugu-
rate a new area in which the insldlouS
doctrine Of the "divinc right OF Kings
shall he taken from the book of civillza-
lion and written on the page OF retro
crcSSion."
The vote Of the West Virginia dclega-
zion in the house. AS between the volih-
iarr and "SeleciiVc ConScrptlOn' e;t-
lures If the military BILL il is more than
urubahlc will find AL except woodward.
Of the Fourth. supporting rGnScription.
However. Littlcpaec'S position Is IN
doubt. but it Is believed that. although
heretofore known as faNorlnE voluntary
service ithiS is said Ia have heen inc
reason why he was not rcapnoinetd IL
member of the committee on military
iarfairS Of the present c"nCresS). IL Is
believed that the stand by the lrcSl-
dent" argument will be effective in ill.,
in. him up as il has consistently done
lhrrctofnrc For the first time in his
career here Nicely, of the First. will part
company with nrga nizrd labor in ms .dlS-
triCt, with which element he has hereto
fore always stood. and vote for con-
of
Suokcn in favor Of il. and has been from
| the first. Reed is understood Ia favor
it, and also Bowers. of the Second.
lnlthnugh the latter Is keeping his own
counsel AS II matter Of fact. ii may bc
stated that there iSn't All enthusiastic
and ardent "s"lrctivc ronScriptlnn' man
on the delegation.
The sentiment In West Virginia. so
far AZ II may he gagged from the CORES
rondcurc received. Indicates u majority
sent iment favorable To giving tho rnlun-
tccr plan n tryout first. That from
Mr. WondyRrd'S district shows an over
whrlming sentiment in favor Of the VOL
untccr plan. Mr.. Reed has received very
little advice about it from his constitu-
cntS. and those heard from by Mr..
Cooper favor ronscr!pi ion. Tho Rover:
advice from the folks back home SO
far AS he has heard from them. show
IL slightly stronger sentiment of con-
Scrntinn. This Is probably due to the
correspondence from MnrCantown. which
has been heavy on the subject and all
one way. a third more letters received
hv Mr. Nccly favor the volunteer plan
than those favoring the other. All the
congressman say that judged from their
correspondence. Wheeling appears to be
the only place deeply stirred up over the
bill. Practically everything from there
favors CONSUMPTION, and indicates that
the proponents Of that rlan have been
busy.
Senator Sutherland who is a member