Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1842-03-12


With him know. that he has always been charac-
,cnzcd by a wantof The usual iOr~ardness ia pre-.
scuting himself before the people. and indeed has
hccn ccnsutrd by his Narmesi friends Cor not being
as forward Cor his own su, cess when before them.
az they thought he ough, tn be. liz sense Of de
heacy "a this ma,Ior. hos alweys restrained hun
FIRM usornng To those means usually adopted by
most ean5iliiesG tor pubic hv~ur Now. M tins o.
stance. what ha. been hs course snj that OF hrs
frcndsi I will state a few facts OF which ! have
a personal knowledge.
Soon aner the resignation or Ma nr Cod, a coun-
~ meeting was SCALED here, at Which Doe. {. was
nominated without any solicitation or procurement
on hrs part. Afterwards Col. Kelly, was nom'na-
ted in a county 80 thoroughly wing that nothing
wa. to be gained BY tkiu-a candidate from that
quarter The ecafus.un which followed all will re-
collect. A convention At Eliz'be'h'own, was called
by the other c6aniies To aycu tic then threatened
disaster, tbs coanty afer mueh hesitation con
scented TO be represented VA that conyon-
ton. IN the event, or perhaps anticipating thu
some difficulty might ouso 10 prevent u%nanimiy Of
action on The part II The convention, he wrote aud
forwarded q letter 10y one Of he delegates. ia which
he requested that his name should Be ri,hdoawn.-
This letter. it is true. wrs not read. bat lis not. pro
iuciion was no fault Of has his fcienls declining
Gr'rea, ms. e. them At hat time sun ;isni 10 lay 1t
before that body. Il WAS shown however. TO som'
Of The Dele gates from theo,her counties. ofall this
| have a personal knpwlcdge. having been a mem
Der Of hat convention. Yet. Col K,lly's letter Is
now Published fr the avowed purpose. Of showing
Inc disiHterc SedHess of somr. and To pr duce the in-
preston thci Doc. G. is ob-iins'ely seeking his own
advancement although his letter wa. precisely OF
the same tenor a. the Cole.
The result of lhsi convention j. knpwn: Col.
Pariot became The candidate. Owing To our local
question IN which we feel n deep interest. ard tor
various other reasrns well known and laid before
the convention, among which was that. ofall the otA,
or counties having had The Senator since BrooSc. she
a candidate is presented the most certain Of oil 9th.
err. g. saoceed. VAST 10 be wondered ai then. ha.
the people here been dissatisfied Yet the result
shows, that Col PARROT lost fern votes in this com
~ than in my Jiher in The district compared v IN
the elegiion ia 1910. for president. la this county.
he opporng cand date Alex. Newman. had bat
forty fur more Of a majority than had Van Buren,,
while in MARSHALL his OVR county, she difference
was sky five, in Tyler sixty seven. sud in Ohio two
ha.drcd and SIR.
Aud after all THIS. the impression rt sought TO be
deeply fixed on the public mind in certain quarters
hat Bnsok soaaiy ira, Us cause Of Gel PATRIOTS de-
fear Aye worse than that; for I understand ii j,
inJusriou~ly circulated. that DIR. c. al ded in that
result. Nothing can be further from he truth; for
he not only perouated him at the coulr house but
II Is well known here that It Was ow wing to la.
personal eKeriions, that the Col. received as large
u vote in this county Us h- did.
AGer all that happened last fall, The wings here
did lhink that the other counties would this spring
without any hesitation SEQ Inc necessity and pro.
prety-In order TO be successful, of selecting
The Doc. and that they would do so If their alter
iion was called TO II in time. Thus, TO call then
aIeR'Ion. aud 10 avoid the confusion Of variou,
naninSrs, several gentlemen Of This County o
whom WAS ono. sent a cammunca lion To he Trans
oti.i for publication signed Many Citizens. call
ing upon The DIR. 10 permit his name at once /,
be anuouncedi tho same reYnblished in tho Tunes
and OF which he Editor OF the Transcript kne 5
nothing until II was handed him for publication
nor was H a nomination. but a call upon The Dr
10 permit has name TO he announced; and 10 which
he dad MT respond for two weeks, aud lhen by ha
nomination which first appeared in your paper aud
The Gazette.
And now. SIR without charging matipos upon the
writer OF "Union," or pretending To detail what I &c
iisNe Is Intended 10 DO accomplished by that and
other movements ] VIII only add tial II he and
some Others, no mailer how patriotic WAY be lheir
inIenuons-shhH again succeed in defeating the
wing party N the DIS inet, upon Ihcm mu,t rest
the responsibility. JUSTICE.
Brooke County, March. 5th 1912.