The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-09-07
Polirics Over the River.
CAIIl Correspondence OF the Gin. Gazette,
HARRISON COUNTY.

] u-AhAlhON Ne1-AA'
The prospects Of our friends in this sec,
ton of the State are most encouraging.
The Harrison County GENITAL Committee
with Mr.. George 4. Havertield, Chair.
man, and Mr.. W. H. Mccoy, Secretary
is working bravely, and with that wise
appreciation OF the situation which al.
ways insures the best results. Our can
didate for Representative from Harrison,
Mr.. Cumming, will of course be elected
by handsome majority.
BELMONT COUNTY.
But Belmont county, which forms o
senatorial district with Harrison, and
which has heretofore been Democratic, is
now almost sure to turn the tables upon
that party, and send DIR. Armstrong TO
the House Weyer, who represented the
county in the last Legislature, and is at
present the Democratic candidate, is IN
old sesssionist and State rights man, pO-
litically Objectionable to the new depar-
lure faction, and not personally popular
even among Democrats Of his own stripe.
DR. Armstrong, on tue other hand, is not
only personally unObjectiOnable, but pop
Mar all round. The prOhibitiOnists,
whose movements at one time threatened
70 throw the county irretrieVably into the
hands Of the Democrats, have recently
determined to make no nominations,
Upon the whole, therefore, | believe il
may be set down Us reasonably certain
thai in Belmont we shall gain Rcpresen-
tatiVe.
THE SENATORIAL DISTRICT.
But better still, our friends confidently
expect to gain the Senator from Belmont
and Harrison. was some time ago in.
clined to think this expectation entirely
too sanguine, but we have capital can.
didalc III Mr.. S. S. Knox, of Harrison; and
one who, at any time heretofore, could
have made the race difficult for Mr.. Jami.
son, the last Senator and present Demo-
cratic nominee. When Mr.. lamison was
elected in 1869 he had but 200 majority.
Since then the Republicans have not only
received an accession Of strength in the
shape Of about 800 Colored voters, but
have made some gains elsewhere, mas.
much that they actually carried the dis
tIiCt last fall by 2S7 majority. The Dem.
OCrats say that our majority last year was
owing TO the extraordinary effort made
by Mr.. Bingham and his friends to get
out the vote for the Congressional race,
and that the thing cannot bc repeated
Let our friends there show them that the
vote Is always brought out by activity and
vigilance, working in behalf OF Il good
cause, and $. S. Knox will unquestiona'
bly, be their next Senator
NEWSPAPERS.
An efficient helper for RGpubicanism
in Harrison county is the Cadi2 RGpubt'
can, which, in charge of It's editor, W, r
Hearn, assisted by his brother, 4. s
Hearn, is prospecting finely and doing
good service. The Sentinel Is Demo
cratic newspaper, and those two are the
only ones published in Harrison.
Mr.. BINGHAM.
Hon. John A. Bingham and his wife
have Just returned from California, wi ere
they spent several months, and were
much impressed with the resources, beau.
ty and stupendOus natural scenery of the
land. Mr. Bingham made some fifteen
Republican speeches in the Golden State
to immense and enthusiastic audiences
and has hopes that at the coming cleo
ton, September 9th, II will be redeemed
from Democratic misrule.