The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-17
POLITICAL.
Crude Conceptions of a CONNER
cial Correspondent.
What Redfeld Knows About
West Virginia Politics.
or,-pondence Cincinnati Commercially
CqiRLssroN, W. Va April 8. 1872.
rBR COMING CAMPAIGN.


owe an apology to the reader 70
having devoted most of last week to tn
consideration OF the mineral wealth o
III. State, to the neglect Of the primar!
ynptoms of the political convu|s'or
ros upon US. To write Of such com
os-s,iyely Insignificant matters as coal
ION salt, sulphur, lumber, lamp oil
,-.m-yoads and slackwater navigation
.stme when the Hale House bristled
With pol ticisus from the four quarters
of,hs State, setting the pegs for the
p1t campaign, was inexcussble, and
,bi. letter is the result of the compunc'
,.on. OF conscience, being feeble
.uempt 10 retrieve lost ground and
convey use'ul Information about The
politics aud politicians OF West VIZ
sn's.
THE SLATE AS ARRANGED.
Il ls now but about six weeks unit
,he meetiog Of the State Convention IA
Psrkershurg, which is tn nomina'e
,:cke, that will be elected (fur the Re
pablicans, like the indulg-nt parents o.
! ule Bree:hes do1't have any shoS.)
snd the slate for that Convention i.
prettv well made up. OF course the
lac NAV be smashed u atoms. for il is
dangerous TO c,nclusively conclude
sns, Democratic Convention may do,
hu, will give the readers the slate
.ni sketch OF those most prominent
spon it, letting them know in advance
scat may be done.
CAMDEN FOR GOVERNOR.
I hazard the pre- iiction that J. y.
Camden, OF Psrkersburg, will be the
uerr Governor OF West Virginia. In
The past my political prophecies have
usually been yer fed. l never over
.hot the mark hut once, and that was
not much OF an ovtrshot. Iprophesied
that Bill Stokes, OF Tennessee. would
20 into the gubernstorial chair. tie
missed it a little; he went 10 jail.
The Democratic party Of West W.
sinia is under manv obligations TO Mr..
Camden. Ifgrati I'd. has prominent
place in their raith. they will give him
the nomination. lie back ed them with
bic purse, which is a long, liberal one,
-hle they were struggling in the Valley
Of Despair with that 6end incsrnsre,
The RtdIcsl registration machine. The
cal Of the distressed party in the low
grounds Of sorrow, TO come over to
Macedonia, ard help US, was ALWAYS
responded to literally by Mr.. Camd, n,
whose willing fingers were ever read.
10 clutch the pen to gn the check 20
t;aw the gold 10 pay the preachers 10
spresi the true Democratic doctrine.
Ius:e is no man in the State 10 whom
70. party is under more obligations.
Iui. is not disputed. ! Am told by a
zember OF tie committee who had the
Ian ling Of funds in the dark and
ireary campaign Of 1868, when the
ysry was fioundering about in the
,onsh OF de.pond, with black mud
Snse deep aud clouds of wool overhead,
ioN Mr. Camden came up 10 the
sc;slch with over five thousand dollars
hard cash. He was at the head Of the
.chel himself, a candidate without e
yesbiljty Of the hope OF election.
scr,hclng his time aud money to keep
9P party organization, aud rescue few
''sgmeuts OF Constitutional liberty from
ss tempestuous billowI that rolled
700 the ocean Of RadicaIisn. (Quo-
i.On from an able campaign speech
a-'vsred tnat year.
NJ Csmden is q sel'-made man; he
Las worked his wav up from obscurity
sd poverty to wealth and reputation.
hris cnild OF the Mother of Presi'
isas and statesmen, q son - the manor
e)'n. II native county is Lewis, but
s. sn early age he moved TO Braxton,
wing there and in Nicholas county for
some years. Upon coming of age he
VAS admitted 10 the bar, and immedl'
sn.y after he was elected Common
tsiI,h Prosecuting Attorney. After,
ward he resigned his office to accept a
more remuuerative pos ZION in the Ex'
;a'nge BaEk OF Virginia In 1858 he
'"lmed the practice OF his profession,
sd continued the same until the war
'nashe1 the Virginia courts and every
'llngeIse in the State.
In the early stages OF the war he re
H)'e! 10 the thriving city OF Parkers-
'1'g, business there not being 60
seriously checked as further south, and
tnSssed in the development OF the oil
interests, then in incipient stages. Al
20, ne rapidly accumulated a fortune
''d IL row among the wea!lhlest men
''ihe State.
tie Is devoteily attached to the in.
"e.is Of Parkersbdrg, Icing interested
y q number Of manufacturing enter
M'ss there. AMI everything that tend,
. a.velop the resources Of the STATE
Hiths city receives his support snG
engagement.
NJ. is what 10 known in the Virgins
a'''ons:y 81 an old line Democrat, bu
'aoss politician 10 the ordinary 9. nse
sever having been q candidate for {
}olacsl Office, until he consented tc
.sad III. forlorn hope in the campaign
M 1903. For his sacrifices in behalf o
,e pe party when the party was down
'Msy propose % reward him now TIA
:o.y ere up and exceedingly act ve
Ni'ooaliy, thsr. is 90 more popula,
man in the State.
VII GOVERNOR JACOB LEAVE THE FIELD
Camden will have DO opposition 70,
Hs pomiostion worth serious con,idera
ZOO unless Governor Jacob should nh
a. appearance to. another term
noSs'no' Jacob is an esiimable gentle
Isn' and his administration OF III,
ynlce has been such as to give him ,
saeosih that would be bard to over.
Sone should he becom. q c,,d;ds,