The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-04-18

6lectedto the present Convention ovei
Ex-Governor Stevenson.
Other probable candidates, some o.
whom are on the slate Ia formal style, ar
Samuel Wood, Samuel Price, Alpheui
Hayman, Wmsa TAyers and iyqdgt
Moore, now on the bench. %
Mr.. Wood Is on able, clear.h0aded law
yer, and has made . great deal Of repu'
tatiOn as member Of the present Con
vention. he Is, Ibelieve, o native Of Wiz,
ginia, and lives In Barbour county,
II HASmani s AlBo 0 memberlof Gle Con
yention, d good lawye and well aualiflei
Tor the position of Judge. Mr.. Trayer,
lives in Jefferson county, and Is q member
Of tho Convention, as well as good
lawyer.
THE ATTORNEY GRNRRALsHIP.
For Attorney GenefalI hSdF q e. oiAeI
candidate now on the slate but Henry NJ
Matthews, Of Greenbrier county. Mr.
Matthews Is young man oil ability, and
has made character in the Convention
lie Is q native Of Virginia, and was edu
Gated at the State University. Ills law
education he received at Lexington. HI
served through the warm the Confederate
army under Lee, johnson and Hood III
the various capacities OF Lieutenant, Cap
tain Of Engineers and Major Of Artillery.
| Alter the war be WAS elected Z toi III
State Senate, but could not take his seat
on account OF inability to subscribe 10 the
required test oath. Neither could he
practice law for time,. owing to the facl
that the Radicals had established what
they. calledan Rttorpey's test oath, allow.
ling no one V ptlcflee law until they had
taken the oath, Which no ex.rebel soldier
or Southern sympathizer could do. Il
was miserable piece Of petty persecu.
ton, gotten up for the joint purpose Of
tormenting the enemy and throwing bust,
ness into the hands Of truly loSai attof.
neys. They had some such arrangement,
in Missouri which the sIpteme Court 81
the United States knocked into the middle
Of the second week thereafter. These
miserable attempts Of State authorities "a
punish rebels" did vastly more harm
than good, sowing the seeds OF bitter.
ness, discord and strife. Whatever pun.
ishment was necessary was the province
oil the Government 10 infici, and tlle
States Of Missouri. tennessee and Wesl
Virginia made wretched bungles in their
efforts to vindicate loyalty by prosecuting
Southern citizens.
MIR. Matthews Is not Democrat Of the
exceedingly severe type, but ia liberal and
progressive. His legal Jqualifcat iohs al
him for thu nfflna aud ;f H. Ta.ans.Sks
desire 10 ill the State offices with credita'
BILE men, they will put Mr.. Matthews In
There Is little doubt but what he will re-
ceive the nomination,
,Ja FOR TRE1suRER I III y
There are three or four Richmonds In The
field, with prospect that the number will
be increased to five before the convention
meets. These are Burdett, West and
Robinson, Burdett Is the present incum.
bent, and win carrya good deal OF strength
TO the Convention from this section. His
administration Of the Office seems to have
given satisfaction. T. ]. West Is q Har.
rison county man, plain, unassuming,
sensible gentlemen; who, has grubbed his
way up from q plow handle. The contest
viii be between him. and Bdfdett, as Rol.
linson does not stand much chance.
AUDITOR.
Hon, W.. W. Miller, OF WheeliDg. and
Major Bennett, present incumbent, are
both on the slate Tor this position, with the
prospect perhaps Of another But onezoT
the other OF these gentlemen will In all
probability get the position. Rotation In
office seems to beam element Of Wesl
Virginia Democratic faith, and this viii
be In Millers favor. Besides he Is the
ONLY PGNHAND1EB on 4a& sLATE,T
As at present made up for State officers
and II his Panhandle hackers stand up to
him as they doubtless will when it comes
to a tug OF sections, he will get the nomi
nation. They go agreat deal here. on To-
cations. It isall the style for IL section I'd
stand up through every vicissitude fol
one Of its inhabitants who Is out for office
provided only that his politics are all
right No iault can7bei found among, the
Democrats with MI. Miller,s politics. !, !, !
MIR. Miller was born In Wheeling L
about thirty years Of age, and was edu
Gated Tor civil engineer in Troy, New
4 York. entered the United State
navy, and was IN officer m thesama.unti
the breaking out OF the war when he re
signed. Since TINT time he has lived ii
Wheeling, and been ic political life con
tinually, having held q number Of offices
including that Of City Councilman, Super.
visor, President Of the Board OF SIperyi
sors, member Of the Legislature, and d
presents delegate from Ohio county Il
the Constitutional ConVention.E he 4
spoken of as one Of the hardest working
Democrats in the Panhandle, and as re-
ward Tor his zeal in behalf Of. thegreaI
party Of correct interpret alton 81 the Con
Estttution, was for q long time head ant
front Of the State Central Committee. Ht
Is educated, has travelled a great deal, and
by virtue Of having been at sea o number
OF years Is good, material for the Demo
Gratis to put In Office, as he understands
how TO swoop down on the enemy and
gQbble them up. gtsg ua4q baa hrsTl sG:l
A side from being well qualification thu
office, Mr.. Miller has the advantage O
being the only Pandand dc man co1i the
slate, and that Il Is notorious that in the
distribution Of ,ofilcesthe Panhandle has
not had her share. The offices are moi
worth much after all but there Is a vas
deal OF sectional pride mixed up with It
which will be felt at the Convention
Ills county Ohio, the wealthiest ant
most populous in the State, and one thai
claims TO have borne the brunt Of the bat
tie In overthrowing the Radical party
has no place upon the State ticket
She Is now fixed on the slate, however, a
made up here in informal caucus, anC
we shall see whether she urges her claim
Iatthe Convention with vigor amounting
tosuceess, A M !
aa'a J ascHoon SUPERINTENDENT ~ ,
For this Office there are two candidate