The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-07-30

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Politics are heating up generally in this
District, but especially IN Nicholas coun.
ty, the stronghold Of the Bourbons. On
Saturday, the 18th instant, the Ring Ex-
ecutiVe Committee Of the Delegate Dis
trict consisting Of the counties Of Clay,
Nicholas and Webster, called Conven.
ton 10 meet at the Court House Of Nicho.
las county, for the purpose Of nominating
Q Delegate, or rather q candidate for the
House OF Delegates from said District.
The young champion oil the Third Dis
trict Democracy,
HENRY 8. WALKER,
was advertised by flaming handbills 10 DO
present and address the Convention. The
Convention met and Henry was there, and
Henry opened his mouth and spske, and
In fact he spake as no man ever spake be.
fore. He skinned Governor Jacob and
the 30 called Jacob Democracy by calling
them an organized band Of public plum.
derers, who were seeking 10 destroy the
Democratic party, Of which he (Henry)
was the leader and exponent, and the en-.
tire State as we'll. He made defence Of
himself In regard 10
THE PRINTING swINDLE
Of which he was charged; did not, how.
ever, deny the charge, as usual, that he
had stolen the money, but claimed that
the Court had failed TO make out case
against him. That Is to say, he admitted
that he had drawn the money from the
Treasury, and that the Court had decided
that In as much as his bills had been ap-
proved by the Auditor, it could not go
behind such certificates consequently he
was cleared by legal techniCality, but
was morally moro guilty in the eyes Of
the public since the larciCal trial than be.
fore II.
BE also pitched into the Republican
party from its organization to the present
and closed by brief and eloquent refer
ence TO Summers civil rights bill, and
urged the Democracy TO unite as one man
and keep the dirty Radicals under. They
united hsftly AS soon as his speech was
over, which lastcd for some time, the Con
vention went into the nomination Of q
candidate, and from the very first row
Was threatened, Henry's speech warmed
up their blood. A certain class (Bour-
bons) admired his speech and were
WALKER MEN FOR THE SENATE,
but tho larger portion of them were hon.
est, upright citizens, and of course were
opposed to being led by man whom
they knew had robbed the State oil over
$4,000. They began 10 show rebel
liOus spirit early in the fight. Walker
was called on several times TO pour oil on
the troubled waters, but all his pouring
and spoutiDg amounted to nothing. They
must fight. So
HENRY BECAME FRIGHTENED,
and left the field in similar flight 10 the
one he made from Buckhannon when he
ran for Congress against Gen. Duvall,
which stands In history second only to
Mohammed's flight from Meccs.
THE CONVENTION "DUsTKD"
Over hall the delegates bolted, while a
portion remained in the court house and
nominated Dix, the ring candidate, while
those outside split among themselves and
three Democrats declared themselves
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES.
! am confidently Of the opinion that
Walkers speech was the cause OF the
split. &c is so severe in his style that
no would burst up anything If he had
plenty Of rope. We propose to give him
rope, feeling satisfied that he will not only
hang himself, but will kill the Demo-
cratic party also. He Is out on q general
canvass oil the entire State, and will work |
his way into your section before the cam.
paign Is over. His speeches are intend |
ed as q defense Of himself on the print. |
ing swindle, and at the same time he Is |
setting up the pegs for himself for the
U. s. Senate.
MATTRRs IN KANAwHA.
The grand Democratic menagerie and
turf exhibition will open at Charleston on
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock A.
NJ, August 9th, when the destinies not
only Of the ring politicians Of the Dis
trict will DO settled, but judging from
their actions, you would be persuaded
that the destinies Of the Republic and the
world depended upon their acts. We may
expect them to arraign the Administra-
ton, Ben Butler, Bismarck, Cespedes and
every other man, and may be the Prince |
Imperial himself Presume, however,
that they will all survive their maledlc-
lions.
CONGRESSIONAL
Tho fight will be between three, viz
Hereford, the present incumbent, who
seems TO be foremost, Gen. MCsusland,
Of Chambersburg notoriety, and John
Z. Kenna, Esq, There Is much specula-
ton as TO who will win. MCausland
has the finest blood, but Hereford has the
salary grab to back him, and Kenna has
the best wind. Should Hereford DO nom.
mated, we shall expect to hear that grand
old sentiment which be echoed in all his
speeches from the golden shores Of
California 10 the towering noun
tains Of Mcdowell "Fellow citizens,
your liberties are well nigh gone"
Hereford, like Walker, always makes
THE sA1IE SPEECH.
Should he win in the convention, we shall |
certainly hear him, as he packs his trunk |
for Monroe county the morning alter the |
election and starts for tho wild woods,
singing that good old song, Farewell,
vain world, Pm going home" Hereford
can not control the Confederate vote for
the reason that he is known to have
anathematized them bitterly in his
speeches number Of years ago.
McAusIAND AND KRNNA
both being Confederate soldiers, can carry
that vote, which in this district is a large
item In the election. Should MACK" lei
the nomination and be defeated. as de-
feated he will be, he will doubtless regret
that he had not burned all Pennsylvania,
and Washington besides, instead Of put.
ting out the torch when he extinguished
Ohambenburg, ! have heard many good
old Baptist and Methodist brethren In
the back counties say that they could moi
nor would not vote for Kenna' should he
DO nominated, because he Is a
ROMAN CATHOLIC.
You know that Baptists and Methodists |
turn pale OF the idea Of being forced into
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