The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-10
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.rne ,,l,nrleslon Nominees.

Cabell county. ,u.
risOn county. c.t,,I,-
Prof, W. X, Pendleton, Of Brooke county
lar Judoes Of The Court Of APGRcGitS-A'
F. Raymond, Of Marion; oEey JoI"s I"fo"
Of Wood, and Tho'. G. Greene OF 'e"''
Tbi, ticket il fair one in respect to
norsonol strength. Mathews, the nominee
n, Governor, i generally popular With
nj. marty. is gentleman OF good
nro.cnce and address, said TO bea good
.ne,ker, and will no doubt make an et-
fectiye campaign. He will have to
encounter the prejudice aroused
by his opinion in the Bennett
case in which he sustained the Auditor
in pocketing certain fees that the
legislature never intended he should
pocket.. For this he has been severely
attacked by Democrats and Republicans,
and one OF his party papers, the Mar.
,insburg Statesman, has given the world
to understand that ii will irepudiate hl'
nomination. We shall see how this will
be. Like most Of the leading Democrats
Of Wes, Virginia, Mathews i' politician
of secession antecedents. He fought for
hi. additional rights under the stars and
bars. We presume homeopathic situa'
ton under the old flag in the cIIstoma'
~ Southern style, by making virtue oil
necessity. For ourselves we do not han
ker after this sort Of man for Chief
Magistrate when We can do better, as ior
instance when we can find such men Tor
the position III General Coil, Frank,
Peirpoint, c. D. Hubbard, or Z. NJ. Bish'
Op.
Robert White, Etq, of Romney, the
nominee for Attorney General, is widely
known as a leading member Of the
Masonic order in West Virginia. He
olliciated us Grand Master OF the Order
at the laying OF the corner stone oil the
Capitol building last fall, and delivered
handsome address on that occasion. He
likewise enjoys good reputation "s a
leading lawyer in the Eastern part Of the
State, and il no doubt professionally
well qualified to ill the office for which
he has been named. We trust, in case he
should be elected, that he will take warn
ing by the example Of the present occu-
pant Of the office, and not subject him
self to criticism AS the apOlOgist ol an
officer about to be tried for pocketing too
much public money.
The nominee for Auditor Ia gentle
man who is believed to he we'll qualified
for the position. He was clerk OF
the last Senate aud made u good
impression on those with whom he
came in contact. lie is not any
more capable, however, nor perhaps a'
well qualified in other respects, as our
intelligent and gentlemanly friend, Mr.
shinn, Of Taylor comfy, or our brother
Atkinson, OF the Charleston Journal
both OF whom are spoken Of by the Re
publicans for the same position.
Mr.. West, OF Harrison, the candidate
for Treasurer, is not bad specimen OF
man. He is the we'll remebered col
league Of W. D. Carlile in !, the late
House Of Delegates. He acquired some
reputation for Spartan virtue by mol
taking mileage around by Washington
City to Charleston, and in this respect
rather got the edge on his colleague, n:
he did also upon certain other members
who drew mileage for the "longest way
round" which they had never travelled
His nomination for Treasurer took every
body by surprise hereabouts. The query
naturally arises whether he struck up a
dicker on the Congressional question
with any Of the young lawyers from
Wheeling. We shall see into this mil
s,one when it is picked little more.
The nominee for School Superln'
,endent is a gentleman well known II
this part Of the State as veteran edn'
Gator. He has been professor ID
Bethany College for, IS years, and is nov
the President OF that Institution. AL.
though by profession and practice a
teacher, and not politician, yet he has
had some experience as q public man
He was the nominee OF the American or
Know Nothing party for Congress in this
district in the memorable campaign ol
1855 against Zcdekiah Kidwell, and
inasmuch as he carried the four countici
of the Panhandle II was supposed at FRS
that he was elected. His majority it
Hancock was IS, in Brooke 81, Ohio 4oS
aud Marshall 375, but he was nevertheless
beaten In the district by 1886. Thos'
were the days when Henry A. Wise cam'
ont here and bearded "sam" in his den
Mr.. Pendleton wa, also a candidate TO
the Virginia Convention Of 1850, alonl
with John Knote, Jefferson Martin, 7
NJ. Galley, W. II. Oldham, z, Jacob
D. NJ. Edgington and others, bnt.in tn
split up canvass was not elected. In 1871
however, he was elected to the West yir
giuia Convention thatframed our presen
Constitution, by a large majority, haylnI
been voted Tor, by both parties. SIndeet
he refused to be a partisan candidate
lie also served for a few months rs su
perintendent OF Schools, by appointment
Of Gov. Jacob, to dll the unexPired tern
Of Judge Lewis. .,-s.. -.
This brings US to the nominations TO
the Court Of Appeals. The first one, tha
Of Judge Raymond, is undoubtedly TIL
most popular one, lie is generally re
garled with favor as an able andimPar
tial jurist. As for the nominations Of The
other two, especially that Of Gulg'