The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-25
The parkersburg Nominees,

The ParkerSburg Nominees.
The Republican State Convention at
Patkersbutg will meet somewhat az the
Democracy met in their State Convention
in 1870, viz: without any particular un'
derstanding Us TO. candidates. There is
with the exception Of. General Goa, no
candidate around whom public sentiment
clusters to any marked extent. He has it
in his power to either accept or decline q
nomination for Governor. Practically
there would be 20 opposition to'his can
didaoy. Ills generally believed that he
could poll more votes than any man in
the Republican party. 1t ishowever un-
derstool that General Gofr will not be
candidate this year for any position what
ever. He himself has said that he desires
toItake part in!a canvass this time in which
he. has no personal interest, Nevertheless
it isyst possible that his friends may ID
duce,E1ui to change his mind;and become
u aicSndidate either for Governor, OF Con
gresham.
After Gen. GOf there is, rs we have
said, no concentration Of public senti-
ment on any person for Governor. Gov.
Pierpoint has been spoken Of, as also has
Judge C. W. Smith, Of CabeIl county. Both
OF these men are experienced in poll
tics. Gov. Pierpoint is known to the
people Of the State 40 familiarly that we
need not discuss his reputation. Should
it be the pleasure Of the convention to
nominate him it would certainly be
a decided pleasure On our part
to support him. In regard to c.
W. Smith, he is we'll known to
the people OF the Third District as a
lawyer of'ability and as formidable
speaker on the stump. He is said to be
a very popular orator and also debater
whom the Democratic champions Of the
Third District do not care to meet on the
stump.
Another gentleman who has been
named in connection with the Governor
ship is Colonel Ward I,amon, Of Martins
burg, Berkeley county. lie is the same
man who, according to the Mutinsburg
Statesnlqn, ia Democratic paperl can beat
Matthews ever 80 many thousand in the
State. We are not sure but the
Statesman promiseft+ take hand in
helping to elect him over Mathews, but
since that time the editor has, We fear,
eaten too nuchGrow to be Of any assist-
ance 10 either side. So that we will not
count on him for Lamon, even should the
latter be our nominee.
As to the other offices TO be filled, there
is no special feeling in regard to them
in this part Of the State. Our Peo.
pie simply SAY, give Us good men, and
especially give "a good men for the
Court Of Appeals. Don't put any man
up for the Supreme Bench simply be-
cause he happens to be a man OF great
voice. Mere lung power is a poor
substitute for legal erudition and other
desirable judicial qualifications. Give us
good, sober men, whose fitness will be at
once recognized as soon as their mines
are announced. We have already men
TONED the names Of several such, and we
might extend the list. There are such
men as Colonel Allison and Judge
Loomis in this District, Judge Berkshire
in the Second, and Judge Jas. II. Brown
in the TkirE GIVE ussome such men a'
these. tbs alt important that lawyer
ofknown ability taGquirenents and char
actcr should be selected for the court O.
last resort. Otherwise that court will
come to have very unworthy status in
the estimasiQn both OF the bar and the
people OF the State.
As to the other offices to be filled, vii
those of Attorney General, Auditor,
TteSsnrsr, and Superintendent Of Schools
,bsre ia, been yery little said abou
thsm in the public press. It is understood
that Mr.. G. NJ. shinn, Of Grafton, is can
didate for the Authorship, and G. W
Atkinson, Esq, Of Charleston, Tor ei1hel
TIM, no.ition or the Treasureship. Itil
also Understood that John A. Hutchinson
F,o.. of Psrkersburg, will be brought
forward for the Attorney .Generalship
and perhaps also W. II. II. Flick, Esq.
Of Msrtinsburr, for the same position
The name, Of both. these gentle
men are connected with importan
nublic measures. Mr.. Flick will go dowr
n po,terity as the author Of the celebra
lad Flick Amendment to the Constitution
n West Virginia, and Nj. Hntchinson'l
name ia prominently and honorably con-