The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-03-13
The Congressional Campaign
over the River.

It's not unlikely, from what We hear,
that DR.. Updegratf, of Mt. Pleasant, and
Senator Knox, OF Harrison, will be &c.
tive competitors for the Congress
sional successorship in the Bel
mont district, in case Capt. Dam
ford declines to compete for third term.
That the Captain will decline seems now
to be quite likely, owing, it is said, to an
understanding to that effect when last
candidate. Mr.. Bingham'S persistent
candidacy during 80 many years, to
the great dissatisfaction Of cxpectant and
prominent men throughout the district,
called, it would seem, for better
understanding, among candidates, and
hence the arrangement by which the Cap
tain now gives way.
Weregard all such arrangements as I'M
fortunate for the public, although the two
term principle is quito common through
out the country. 1t isasorto tunwritten
Law in most congressional districts. 1t is
this understanding that will probably
secure Col. Ben Wilson's denomination in
this district this year despite the demon
STATIONS here and there in favor OF Mr..
Good. There are in every Congressional
district number of aspiring men who
desire term or two in Congress, and
who, by reason Of party service, think
themselves entitled to this sort Of reward.
Unless their claims are recognized sooner
or later, they grow cold in the service,
for talk as men may Of attachment to
party it is we'll understood that neglect
in politics, as in love, leads to alienation
and arrangement.
Capt. Danford is beginning, We observe,
to take some part in the debates OF the
House, and We learn that he stands we'll
among his fellow members as fair man
10 argument and in the work Of the
committee room. lie has Just been in
Congress long enough to understand how
to DO a serviceRble member and now
that his experience is about to bear
fruit he Is under necessity to step down
and out. This is unfortunate but we
presume Is unavoidable. The Noble
County Republican says that Capt. Dan
fords retirement will be received with
deep regret by his many friends in that
county. 1t considers him the strongest
candidate in the district, and says that
unless "a good, honest, competent and
available man" is presented to the Con-
gressional convention, the sentiment OF
the people will demand tho Captains
denomination.
Iuview Of the fact that Mr.. Bingham was
SO long in Congress from Harrison coun-
ty, Is not unlikely that the Jefferson
county Republicans will demand the nom
inatIon this year OF one OF their several
candidates. DR.. UpdegratF appears to be
the most prominent Of these candidates,
By reason OF his experience IA State
Senator and his services as stump
speaker, but whether he has stratcgical
talent enough to secure the Jefferson del.
egation from his Steubenville COMPETE
tors remains to be seen. SteubenvilIe is
q big town and Mt. Pleasant is small
village, aud generally these city chaps
are better wire pullers than their more
unsophisticated and coniding brethren
Of the country districts. However there
is the example OF our Col. Ben. Wilson,
OF Wilsonburg, to encourage the Doctor,
for he completely distanced his metro
politan rival here two years ago, and no
doubt expects to do the same thing again
this year. Then TOO there was Mr.
Bingham, Of Cadiz, who held a
small army OF rivals at bay for fifteen or
twenty years. It's perhaps hardly fair
TO compare Cadiz to any other town in
Ohio, for It is sort Of Bethlehem in Ju,
dea, and owes its Importance to its un.
rivaled capacity to produce and expOFt
great men. For instance, the brain pow
or of the s.eubenvillc papers is constantly
supplied from that town. 1t is kind Of
editorial Matching hive, Allison and Allen
aud Hunter and McFadden, all came
from Cadiu, as did also Grimes. There
fore It is best for DR.. Updegraff not to
compare Mr.. Bingham's town with his
own, but to go Immediately to work and
set things up industriously, after the
fashion OF our Col. Ben.