The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-08-05
MOUNDSVlLLE.
Democratic Primary Meeting
Committed 10 Jail-SOre Heads.

SOunhikttu utbSut-EsOEV AAV"Nos
MoUNpsvILLE, August 5.
Correspondence Of the InlelIigeneer.
This evening the Democrats Of this
district held their primary meeting for
the purpose Of appointing delegates to
their Congressional, Senatorial and coun.
ty Conventions, and I must confess that
they failed to exemplify to us outsiders
the beauty Of the scriptural doctrine Of
Brethren dwelling together in unity"
The main fight was on the appointment
OF delegates to the Senatorial Con-
vention, but it was plain to be
seen from the frat that the New
man men had everything cut and
dried for the occasion. A Newman man
was made Chairman OF the meeting, and
on motion Of Newman man the Chair
man appointed a committee Of five,
majority Of whom were Newman men, TO
select the delegates, and they, as mat
ter OF course, appointed none but New.
man men as delegates, and on motion Of
a Newman man the report Of the commit.
tee WAS adopted. This was not all done,
however, without opposition, as our
present Senator, Gen. Price, J. Boone
Mcclure and others expressed their dis
gust with the whole proceedings.
The General, in his vigorous style
denouncing the action OF the Con-
yention a. unholy and undemocratic,
and informed Ito use the Generals own
language) "the Penitentiary ring that
they could not close his mouth" and run
a convention in their interests without
hearing from him. 1t did look like the
Third Cong gressional District was playing
a pretty full hand and was running the
machine just about as they pleased. | do
not want 10 be understood as casting any
personal reflections on the Third
District representatives, IS they are
u very clever set OF gentlemen,
barring their politics. A motion to in
struct for Col. Ben Wilson waS lost, and
right here predict that Marshall county
will be for j. W. Galliher frs; and for
some one other than Col. Wilson as their
second choice. understand that the
Convention held in the lower town this
evening to appoint delegates from Clay
district was run entirely by Newmans
henchmen, apd the same rule prevailed In
most OF the districts Of the county, and
this too Notwithstanding the fact that a
majority Of the Democrats Of the county
are opposed 10 Newman and are ia favor
o. Esquire Frank McJilton, Of Benwood
The trouble Ia Frank and hia friends
"don't know the twist Of the wrist that
TIA done BY" There are breakers ahead,
and you may look ont for squalls.
am INF rmed that Esquire Moore, ot
Cameron, committed cOlored man by
the name Of Brown 10 jail, on Friday last,
to await trial for robbing car OF the b.
4 o. K. r.. Co, near Belton, some time
last week. Brown duplicates two or three
white men in the robbery and the otticers
are now on their track.
Some Of the soreheads advertised q
meeting TO be held at the school hall this
evening for the purpose Of denouncing
the School Commissioners for retaining
the present principal, but the thing did
not pan out we'll. think the principal
agitator got ashamed OF his dirty work
and abandoned the enierpriSe, and II that
little dissatisfied element want to see just
how many followers they have in
Moundsville let them proceed to call
: another meeting. QUILL.