The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-07

The second DlstFiet-Two Republican PA.
pera Bolt the Nomination Of Colonel
burr. ~
Two Of the leading Republican papers Of
the Second Congressional District refuse
to put up the name Of Col. Burr, the nomi.
nee Of the Cranberry Summit Congress
sional Convention. These papers are the
Upshur County Data and the Keyser Echo.
The former throws doubts upon the citi-
zcnship, OF Col Burr, and says that he was
forced upon the. Convention by the .im-
practicable Eastern Panhandle which is
mistake, inasmuch as Berkeley county
divided on nearly every ballot against
Col. Burr, while on nearly every ballot
Marion county voted solid for him. 1t
was Marion county that nominated Burr.
He was brought forward as the "unani-
nous choice" Of that delegation. This
much we say in defence OF the truth OF
history in this matter. Had Marion coun-
" been for either Latham or sturgiss
either OF them could have been easily NOM
mated. But Upshur county was divided,
Taylor county was divided, and Preston
county was divided, while Marion was
nearly always solid for Burr. These are
the facts Of the case, &ud as long MS the
responsibility is now to be saddled on
somebody there is no call to saddle 1t on
the wrong section Of the district. rHsi'
We aresorry to seethis imbroglio among
the Second District Republicans. Judge
Hoke, Of the Keyser Echo, gives the jol-
lowing reasons for his refusal to support
the ticket: h.
aThe Republicans at Cranberry, Thurs
day the Goth ult., nominated Frank Burr,
OF Washington, D. c., for Congress. Well
this is the climax OF Burr-lesquc. The Echo
supports no such ticket as that, AS be-
tween Frank Burr and Benjamin Martin,
In Obliged TO vote, we would vote for Mr..
4 Martin. Burr We have known since 1854
and never heard OF his being Republican
until VIC heard OF il in 1876. We have no
confidence in him whatever, politically.
In 1866 he ran as Democratic candidate
for Prosecuting Attorney, Ia Berkeley
county. In 1870, what little influence he
had, ne used it in a most bitter manner
10 defeat Gov. Stevenson. In lSl2, he
wanted 10 represent the Liberal Republic
cans OF West Virginia in the Greeley con-
yention at Cincinnati, and the Republican
papers OF this District wanted to know by
what authority he, nonresident OF the
State. assumed to represent any body in
the State. Most oihis time he has been in
Washington acting as correspondent OF
different papers, and part Of the nme ~
confidential clerk for the Hon. II. g. Da-
yiS In 1876 Mr. Davis was advertised to
address the Tilden and Hendricks Club OF
this place, and in the evening, as the meet
ling commenced, Mr.. Frank Burr very mys-
teriously dropped in as a newspaper re,
porter. Mr.. Burr pretended to report that
speech which had been written out before
BY him, and the same was shipped off and
published in the Wheeling RegtaT. h.
Now We don't object to Mr.. Davis repre-
senting the Democracy OF the State in the
Senate, but we do object to his trying to
represent the Republicans, through his
late private secretary, in the House OF
| Representatives. We do not know what
i the Convention meant. Either OF the
other candidates who were before the
Convention, were goodlRepublicans, whom
we could have supported, but no Republic
cans who know Frank Burr will support
him. Here they will either vote for Mar
tin or the Greenback candidate, or not
vote atall." 8
inasmuch as it seems to be matter
Of some interest to know whose feathers
.plumed the dart" that "impelled the
steel" into the breast Of the rival candi-
dates to Col. Burr, We herewith subjoin
the 9Th, 9th, eth and sth ballots, having
already, in ourissue of the Soth Of August,
given the LIST, Cd, Sd, 4th and 9th Qast) bal
lot. ~ N .