Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-06-30
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J.s CUNNINGHAM,
ei Eanawha Qoaniy, mi
1879 ArtossEs' espsfAt- llll
0eoRGE D. CALDwkLL,
OF Ohio County.
sUrsHisrEspKur 90 rBss SCHOOLS,
J. %. WApk.
No nn,hus.ssm Manifested.

of hononsaliA County,
No Enthusiasm Manifested.
There Ia one thing quite evident "
the dIsintsreslsd spectator-there Is no
heart In this thing. There Is no buoy
anoy--no enthusiasm confidence
shown In success, aud hence there are
no applications Tor places upon the
ticket tt--.f..I.ur.
The Indications al this writing are
that the Con ssntion will not be = very
large one-or rather, that the attend
ance will not bo general from every
section OF the state. Tho Third District
will be rather shmly represented, anu
some counties OF the Second will prob
ably be without any of their own citl'
zens in attendance. The fact that q
candidate ior
Congress Ia the Pirst District
IL To be nominated here Tomorrow
evening, after the adjournment Of the
State Convention. will bring mp large
delegations from Wheeling, Parsers'
burs, Clarksburg, and the counties along
the line OF the railroad. For this posi-
ton our Republican friends are pretty
much at sea. II is understood that pr'
T. u. Logan, Of Wheeling, declined a
ro-eleclion Ia the House of Delegates al
a time he thought George Il. Tinglo was
to be the Democratic nominee ior Con'
grcss, with u lingering idea that, IN that
case, he would not object Ia
Making tho Raoe over TITO Republican
Course
Hut as his premises were badly iounheh,
his conclusions were ut fault, aud he has
changed his mind. Ills wife IL not ne
we'll ~ she was, and he prefers the CONE
forts oi home and oi his very interesting
aud devoted family. lie is, therefore,
not a candidate, though in his ab
sencc At the seaside hlS party may
make him their candidate. They
are not, however, nearly unani'
nous upon this point. some ol them
think lao would run well IN Ohio county,
but that Wilson would beat him out 0i
his boots" Ia The balance oi the District !
while others ol his party friends those
who "mix" more intimately with the
masses say he
Made . Mistake
In the last session ul the Legislature on
the question oi convict labor, and that
he would forfeit the important vote al
the workingmen oi the city aud tho Ia.
boring men throughout the District al'
most solid that hc could not,
on account 0i this record, have
boen returned to the Legislature
had he M desired. II will he remem'
bered that the ohio County Republican
nnnvantinn h.lI ip ~" riI- 80 WhH~'
Ing, last May, unanimously passed reao'
utiuns c0ndemning hls vote not by
name aud action upon the convict Ia
bor question
Hon. John II. Campbell, "l iiancock
county. IN an understood candidate lor
Congrcss, as IL Judge Lo0mis, oi Park
crshurg; but predict that pr. Logan
will be- asked to make the sacrifice main
Iy Tor the benefit oi tho local county
ticket.
Personal Points
judge berkshire IL here, bat whether
ho IL n candidate lor any position ! do
not know. lio was Quo 0i the Truck
aud Dicker" Commissioners from tho
Republican party t0 tho tirccnhackoTS
at Charleston, aud since Walkers mule
kicked him ho has not hcon rocogn1a'
blo to his best iriends The judge says
there are Republican votes In Ohio that
M other candidate than Grant could
get
W. 4. Atkinson. ESQ, ol Fusion
memory, In on hands. lio IL still labor
ing under the dolusiOn that Walker will
bc elected to Congress, but hc admits
TIA, weakness Of the Grecnhack state
ticket.
j W. Woohindin, Esq, oi Weston,
who hung his gate on the other post IN
1870, Ia now hanging there with hls gate
lie aud Editor Peterson, oi tho RopuhIl.
can, Ia part represent Lewis county
here
Hon. J NJ iiagans, the "iricnd al the
dear people, Ia helping 10 iiE mp things
Tor Tomorrow hagans would be- q
Granger u he knew how.
lion, john 4. Camphcll h talked ot ~
Chairman oi the Convention lu m0rroH.
lie understands parliamentary rules.
and has the nerve tn enforce them.