The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-11
CRY DEnocRATs.
Preliminary Preparations for the jan
nary struggle.


Preliminary Preparations for the jan
nary struggle.
= As per announcement tho members oil
the city Democratic Committee met in the
First Branch chamber last night, all but
one or two Of the members being present.
It was not large meeting, but it was one
Of those intense "Dimmecratic gather
ms" that treasures the average Bourbon
and gives him new lease Of hope. From
the First ward we're those stalwsrts, Pat.
Kinney and Johnny Sweeney, 1.-THE latter
an apprentice in politics, but promising
one); from the Second ward, Fred Huse-
man and Ed LRrkin: Third, John Quigg
and 6. G.. Harmon; Fourth, John W.
Boring and Frank Healey; Fifth, W. L.
Hearne; Sixth, Pat Weir and VIM: Man
ion; Seventh, Charles Wheeler; Eighth,
J, w. Wait and John Dikman.
This committee was certainly "ginooine'
while around the outskirts lowered q few
others equally as faithful, viz: Alfred
Caldwell, who Ia suspected OF an itching
desire to sign his name at the bottom OF
proclamstions and advertisements for fire.
bugs, which Is now done by A. J. Swee-
new; then there were Jimmy Nichols,
the present superior OF Jimmy Healey on
the street force; Mister Healey was there
himself, also his son Frank; Tom Shan.
lev, Msior Sweeney, Johnny White and
Porter Smith, the last four Chief OF Police
aspirants; Frank McSherry, Pat Riley,
Pat Fikzsimmons, Tom Mccormick, an ex-
Republican, and one or two other reliable
Democrats. II was a good meeting.
Over these representatives OF the toillng
masses. the merchants and mechanics,
the bondholders and draymen, the bank-
ers and paupeIs Of city oil ~ QUO inhao.
itants, Mr.. G. G. Harmon presided, and
Ed. Larkin kept the records.
Among the frstthings thatwere done the
following judges Of election were elected:
First ward, A. I. Garden and NJ. Edwards;
Second ward, John H. Diehl and NJ. En-:
sheimer; Third ward, J. G. Patterson and
John L. Rice; Fourth ward, Peter Farrell
aud John O'Neil; Fifth. ward, ]. B. Quar-
rior and John Gavin; Sixth ward, a. Q.
EoG and L. D. Wait; Seventh ward,
Frank Falloure and ". D. English; Eighth
ward, Charles Otte and John Ray.
The judges appointed, the committee
proceeded to arrange Tor the manner In
which or by which officers should be NOM
mated. wv. Wait moved that primary
elections be held, and spoke for some
time in advocacy OF his motion. The
Ncstor OF the Democracy, Col. Hearne, was
mildly opposed to this manner Of choos-
ing, and gave as his reason, the bitterness
and bad feelings that such methods always
engendered, and by way OF illustration,
held up the Republican, that had gen
orally been elected in our municipal cleo
tons. The best interests Of the dominant
party demanded delegates and conven-
ton.
Mr.. John Sweeney held the same views
as Col. Hearne, and advocated his ideas
with youthful vigor. Col. Hearne thought
the destruction Of the Democratic party
imminent unless there was delegate cleo
ton. :,
Mr.. Boring gloomily arose and gloomily
began. ~ have been in q good many con-
yentions Mt odd times, and alao have saw
some primaries, and can hardly say which
ia the most dangerous, as both had been
packed and bad results had followed. 1t
ginerally follows any how that the man
VINO can SCI up Lue uObt bo0l nAno'
Mr.. Hearne again deprecated the popu.
lar vote idea. The ghosts OF those defeat
ed city Democrats warned him that it was
dangerous. "There is, l fear, very great
danger OF disintegration Of our party II
this is carried out. It looks TO me now as
| IL We were running into anarchy more
than anything else. Several times here
| important city offices have been carried
off by Republicans, and We do not care to
risk such a thing again. l have never
been much OF scratcher, and feel leas
like It Just now than ever before"
Capt, Boring had evidently been looking
at the history OF the conventions in the
last eight or ten decades and his review
was obviously unsatisfactory for he began,
"Au 10 conventions am not suro that l
am in favor OF them. There was "Dim-
micratic" convention at Charleston in
| 1860 in which Douglass. Breckenridge and,
and, and, "Bell and Everett" suggested
Major Sweeney. "Yes, well, they didn't
do any good at Charleston and afterwards
adjourned TO Baltimore, where Dooglass
was nominated. Brackinridge's friends be.
came dissatisfied and held conference at
which they nominated Breckenridge.
From that time dated the overthrow OF
this country. The Radicals came into
power then and 1t does seem to me as II
they have life lease on 1t, and they have
elected their man for four years more.
There was hung convention in this town
once and Tommy Campbell was nominal
ed at an adjourned session."
"Mr. Boring" said the chairman, "keep
your remarks confined to the city cleo
ton"
Mr.. Lsrkin was in favor Of primary cleo.
tons. "They are s.modernt idea, and /
am in favor OF modernt ideas"
The primary movement was then voted
upon and carried, and January Sth fixed
as the day; the returns to be made known
tho following Monday, by tho Executive
Committee. The polls will be open from
l to 6P. n.