The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-20
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,r.'a,Led Yesterday morning NJ TUE
co,s Of our comments on s, ia' De%ou,4s Salo,s ~
I'o,' f.,1,Ia..ve i. caucus the night 0''0''' I'D
iollOWE "a ,bs opinion previ.
I'VE SUI s'l,,.,ssd I'D that the caucus WI
onsIy enHW l,tJ Mr. Camden through ana Ior
hnAly pun ,bst b' the opposition have not q
The reason ,'l 'I'r, nprpo.e to defeat him"
0S,SiI TSi. ,a,oed out to be a correct diagnosis
.,,5s situation, as was seen seen in the
,"."I' o. 'I' Of lat nights caucus, Mr. Camden
" ",, nominated on the third ballot by the
.sn,sd vote OF one Of the men who had
.na' .'ds a. much noise as any man on the
s'o, ,bs night before in the way oil protest
',,io,, what he was pleased to term the
S,Irdoliog tactics OF the Camden men,
To aeDt over to them at the critical
,,n,,ore and raised Mr., Camdsn's vote
,,oD 10 10 3S, the number required for q
Uomiu.tlon. Wosuppose that he felt that
gbodd ma, do his somebody else would,
and Ike the Colonel who was u little
l,me he considered that it behooved him
n he first In the retreat. And 80 he broke
,r,y from the oppoaition aud surrendered
tbei, chances. This act on his
p,t shows just what We claim
ID. that there was very little Of
determined purpose on the part Of the op'
Do.ition, and that the fear Of the party
lWb operated far more powerfully on
-,hFfru,fnt4-th than any other consideration.
They proiessed a great desire TO defeat
Mr Camden because Of his Identification
with one Of the most OvershadOwiug and
dsspolc monopolies this country has ever
ueen, aud yet they were go dIstrustful Of
each other that they were ready to sur
render at the Grst decided sign Of bis prob
able success. This shows that the
cry Of anti monopoly and anti.
ripg power Ia a mere matter OF
campaign buuCimbe with the average
D.n1ca', and thu. he can be relied on to
dbpen,e With Ills campaign professions as
SON man opportunity oacru. Had there
been ytol backbone in the opposition
10 Mr. Camden he could have been de-
IsGed, They had the votes to do It, as
EGS shownin the first two ballots, but
they bad no cot tilence in the staying
qualities Of each other, and thus 1t turned
out that they weroa mere rope OF sand.
Aip Mr. Cam len personally, we have
taken occasion to say that we had no an.
upaihy to him, In ono or Two respects
he was the least Objectionable Of all the
candidates voted for. lie has less provin.
rlaIism perhaps than any OF them, and
perhaps knows less and cares
less about the traditions OF
Virginia Democratic politics than
any oil them. But while he has less Of
those old Sad Objectionable ideas, he has,
per contra, some latter day ideas that are
not by any means desirable in a national
legislator lie belongs to a growing and
powerful 'ChOol Of mOnied arlstocracy in
politics 10 this school money has taken
thN place OF scholarship and legislative
experience Mr. Camden must be set down
"a member Of this school, 1t Is his money
that has given him power and prestige in
West Virginia politics, and that has
finally elected him 10 the United States
SenaIe, HV goes to the Senate not As
tribune OF the people, but as personally
Interested In one Of the great and grasping
nonopoIIeS which the people are trying to
ballle In Its efforts 10 sggrAndize itself
sui more CmniPotently at their expense.
This i'the specially disCouraVing feature
oi MI Camden's success, and the chief
fe''on why many persons who would
Otherwise have preferred him can not
fei'ice in lis triumph. He has been
elected in the name Of Democracy to o
p'sIIion where iis interests may at any
Time come Ia such direct conflict with the
interests Of tho people as to at least neu.
lIltv' II they do not absolutely con.
t'0I bis influence and his votes. When
'hls day comes the people Of West vir.
Einia will place the responsibility for his
election where 1t belongs.