Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-05-13
OVER THE RIVER.
Updegraff Twixt the Upper and
Neither Mill Stones.
Congressional Politics in the SteubenyilIe
District-The Historic Postofice War
HoIIingsworth's Chances
Taylor's Time.
GENERAL VIEW OF THE SITUATION.
Speaas Correspondence OF ne Register.

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STEuBESvILLE, o., May 12-The Congress
sional canvass in this county has CON-
menced in earnest, and the political pot
can now be said to be fairly boiling over.
Yesterday evening the portly figure and
pleasant countenance of the Hon. Jonathan
T. Updegraff, Quaker and Representative in
Congress from this District, appeared on our
streets fresh from the country's capital, and
last night the aforesaid portly figure was seen
fitting busily around among his consti-
tuents clasping hands and inquiriug after
the health Of your wife and babies
But few hours afterward there, was
another semi-portly figure seen vending its
way from the Pan Handle depot down
Market street. This belonged. to the
David A. Hollingsworth, quaker, and l.
want-to-be-yourR rRepresentative-in-Co -Congrss-
from-this.district. These gentlemen were
both busily engaged during the evening
with their respective friends, discussing
the different methods OF
Tearing Down
each others fences to the best advantage of
their own.
Updegraff has made very respectable
congressman HIS lmO udo
never done anything to compromise the
district. On the other hand, he has intro
duced bill for the erection of new post
Office and government building in this city,
and made a red-hot tariff speech in Con-
gress- a question which interests the man.
ufacturing as we'll as the mercantile por.
ton of this district. The district was
flooded with copies OF this speech, which
was well received, for Seventeenth is a
strong protection district. But notwith-
standing all this, updegraf has much op-
position in this city among Republicans
For instance, the late
POstOfiice Trouble
here has caused the old man good deal
of trouble. 1t has been the custom for
many years past, in this city, to hold pri.
mary election for the nomination OF post
master. This year there were five candi-
dates ia the field: Sam Irwin, Spence Wal
lace Hugh Cable, Hen Dobbins, and a one
legged soldier. whose name have forgotten.
At the primaries Sam Irwin and Spence
Wallace received the greatest number
of votes. and a second primary
was held between these two 10
determine who should be the nominee.
Now, Wallace wanted to be postmaster bad,
and before the second primary he entered
into compact with Hugh Coble, the can
didate who got the third greatest number
of votes, and agreed that if he (Coble)
would give him (Wallace) his support, he
should have the first clerkship in the 7. o.,
providing, of course, that Wallace got there.
Coble agreed to this, and the consequence
was, Wallace got the nomination, beating
| Irwin by less than 100 votes. This raised
Irwin's ire. and he swore that Wallace
| shouldn't be Postmaster il he could helpit.
| So he sits down and writes to his brother,
| Jack Irwin, ex-Mayor of Steubenville, who
| is now one of the doorkeepers of the United
| States Senate, appointed there by Upde-
| graft, to do all he could against Wallace.
| Jack Irwin is one Of the best
Political Wirepullers
| in the State, and Updegraff knows it; so
| after hanging fire for month or so, upde-
gran had Wallace quietly shelved aud
| 0'Neal, then postmaster, reappointed to the
| position. Thus Wallace's friends claim he
was slaughtered by Updegraff, Jack and
| Sam Irwin. and they are swearing eternal
vengeance on Jonathan's head in their mad
ness.
Then there are few more soreheads in
| this city who have grievances and they, to-
| gether with their friends, are also loud in
| their denunCiations of the Sage OF Mount
| Pleasant
These Factions
| are divided up between Hollingsworth, OF
Harrison county, anu IOl. IayloT, Ol
| Guernsey, who was here last week, ad.
dressing sunday schools and churches in
| the interest of Christ, but more particu.
| larly in the interest of Taylor. The Her
aid, the Republican organ, owing to lack
of backbone, in taking no part in the fight
though it ought to, for l'pdegraf favored
| Conns best friend, Jack Irwin, by making
him door keeper OF the Senate at a salary OF
s., 600 per annum. But Conn is very I'M.
grateful The Ohio Press, another Repub.
lican paper, is supporting Col. Taylor red.
hot.
Looking over the field from an independ-
| ent standpoint, it looks as though upde-
| graft with proper work, might
Get There
without much trouble. Hollingsworth's
friends are Boosting, but they cannot show
figures TO back their claims, and Taylor
| will run in the county and city al about
the same rate Of speed that Private Dalzell
did two years ago; and unless il is so close
between the Jefferson county boy and the
Harrison county boy that dark horse Is
necessary. the anti. Updegraff boys in this
city who have been swearing they would
support Jonathan under no consideration,
might as we'll prepare TO take their dose OF
crow as easily and quietly as possible.
| Dos.