The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-19
THE FORLORN HOPE
OF our DEMOCRATIC NEloAsoas
In the Congregational District Across the River.
rhePsriy toto Through the Form OF Held.
4. Ing = Convention at BeliAlrs To-Day.
s.t Ross Alsxandtr's Little Joke.

To-day the Democrats Of the Seventeenth
Ohio District will 20 through tho form O
holding Congressional Convention al
Bellaire. No delegates have been chosen
tho gathering being simply a mass meet
Ing. Previous 10 assembling in conven.
ton, however, the different county deleya
tons will hold cauc'lses and decide upo II
what course Of action to pursue. II will
be surprising II Belmont county does not
have everything her own way in spite ol
concert OF action on the part Of the other
counties. The candidates who have been
named in connection with the nomination
are numerous, commencing with DR..
updegratl's competitor, Hon. Ross ]. Alex.
ander. Hon. J. NJ Estep, Of Cadix, who
was urged TO accept the nomination before
and refused, Is also mentioned, but again
positively declines. DR.. J. NJ. Cooke, OF
Bridgeport, is popular candidate with
some OF the Belmont DetnocHcy. Mr..
james Means, Of Steubenville, now iu rail
road business ut Pittsburgh, has also been
mentioned recently, but always coupled
with doubtas 10 his acceptance. n, B,
Wharton, Esq, Of Caldwell, Noble county,
is one OF the prominent candidates, and
there may be several others before the con-
vGntiOn. u" Es Fl'H
The prospects now are that the meeting
will be largely attended by Democratsfr from
all The counties. IH
HON. Il. J. ALEXANDER CAUSES A SENSATION.
On last Saturday n letter was received by
Captain Alexis Cope, Chief Clerk in the
Secretary Of States office at Columbus, 10
the followingeflect:
BRlDGEroRr, Onlo, December Is, 1882.
DEAR CArrAfS:-t wish to refer YOU 10
sections No. o9SG and 20S7 OF the to
Revised Statutes. I think am entitled
the certificate, as | WIS the person hay
ing the highest number Of vote) for Rep
resentative in Congress at the time the
votes were counted in your Office. AS DR..
Updeeraif was dead ut the time be ua. mol
q person. had more votes than the Green
back and the Prohibition candid ates.
Please look into the matter, and do Tor en-.
deavor to have done)' Justice in this case
toward me. Very truly, your friend,
Ross J. ALExASpEK,
7. S.-1 had every reason to believe /
would have received the certificate; and
regret l should be counted out in this way,
| only ask ior what is right, and want YOU
to represent me in this case. RI. A,
This was given out to the correspondents
at Columbus, and telegraphed to the Cleve.
land and Cincinnati papers, by which it
was yariously received. The Iommerciai
gave it the caption, "Mr. Alexander Makes
Joke" but uost Of the journals accepted
1t in good faith and treated it soberly.
A DEMOCRATIC COMMENT.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
lion. Ross J. Alexander, the Democratic
candidate for Congress in the Seventeenth
District in the last campaign, has probably
read the following dialogue from "iIamleth
as we'll as the Revised Statutes Of Ohio:
HamIct-Whose graves this, sirrah?
FHa C2o,rn-Aline, sir. =
Ham't-1 think it be thine indeed, for
thou liest int.
First C1o'ra-You lie out ont, sir. md
therefore It is not yours; for my part do
not lie int, yet it is mine.
Iamlet-Thou dost lie into be int, and
say il is thine. 'Tis for tho dead, not the
quick; therefore thou liest.
First Copn-'Tis quick lie, sir; twill
away again, from me to you,
Hamiet-What man dost thou DIG il forY
First Clotn-For no man. sir.
Hamlet-What woman, then? "
E!rst Cloum-For none either,
Hdm'et-Who is to be bur;cd ;n't9
firss C!own-One that was a woman, sir;
but, rest her soul, she's dead.
CONCERNING HIS CANDIDACY.
II will be remembered that Mr., Alex.
ander told an ISTgLLlG.ScgR man sf,ma
days ago that be was not Il candidate and
would not be. To reporter who called
on him last night he said that his declara.
ton that he would remain out OF the race
this time was entirely sincere, and his de.
termination to do 30 was irrevocable. LIE
bud told the members Of the party last
fall that he would only consent to he a
candidate as against DR.. GUpdegrafr. He
had had Kept TINT promise, and he thought
that this was sufficient.
u want to see some good man nom.
mated, howeyer,-some one who will de.
vote ms time to the campaign. am more
convinced now than eyer thut the Demo.
Gratis ought TO- succeed. There will be a
good many candidates because the chances
o. Democratic success are better than ever,
should like to sec some such capdidnte
Us James Means, OF Steubenville, chosen.
shall expect to see two nominations made
and shall urge the convention to do 80. /
SHOULD sn not wonder if Means and N. B.
the vote in the convention will be light"
When asked about the letter to Captain
Cope, MIR. Alexander laughed heartily. and
said ne had not not supposed the Captain
would t'g!ve that OUT lie had only
Written it for joke, and thought Captain
Cope would see it in that light, -"
.,. THE EXCHANGES,
A Favorable Report Indicating Improve.
menf Throughout the Country.
DOsTOS, December 1S.-The follou,;no