Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-06-09
TALK FOR TAYLOR.
The coionsfs Chief Political Mana
yer interviewed.
The Situation in the Seventeenth Ohio Con-
gressional District - Guernsey's
Position-xhat the Other
Counties win Do.
A RACY REVIEW OF THE CONTEST.

The REGISTERS political reporter, yester-
day morning, encountered Col. T. H..
Anderson, OF Guernsey county, in the cor
ridor of the leading hotel OF Bridgeport
Ohio, and knowing that the Colonel was
the manager of the Congressional candi.
dacy of Col. ]. d. Taylor, he thought that
he had good subject for the reportorial
pump. After the usual morning saluta-
tion the unsophisticated reporter yentured
to remark.
RI understand you are here in the in
terest of Col. Taylor for Congress. and il so /
would be glad to have your views OF the
situation in the Seventeenth District"
Col. Anderson-"I always feel shy OF
newspaper reporters, but as you seem to be
a clever, we'll disposed sort of fellow,
vii slsS si,e @ Jys ~. N S N.Y.. !.. .,,s' -
R.-"How stands Guernsey county in
this contest"
Col. A.-"At the primary elections held
on Saturday last Col. Taylor carried the
county by over one thousand ma
jority over all competitors, and in
Cambridge, where he resides, his majority
was over 400. This gives him
A Solid Delegation
of thirty from Guernsey. Besides this, the
County Convention, held on Monday last,
which of course was not made up with
reference to the Congressional Convention
at all, not only endorsed the Central Com
mittee in its action in submitting the selec-
ton of Guernsey's candidate to the people
by a popular vote, but amid the widest
enthusiasm, endorsed Col. Taylor for Con-
gress, and instructed its delegation to use
all honorable means TO secure his nomina.
ton, and did this by vote OF more than
ten to one.
R-"How about the reported contesting
delegation from Your county,"
Col. A.-"There is no possible chance
for contest. The action of the Central
Committee in submitting the choice of
candidate to popular vote is fully author
lied by the eighth rule of the rules which
govern and control the Republican party OF
Guernsey county, adopted by the County
Convention held in Cambridge in April,
1880. which provides that the Central Com
mittee shall have control of all
questions INVOLVING The the manage.
ment said of the Ress Rfps0sSSa dSerw,Pp party
dered by the County Convention Of said
county" And the call of the Congressional
Committee expressly authorizedtheCentral
Committees Of the several counties to pro-
vide for the manner of appointing the del
egates to the Congressional Convention.
But without this rule, and without this
call, nc one can doubt the authority Of each
county to control the election of its own
delegates; and all the other counties have
acted under thls autnorlty In JenerSon
they gerrymanuered the Young pTecincts
10 Sult themselves, PuIunS TWO or three 10
ge'her "heh IL was tnouSht pest
m hsimont county
the central committee in some instances
consolidated the voting precincts of town.
ship, and in others, did not. In Harrison
county the committee ordered part Of the
delegates to be chosen by townships, and
the others to be chosen by the county con.
vention, so that no uniform rule has been
followed by the counties, This year, as in
the past, each county has acted for itself
in the mappeS-rs,ef.,uS SSieetiag 4 40
dtlcxxtcs II II i,;t<14 "a th1ti 4i@ fp4,
naeico1 sents ~ q ~ es.t ~ 49,
ss..-.1 J.! - 4. ~, - ~ 49,.
Asittee ana CO - - ~ sln o,fs vt,f..
al Ct1ytaH ~ 8q<@[ X T.. asel.sr -.c1 "a i
county ~ hnen GA 49, - ~ sunnt
since !he osuAsy ~ ~ ~. - ~. rispcin.
tiuh 3to w9ish 4 neye = - ~ -.
vote, these kicxeLs Us t tvi9ht q gasx fLst
ing esch otner fof lettssg ~ " oe ,San T,Hior
they were ever anything else tnan ia!io'
men. So ends the promised contest
R-"What is Tayior's strength IN the
DistIict| w could -, civs vou q better
Col. Al coniu Ho. S,ne .Son SU, tbat in.
general idea tbs Q, 'Rs editorial of this
morning, Taylor, as then stated will start
off with not less than 90 votes, with every
reasonable certainty that Poorman's and
Hollingsworth's strength will ultimately
go to him. This nomination rishtfully ana
S,,,I,, hoIopgo m Guernsey county. She
has had no Republican nomination 10, Ior
Congress for twenty-si1 years. Inc
support Of Belmont comfy
due her for the aid she gave oapi iJaaiu pna;Soa
when he was hrst nomihasea. DIS p'uHS in
Guernsey, presents aria cano,Ga'e WIN !"
point OF ability ana charac'ea 10
Second 10 no Candidate