Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-21
CAN THE BREACH BE HEALED?
Review of the Situation in the Second
District.

Special TO the Register.
KEYSER, w. VA, August l9.-The
smoke of last weeks Congressional bat
tie has cleared away and quiet succeeds
the excitement and confusion attending
that memorable session, although its
effects are painfully apparent in the
Democratic camp. a review of the
causes and instrumentalities leading to
the unfortunate result by any individual
would perhaps change the convictions
of no one, and might intensity the pre-
iudice of many. Much has been said in
the way of elimination and recrimina-
ton, tending to widen the breach and
we feel the less spoken or written upon
what was or was not done at this period
| in the political history of the Second
! district the better. tits to the future
! We must address ourselves, and to the
| END that
| HARMONY AND UNITY
may be restored, let the agitatOr be
silenced, and the journalistic guns be
! spiked.
In our own, county, while Mr.. Lucas
| had warm support among the delegates
! appointed, less than half of these
acted with the seceders-indeed, We
| know of but twO-and as sample of
of the misapprehensiOn which has gone
| out, we notice in a Jefferson county
/ paper mentioned the name of Mr.. Rine-
/ hart rs one of the prominent Lucas dis
! senters in Mineral, when i'll fact Mr..
| Rinehart was HOge man-was i'll the
last Hoge canvas, and voted for Judge
| HOge'S nomination.
Col. J. A. Robson, leader of the
Lucas forces in Mineral, came back into
the regular body, as did Isaac Parsons,
of Hampshire, when they found the
object was to nominate q candidate i'll
| convention No. >.
/ We might give other names of Lucas
delegates who left the regular body but
/ refused to cooperate with the seceders,
and went home or wandered around
town until train time for departure.
| Others acted with the Lucas branch,
| and among them such men as Hon.
| Joseph Vanmeter, of Hardy, and J. t.
! Pierce, of Mineral, only when it was
/ expressly stipulated Mr.. Lucas would
/ withdraw his name in the event Judge
| HOge would, believing neither could be
! elected, and that organized opposition
would be the most etfectual means TO
SECURE A THIRD MAN.
Your correspondent will not, how
| ever, disguise the fact that there is q
deep seated and determined opposition
to Judge HOge, growing out OF alleged
] unfairness in procuring his nomina-
| ton, and in no event can he poll the
Democratic strength in this and adjoin-
! ing counties. And the same may be
| said with more force of Mr.. Lucas.
| Previous to the convention both of
these gentlemen were prominent and
popular with the majority of our
| people. But persistent faction
| opposition, savage denunciatlon
| caustic accusations and the stub
born uneompromising fight in
| Convention resulting in Lucas with
drawal has made breech no argumen
or compromise can heal before the cleo
| ton. There was q stray undercurrent
! in the Convention to nominate dark
horse, and had men been relieved from
pledges and the strong disposition to
| vindicate their respective leaders the
| unknown could have won in gallop,
and three-fourths of the delegates would
| have felt relieved, and in their hearts
rejoiced in the solution.
1t is still the convection of many of
their substantial supporters and warm
personal friends that
BOTH SHOULD WITHDRAW
Others who fought the battle with zeal
and fidelity, oppose giving up to the
minority considered from a Hoge
stand), and say if this surrender should
be made to boilers, what discipline can
be cxreCled in tie future: In answer