The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-08-04
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mrAr YlRGlNIA POLITICS.

r,,,suiiOnx-rhr Issues. t
wes, Virginia politics arc at present In
.uorhat dormant condition. There is
:. much In the air Of M exciting char.
.r The Democrats regard their chances
.rol in all the districts, and hence in
,trss Of them there are signs Of IN anima.
W. .ousbblc over the nominations. This Is
% ,hs ca,e in this district, but more particu.
,,Jr 80 in the Second and Fourth dis
,;.. G Senna Inns the field to himself in
,bsTbih district and was nominated yes.
,.,a,y without opposition. We classify
Ms districts under their proper heads, rs
follows -, ,,,,.., ,,,sr,,,.r 5Es
The Democrats Of the First district have
.,II their Congressional convention at
w,.,on on the oith OF this month. The
number Of delegates is fixed at o92, or one
for every fifty votes, or fraction over
tTen,y.fye, east for Gov. Jackson. The
pprsentation is apportioued as follows:
uraxtOn, 30; Brooke, u; Doddridge, 15;
Gilmer, II; Hancock, 0; Harrison. 80;
Lewis, %; Marshall, 80; Ohio, so; Tyler, l8,
and We,ze, 50. As yet only two candi-
dates are in the field for the nomination,
yiz,J. II. Good, Of this city, and Col.
Wilson, Of Harrison. Even Col. Wilson's
candidacy is not apparently matter Of
certainty as yet. The Republicans have
not vet called their convention, but will do
80 at mn early day. Nor have the Green
blckers called convention. The vote Of
the distric, in 1850 stood rs follows: Han.
cock ll,S0t; Garfield, l3,il2; Weaver, l.
VS. showing Democratic minority Of 3Si.
Col. Wilson has been five times can
lidate for Congress, elected four times and
defeated once tby J. ]. Davis in 1922 and
is, therefore, now in his sixth candidacy,
il 90 be that he is n candidate, which some
few mighty few affect TO doubt, lie is 81
years old, and has been in politics, in one
way and another, ever since 1852. 1t is
not be denied that he occupies strong po-
sitiOn before the Democracy for renomi.
nation in case he chooses to sail in rs q
candidate. As 10 his probable fate in case
he gets the nomination, that is horse Of
another color. lie had u mighty narrow
escape the last time. Col. Bob McEldowney
recently summed up the Coils " imminent
deadly peril in 1850 by. remarking that
although Wetzel county may not be muca
OF heaven las christened by the Colonel)
yet saved him from the other place the
last time, and was all that stood between
him and-purgatory.
THE SECOND DISTRICT.
The Republican Congressional Conven-
ton Of the Second district, that meets ut
Fairmont on the eth, will consist tat least
Theoretically OF e73 delegates, apportioned
on the basis Of one delegate for each fifty
votes for Garfield in 1850, and one vote for
each fraction in any county over twenty
five votes. On this basis Barbour will have
Il votes, Berkeley 80, Grant 10, Hampshire
!, Hardy 1, Jefferson 20, Marion 90, Miner
al Is, Alonongalia 35, Morgan 10. pendle-
ton S, Preston AZ, Randolph I, Taylor %,
and Tucker4. The Republican vote OF the
district in 80 was l3,70l. The Congress.
sional Committee consists OF n. n. HoH.
man, W. II. II. Flick, A. G Sherr, A. Fl.
Fleming and +. D. Jetlries. As yet no one
looms up Enthusiastically for the nomina.
tion. The Democrats had l5,9lS votes in
tue district in 80 and the GreenbackGrs
l,33S: Democratic majority overthe Repub-
llcans and Greenbackers, 900. How far
the quarrel between Lucas and Hoge will
disallcct the Democrats remaias to be seen.
hsquite bitter ut this time. The Demo-
Gratis hold their convention at Keyser on
TIE llth. Both Lucas and Hoge profess
confidence Of success in the convention.
THE THIRD DISTRICT.
The Democrats rcnominated John l.
Kenna for Congress at Charleston yester'
day. Practically, he had no opposition
lie seems to haye made himself solid with
the voters Of the district by going in not SO
much ior the "old flag and IN appropria.
tion" us for vigorous advocacy OF large
appropriations" for the Elk, the Kanawha
and the Big Sandy. This is his fourth con.
seCutive noAination. lie is only 81 years ol
age, having been born in 1913. His district,
as now constituted, gave Hancock 1861
votes in so, Garfield 7,Si5, and Weaver
ISL, showing Democratic majority over
allot 1885. The Republicans have not yet
called Congressional Convention, moi
have the Greenbackers. The district is the
smallest the four West Virginia districts
IN point Of population, containing only
1882, against 1920 in the Fourth,
lS,Sl5 in the Second, and l53,04G in the
First. l1.5-. tgl' f
.I TIE FOURTH DISTRICT. 4.
lhls district, known as the ''Shoestring,"
lom It's long stretch along the river, from
me ,I top OF Pleasants down to the end Of
Wayne, includes considerable territory that
used 10 be in this district, viz, Richie,
calhoun; Peasants, Wood and Writ. 1t
gave Hancock 1885 votes in 1880, Gar.
ae'd il,ll6 and Weaver S,S3S, showing a
pemoerasic minority OF O,OS9. The Demo.
A,s ,a, Expect success only by n plurality
T rT's' M'0ash divisions Of the opposition.
,la,s;' iue republicans have already their candi,
Ia'saa raa Inc ield in the person OF ex.Judge
lov'i's' OIL farsersburg, and the Green
: y "".Aeis "a nave namedDr. Barbee, of Mason,
~. - 'ue's CHAMPION. The Democrats hold
1e'' ~ convention on the 10Th at Point Pleas
aa', Inc aspiran,s are Dave Leonard and J..
a''"eSson, Of Parkersbnrg, ]. S. S. Hassler,
'saSkson' and Eus,ace Gibson, Of Cabell.
nsOnatd seems 10 be ahead, but not strong
,aOusn 10 distance the other three com.
''Ne''' anu hence may beaten after all by