The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-08-23
Hon. Eustace Gibson.

1Hlb gentleman is our btunuaru-
bearer for Congress in the Fourth
Congressional District. He resides
in Cabell county, and is said to be
one of the best lawyers and most ef.
fective speakers in the State. He
has entered at once upon his canvass,
and he says he will be in every town
in every county in the District be-
fore the canvass closes. The Wheel.
ing Register, of the 18th inst, publish.
ing the following sketch Of Capt.
Gibson:
The Fourth District Congressional
Convention was, more than usually,
a harmonious body, and made its
nomination without any display
Of bad blood or signs Of detection
among the friends Of the respective
candidates.
The rivalry for the nomination was
heated, of course, as it could not 9th
erwise have been among a number
of prominent candidates who were
all good and able men, with warm
supporters at their backs, and any
one of whom would have made a
worthy and acceptable representa-.
tive of the district. But when the
Convention had expressed its prefer.
ence, they gracefully acquiesced, as
men should, and will unite in furth
ering the campaign of their successful
rival.
The nomination of Mr.. Gibson
seemed to be the most probable re.
suit Of the Convention, although il
was surmised that the vote would be
SO divided as to make it impossible
for any one of the more prominent
candidates to obtain a majority.
Mr.. Gibson is very strong in the
lower end of the district. He will
poll the solid vote of the Democracy
in that section. His opponent
Judge Loomis, is presum ably strong
also, in the upper end of the district
but neither of the candidates arc
likely to be stronger than their par.
ty vote in any part of the district
IL is strictly aparty contest, and as
such the election of Mr.. Gibson is d
foregone conclusion.
Mr.. Gibson is quite well known to
the people of the State. He was
born IN Culpepper county, Virginia
and is now in his fortieth year. He
is self-made man, in the fullest
meaning Of that term. He never at.
tended school after he was twelve
years of age, and has supported him
self from the time he was of that age
at manual labor, until he was nine,
teen years old, at which age he be-
gan the study of law, and at twenty
obtainedli license to practice and set.
tied in Giles county, Virginia, with
S13 in his pocket and stranger tC
every one.
There he made his first political
speech against voting for the ordi.
nance of secession. but after his State
seeded he raised a company and
joined the Confederate army, partici.
pating in many of the hard,fOught
battles ofthe war. In 1903 he was
desperately wounded by a cannon
ball, which carried away the flesh Of
his left thigh and a large portion Of
the wall Of the abdomen, exposing
the lower bowels, from which extra.
ordinary wound he recovered sulli,
GENTLY to re-enter tho service, but
has ever since been a cripple and Il
great sufferer.
After the war he returned to his
home in Giles county, and was chos.
en- to represent that and Pulaski
counties in the Constitutional Con.
vention.
In 1871 he moved to the new town
of Huntington, West Virginia, where
he now resides. His political career
since that time is well known, and
we may add, not unfavorably known
to the people of West Virginia. Mr.
Gibson is a public speaker of ne
mean parts, and may be depended or
TO make an effective canvass in his
district.