Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-09-16

recent contest with the lntellgencer over
remitting the consideration Of party affairs
to general conference Of Republicans in
stead Of to . still hunt committee, he
Knocked ont bis venerable antagonist in the
! first round. IL is only necessary to add
sitter this review Of his history that Mr..
Atkinson is still in the ring, active, smil-
ing. courteous and reliable, and likely to
S'Ay,
In the Second District there 10
Col. John W. Mason,
who came within ten votes of going to Con-
gress in q district which elected Charles
james Faulkner as q Democratic represen-
tstiye few years since by majority Of
nearly ten thousand. Col. Mason carries
an exceedingly old head on comparatively
yOnng shoulders He has won his place
BY hard work, and there Is not q Republi-
can in the district who stands better. He
is enough of an orator to say what he has
to say intelligently and forcibly, and he
talks sense every time. He is q
good organizer, quick 10 see an
advantage and improve ii, and
without neglecting his business as lawyer
he gives enough time to political affairs to
keep himself thoroughly posted. As q
member Of the Republican National EKecu-
tive Committee he has rendered good sery-
ice in helping to shape the campaign poll.
cies of the party in national elections and
how closely be has attended to his local
vineyard was shown in h last election.
John A. HuIehIusOB,
Of the Fourth district. is another compare
lively young man, who by sheer force of
intellect and industry has brought himself
10 the front as a Republican leader. He is
the keenest political debater in the district,
and il is q strong adversary, who can with
stand the rapier OF his argument. As a
- # kn 1t hn1a ha
demonstrated his effectiveness in the i'm
eachment trials, snd IN his Congressional
canvass against Uncle Ben Wilson, when
Wood county was included in his district
he paved the way for the Republican tri-
umph, which came two years later. He holds
TO day the same place of prominence among
Republicans of the Fourth district that
be did among Republicans of the First, and
IS likely to occupy prominent part here.
after in the politics of that section, as we'll
as the State at large.
Next to him might mention
George 4. SIuIgisS,
Of Monongalis, who made a crediIable CUB
SEEatorial race on the Republican side g
few years since and is still prominent
among the younger Republicans OF the
State. He made the mistake of trying to
make terms with the Greenbackers looking
IN an alliance with the Republican organi-
zation OF the State, but he shared this error
With good many other prominent mem
bers q the party, and it has not lessensd
his influence earned as an energetic worker
in the Republican ranks. He is q vigorous
and ready speaker on the stump, and the
excellence Of his private character, which
Cicero says must lie at the base OF all etfec-
tive oratOry, adds to his influence on the
stamp. Then there is
Col. W. n, IA. Flick.
"a good, portiy man faith" >" and a COrpu-
lent who although he hiss scarcely reached
the forties, occupies an influential place in
the Republican organization. He is little
leisurely in getting started, for the reason
that large bodies, as q rule, move slowly,
but be does good when once in motion.
On questions of policy his head is usually
level, and il his celebrated amendment had
had an earlier and hesrtier support among
Republicans. the State would have been
spsred good deal of the bitterness which
retarded substantial Republican success.
OF those among the younger Republicans
WhO have recently done notably 60 ID work
and who stand well in eonse lueace,
there is
y. b. Mccormick.
He happens to be under a tenn poHa-y cloud
at present with some of the members of
bis party growing out of his fight for the
Collectorship of this District, bus that is
I OF likely to last long nor to seriously mar
his influence in the organization. He
started the opposition to the Boss rule at
the Chicago convention, which Mr.. 4. W.
Campbell subsequently continued aud
which led to Garheld's nomination and
election, and TO his skill and activity
as an organizer was mainly due
the close contest in the second
district which almost wiped out the there
fore Democratic majority in what was sup
posed to be 8 Democratic stronghold. He
has money, brains, and the Soundless en-
ersy, which is properly distinguishing
of Young and ambitious men
and is not likely TO give up the prominent
place which belongs to hiEa in the Rspu o!i
can councils of the State.
SIX Of KIn&.
Looking round over the other leading
! OuUger members Of the organization there
are numerous names that clme up
rs those of leaders in their own
sC ctiou, if not in the State at large:
For instance, there is John 4. Campbell, OF
an active organizer and an &C
i've s,umpei: Charlie Scott, OF Psrkers-
burg, q why and untiring worker; eI-
Marshall Hsgsns, who al
though denied the opportunity 20 serve the
Republican party abroad, still continues
~
Cracraft, Of Ksnawha, who has gone back
20 Republican journalism, and proposes to
serve the party hereafter with his pen IS
we'll as with his chin; Judge Hoke, oi
Preston, polished and scholarly aud an
adroit and effective stumper, and Wm. y
Dawson. of the same county, who has slS
aimed himself admirably both IS RsPuo
!ican editor and as the representative OF
his Senatorial district in the upper house
of the present Legislature.
| don't know that can give you even
partial list OF Republican leaders in all the
counties Of the State, but what DO under
rake 10 say is that in every such county
the Younger members of the parry have
now the preponderating influence In its
control. Along the river you will IND
LARGELY influencing Republican county
politics young men like ex-Delegate NC
Cord, Of Brooke; Jake Hicks and lpr. 81,
monton, of Msrshall; Perry Jacobs, OF
Wetzel; o. W. o. Hsrdman and A. b:
Sritb of TYLER: J. W. yanderyoort Of
Mood J. H Riley and Ferd r. Hassler, OF
Jackson; J. B. Mensger and J. A. Gibbons;
of Mason: J. J. Peterson, OF Cabe!i, and
ohm X. Thompson, OF Putnam,
A Former Greenbaeker
and recently a member from that county
i'm the lower branch Of the Legislature.
Itis the same way in the back counties.
Whether the Republican vote is large or
small it is the comparatively young mem, n
hers of the party who control IL lP IN
Roons il is Young men like John l. Woods;
in wyoming, Erwin Cook and Wallace
workman; John D. POg9s in HcPS"sIci { e Sc,
Capt. VIM. Turner in Raleigh =. +. NC
Bride and Joe Malcolm, in summers
Henry F, Robinson, in Greenbrier; Geo; T.
Nichol and B. F. Galloway, in Monroei De-
c. {. Droddy, in Webster; Amos Bi'sai
a Ellis Hyer, in IraIt a; D HOLT Anu
J. ". Wofenden, the man who
Hung HIS cate On the other Pssr'
in Lewis: Wm. Wyant In Gilmer; 6. W.
Hayes, another former Greenbscksr, IN
Calhoun; the Wells boys In Writ sod A.
G.. Dayton and the Teters IN broour.
Along the line OF the B. & o. and up IN
the Eastern Panhandle, you will ma JuVe-
nile managers like w. A. Dunnlngt2n a.
Grafton; z. E and T. W. Fleming at Fair
mont; F. N. Reynolds and the Carskadon
bows in Mineral county; the Scherrs aud
fhe Rabbs in Grant. j. J. HetZal IN MOI