Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-01-14
NATIONAL NEWS,
The West Virginia Senatorial Sfrus-
gls--Efect Of HsrsfOrd's With
drawal on the Contest.
Chances For a Dark HOrss--mss'-
Ing Of the National Republican
Committee.
The Spsaksrship Race ana lnS
Contestants Iron Men Opposed
To the Tariff Bill.

SpecSal Dispatch to ths Sunday Register
WAsHISsroS, January 1S.-Aaylces re-
,ceiyed here io-night seem TO Indicate " =
ex-senator HereSord's retirement from 'ne
toatest-so far from making a choice more
easy, to have only intensified the sLugsie
and while a large portion of the following
credited to him was claimed by others pc
fore Hsrefords Withdrawal wss announoeu'
his real friends feel sore over hs
causes which produced his retirement anu
are not disposed to help any prominent
candidate now in the heid-
The failure to secure caucus on "eu'
nesday is also pointed out as Premoni'
tion OF the growing inability OF the Iniru
district candidates to settle their dinsr-
ences among themselves, and Predlcuons
are freely made that any caucus that may
be agreed upon now will be unable 70 de-
eide between them.
"You mark what tell you,' said a Sec
ond district man to your correspondent
Yesterday. "and see if this harmony and
r-the.strongest.man business talked
up by some
Third District People,
Goes not turn out to be the merest oo>h' rs
between their prominent candidates. Inc
fl. h, has been going on too long between
them 70 admi, of any such peace and good
will to men pr ngranme. The fight between
Kenna and Q .qrrier dates clear back 70
the time when Henua beat Hereford Tor
Congress in the Ice OF an invitation slgned
by nearly every member OF the Nanawha
bar, with Quarrier at the lead Of the list,
asking Hereford to run. There never
was any good blood between
Quarter and Mathews. The Mathews men
now regard Kenna as an interloPer, but TO-
whose interference Mathews would have
gone through, and are pouring hot shot
into him by the buCkettul, and as there IS
too much Irish in Kenna to stand that sort
Cf thing long without retaliation, you can
look to see the loyeliest scrimmage betweea
them next week that has ever occurred in
the history of West Virginia Senatorial
elections. II the question is settled in
caucus it will be settled BY the selection OF
An OnISide Man,
and there is no man on whom q cOmpro-
mise could be made more readily, and with
greater satisfaction to the State than on
Col. Alex B. K. BOteler.
Herefords retirement is attributed as
much to bis disappointment in the atti-
tude OF individual members from his own
section, as toany feeling that he was like
ly to be prosecuted for particular votes
cast BY him while acting as Representa-
tive here -Four at least of those whom he
assisted in electiug under the impression
that they would favor his candidacy,
Evinced disposition to sup
PORT other candidates, and it is thought
that disgusted generally with the proven.
bial uncertainty Of white men, he aban-
doned the field for surer and more certain
emplOymentS than those of a political az
Iiculturist. He stated to friends whom he
met here on his way home that he had
made no attempt to influence his support
Grs in favor Of any aspirant and seemed
Indifferent as TO whether they voted for an
upper or lower end candidate. His princi-
pal plaint was against the railroads,
and on this head he was as
Eloquent ~ willis wilson.
Speaking Of the latter, one of the Charles.
ton lawyers who was here last week, COM
menting on Wilson's readiness to intro
duce the railroad topic and maui monOpo-
lies on all occasions, said Wilson reminde
him OF the old farmer who went to a show
of a single anaconda and hit the
reptile in the head before be got fairly
under the canvas. When demonstrated
with he explained that it was a matter OF
II make a pint, stranger" he
SAID, Ito kill them things whenever l see
en-"
Col. John W. Mason is expected here
this week to attend the Republican Nation
al Executive Committee The work of the
Committee, with the exception of setting
the basis Of representation IN the next
is pretty we'll in hand, bat it is
likely the subject OF apportioning repre-
Sentation will be found difficult to handle.
The States that furnish the votes would
like to control the conventions, the ma
thine that has the Southern Republican
delegations under control will make a
strong fight to prevent them from being
weakened.