West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1883-12-14
THE REPUBLICAN, CAUCUS
AT TUNNELT0N.
GEO. c. STURGIS JNO. w. MA
SON AND MARSH HAGANS
HOLD A CLOSETED
CONSULTATION.
How the Object of the Meeting
Leaked out

When the way train arrived trup the
| West, on Wednesday morning. I NOTES
Cd the portly firm of uon. Jno. W. Ma,
son, OF Grafton, aIight from the platform
of the car. At first 1 surmised the Hon-
orable gentleman was going over to King
wood to attend Court. But my surmise
proved false, Mr.. Mason was noticed
pacing the platform in AN unconcerned
manner, but keeping his keen eye on the
Kingwood and Iunnelton pike. sus-
pected something was wrong A spriny
wagon came laundering into town from
Kingwood. A driver and two gentlemen
were the sole occupants. Mr.. Masons face
Frightened. The gentlemen got out shook
hands with MI. Mason, unchanged a fow
words, aud the trio proceeded To- the
Bishop Htuse who are they9 Geo. &.
Sturgis and J Marshall Hagans, OF Nor
gantown. "A Republican caucus A
Republican conference I" WA heard by
your reporter. As Il stood listening. n
Republican who figures in local politics,
slapped mo on the shoulder, aud said :
"Tll give you pointer II you WON'T give
Il away" |-%
Thanks I Ailyt right. Won't say
nothing about IL a. sure as unknown es~
pouses tho County Commissioners cause.
Ibid you ace tbos2 three men going
over to the Bishop Hotel ? Well, yes
John N as"n, George StuIgiss aud Marsh
Hagans All good men. They dou't
believe in Yves Atkinson, @ en-. Goff. and
the dude editor OF the Wheeling Tttetii-
-. ,.,,,,t.,,. A.. ~ nn,,l,ltca, ,,,r,N, II
West Virgi mia. ~ uSt so I They came
over here 10 hold little conference. You
kuow'we Replbli caps,are going to snow
you Bourbons under in "a. Don't care
II you don't, we arc The Greenbackers
are going To fuse with us. / hear a
x nod many of the leaders say we can
win next Y our IL the, Greenbackers will
stick TO us, Oh, yes. once we got control
of the State we can shake the Greeuback-
ers or if they don't vote the straiShtont
Republican ticket.
Leaving my first Republican friend, 1
accos ted leading Republican of this boz
nighted county. who chancod to be I'm
town, with the question why aren't
you over ut tho Republican caucus %
Caucus u -" was the laconio but
emphatic reply.
"AIo they holdipga political confer,
ence oyer at the hotel, and ~ so, what IL
TIE nature Of tho beast ?" continued.
Certainly they arsi Do you suppose
our leaders are goingrto let the Baltimore
Bsrnum Caucus get ahead 81 usf IL you
do, Won are badly off.
"Tell me why theyAre holding their
political Conferences hsreH' WAS the next
question.
For several seasons This il the boss
Repu hlican cou MY ift.tle state. fthel
were to meet in stewp Of any size,a town
where BourboHssiseat is' published It
would give the tGAbts away. 1t would be
heralded all over heStato, and tho Bour-
bonsheets would try TO make capital out
OF it. Good day 1'inhht go.
The Bosses wei closeted ut tho Bishop
Hotel from a. IN. I'LL Up. m. They
came back ~ tho depot. shock hsnds end
Messrs Sturgis and Hsgans departed
for KingwOo1 aDdAsir Mason took the
train tor bis Grafton home.
Noticing groups Republic ms holds
ing a whispered consultation after tho
Bosses had SHOOK The Tuunelton dust
from their hoofs, T. approached halls
witted son OF the fraudulent Hayes par
ty with the query "Whu were those
gentlemen doing here 10 day ?"
"oh, they're big bugs" was the frank
answer. "They camsover here for 10 islK
about this cole ctiOn we're goin''to hAvo
the next elexshun,"
"Collection Don't you raean Coali-
ton ?"
Hat hal Darn it, I always :urget
tnat wurd. Collisionf No, Coalition,
that's 1t. 1t means that the Green hackers
Is goin' 10 jine us 20 beat the Democrats
the next olexshun. Don't you toll eny
body, thom big fellows cont want eny
BODY to know IT," win this admoni-
ton tho ignorant soul loft me. As he
did so, thought TO myself, well, they
had better call V Diffusion and be done
with 80.
W, J. l..