Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-06-30
POLITICAL POINTS.
Stray Gossip Picked Up in the
Campaign Field.
Convention Echoes and Gladstone Of
the Candidates oings Of the
Clubs and Their
Members.

The Pantalette Brigade turned out last
night
Over q hundred from the jefferson Club
will go to Chicago.
The Jefferson Escort Club will have glee
club of twelve voices.
On Thursday night the jefferson Club
will decide its preference for President.
A. p. Garden, of Richland, always stands
sturdily up for what he believes to be right.
The man who was not satisfied with yes
terday's convention was hard thing to
find.
Congressional aspirants, both announced
and suspected, were pleased with the dele
cation chosen.
If the day should be fair, what q place
the Fair Ground would be for-tbe Democratic
love feast on fully 23d.
The Republicans of the Seventeenth Ohio
District will hold their Congressional Con-
vention at Caldwell to-day.
John Gavin modestly announced this was
the first time he had ever presided over a
convention. He did very well, however.
ECol. Robt. White is grateful for the honor,
but declines to be candidate, under the
circumstances, for Congress from this dis
trict.
Wanted-A hall large enough to contain
the 600 delegates and 1000 strangers who
will be in Wheeling at the State Conyen-
ton on July 81
The question was asked a dozen times
Yesterday how the delegates to the State
Convention stood for Governor. 1t would
puzzle wise head to tell.
Alfred Caldwell said the candidate who
goes before the convention without the
credentials of an endorsement by his own
county, has little claim on other counties for
their support" Which is why he and Oar
rah and Todd ought to be proud.
Gen. A. J. Warner, of Marietta, was in
the city yesterday, and had an interview
with Thomas A. Shelly, delegate-elect to
the Democratic National Convention. We
understand that Messrs. Warner and Shelly
will vote for Tildens nomination at Chica-
go-Bellaire Tribune.
Six large hearted and patriotic Demo
crafts have each presented a handsome
TEN or drum to the drum cords of the Jeffer-
son Escort Club This will be big feature
of ihe club. Twenty,four drums and twelve
ffes will be fine music machine and the
boys will step lively About sixty of them
met at Market hall and had a preliminary
drill, last night They will meet at Market
nall every Monday and Friday nights for
dill.
A scribbler in the Pittsburg Dispatch
says: III the scare in regard to Bayard S
Dover speech should die out and the Sena'
;or from Delaware should receive the Demo-
cratic nomination, should like to be
present at the meeting of the Board of
Directors of the West Virginia and Pitts
burg Railroad Company which operates
huge coal mines over in the Elk Garden
region. IF there should chance TO be
full board meeting in Septem-
Der, for example, in the office Of
the company at Piedmont, the lion and the
lamb would certainly sit down together. ]
can imagine the air of distinguished cour-
tesy with which Director James G. Blaine,
Republican nominee for President, will take
a chair at one end of the room after he has
shaken hands with Director Thomas +.
Bayard, his Democratic opponent. Beside
Blaine, big, healthy, vigorous looking,
man, will seat himself and enter into CON
yersation. That is Director Stephen B
Elkins, manager-in-chief for Blaine. FL
kins has been singularly lucky this year.
lie not only succeeded in having his man
| placed at the head of the ticket, but also
won victory as to the second place. He
wanted Logan named for Vice President
Logan's daughter married man who is now
living in Santa Fe, which is ElkinS' NOM
inal home and where he has immense in
terests, and Elkins and Logan's son-in-law
are in some way associated in business, /
believe A medium-sized man, with a
shrewd face and sad eyes'will chat to Bay
ard, drawn by Democratic sympathies to his
side. This is Henry G. Davis, ex-Uuited
States Senator from West Virginia and
President of the company. There are cher
famous men in the directorate out it is
about these four that interest centers owing
to their juxtaposition under the circumstan-