Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-24
A COMPLETE HISTORY
OF the Late Buckhannon conyen.
ton.
HOW WAS MANIPULATED.
The Little lntrigues, the Bold Moves, the
Secret Consulting and the Dozen
and One Things that ledto
the Alliance.
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BUCEHGNSoS May 22.-Immediately
after adjournment of the public meeting on
Tuesday night the Greenbaek delegates were
requested by Chairman Sturm to remain in
the courthouse in caucus, and all
others than delegates were politely
requested to retire. The caucus lasted
until the wee small hours, and from reliable
information it was ascertained to have been
a stormy time, The fusion gang made an
earnest plea for the Greenbackers to come
over and help rout Bourbonism, and fair
division OF spoils was promised. Some OF
the Greenback leaders, ike Sturm. were
willing to tumble to the fusion scheme, pro-
yided the spoil division could be arranged
beforehand so that Sturm would get the big
slice. Barbee and his faction were anxious
to fuse, but wanted it so arranged that Bar.
bea could either be candidate for Governor
or Congress from the Fourth district The
latter scheme conhicted with Pres Morris
little slate and of course Freer kicked on
this kendalpS force was willing for any
thing that would make him nominee for
Superintendent of Schools The Atkinson
Mccormick wing were not willing to give
either Barbee or Sturm the gubernatOrial
nOmination-they had that in store for Max
well-but were willing to concede the nom
inatiOn for Congress to Barbee and promise
Sturm the SucceSsorship to Tom Vests seat
at MOundsyille. The unSeemly scramble
seemed to be more of Republican fight
for nominations than it did a Greenback
/ convention A very decent faction Of the
/ Greenback party under FarnSworth, PiersOl,
/ Go>horn and Writ Neale fought the fusion
scheme at every stage
The Minority.
/ They stood in a minority, but the divided
sentiment of the fusjOniStS or the plans bv
which it was TO be accomplished gave the
StraighoutS an advantage, and thus proved
an overmatch for the majority of political
hoodlumS who scrambled for everything
that came in sight.
About noon the caucus adjourned, as the
fusionisrs who had been fighting against
/ time tor the arrival of the noon train, were
! encouraged BY the advent of the Ohio coun-
/ " delegation under Burtt and lot of At
! EinSOn's proxies from the Third and Fourth
| districts The new arrival proved to be the
/ Fusion Blucher, and turned the tide in favor
| of the Republican bosses. If the Boss had
gotten his work in at Martinsburg as he did
at Buckhannon, Hart w0tld not be wearing
| feather in his cap. He has learned some
! thing from experience, and so has Sam Nc
! Cormick, who kept his mouth shut except
when it was necessary to open 1t.
! Had the Bulge.
When the Convention assembled at 2
! o clock il was apparent to any one the least
! skilled in political manOueyring that the
fisionists had the bulge on the other fel-
lows, although the straightouts failed to
realize it.
The latter selected Hon. d. D. Farms
worth as their candidate and the fusiOnistS
put Judge Edwin Maxwell forward as their
| choice Barbee's name was placed in NOM
ination, but at the proper time and accord
ing to pre-arranged plan, he was with
! drawn and his strength cast to
Maxwell. The FuruSworih forces made
a gallant fight under able leadership They
| fought for what they conceived to be 8
principle and what they knew was the life
| of their party organization. The tuSlOnlStS
we're reckless and impudent They had the
vote. they had it bought and paid for. and
didn't care who knew it, As one delegate
| was heard to remark. "he wanted the thirty
| pieces of silver and wanted it bad.
When the straightOuts charged that Max
well was bitter Radical aud hostile to
| Greenback principles his friends, Riley and
Bowen of Harrison county, came to the
| rescue and stated that they were authorized
10 say that Judge Maxwell had been in
s,mpathy with the Greenback party
| an the time on financial questions and that
| for the last two years he had been actively
| identified with the party. This had the effect
of rcconcifng fusion Greenback cOnsciences
| % to his support.
when 1t Was Ended.
When the contest was ended by MaxwelTs
nomination the straightOut faction threw
up the sponge and made no further resist
ance. Farnsworth in Il graceful speech &C
cepted the situation, and moved to make
the nomination of Maxwell unanimous.
| Chairman Burtt called for the ayes on this
| proposition, but omitted to ask for the noes,
| and when he announced the motion carried
| An indignant protest went up from a num-
| her of delegates The chairman, however,
! decided that as the convention had failed to
| adopt rules for its government, he was boss
| of the situation and had right to decide
matters according to his own mind.
The nominal onS that followed were made
without any apparent interest. The boss
! ism slate was rushed through with indecent
| haste while the StraightOutS had struck tents
| and moved away as soon as the gubernato-
| rial fght was owe When the nomination
| for State superintendent of Schools had
been made some young delegate moved that
/ no further nominations be made. Chairman
/ Burtt, who understood the slate arrange
/ ment better than the mover OF the reSoIu-
ton. stated the proposition in full as 1t had
| been
Agreed Upon by the Bosses,
and authorized the Executive Committee to
FIJI out and to fill in any nominations that
might be desirable This leaves the ticket
entirely in the hands of the Executive Com
mittee subject to the dictatiOn of the Re
! publican bosses.
The whole matter may be briefly sum
med up in a few words Ii was Marshal
! AtkinSon's convention. He has bought the
three hundred Greenback foxes that he has
been looking after. Now he is going to
fas,en FIRE brands to their tails and turn
them loose in Harris barley fields. When
the Republican Convention meets at Park
ersburg then it will be developed what an
advantage Atkinson has gained over the
Blaine folks. His political engineering was
more successful here than at MartinSburg,
Perhaps because he hadn't as torcible opPo-
sitiOn here as there.
The Greenback party as an organization
is sold out root and branch to the Repub-
| hCanS.
4 test oath record Republican Of the
most bitter type is forced upon them by the
Republics bosses as their party candidate.
In every feature it is the most Satistac
tory fusion plan for the Democrats that
conld have been accomplished. II the
Democratic party can't beat that 1t had
better 90 out of business.
Tomorrow shall give you expressions