The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-24
JUDGE llnANNoN oN rllE WAR rArlI.

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JUDGE llRASS0S on THE WAR PATH.
Judge Brannon wanted. the nomination
for Congress and he wanted It bad. Sc
he put liis war paint and shouting, "dowI
with thed--d Camden faction" he joine,
himself unto tho Jackson asscssme ent
crowd and bagged the game. The success
OF Brannon stirred up the bile on the
stomach OF the Bennctts. From time i'm.
memorial Jonathan NJ. Bennett has been
the King Bee in the Democratic hive oi
Old Lewis. lie has long wanted tho Con.
gressional nomination himself, but so long
US the. Brannons and Edmistons failed oi
getting anything he was content 10 do
without himself. But now Brannon had
succeeded, and the issue was fuirly raised
asto which faction political supremacy be.
lonsed. twas an issue that could notibe
lodged. Inflated with success the Bran.
mons had the temerity to cross swords
with tho Bennetts. The champions were
the sons OF the respective chieftains, and
the prize was the office of Prosecuting.
Attorney. 1t was a straight race in the
primary and the Bennetts won by six hun
drcd lengths. That settled it. If John
brannon ever gets q majority in Lewis
county it viii be after all the Bennetts and
Edmistons are dead and buried. Put
down GoG's majority in Lewis at any,
where from 800 10 400. The Democrats
advertise grand rally at Weston on the
24tli, but oil the rallies in the world can
not stem the Golf tide in Lewis county.
ANOTHER LION IN Bl,ANSoS's PATHWAY.
And over in Brlxton county there lies
another lion i'll the Brslnnon pathway. A
few years ago some land pirates, or wild
cat Spectators, got hold Of fictitious
claim to 4 large body Of land in that coun-
ty and went to work ejecting the bona tide
holders OF the land by suits in the Federal
court. Here were people who had owned
the land for years under good titles. They
had cleared the forests, or their ancestors
had. They had built their houses, had
enclosed their farms, had planted their
orchards and vineyards. They hnd erect
ed churches and school houses, and made
the public highways. Here were their
cemeteries where. their fathers, mothers,
wives and children were sleeping ''after
life's titful fever" All the ties that can
bind the human heart to any one spot Of
earth was theirs. Yet, the land pirates
pounced down upon them aud by suing
them in,thes Federal courts hoped TO
blackmail them into paying large sums Of
money for a release from costly and yexa-
tious litigation; Or they hoped rs was
the case in many instances, where the
owners OF small farms were too poor to be
always trotting to Clarksburg, Charleston
and other points to attend court ut heavy
expense, would let their lands 20 by de-
fault. Under such circumstances manly
attorney would have given his services
gratis to his ncighbors rather than to have
seen them imposed upon. But not SO
with the avaricious Mr.. Brannon, who,
for the paltry consideration Of a fee OF a
few hundreddollars, aided the land pirates.
in their unhallowed scheme. The wrong
he did those people is still burning in
their, hearts, and when, as free and indie.
pendent voters, they come to make up
their jewels, Judge Brannon will not be
one OF them Just put mark opposite
the Braxton vote in the next Congression.
al election. .&El;C q IA
And then the fact that Judge Brannon
used his pen in defending the Jackson
supplemental order is not laying well on
the stomachs OF the farmers Of the interior,
But there will be time enough to dress
Brannon's fawn skin after the State elec.
ton is over. 5s1 5l5 I1G
=. AN EX.coSFEDERATE REPUBLICAN.
In'this Senatorial district the candidate
Of the Republican party for State Senate
is nephew OF the renowned Stonewall
jackson. Mr.. Stark w. Arnold, Of Ran.
dolph county, is the Republican nominee,
and his mother was Stonewal Jackson's
sister. MIR. Arnold is wealthy and cult.
yatcd gentleman. lie is a lawyer by pro.
fession, but since the death OF his father
has retired from the practice Of law and
devotcs his entire time to the manage.
naent Of the large landed estate devised
him by his father. It is needless to
say. that Mr.. Arnold will be- elected by
an overwhelmingly large vote.5 His com.
petitorf OH the Democratic, ticket is Col,
Elihu Hutton, Of Randolph, who, by tile
way, is u nephew Of the notorious Henry
Clay Dean, OF Iowa, the man who put on !;
clean shirt on Centennial year, and is
supposed to be under Il vow not to put on
another one until the next Centennial.
There is not much enthusiasm over
Windy Wilson among the Democrats Of
this section. The fact is they are ''leetle
bit ashamed" OF their candidate for Gov.
ernor. The nntankeriny speeches OF that
individual have produced n feeling OF dis.
gust among all decent people. And the
feeling OF hostility toward the Democratic
nominees for: the Supreme bench is un-
Disguised. fg 81 r. s.:5 Z, lgz
{ That eminent lawyers and statesman
Jonathan NJ. Bennett, makes no bones Of
telling everybody that the nomination of
Woods and Snyder was an everlasting dis
grace to the Democratic party. Mr.. Dem
nett has n manly, fearless way Of speaking
his smind on any subject, and while he Is a
Democrat of the old school, he thinks that
the Democratic party like old Virginius
can better afford to apply tho knife than
suffer dishonor. So you may look for
many a black scratch Oh tho Democratic
ticket where the names OF these judges
are printed. In Upsl,lr county some dis
satisfaction exists among the Republicans
on the local ticket, resulting from the pri-
mary. This will be healed over before
election day. The indications arc TINT on
tho State and National ticket Upshur will
give from GG0 to 800 Republican majority,
and will eloct the entire county ticket by
q less majority. s.,A III ( 3lt9 +. Z
v, Z. TIE MASON SYNDICATE.
Rumors that the Mason syndicate con-
trolls the present Democratic organization
are serving to arouse people to 4 sense Of
the danger that, lies before them. learn
that Hon. Dan Farnsworth charged in a
public speech the other day at Bucklan-
non, that jim Mason had openly boas,cd
that he had an attorney in every county
at work in the interest, Of his syndicate
and That he was going to elect a Legisa-
ture that would assume to pay tho fifteen
millions that the syndicate claims to be
due from, West'Virsinia, and Mr.. Farms
worth urged the people to exact pledges
from the candidates IN advance. Among
other things whispered in political circles
I hear that Judge Raymond, OF Marion,
and Dan Lucas, OF Jefferson, were nomi-
mated, and expected to be elected, for the
purpose of !, engineering the syndicate