The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-14
( A TRIPLE ALLIANCE,
SOME POLITICAL CONDOLENCES.
0ld'tims Pol!tIcsin the District Over the River.
+ Some Noteworthy Struggles for tho Seat In
. consrsas-1hs Long Service Of BIuS.
Bl.s ham, his Defeat and hlsSuccraaors,
Special Correspondence ofihe Intei,igtner.

l'"es saAy ySaA5b Va ulauy lAteIcetiuk pun
ical struggles. During the decade betwee,
1850 and 1860 the counties OF Belmont
Guernsey, Monroe and Noble formed
district. The two parties were SO nearl,
evenly divided that the political complex
ion Of tho Representative in Congress Wa.
changed five times in the decade. In 1856:
Ex-Governor Wilson Shannon, Democrat
OF Belmont, was elected; in 1854 Hon
Charles ]. Albright, Republican, Of Guern'
aey: in 1856. Hon. William Lawrence
Democrat, Of Guernsey; in 1858, Hon. T. G.
Theaker, Republican, OF Belmont, and in
1850, Hon. James r. Morris, Democrat, OIL
Monroe. ssEJaF- ~.
THE REIGN OF BINGHAM rAsTIA, t9
When the State was redistricttd, in 1861,
the district was made up Of Belmont,
Guernsey, Harrison, Noble and Tuscara.
was counties. Hon. John A. Bingham, Of
Harrison, had, in 1854. been elected to
Congress from the old Twenty. first district,
and was then serying his fourth term. He
WIS nominated in the new district in 1862,
but YVES beaten by Hon. J. W. White. Of
Guernsey. He wnsnominated and elected.
however, in 1864, 1896, 1865 and 1870, after
which the State was again redistricted and
Jefferson county was substituted for Tur.
carawas. :,
MIR. Bingham had not been kept in Con.
gress all this time without considerable
effort on the part Of his friends. He had
attained high position in Congress, He
was Chairman Of the Board OF Managers in
the impeachment OF johnson, was at one
time Chairman OF the House Judiciary
Committee, and was really one OF the
lczen or twenty men who controlled the
legislation Of tho country in his day. His
duties aa national legislator took IN ton
much Of his time 10 allow him to PROPERLY
attend to his duties asa district represent.
aaye and fhe pumpkin seed" and clerk.
ship and postotlics business wps not looked
after in manner satisfactory to his con-
stltuents. In abort he neglected the ''smal],
sweet courtesies CT life" which Congress.
men lind 1t so necessary to remember, and
the wire.pullets Of the district began TO
neglect him.,
THE "ouTs" WHO WANTED IN,
There were other aspiring statesmen in
the district; Messrs. Dauiord and Poor
man, Of this: county, Taylor and
Barnes, OF Guernsey, and Da'z,ll
and Foreman, Of Noble, had been
candidates at various times, but the
opposition to the sold man eloquent" was
too scattering, and he always managed 10
carry Of the prize, protesting at the same
time that 1t wps for "the peopls" to saw
whom they wanted, aud if thoy chose him
he could do no less than accept. : "
Fut when the present district was formed
IN 1871, new and strong pspirant was
brought in-Dr. J. 4. Updegrafl, of 'JefTer.
son. In 1872 he was announced as can.
didata and at once began a vigorous can
yass.' He wanted the nomination. and
though he hardly expected to get it at inst
time, he had hopes that by Combination
the power OF Bingham might be broken
and the way opened ior rotation in The
Office. Hecame here to zee Captain Dan
lord, Who was also announced es candi..
date. "A1' $500 I
Danford said: 70, it's no use to make
any fuss about it; the old man will get ID
again" .,.s. - :.
Updeg'aG replied: "Danford, I'm in
earnest about this thing, and Itell YOU
something's going to break this year" =
Ihen he went into Guernsey. Tha. was
Iaylors eff vear"-he wps4not a caudi.
date, though l believs six or seven votes
were cast for him in the convention. No
pie county that year had no candidate, but
IN Jefferson, besides DR.. UpdcsraG, Hon.
Jared Dunbar WIS announced as a candi-
date: Up to tho time Of the convention no
combination had been made between
lhs opponents Of Bingham, and after the
delegates were elected it wes found that he
had almost il not quite enough to nominate
him, and his friends were jubilant. = n
"TlE BELLAlRE FRAUD" a
The convention was held at Be!laire on
the sOth Of July, 1872. Col. J. D. Taylor
was: its permanent chairman. Fifty.fve
votes were necessary to nominate, and on
the first ballot Mr.. Bingham lacked several
votes. Danford was second in the race and
Updegraf third, 1.-The two having about 90 of
the. los votes. After the sixth ballot TTnde.
grah's name waB withdrawn and his ann.
porters went almost in body to Danford,
who on the seventh ballot had SIS votes to n
Mr.. Bipgham's IS. i5 -
In one township OF Jefferson county n
Bingham delegate was elected = He did
not come to the convention, and his alter.
nate, man named Dawson, YVES admitted
to the delegation in his place. On The
hnal ballot he voted for Danford and NOM
mated him. Had he voted as his PRINCIPAL
would have done, Mr.. Bingham MIGHT
still be the representative from this dis.
trict. o '"'
Poornan, Dan!ord's old opponent in
republican conventions, went OF in the
.Greeley movement" and was nominated
Tor Congress by tho Democrats, He was
lIngloriously beaten by Danford, and made
haste to yet back to his first love. Daniord
ives Reelected in nsi1S74 and 1885,, There
was some scattering opposition to him in
lS7G. butt failed to show up on the day Of
the convention, and be was re-nominated
by exclamation. - :
I.-r 49," oAsA AASA 61Nuth bl LIGHTNING. Il.Ts
In 1877 the Democrats got control Of the
Legislature and they at once proceeded to
knock the old district crooked. Noble
county was thrown into the Marietta dis.
trict, Guernsey into the Z,nesville district.
while Carroll and Columbiana took their
places. Had the district remained I'M.
changed, Taylor would probably have been
nominated, q, Dantord had peremptorily
declined to- serve longer. But he was
thrown into Democratic district, and n.
deRraf ives the only prominent one LETT Of
those who had beaten Bingham. In the
convention Of ISIS be was nominated on The
18th ballot, beating Col. Poorman, Gen.
Riley, Hon. Samuel Knox and others. Mr..
Knox was the candidate u Harrison county
that yesr. He had served as Auditor OF the
county, had been in the State Senate. and
had been prominent candidate for Audi.
tor OF State. He is now a clerk in The
Treasury Department at Washington. .
Two OF the men who had combined their