The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-04
THE -FOBRTH DISTRICT.
PolNTs.PIcklo UP m PAakfasauRe
Ctnesrnlss Cssgrtssional Candidates aad rAsir
Prospsets-rhe Presat Arr,Y Of L,plrAats.
Good asd Bad QsaI;u.s-rhe Caldwell.
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be acl corrependrnes Of tA< In.Slicenn-,


e-cI Correspondence 1tx In.e,licennr.
| iPAsxEassrRG. Ju'y 3-This State is ius'
bu ubbling over with political aveuts O.
gn'ater or less importance. In every Con
gresaional district there Is "wA," in one o,
the other grea. camps, and where. the
Gseenbscke,s have an organization there
is lively skirmish. I might 70 into De.
tails. or In other words, furnish plans and
specifications for the i,reging, ou: will in
this sketch coufue myself to operations in
the Fourth Congressional district, which Is
Just now the arena Of scne very pretty
maueuvers OF atriaugular character.
| i. THE LAYOUT.
,"Whom will the Republicans nominate
for Congress from your district" said this
morning to a.wall known politician and
wire puller ot one OF the lower counties.
That Is pretty hard question to an
sxer," said the gentleman musinsly. II
myself am inclined to think that John 4.
Hn:chinson, Of PAikersburg, is the strouy.
est and most available man. He is by long
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uoe'in the State and as & stuuper be has
no equal in the State. Il will take man
OF ulusual attainnents 10 make success.
full cauvsss Of my district and I think after
thorough survey of tie ground that
Hutchinson is the only man"
rs he not too aggressive and impolitic?'
| "OA no. He is only brave and brilliant
that is all. IL the e1uberAncs OF his t-ei.
ings he Is very likely to aay some things
that 60 straight home and make his enc
mies feel very sore, and On that accouu, be
is attacked by the thin skinned OF his own
party. No man has worked harder
or more efficiently for his party than he,
and no mAn would be as popular L. the
dozen counties Of his district He IL very
popular in the upper counties and tour
oft1e lover ones would make him iire.
sistlbls. The Greenba.ksrs feel very
kindly toward him, as hr-hss done muca
toward harmon eng the el. ments CT dis
cord iu their own ranks and also in recon.
CLING the Differences between them and tue
Republ CANS.
"How about Morris?"
"Oh, don't think his candidacy is ser.
iously thought OF in any OF the counties ot
the district Peterson, OF the Cabell r.
publican, and White, OF the tSlqle Journal
hsvs undertaken TO nominate him, bu:
they have already found that they cannot
deliver the goods. Morris has no lihe,enr
strength. Richie county is not aolid Tor
him, and am told that msjoriry OF iis
delegates stand ready to g, over to the ire.
svailable man that the convention tevslopa.
Motifs has Been very acnye, ostsusibIy -
Chairman OF me Congressional Com mittee,
but In reality the sctivirJ waa in his OWE
oenaL. he is no strmrer and would cut 3
very sorry figure In hls appearances in the
various counties of his district"
| SOME OTHERS.
Judge Rednau, Il Mason county
is also deve!opiag considerable euensth
IN the middle counties and has
nc lnconsids1able following or the
aArks. he was = delegate to the
recsu. Republican National Convention,
and ia big osu locality stands very high.
He is farmer OF more than average ;ntelli.
gence and vim, and il he allova the use OF bis
name, He viii come into the convention
with good following.
The most prominent candidate in tfi4
ecd o! the district i1st nov is Sheriff
Charles B. Smith, OF Wood county. HIS
candiGscy is Of very recent dste but it is
already IN the nature OF hcon. Smith
Is one Of the most popular men in the
State and 1t will not De mst,ar OF surprise
70 pee him cas1y of the nomination.
| TH3 u!s:ISG LINK.
On the street near the Custom House
this evening encountered we'll known
politician who probably knows more sbout
the State than any man IN it. He was en-
saged in conversation Upon the very sub
jsct wished to question: hila 'shsG. sni
E-iaued: "
II have carefully though. over the mat.
ter Of the candidate for Con sress for this
dishict sId within the last four weeks
have visited the lower tier OF eounsies, aad
my carefully arrived At conclusion is that
DR.. 4. R Barbee, OF Mason county, csn gtt
more votes than any other man in the dis.
trict. I knew Blbee before the war and
he always Vas 8 gentleman. He has
certain magnetism about him t1at draws
To bin the people with whom he associates,
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convictions upon all questions. Il fellow
fools With him in d;scuEsion he viii and
sharp blade under his filth rib befJre he
knows il 4 candidate is wanted this year
who is brave in SONS other way than with
his mouth. Barbes knows how to talk and
has q good ssiz.d Zanzibar in his crag
which ia better still.
daRsSaACxgaa woRsaI. uI4.
The Grseuoacksrs aluost worship him.
I don't know why, but it is fact. He is
the only man who can divide the e1. Con-
tedera.e vote in the lower psr: Of the dis.
tic. with Gisaon, Is Gibson himself is an
ex Confederate and will undoubtedly be
the Democratic nominee. l believe Br.
bee can get as many Republican votes as
any ep1blicau candidate. Why shouldn't
he? For four years IL tta Ststs Senate his
every act and vote we're with the Rapcbli-
cans. He Is as much Of Re-
publican as ysu or I to-day. On
every question is this true, except
that Of Finance and iha Supreme Court
Of the United States ,has settled that for
eyer. can therefore geo no REASON yhy
our party cannot 1sits upon him to man.
he will, OF course, receive the solid Green,
back vote Of the district, which With ,hose
Of the Knights Of Labor will aggregate
probably four thousand. I:may reach five
thousand votes. Such vo:s will el. CT him
beyond snz doEht | an confident that il
he ia the candidate Is viii be ih,pass,n,u to
defeat him. II the Republican managers
are wise tand I think they are beginning tn
awake to the importaucs OF shs occssi0n)
shsy VII gee to it thst Dr.. Barbes is nomi-
nA,sdh ~ ~ 3 if5.y-i.i'-.5
Talking tonight abou. Sheriff Smiths
candid.cy Charles 7. Caldwell said III
Charlie Smith ia nominated l will do al! in
~ po ser to elsc. him, and itis;s uscos.
sary t*ili taxs the stump Sor him. He
would carry Wood county b ose thou
sand majority.
tisraa!, 81 the Slate Standard, thsGreen-
back organ says RI rtink Jonn Hu chin