The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-02
C0N'yEN rY0N GRIPS.
INSIDE oFTutso.Y NIGHTS CAUCUS
40 o'""eS'd' '"' no Dlss,hslOr. no rroubie-Juds. MAJ
"s''' AomhlAasloa aha s.nsr.iIy Acceptable.
NmsetAsic DI,sa,lstAe,oa-Tho Atu.r..
t bic Organization Ia ncoi Coaaty. I,
corrapondtnet etln I,.t,iiQsnor,

:, erroneous idea relative to the proceedin
OF tho caucus thu. was held in the Cot
| Hou.e q. Pa.kersburg on last Tuesd
l night, Democrats and some few maico
tents, none Of either Of whom were pre-
ent, are indussrionsly circulating rspo
that tho scenes Of tha. caucu, were turb,
lent and at times violen!-in other Wort
were OF a model Democratic charscte
This report is false in the smallest detail
BY prearrangement the delegates me, /
caucus 10 take such preliminary steps a
would preserve their identity in the cor
vsnsion and assure an intelligent actio,
therein. This caucus soon assumed larp
proportions and In very short time wss
State csucus, over which the Hon. q d
Hubbard was called to preside. At tha
time 1t was pretty well demonstrated tha
many delegates were without settled plan
ss TO their luture action. In few instan
ces some counties had instructed tbei,
delegates in favor Of an endorsement OF III.
bockhsnnon ticket, while other delegates
came nntram:aolled. To reconcile differ
euces IN opinion and harmorizs COD Hic.
ing ideas was, therefore, the prime objec
OF this important gathering.
At the rtqueet Of gentlemen repreeentipt
cppoeibg views in the csucue, Mr.. G. W
A'kinaon, by way Of giving the discnss;o a
= start, told what had been done by The
Rsonhlican State Executive Comrn;ttee IL
nl1nct:on with the Green beck Labol
Com mttteo to bring abou. fusion oi Anti.
Bourbon forces. Mr.. E. P. Mccormick as
member Of the Republican C,mmi,tes.
and who had attended the Buckhanron
convention, told how be came to be there
VIVA! part be took, and why he thought Ii
Was advsahle 10 nominate Judge Maxwell
IN that convention. hr. McCo,mics
answered some Questions pat to him by
Colonel Blufick, Of kanawha, and placed
10 q different and mure acceptable li,h.
certain phases Of the preliminary arrange.
mtnt5. Go
THE lSTERcuANoEp IDEAS,
Inc addresses made .on tha. occasion
we've made not by the representative R ..
pub!icsns alone bu. by ell Republicans in
the room. These addresses were in the
nature OF an interchange Of ideas no. only
concerning the availasliity of candidate
but also concerning the plan Of the coming
campaign, and, in most instances, were OF
very beneficial character. Some OF the
more .prcmin1nt Republicans, euca az Col,
b1tsr!es, OF Caatl-son, Gap. D)vener, Of
Wheeling, 7. Fl. 3. S,aysers, OF Marion,
Col. G. W. Patton, CoL Davis, Of FAyeIts.
Capt. J. W. Ctacrsft snd oihsrs we're not in
'aTer ot Judge Maxwsll fcr tho head Of the
ticket, and gave as their reason for their
opinion that in their LEGALITY he had not ss
much ptrsnnal Strength gs either Col.
MtL.an or Judge Flick possessed.
OTHER cpiSloSs.
Ga the other hand Mr.. NJ. @. G, Church.
OF Wood county, urged his own very recsn,
conversation to the Amslgama!ion. HI
had from the beginning denounced, no,
tho ticket, but the manner OF it's nomina.
lt nod to him the appearance OF 40 ab.
sorption OF the Republican party BY 9
much smaller organization. He had, how
.,ve;, given the matter much cs.etul sttsn
non, together with great deal OF pati.n
II q 'Iry,. and after sitting it to til.
bo.tom be bad concluded, IN view Of al!
saa circumstances, that tbs B ckhannon
t.cxet ~aa the bes. possible solution of ths
problem. -
THE ISTELLIGsScER IDEA.
Alter the discussion had run over sew.
crsl hours in al animated aud good hu.
mored way, there were calls for Mr. Hart,
OF the lSrELLldEScER Mr.. Hart said in his
own jndgmen. the nomination Of Judge
Maxwell! at Backhannon was not g
wise one. More than that he
bad looked With mora favor on the
possible nomiuatioa OF one OF two @. three
other gentlemen who By reason OF location
would perhaps have given more strength tc
the head OF the ticker, but the convention
WAS confronted with the decisive TACT ths,
Under the circumstances neither OF these
gentlemen WAS in the f.!d. Itseamed to
bin from careful survey OF the situation
that msj j1rity OF the convention favored
the nomtnation Of Judge Max veil. This
~as great element OF strength in i'qel!
and Ia his ofn practical view the will
OF tho usj,rity within reasonable
bounds ought TO be absolute, this being
t 'undation OF party otgdn'z,:ion. Tnosa
who differed with the majority could &c.
qu,e6ce with good coincidence for the reason
tnat the preference OF the, msj j,rity fell
upon man OF nndoubsed + .publica nisn,
high character and marked ability; upon i
man VINO had borne himseli we'll in any
public stieo. Il was a ques,ion uos
whether this convention wouId weld
gracefully and kindly to the will OF the ms.
'1i,y or whether 1t would contest. the
ground and perhaps repeat the disgrscsfn]
scenes oi the Wheeling convention. There
~sa too mnch at stake to dis:rsc. the party
with ptohtlesa contention.
tha discussion was at all times instruct.
i've, and through it general idaa OF the
status OF the psrly in all the counties OF tie
State WAC obtained. There WAS no feeling
OF repu2nanos TO any Of the candidates
neither ware there any threats. OF boltios
them. Expadieucy was the matter under
consideration aud all discussion WAS from
tha! standp2int, and when the csucus ad.
turned nty one man who attended il re.
gre.tsd his attendance. ~
DISAPPOINTED DEMOCRATS.
II had been iordIy hoped BY the D,mo.
cratic press Of the Stats that the 'Bock han.
non ticke. would b discounteranced by
the convention, thereby producing schism
in the Republican party and zeintegra.
tion CT the Gfeenbackers. The endorse.
ment Of the Greenback nominations was
unauticipated and fell upon the Bourbons
"i'h crushing force. gaa
The presentation OF the name OF Col.
McLean on Wednesday was expsc.ed. Col.
Bu.rick snd other ksnawha valley Re,
pub.:cars ielt that Republican candidate
shculd come this yesr from locality thu.
Tnnid promise tbs creates. p:saibll!::ea
Col. McLsan has been strong adheven,
to the party and generous contribute. to
its advancement. He is intensely popular
in the Third and FJlrth distr;c!a, and in
virtue Of these qualities wss deemed by Col.
Buarick and other Republicans q very
assilsb!e man. The great N j ,r.y o. tn.
delegates thought otherwise and in their
srbl1ransnt the friends OF Col. Mclean