The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-21
THE FIRST DISTRICT
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
AsNtW aArlinaviile--Oaly = f.w Of ths Delegates
On tho drouhe-Jadxs Dtannon Says Tho
Rsopls ara Tired Of len Nilsou-Ths
slluA,ioa ono Of uac.rtainty. .0..
spleia, Correspondence ofue In.e.liceeer,

arc expected before E.orning. Dr.. Pendle
ton spent Tuesday ard part Of this morn
ing hero looking up bis interests. Il
thinks II Frame we're out Of tho way h
would DO apcsitive quantity in the contest
but with Frame on the track he is not 81
positive. Frame, he thinks, mars his pros
poets In the Panhandle, and with the Pan
handle solid the Doctor thinks he coule
readily attract enough vo!cs from othel
localities to nominate him. ia 8,s "
! "sep" Hall told me this evening that he
though ths isaue lies between Psndletou
and Brannon: Col Dan johnson, Nj. Hail
thinks, has Wetz,l county nearly Il not
quite solid. The status Of Col. Bsn Wileon
is as yet undeaued and until 1t is tho status
Of tho others Is problematical. -
Col. McEldowney says he Ia not able at
this time even to conjecture who will be
tho nominee. Every county, excsps Lswts
and Tyler, which are solid for Braunon
and johnson respectively, is mixed.
JUDGE BRAsNoN's IDEAS.
| found Judge Brannon seated on The
verandsh Of the Point House complacent.
ly contemplating the unloading Of some
forty or fifty kegs Of beer which the fore,
sight Of the proprieto. was preparing for
the thiraty delegates OF tomorrow. He said
unless some unlocked for diversion occur.
red he would certainly got the nomination.
"M1. Fame," he eaid, will have o follow
ing In B,axton which will come 10 me
wheo he drops ont. I shall bare Lewis,
Glimtr solid,- u portion Of Doddridgs and
Harrison and respectable iollowiI ~ in
nearly every other county in the district,
II Col. Wilson ia candidate i. will in
volve things little. Ha will have strength
both In Harrison and Doddridgs counties.
Why. he Is running, l don't know, His
running aeems to me like a io1lorn hope.
The people don't want him, They ara
tired Of bis guat and hurrah. o..
John J. Davis will not be candidate.
He thinks his county Of Harrison ia not
entitled to it, having already had it In one
ahspa or another for IA years. MI. Davis has
not been in good feather with his party for
many years and just now it'is becoming
reconciled TO him again. I think l shall
get the nomination. Tl.FT~ i
Colonel Dan Johnson came in this alter.
noon, and is even more confident than
Judge Brannon. It is conceded that he
has Tyler county solid, all but one OF two
delegates in We.zsl, Doddridgs nearly
unit, a large following in Harrison, and il
Newman is not candidate he will have
Marahall almost solid. II Professor Pen.
dleton is not candidate Mr.. johnson will
get majority Of his delegates. II looks
Just now as II Colonel johnson will be
fully as strong as any man on the first ballot,
and bis nomination is very likely.
Judge Frame is not regarded as a very
formidable candidate, and will drop ou,
alte1 the frat or second ballot.
Albert Lewis, OF Lewis county, will
place Judge Brannon in nomination. Hon.
John K. Donehoo. Of Hancock, will do the
same service for Colonel johnson. 8 -
The convention will be- held in the new
mill just erected by Nuzam L. Shumau
below the creek. II is barely large enough
10 contain the delegates. =
NEWMAN AS 4 DARK HORSE,
Hon. L. S. Newman, of Mar5hall county,
arrived here this morning. He says he is
IN the field with Marshall county at his
back and strong contingent in other
counties. Newman sayahe is sure to win,
IS the other factions are so atrong primarily
hat when the break comes he will be the
bsne fciary. 0
Col; stcen Thompson, Of Marshall county,
came in with Newman. He scys Wilson
will be nominated. He also ssya that VII.
ION is really candidate and will make
he Fight in. earnest il nominated. E
Newman's candidscy involves Johnaon's
chances and enhances Beannon's.
a strong effort will be mada by some Of
he Ohio county delegates In the morning
. hand the entire county over to Wilson.
Charlie Behler and Coione; Hearne are ct
me head Of the movement. It 10 hardly
likely that they will Ee ablo to deliver tbs
sooda, aa there is deep.neated feeling In
Ohio county that Wilson played Good falae
IN his race for the same, position two yesrs
ago. .,.s c.s.u.