Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-08-31
wEsT VIRGINIA PUZZLE.

People at washington wondering What
Gen. Gotr wN Do About 1.-THE spesa-
latiOns.
CINCINNATI, August 3o.--The Enquirer
publishes the following:
West Virginia Republicans in Washing
ton are very curious to know now whether
General Nathan GoH; who was rcuomin-
sted for Congress by the Republicans OF
Wheeling district, yesterday, is going to &C
cept or not. He was here last Saturday,
and assured every person that asked
him about it, that he would not be
candidate again under any circurnstsRees.
l met him in front of the Ebbitt
House Saturday afternoon and asss'd hzm
pointedly if he was going to be caadidate'
He as pointedly said that he would not be-
that he could not accept under any crcum-
stances. | then asked him if l could says 80
in my dispatches to the Enquirer. Gen:
Gof then walked with me to the curbscone
of the pavement and said that if desireeto
say anything in my dispatches ! could say
that he was not candidate, would not be,
and could not accept the nomination under
any circumstances.
Later in the evening | met him at the
Enquirer Bureau and told him that had
written an interview with him which in
tended to send to the Sunday Enquirer. /
read it over 10 him, and he said: "You
have got it Just right; that is about what |
said" Notwithstanding those statements, |
made to different parties, General Gof was |
renominated By scclamation and there is |
consequently much interest here as to how |
he will treat it. 1t is gossip here that he is |
afraid to run because of enemies |
he has made among Republicans |
in opposing the removal Of Mr.. Rich |
ards, the present postmaster at Clarksburg,
General Goff s home. Richards, 1t is said, |
is very obnoxious to majority of the Re
pubGcans of the district and the State, and |
his removal has been demanded, but Gotf |
has alwas stuck to him and prevented his |
removal, and has lost some of his popular |
ity in consequence. Richards, it is said, |
prints kind of an independent Republican
paper at Clsrksburg and in it he has said
some things about certain prominent Re
pubicans of the State and citizens Of
Clarksburg which have done much toward |
increasing his unpOpularity.
Itis Not Modesty, After All.
Again it is said that the duties Of Rep,
IeSentative are not cosgenial TO General
Go!f that he has Senatorial aspirations, and
is anxious to succeed Mr. Camden in the |
United States Senate, if the Republicans
can elect the next State Legislators, which |
West Virginia Republicans profess to be,
leve is not at all improbable. He would,
however, in such an event have to antagon-
ize Mr. a. W. Campbell of the Wheeling
IuteIligencer, who, it is also said, has the
Senatorial itch. Campbell is the man that
had the bout with Roscoe Conkling in the
National Republican Convention some
years ago, and believe was candidate for
United States Senator once before some
ten or twenty years ago.
Gen. Gof it is said, affects to be tired Of
Office He has been on the Government
nav roll almost continuously since the close
of the war. II will be remembered that he
was member of President Hayes Cabinet
during the last ten months of the Hayes
administration and an effort was made to
induce President Garfield to retain him.
Those that dislike Gen. Goff say that after
he became Cabinet officer he got the big
head and that he has not been the same
man since.
One of these said to your correspondent:
When General Gt f was appointed Sec
retary of the Navy was glad Of it. said
10 our friends out home that what we most
needed in Washington was some prominent
West Virginia Republican leader, and for
that reason did what could to boom his
appointment, and we were highly elated
when President Hayes sent his nomination
10 the Senate to fill the unexpired term of
Secretary Thompson. Then we thought that
it would give some ofthe Younger workers OF
our party chance to fill the office of District
Attorney, which commission General Gof
reEnuuished to accept the Cabinet position.
There were number of worthy and compe-
tent young Republican lawyers in the State
who had done good work that should have
the place. But when General Garfield was
inaugurated and Gof was left ont Of his
Cabinet. and he went back home and again
accepted the District Attorneyship, which in
the meantime had been left vacant, after
having filed the exalted position of cabi
net officer, in place of giving it to some
Younger worker in the party, that settled the
leadership question with me, and then
and there weakened on (ioff