The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-16
THE BOURBON BRAVES
At THE CHARLESTON COUNCIL FIRE
Thr Sieh'm, IN Secret Caubeii-som. ef the War.
Iior, who 0pposs ths "aroat BoM"-Ihs Pipe
Of fftsc- hot kmtk.d bJ lii-Soms Nirusms
will bIsatk d btfors the Dance Il Over.


Sitcfa| biqdtch u The Inte1icenetr. &
CHARLESTON. W. Va, April 18th,
present prospects are that the convention
tomorrow will be the largest seen in .ht
State for years. Already nearly every
prcmiuen. Democrat. in W,B. Virginia Il
on the ground, and the few not here arc
expected. The steamer Chancellor arrived
al out one o'clock With delegates from all
over the STATE, most Of them embarking a.
p@keraburg. Senators Camden and Ksnna
arrived this morning, and have been in
consultation all day with Henry G. Davis,
Dave Leonard. Lsxis Bsker and number
OF delegates, JJhn McGraw, acting "a
door keeper Of the room into which dele
gates are admitted In two and threes.
"Bu',ermilk" Mason is here, but when
asked a prominent Dam9crat the obi oct o!
Aias,n's visit. he said whats the object O!
his existence l1.
MIR. G.bsl N came up from Huntington
this forenoon, and his opponent Hogy Is
also hese.
THE RoYs ON DECK.
All the candidatts for State offices are On
deck trcm L, Boyd Faulkner, Willis vii.
aon, J1e Miller to Superintendent West,
Dlrrah, Wayne Ferguson and Duffy, ol
Wels:.r, and several o:her candidates ior
Auditor. Frank Hereford and Nelse
Campbell! are here, and their presence
Ti.h that ol Gallagher, Wilson and other
prominent opponents Of the ':rine," is
looked up n as pron:sipg high CID times
in The coDYeatiop. Among other prc mi.
nent men here are Senators I.obban and
Van Meter, Judge brown, oi jackson, Col.
Roblnson, ol tie Baltimore l. OHIO rail.
road, George 7. Sargent, Henry S. Walker,
Sep, Hall and Me.s.s Fu!kerson and Gilke.
soD, OF the House Of Delegates. A Wneei-
ing Democrat said awhile sgD: The rail-
road has 70. lis by the throat, and decent
Democrats might as well 20 home" Ii
looks now as Ii the alleged ring would ,ri.
unph. ...
Col. Harris, snyder's opponent for the
Cotgrta;.ouat uomiua.iJp, is busy. It
l.ok= ss.lf theremalk of We'll known Dem.
ocrat WAS irue, ''.hat all the Candidates are
hers and all htrs are candidates"
NOVEL pLAlrvKM.
E1-sp;aser. Nj felt oropoes Platform on
which he thinks a.s Democrats caa LtAnd.
Firs:-There are clliets 10 fill.
Second-We want to ii them.
Hon. Chas James Fau.kner, ST., arrived
this evsHlpg in oppo i,ioI to the ring.
lie WAS also rsillo.ced by the arrival Of
Marsh Turner aud Hon. ,hn j. Dayis.
A fsht alu's as earnest IS that in the
Fist D!=ifir, between Lssis Baker aud
rholnss y i len, ia rSr'ug iu the Third
District between W. IL. Hosamaa aud
Frauk Hes. ford, aud S.pa,or VanMa.er
has the hardihood to orros, H.1ry G Da-
Wis for the position Of deies a,e-at-large in
the S.c9Id District. Dive L ,unard seems
to have q walk over Tor delsgale.at.large
from the fuuna i!is;rict.
THE n ssrs' nssLf To rnEyAIL.
Late Ihis evening it lcoks more and more
Ike Lewis Baker will be delegate at-large
from the FIs, D strict. Mersrs. Lively
and MlD.nsli srs sp,ksn Of for district
delegates from tbs Second D.s rict. It is
noI the srt:uyt mea! ior W. n. Clemens
to 20 ss delegate 8. large and Henry G.
Davis rs one Of the DIS ric1 delegates. The
dis:rc, cnnv .ntiohs all will b. held sf,er
the Sta's c,nvsn'iou. The !a::cr Sill meet
a. the OPERA uouse. ErSpeaker Mcilstt
was pposcn ct ~. temporary chairmsn,
but the committee t,uEd ht preferred to
take his cbancr- lur delegate al-lArsa, and
selcc:ea Jady= R. s. Brown Tor temporary
chairman. ws.p.