The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-30
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, Sees Treble the Number Of People Present
! Than Were Actually On Hand-Tho Fac !;
tlonnl Fights In Lewis County-son,c
Interesting Political literature. Y
Correspondence Of ihe IntellIpenetr. III -
WEsroN, W. Va, September 2S.-Fronl
tho careless manner in which the CORES.
pondcnt Of the Register Of tho oOth inst.
handles figures relative 10 the number Of
persons present ut the Democratic barbe.
cue Ind here on the cath, NIL with ono
accord decided that tho writer must Ger.
tainly be tho same gentleman who recent.
ly addressed u Cleveland and Hendricks
club at the Sandfork school house in this
county, in which address ho stated TINT
one Of the great achievements Of tho
Democratic party WIS the suppression Of
the Rebellion, us that grand old party had
furnished l5O,O0O,O00 OF soldiers for
the Federal army. We. viii not M
charge ttlat this eXtravasant use OF
figures Is done for tho purpose OF wiliul
misrepresentation, but that 1t is probably
tho result Of optical delusions. lie had
tho honor OF being chosen by tho Demo.
cratic Executive Committee us n Lewis
county school house orator, and rs Ills
audiences probably never numbered more
than twenty-five 1t Is not surprising TINT
his pupils were dilnted or that he was the
subject Of an attack Of tho disease termed
by occulists to be opia or double sighted.
ness. Deliberate, cool and reliable Demo-
Gratis estimated the crowd at from 1000 10
$500, und all must confess that the crowd
was unusually large for. Lewis county, but
i was extensively advertised for a long
time IN Lewis, Harrison and Upshur
counties. DySome means the correspondent
got the figure "G' materinlxel in isbrain
and i Was 5000 people and GOO majority
and ~" al inGniium. It is moro than
likely TINT il he had referred to the Dem.
ocrats in the Federal army mt flint time
there would have been GOOO0O, 900 instea,l.I
OF 100 ,000, 900. There was one Thing above
all evident, that his Democratic candi-
date for Congress, who is, in fact, free
trader and don't know A from Il on the
tariff question, did not on That occasion
show that he had accomplished his work
Of breaking up the id Camden ring"
Senator j. n. Camden was honored with
the clairInansllip, and nearly all of Tie
chiefs OF the day were men OF tho so.
called Camden faction. There has not
been for years big Democratic demon.
strltion in this section that was not
pushed forward by the id corrupt
Camden ring" 1t has always been the
living moving element, and J.,N. or some
Of his friends always pilot the craft,,
THE CHAMELEON CANDIDATE.
The would-be Congressman Tor any.
thing else he can gct) is not only change
able on the tariff question but his mind
undergoes wonderful changes in cstima.
ting the ability Of men. When Senator
Camden was n candidate for Gubcrnatorial
honors against J. J. jacobs Brannon was
loudlyin favor OF Camden and considered
him thoroughly qualified and eminently
fitted for that position, but after Camden
snatchcd from him Senatorial honors he
(Camdcn) was suddenly transferred into
state Of total depravity and became n
id imbecile." Drannon's opinion of
the Democratic party Of this district Inns
undergone wonderful change in the last
two years, MS will be seen by reference to
an interview prior to the Democratic Con-
sressional Convention twoycais aeo which
was reported in your paper. Then he
sad that the Democratic party OF this
First district had become so corrupt that
1t required corrupt means and the use OF
money to secure a nomination ut their
hands. A premium of $50 to the Demo-
crat who will solve this problem. Has
the Democratic party reformed and be-
come pure and undeGlable, or las John
Brannon retrogradcd and become corrupt
and corr,lptiblc? The solution must be
given before the State election.
1t was stated by correspondent in your
paper recently that Weston was the center
Of a multiple factional division, all antur-
onizing John Brannon, and VIC think TINT
when the fncts causing this bitter warfare
against him are known all will concede
that he is only rcapins the harvest lie has
sown. In tho first place every one in this
section knows that John Brannon's greed
and selfisllness for political honors has
been 50 great that he has decapitatel his
own brother, Judge Henry Brannon,
whenever it lay in his power to do so,
fearing that llenry's elevation would
lessen his chances for future fame. It is
well known that it was through the inilu-
cnce OF John Drannon that Judge Henry
failed to get the nomination for the Su-
preme bench at the Inst Democratic State
Convention. lie was heard say that "By
Cd Henry was always in Ills road"
NOT DAVID AND JONATHAN IN THEIR LOVE,
It is no wonder that Hon. ]. M. Den.
nett's love for him is not akin to that OF
Damon and Pythias. Bennett was once
upon time candidate for State Senator,
and BranIlon helpedto get up a delegation
from this county to defeat him, and paved
$40 to help dcfray the expense OF that
delegation 10 the Philippi convention.
and after his defeat thinking that his
tracks were forever concealed voluntarily
told Benefits friends that lie was on:
posed to the clandestine manner in which
the delegates acted. This was ut a timo
when Lewis county might hive succeeded
in having Weston in the list for tho
Capital,a and many Of the citizens here out
side Of the, Dennctts have not forgiven
Brunnon to this day. When Hon. A,
Lewis was n candidate for tho State Senate
Brannon secretly sought his friends and
urged them togo to Buckhannon and de-
feat him, stating TINT he belonged TO tho
"d-d Camden Ring" &c., and ought TO
be beaten. ~ i,s.s- /, I; l7sfst.i- -; i ~
Brahnon made a public attack on Judge
7. a. Edwards on account Of his friend
ship for the Camdens, and threatened to
cane him, calling him a Odd scoundrel."
lie sought the advantage OF n closing
speech in n criminal case in which W. i.
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