The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-23
The TENT PITCHED
And Here We are Again, Mr..
Mcrryman. :.
A Strictly Moral Circus In Seven
Rings a.
And the only Elevated Platform
Now In Use.
Ten Monster shows, Including q
Hipp0drome
And q MegAtheriam Menagerie
with Several Elephants.
The Ring Masters and Clowns vie
with Each Other
10 Entertain the Assembled Mul.
,,, t.g titude.
The Animals Begin to Wall
Around, the Band Begins to
Play. ~

To the observer who doean't care whetht +
school keeps or not 1t looks as though vii.
son is beaten and Faulkner can be nomi.
mated. Wilson's own friends admit. d
last night that while their man had made a
splendid fight he had fought agains fear.
ful odds, and would probably go down.
They explain that some Of Wilson's SUP.
por. hss been seduced away from him and
more bulldozed by the Faulkner people.
They say that Wilson's delegates
have had to come at their own
expense, while Faulkner's friends had all
the railroad transportation they wanted.
They tell Of eleven Wilson men from
Nicholas county who were caught on the
train in Faye:ts and turned bsck by the
blandishments Of tho Faulkner tolke, leay.
ing the Nicholas delegation in Faulkner's
hands. Fanlkner's friends are Claiming
$50 on the tirst-ballot. They give Wilson
about 100. The Wilson men claim $50
and ssy that Faulkner is breaking. Hay
mond is put as high as 142, but he proba.
bly, hiss lees. FAnmeser'a figures hover
around hundred. ...E
FOR AUDITOR. 81 80
All the candidates for Auditor are, or
pretend to be, still confident. The general
impression Of disinteressed observers is
that Cam. Thompson, Capt. Has!er and
Superintendent West will ba the fosmida.
BILE contestants. Many leave Mr.. West out
OF the dshi, while about ss many bslisvs
that Mr. West and Mr.. Hasler will fight it
cut between them. Mr.. Thompson's friends
clAim still that he ia surs winner.
For State Treasurer the general impres
sion is that General Todd new has little
show. l: seems 10 be generally conceded
that ALI Caldwell ia the coming man for
Attorney. Ganeral, in which. cass Of course
all other Ohio county candidates may draw
of. The appearance OF new Richmond
in the field last night in the person OF Col.
onel Alex Monroe, Of Hampshire county,
gave rise 10 new complication among tho
aspirants for this ciiiee. What his chances
are it ia yet too early to tell.
scME rosslBLx DEMONSTRATIONS.
A RESOLUTION has been prepared to de.
nouucs the State administration with
special -slersnce to the reassessment and a
drive at the Supreme Court. Then there
was resolution to dsrounoe the Register
lor der oancing the party. These rasoIu.
tions were talked about and played one
sgaiust the other in little game Of bluff.
Finally word wss passed around that no.
body would be denounced, and everything
would be harmonious. But thtre is plen-
ty Of material on hand Tor a row, aud
the prospect is good. Neither ulde
will take much from the other, Rnd the
sides are we'll defined. The feld is against
Faulkner, Baker and kenrs, stirred up by
tho recent article in the Re9istsr, md the
feeling is that this is good t,ms TO 'buat"
that ring. These gentlemen, on the other
hand ,"nave got it in" ior the State admins.
t1a,ion, and anybody who trains with that
outfit. The Faulkner men are likely. to
puah for a nomination to-day, aud il the
Issue is joined there the fur may ay.