The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-05
PARKERSBURG POINTS
sTucklNTo ANINrrLLlaINcEaMAN

D rhs faesioaai War AID ths Combl.Aat, on Bo,
: Slider, rossthsr With sAs Causes Of Strife.
The PlstseraeI u the tswa-A B.as,
, tifai CITY With Great Possibilities.
2 speelal corrapondeaet Of ne Ia.eitGHesr.
PARkKRsBuRo, July 4.-The line Of dc
marcation between the Camden and Jack
son factions Is plainly discernibls not onl.
in this city but in the entire Fourth dis
trict, and visibly 60 in the other three
The first test Of strength was made few
weeks ago in the Wood county Convention
when r. E. Horner was defeated for tenn
perary Chairman by W. Jeremiah Hill, q
very pronounced Camden man. L. F.
Tavenner, the Jackson candidate for Proc.
ecutinR Attorney, also felt the results cl
his affiliations in defeat before another
convention for the nomination. Horner
was again laid out in very graceful style
BY the anti.Jacksonitea in . Council fight
for the city sergeantcy few days ago.
These little details Of course have little,
II any attraction to the general reader, but
they are merely 'poinsers" to the
great struggle Tor the succession
to Senator Camden's seat two years
hence at Charleston. This struggle Is
predcated OF course upon the possibility
OF Democratic cohesiveness at tha: time.
While the Camden element Ii developing
considerable incip:ent strength the Jack.
sons are not allowing themselves to go by
default" Msjor W. W. jackson "by the
terms Of preliminary settlement will be the
editor Of the Sentinel which this week
passed into the hands ofs stock company,
and as such will be able in very large
degree TO take care of his father, the
present Goyernorot this State. { OF course
the presence Of Col G Gorge W. Thompson
indicates Camden precedence to some
extent, but the figures show thatit is to
very "undangerous" extent to the Jackson
element --..-.s---.-
Camden has recently had q very strong
and permanent reinforcement In the &C.
quisihon OF the Caldwell Lsonard firm
which heretofore had sustained q sort of
neural relation to the opposing factions.
Caldwell ia lighting Judge John jackson,
on account OF All old grudge, and is now
gathering evidence to support certain
charges he made against him some weeks
ago. De 5ays he has been more than once ap.
proachet to withdraw them and to resume
friendly relations with the clan but hs init.
mates q possibility Of Hadean congela,ion
before be will throw up the sponve Csld-
wells name was recently stricken irnm the
roll OF lawyers practicing in the Unised
States Court at the instance of Judge
jackson, who said that he did s, at CaId
wells own request, and Caldwell saws be
made it because of An arbitrary" ruling
Of the Judge. -1rg' -
a.. LEoSARD's LOSSES. l& (
4Lsonard, the less pugnacious but more
determined member OF the hrm, comes
into the fight to gst square with Judge
James Monroe Jackson, of the Parke.s
burg circuit, who prevented him from re-
ceiving the nomination for Congress two
Yeas ago, when Eustace Gibson got it.
Both jackson and Leonard made careful
canvssses of the new district and each had
tjusta hattering show OF SUCCESS but neither
would yield 20 the other and the gentle
man from Culpeppah" got it. Leonard al
go sapirsd to the nomination for Attorney
General hut received 10 aid or comfort
from the Jacksons, and to this day be en-
Joys no political honor. The Democratic
members OF the Paskersburg bar are d.
yided up between the facions but few OF
them have much to say. The Jacksons, as
a rule, are talented men, and have all at
tained to positions OF trust and distinction
in the State and the United States. Judge
John Ia not thought to be ambitious for
himselt but would like to aid and ahet the
attempts OF his younger brothers in their
efforts TO improve upon their pre5ant po-
sltions. Governor Jacks s)n has bad eve
upon seat in the United States Senate,
while Judge Mon" has not been discour-
aged at Gibsou's SUCCESS, and it is said
would like to step, by al easy efort, from
| Gibson's seat to one in the United States
Senate foar yeals hence. -.
TIE CAMDEN CONSOLIDATION.
On the other band the contest is what
might be termed plutoeratic one. John
BON N. Camden came to Parkereburg many
years ago very Indifferent lawyer, bu. a
shrewd, sagacious business MIN. He was
one Of the first to become fortunate in oil
spesulationa and then as an oil rehner. Bv
q combination with the Standard be soon
became Immensely wealthy and By asso.
citation W. P. Thompson, W. n. Chan.
cellor and others, also ''rofs suddenly to the
top" Camden vaa rich man fifteen
years ago, and even then aspired to the
Gubernstorial nomination. The Republi-
cans and goodly number OF disa fI.ctsd
Demccra,s were able to defeat him, and he
dropped out Of political sight for awhile.
He kept ont Of Henry G. Davis way at the
ensuing Senatorial contest and patiently
awaited the termination OF Frank Here.
ford's s,arless career, and in 1851 dis.
placed him. As Senator he has made a
respectable record, but in no sense coz.
spicuous one. His speeches sppesr At
irregular intervals in West Vir.
giniAbsck counties among the SEN
ate reports, ana attract their
modicum OF comment. He is ambitious to
be his own successor and in the event of
Democratic longevity-he will be able to
10 SO. He has the means to compass the
event and will uae them. Besides Senator
Camden's political career, however, is his
local reputation which Is very good. Hs
has done more than any one ma to Tor.
ward Paskersburg's interests and also those
Of West Virginia. He is liberal in his
subscriptions to all projects that are started
in Parkersburg, and no man could be
found there (beyond his oil competitors) to
say sught againet him. He prof jscted and
Ia very large degree built the Clarkahurc
L Weston rosd and lat,erly the Weston {
Buckhannon road. He is also interested
in the movement to extend this narrow
gauge system from Weston through the
, counties, intervening between it and tbs
Ohio River in Jackson county at Ravens:
wood. He has also in contemplation the
construction OF line from Cla'ksburg tc
the Oaio River to inteIceptthe Ohio R vel
) road either at sistersvills OF New Martins
vile. -7 e e ~ ~ -,
!, ~ i. An ABLE MAN.
The ablest man OF the plutocracy is Col