Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-06-20
CAMDEN OFF FOR EUROPE,
On the Eve of His Departure Over
the Pond Our Senior Senator
TALKS FREELY ON STATE POLITICS.
West Virginia viii Go Democratic by an
Increased haiOrip---Cleyeland Leading
as the Presidential Candidate
Political SpeculatiOns.


WASHINGTON, June l9.-Senator Cam
den, of West Virginia, has gone to New
York City, and viii sail from there for
Liverpool on Saturday The Senator goes
abroad for six weeks recreation after his
long and labOriouS congressional career
during the past session. The Senator'S
connection with some of the most important
committees in Congress has involved him
IN . vast amount Of heavy work and in ap-
Peorsnee he looks careworn and much
In Need of Rest.
On his arrival in England he will 90 at
once to the continent to Join his wife aud
daughter. who have been abroad for year.
The Senator expects to return to this coun-
try during the first meeting in August and
at once take an active part in the cam
paign in West Virginia.
An hour or two before leaving here he
said TO your correspondent at the Arlington
Hotel: Since the Saratoga Convention
the indications point very strongly to the
nomination of Governor Cleveland at Chi
cagO as the Democratic candidate for Presi-
dent
Ifhe is chosen his election will be as
sured by the active and organized sup
port OF
The Many Thousand Independents
in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts
and Connecticut With an Indiana or Ohio
man on the other end Of the ticket, the for
mer State will be certainly Democratic, and
tile latter in doubt do not think Cleve-
land the only man we can elect, for there
are other candidates who would run equally
as well as the Buffalo statesman. | speak
of Cleveland because he is, perhaps, the
most talked of candidate today in the
field
What is there in this loud boasting Of
the Republican leaders that they are 60
ing to
Carry West Virginia
in October and November asked your
correspondent.
Such statements have no foundation in
fact rs will be proven by future events.
As West Virginia is the only October State
besides Ohio, the Republicans would like
very much to carry it at the first election,
and some of them are ignorant enough to
SllfbSt II Ntil DCtlOtltb ltt tAAl llClll Va
the Dorsey methods so successful in lndi-
ana in October of 1850
West Virginia is composed of that ster-
ling old Democracy that cannot be bought
and sold, and such an imputation as that
cast upon the State by the Republicans will
be resented by the honest and sturdy old
yeOmanry West Virginia will 90 Demo
cratic by the usual majority of $4,000 or
more. Indeed, Tthink the majority will be
greatly increased this year, owing to the
large number Of
Young Men
through the State who are taking an active
interest in the party of progression and re-
form. am very much interested in the
West Virginia campaign this year and shall.
upon nv return, do all in my power to as
sist in carrying on an aggressive and thor
ough canvass Of.the State in behalf OF the
Democracy. | think the Wheeling conven-
ton of July 23rd will act wisely and put
very strong ticket in the field. lam much
pleased with the political situation, both
State and National and think the prospects
for Democratic success were never brighter.