West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-04-03
A REPUBLICAN,
POLITICIAN RUS HIMSELF
on RECOD AS A GUEssEa.
WILL HIS PREDICTIONS CONE
TRUE. Is TUE QUESTION To BIZ
ANSWERED n 1890.

How is the politics. horz,u p We
the query asked a lucsl politician bY TINS
ARGUs reporter
Everything sailing smoothly II preseu'.
We bear a great deal - chin music ems
nating from the sins and 'vuls.' Locally
speaking, they are seitirg the pine Tor
four years from now, said the man Of
politics.
'Wb' Can you give the public an In
light 10 this wire pulling and setiii up
81 pins p
well, don't claim the gif, of prophe-
cy, bu, want To be put ON record ~ q
GU sser. You Democrats we're sway az
in the fourth key Of elysium. az /, were,
10 the late campaign. You bad al idea
you would d, feat Uucle Smith Crane, Ut
you have learned by this time that he got
there Eli
what has that g I to do with your pro-
phecy7
L am conf, g 10 that. The big fight
will come eft November, 1890. We bav,
several aspiring young men, who believe
they Can ill Uncl6 Smith shoes tic, ly
Among the number lind my younP
friends, John +. Stuck and Joseph ii
Hawthorne. But John has the cell on
Joe, as the light iogered gentry If the
green table would say. 1t is no secret
that Stuck has been promised the uomin-
alton the next time. just after Uncle
Smith wes nominated, and tue crDven-
ton u urned, the leaders went TO Stuck
aud told HIM if be would give the ticket
his undivided support he could have the
nomI nation in $780,
If the compact is carried out Stuck will
have a walk-over p
Hold on. on are too fast. While
am about it l night as WILL give you a
Little unwriten history of the late cam
| paign. You Democrats had VI, pretty
badly scared IN this county We held q
council OF war to discuss the withdraw wal
of Uncle Smith, and substitute some one
/ who would be acceptable 90 both factions
AS we were about To take a vote on the
withdrawal of Crane, Joe Hawthorne a.
rose, and with laundering eloquence and
| fl ,shing eYes, said Gentlemen II will
never do in this overwhelming Republi-
can county to Withdraw Mr.. Crane! We
have git 20 whip those stubborn and
kicking X publioans into the traces some
time, and we might as well whip them 10
now AS any other time [ for one am
heartily in favor If applyi the lash 20
the unruly aud stubborn faction aud
make them come inside the traces
1t fell Ike n clap of thunder on up. We
all agreed that joe was right aud we forth
with applied the party lush, WITH What
# CT the vote speaks for ITSELF
Did youainform Uncle Smith f what
had taken pac, p
Not exactly, but we Kent to him and
told him we thought it would lelp his
condiG4cy if he would come out ia a card
10 the Journal stating thtt if The people
would elect him this time he would not ask
the Office again. Uucle Smith, asuming the
altitude of the good Samaritan, said 8;
Gentlemen. Il has always been the am
bition of my life TO die in cfficO Don't
try TO deprive mc oil that blessed consyl,
ton Ii l am alive six years from now.
and have my usual good health, / Will be
candidate for reelection NJ, I can
never write such cardl' This fell Oh
us like wet blanket. We didn't know
what to say or do. We concludes, how
ever, to let him run the gauntlet and we
would try and st.lve him when the SIX
years rolls arouud.'
Well, what is the situation ? Which
OF the trio will get the nomination 2
There's where 1 want to tie out on
record as guesser. Set it down in your
memorandum book that John f. Stuck
will get the nomination, with Joseph Fl
Hawthorne good stccnd aud UDcle
Smith will run as an independent aud b,
! elected
IHE ARGUS takes pleasure in putting
the Republican seer On record, believing
the Grand Ga Party will verify his Pre-
/ diction.