The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-12-10
HERE'S A H0WDY-D0!
STATUS OF THE posroFFIcE FIGHT
At ParksrsbnrE-COufu.l Worse Con.
fOuudSd-ThO Election Programme
ouashod by the COmmittee-How
the Scheme was Being Worked.

: The latest from Parkersburg in relation
to the postofTice fight in progress at that
point is Of somewhat startling nature.
Merry mischief is being raised on all
hands and there's "a pretty howdy.do'
generally. In Monday INTELLIGRScER the
fact was reported that in order to settle
,, the trouble that was hoverinS over and
! threatening to fall on him with the force
! OF q pile.driver, Senator Camden had call
, ed 10 his aid the Democratic Executive
Committee Of Parkersburg, and they had
decided to hold a popular election, the
man receiving the highest number OF
votes at this election to also receive the
commission as postmaster. II was on Sat
urday evening that tho announcement
was made that an election would be held
on Saturday, January 0, aud four candi-
dates were named to be voted for.
The committee rs appointed last year
consisted Of A. n. Williams, j. B. Dor.
sey, L. B. Dellicker, O. @. Martin and +.
Jenkins. w. J. Hill was appointed but
would not have it, and John B. Dorsey
was appointed as his substitute. The
election notice was signed by only @. O.
Martin and F. Jenkins, OF the committee,
and Col. w. ]. Hill. 1t appears that Mr..
Delliker, who is chairman Of the commit.
tee, and Mr.. Dorsey, knew nothing Of the
conference with Senator Camden or had
the slightest inkling Of the scheme until
they read the notice for the election, pur-
porting to come from their committee, in
the State Journal Of saturday. The candi-.
dates named in this notice were, first,
All N. Williams, who is understood to
be CAmden's iAVoEite for tho postotiice,
aud to whom he would give the plum
we're 1t not that he fears that such pro-
ceeding would call down on him the
curses Of generations yet unborn, and it
will also be observed that Williams is
member OF the committee; he was also re-
Gently defeated ,afterHpending about 81, 800
trying to be Sheriff OF Wood county.
Second in the list OF candidates named,
was r E. Horner, editor OF the Seniincl-
q ba-ad man with ba-Gd eye when fool
ed with; then there was j.. @. Nash,
Democrat Of the vintage OF 1900, and P.
D. Gambrill, "a.Democrat.all-my-iife"
aspirant.
1t is reported that tho manner in which
the heather ragged and uttered vain things
all day Sunday and Monday Was awful.
This tumuIt coming as it did alter pain
ful silence OF nine months, during which
time each candidate secretly imagined that
he had the office dead sure" made the
racket all the more noticeable. There
we're groaus, hisSes and curses in Demo-
cratic circles, and candidates who had
been ignored by this wonderful, seli-Con.
stituted committee cracked their heels as
they pranced and declared that the rising
OF the sun on January 8 would find
them and their friends ut the polling
places and there they would remain until
the going down OF the same. The scenes
inthe forum Court House square are said
TO have been wildly picturesque. As time
few on new candidates spraug up like the
weeds Of the night, until Monday noon
found the following named in line: Mrs.
Walter s. Sands, Mrs. Mary L. Murphy,
Miss Lettie Stinchcombe, A. N. Williams,
L. N. Logan, r. f. Horuer, ]. O. Nash, P.
D. Gambrill, Thomas Murphy, /. @. Neale
and Charming N. Smith, OF the hIder
''and Others"
In the meantime it was given out that
Horner and Gambrill would mover consent
to the election scheme. Horner' runs
newspaper that has on numerous oCcas-
ions proved itself capable OF becoming
very sharp and large sized thorn, and
therefore it was necessary thGt something
must be done to undo what had already
been done.
Then also, the members OF tho commit
tee who had not been consulted were max
ing something Of q disturbance. The re-
suit was, that late on Monday evening
manifesto was issued, this time from the
true fountain head, quashing the where
ases and resolves OF Saturday. This was
followed by another riot and all was not
lovely. Major L. N. Logan was q
candidate not recognized in the
famous order Of Saturday. AS soon as
he saw that no notified Senator Camden
that he was in the field; that he came
from family OF braves that had stayed
with the senior Senator in all his politi-
cal rackets and now to be cruelty deserted
was more than he or his friends would
stand they would make 1t deuced hot for
some one at the polls. Now this chance
being knocked in the head, Logan tasted.
blood and sought to lay waste some one
or something.
And now the Republicans smile and the
Democrats cuss; all cusS-the kid'gloves,
the bone and sinew, the moss.backs, the
young bloodB, the JaCksons, the Camdens,
etc., etc., and 1t is said the unauimity and
good will with which 1t Is all done is very
cheerful. Tie general feeling ia that there
should have been an electian held. AS
matters now rtand the responsibility Of
choosing successor TO Hon. G. F. Scott
Is again placed on the shoulders. OF Senator
Camden. A Senator's lot is net happy
one in such times as these.