The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-06-25
"A SPLIT
IN THE PROHIBITION RANKS.
The johnson Faction Borns a
Third Party,
And the Non. Partisan Wing Leaves
the Convention.
How the Scheme Of the Wire
Pullers Was Worked.
A Kiln.Dried Programme Arrang-
ed in P Parkersburg
Breaks The Grafton Convention
Nearly 1nHalt.
The seeeders Charge Bad Faith,
and Hit 1tHard.
They Take the Field on Their Own
Account.
A Lively Time Among the
Brethren.
The seceders Charge Bad Faith,
and Hit 1tHard..
They Take the Field on Their Own
Account.
A Lively Time Among the
Brethren.

they have separated into two distinct ele
ments. The separation is absolute. Til,
partisan Pronibitionists were uncompro
missing, immoyable. They listened iubi
lantly to arguments and exhortations il
behalf Of a Third Party. They had littll
stomach for anything from the othertide
The nom partisan men listened. and arguet
and plead. They begged that the causl
might not be injured by alternating thu
sympathies OF men OF the old parties
They thought the situation did notwarran
a new party. All TO no purpose.
rIoHrtsd TIE coxN1rfEE YIdnr oyER.
|. There had been aeven-honr fight IL
the Committee on Resolutions, and th,
msjority would not yield the Third PART
idea. Ike johnson, the official organ
grinder, had been thoughtful enough Il
grind out and furnish TO his friends.
platform which rayished the dictionary o
| is yituperatiye adiectiyes, knocked tht
rum-sellers into smithereens, and con
structiyely consigned to the torments o
the authorized version those misguided
persons VINO were aUt .iessuy " " tl'
whole length. Mr.. Atkinson had pune
tured these fine phrases OF extraya
ganee and had many Of them re.
yised out OF the Johnsonian edition; Prot
q. S. Fleming had given notice that nc
action Of the convention could draw hin
out Of fthe Republican party. In short
the real fight Of the convention had beer
fought ont In committee. It,was merely
amplihed In the whole pody, Win TINS IN
teresttng feature added, mat y oeVelopee
aprogramme Q cnt-and-dried, after the man
ner OF machine politicians OF the world.
70 born g Inlrd Party on inst spot u y
took the hiae on.
THE !ohSsoSs ON, ", 100. !, :,
1t had % %. me sonnson g, low NJ !.
decreed II. brothef DaYs va, mere WY =,
his hand on me .nloais. ntosnst u *
was there aistriDanag h.statoot, pass
ing round the nat ior more sloss1sap =.
scriptions to his organ, and smilng en-
eouragingly on Brother Dave. Brothel
Tom Baptist preacher had come up IRON
the peaceful valley oi the hanawha n
Join the militant family forces. Brothel
Okey was absent examining. OF
the manners and customs Of tht
Central Americana. Brother Dan was q
home figuring on nomination Tor Con
gress and fighting of the cut-worm. bu
brother-in.law Walker tBaphst preacherl
OF Cabell, and brother-ir-law " Garter lBap
hst preacher q Mo9apeosn p.os wsaai1 sSEoIg me,
tbs Raw Wast - virginia @ aI IEs johaoa, made u
Tor the absence Of any other members .
the family who might have filled TO con g =!
meet The johnson people G were ,i,e1n e9and "a. '
isnrsd ssvg INT INT siilI iII in i tbe fisld. -
=, we ,,,+T,r Ipn1 1cr,oA1. POLITICS
NV - -, A.. 'aa;n. ID. 7nyt ~ Rrotbe
1ne selohg poihs Mss pes - =, t0,s ~. :
Dave that there was nothing IN tne eau y
show that this convention was expectet
i 4. nm a row ,a,ty Brother Dave wa
" eet " " ..n y I, ~. tha Th;,,
crowded until ne aotn4.1eo ttiat .ne li4s ihtt'
Party idea was sort OF personal propert.
Of his Executive Committee. inats
trick" said some OF the other nde, an.
they added that II was not clean tr1el
nor was It much II any ABOVE q, me arts an!
wiles o. machine poatss i, sss me- iaSnsn, sn..e
;,saa men M psSn Snt s H. III tSe corsespondens
Itbey had not been taken into the John
sonian confidence. The confidence was a
the johnson side; s.,s le ,setIh Nv. o. ~ =
1s.ion Sssssns as. w4s wrspShsd 3 from from the bosses
i t''. n,sorsTrp opposIrIoy.
Tb. onnosit;on man were becoming resl
las Tbsv hsa boned for a eompronist
s' 4 a., -. ~ ;.aSa..h1a ,sto,r,;,,
nut at every sep tne tasA'ssple Setet =" '4 t y
alton OF the majority became more ar
parent. They were going to have a polil
\ ic.l ns,tv v;th an the apnurtenances. an,
psah;i;,;or De- ,n;sSt ta.e care ofitseif. See
;ns S,Sat nss ~ Sdm;nc M, Atkinson olfere
liz E rssoirt;on m1 Il, which IN advance relieve
n the imnntation q boiling any VIII
" ss,,,it s4S ascI;pei,o s.st an hosyd the Thir
pss.n sS;n n ~ johnson neonIe IN
rSSss,!,na5 ss sn what thew were DONG Il |
nseSa Hal IA that tb;s M resolntion would hay
psen % S;I,sJ ~ far ar n a later period the
sSowaS I % a %d;snosit;on 70 express thenl
ssIyss sIS"s ahort haItsTs but they ind close
sS.Sss sSn;s a,,s,s sSsre ,na,,.hs S ~ 80
sl4eti '1tf 9"4 t4V4s..o. V'st'
4 OUT on Ths Fl9'
AT last Il became evident that th
minority men were losing time in a iutil
4 conaict Raw. Mr. Lively. Of Marion