The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-04-08
STATE POLITICS.
TaH CONGRESSIONAL ooNTEsrs.
The FAotiOual Fight in the Third District
AgalaSt snydOr-A Monkey aud Poll
Parrot Time Expected iu the
Second District Convention.
SPECIAL Correspondents u M hieRigaur,

SPECIAL Correspondents Of he hielliganT,
WAsHISdToN, d, O.. April 8.-Judglng
from the character OF the news your
correspondent has received from the State,
the political cSuldron Is not beginning
the boiling process in a manner entirely
satisfactory to the Democracy, The cit.
uation in one or two Congressional dis
triCts, and in many Of the counties, where
warm legislative contests are to take
place, isgrowing beautifully prscarious
as "the flowers that bloom in the spring"
make their appearance,
Down in Phil snyder's district (the
kanawhs country the fight is growing
very interesting, A gentleman who is
travelling in the State, and who has been
in Washington for week past, tells me
that the feeling Of opposition 70 Mr,
Snyder is increasing among the free trade
element, which largely Composes the
anti. Camden faction, The Gentleman
tells me that 1t is tOollshness, however, to
suppose that this faction comprises a
majority Of the Democracy. "The people
OF the Kanawha region" said he, "aEe lar
In advance OF where they were awhile
back. The tariff was discussed some
there during the last campaign, and the
people,whoare an intelligent reading class,
are not only thoroughly posting them.
selves upon the great question, but are
realizing that in the continuance Of pro-
tective tariff lies the hope OF West Vir.
ginls, and its great Kanawha Valley in
particular"
THE STATE HOUSE RING.
There are, l understand from another
gentleman from that section, a few free
trade theorists Of the John ]. Davis and
Jim Mason variety, who have taken Il
into their heads that Snyder, who has the
practical welfare Of his district at heart,
is mtSTepresenting his constituency in
poaing as proteCtionist. At least, this is
the reason they give for their opposition
TO him: The real reason, however, seems
70 be that he does not ring In with the
State House crowd, and they have deter.
mined to down him with the balance OF
the Camden ring, The candidacy Of Har.
ris Tor snyder's place, Is favorably smiled
upon, understand, by Governor Windy
aud his cabinet. Harris is q free.trader
and an anti-C Camden man. johnson Ia
not an uncomfortable factor in the little
race. Anderson, who some time since was
much talked Of, has vacated the field, and
Will not allow his name to be used. Sny.
der's hope Is that Harris and johnson will
so divide the opposition vote as TO make
It possible for him 10 slip In on the first
ballot. Henry s. Walker, present seCre.
tary OF State and former Public Printer.
ex-Candidate for U. s. Senate, once a
Greenbacker, now an anti. CamdenCrat, Is
Of tho opinion that Snyder Is a mild Casgp
Of stalesmanShip, and ought to be sue.
ceeded by an orator and q scholar. He
stands ready to fill this want, whenever
the light assumes an aspect favorable
enough. Indeed, he actually believes he
will be the Ell Of the convention. The
combination OF causes which will bring
about this effect he thinks Is now at work.
Dan. Farnsworth is also dark horse for
this contest.
REPUBLICAN PRosPEms.
1t is not one Of the impossibillties Of the
coming campaign that the Third district
will go Republican. The little family
quarrel now going on among the Demo.
cratic cohorts, is extremely likely TO Cul.
inmate In Kilkenny cat fight that will
split the party temporarily. The feeling
between the Snyder and the State House
faction Is growing In bitterness every day.
Just who the Republicans are likely TO
nominate am unable to say. Ambitious
statesmen are not as numerous among the
Third district Republicans as they arc
among the Democrats, and those who are
possessed Of ambition receive little en-.
Couragement, as witness the great Demo.
cratic majorities OF the past. Major
Theophilus Gaines, who Is one OF the de.
servedly popular Republicans In that sec.
ton Of the State Is the most talked about.
l have known Major Gaines for years,
and l never knew q more selt.sacrffCng
Republican, or q more honorable gentle.
man. He publishes good Republican
newspaper at Fayetteville.
Phil Snyder, personally, has very little
doubts Of his nomination. He saws the
fight on him will not result In his defeat.
II "old Kanawha will hang together"
Kanawha county people are proverbial
for hanging together where fight 10 being
made upon one Of them by outsiders, oil.
though they are constantly fighting among
themselves. Attorney Mollohan, OF
Charleston, who is In the city, told me
good story illustrative Of this point.
Not a hundred years since there lived
In Charleston much respected citizen
who, for the sake. OF convenience, will
call BlllyM. Billy. He was ITO the manor
born, and was one Of the Oldest citizens
Of the county. Everybody knew him
and respected him as man who, in all
bis dealings, was strictly honest.
One time business man living over In
Ohio brought suit against Billy in the
Kanawha Circuit Court for q large amount
Of purchase money, which he claimed
Billy N. owed him. When the case came
up for trial both plaintiff and defendant
were on hand with their lawyers, Jury
was impAnelled, and the evidence was
heared. The Ohio man swore Billy owed
him The amount claimed and Billy swure
Just as positively that'he did not owe him
cent. Then the argument was heard.
Billy's lawyer knew every member OF the
Jury and knew Just where 10 strike them
in the most tender spot
"HuSa TOGETHER FOR KANAwHA."
After arguing the legal propositions In.
volved, he concluded by contrasting the
two litgants. The plaintiff, he said, was
a stranger from Ohio, who had dared to
come to West Virginia soil and inpeaoh
the business integrity OF one OF Kahawha
county's most respected citizens, Gentle.
men Of the jury had known bis client,
Billy NJ, since boyhood. Did any mar
on the jury ever know Billy N. 70 teil an
untruth, much less 10 swear ialSelyY Now,
II the jury found for the defendant Il
would be an endorsement Of hiB we'll.
known reputation for truth iithey found
for the plaintiff II would be saving, Ia
effect, that their old friend Billy N. had
lied. Were they going 10 take The word
Of their old fellow citizen Of West Virginia
or the word oi an Otto man2 Was the
Jury prepared 10 say Billy M. had lied7
The case was given 10 the Jury, and as
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