The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-07-30


Central Hotel and resolved TO carryR con-
florence in secret, The half dozen hood,
lars then invited the assembled rank and
file to the cat'loft Of Bank Hall, where
they manipulated them at their leisure
and will. The bosses pulled the slate on
the credulous roosters who thought they
were going to run conference, and
stated that select committee on order
Of business ought 10 he elected, Another
proposed the name OF A, B, White, editor
Of the Republican organ OF the Fourth
District, as Chairman, Like little soldiers
they toed the mark, and White stood
elected, This was political death to +,
W. Morris, Of the Richie GdsEtis, who
had q Congressional bee in his bon,
net, and Morris walked OF in q huff and
left on the next train, Morris will diah
up sheol for the gang In his future Issues,
The same
GAME WAS RuEa
in on those OF the upper hall until O, B,
Hart, H, O, MOWhorter, Joe A, Campbell,
a, q, Dayton, ]. l.. Mclean and j, 4.
Hetzsll were elected, The little game oi
electing seven ''all for Nate Got men" be.
ing successfully carried out, the bosses re-
tired to the lower. room, NJ, o, Ohurch's,
and resolved themselves into circus,
Meanwhile the gulled individuals on the
upper floor sucked their thumbs and car.
rled the State several times by detail and
generally,
One oil them, q bucolic individual from
Wetzel, offered to carry that county II the
Doodle was sufficient, They smelt 1t, but
that was almost as near as they got.
The Chairman Of the Prohibition State
Committee made oyertures to the confer
enCs, but was ignored until late In the az
ternoon, when the ring proposed the fol-
lowing extraordinary subseriuge, which
will GTe every sslt'respOCting Prohibition
lst in the State:
"RsSOlred, That 1t Ia the sense OF this
conference as individual Republicans that
an amendment to the State Oonatitution,
tho manufacture and sale oil
intoxicating liquors, should ba submitted
TO thenext Legislature to be voted upon
by the people"
This subtsriugs outraged tho temper.
anCe Republicans, as well as the Prohibi'
tionists, and numbers Of them left with
10 vote against the Repub.
liCan party. The secret committee Of GOT
reviewed the Congressional
aud resolved to try TO down tho
in the third aud fourth by balk.
ing the Prohibition movement with money
and influence in nominating Democrats
for minor offices, and then
their support Just before the
election, and thereby clGCting Rspubll.
cans, A trading eChsdule 10 be used with
and Prohibitionists for
votes for delegates, going even 80 far as to
tho Congressional chances, was
quietly adopted, aud great Htress Of secrecy
put upon those present. By this game,
which is tho pith OF the whole arrange
ment, they hope to be able to elect Goff.
THE sNAP.
to be played on the Democracy and Pro,
hibitiunisIs Of the Third District was
voted as the beat hand In the political
game. Prominent among the absentees
were James Il. MGnager, OF Point Pleas.
ant, who saved his temper and his feel.
ings by being absent, and q. w. Atkinson,
who didn't stop hero, but went on TO Deer
Park to corral the Prohibitionists. Hon.
Marsh Hagsus, the only man In West
Virginia that was ever elected to Congress
without constituency, was present.
Hagans aud the irresponsible Staggera, Of
Fairmont, left with q very poor opinion
Of tue management The conference
wound up in a very unsatisfactory manner
about six o'clock.
The organ in Its issue tonight, after
three columns OF personals which arc
headed "a Success" and purport 10 be
an account Of the meeting, has only this
to say, editorlally: at Is too early at
this writing 10 state what the results of
the Republican conference will be, but
from what We hsve seen II can but be
beneficial to the best interests OF all con.
Cerned."