Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-20
The Bohemian BObs Up Again With
a Rsw InstalIment Of
GENERAL WEST VIRGINIA POLITICS.
He Writes Up His Notes Of What Was
Said About Prominent Persons
and So Forth.
s..stnl cgr.apenlsne. Of n. R.aialer.

VIII lCAl ~ All tLlaA WOO ouhuI uS HA"'
ter who i5 hit, And will tell you that the
personnel Of this little caucus was very
distinguished and very knowing in politics.
But l won mention any names. Stick q
pin there!
At the point where the caucus dropped
tho 5ubi9c! of the U. S. Senatorship, the
generous member OF the caucus again
passed the cigars no. forgetting your
Bohemian reporter, who takes this occasion
TO express his gratitude and his exceeding
great relish, not only for the quality Of
these cigars but OF the unusual generosity
which afforded & newspaper Bohemian the
opportunity of sucking the favor out Of
two cigars direct from Cuba.
After lighting atresh all round, the cen
trail figure ofthe caucus proceeded 20 say
some things critically Of
the GOVERNOR or WEST VIRGINIA.
Ssid be: Il cont believe Wilson will
make as successful a Governor by remov
ing TO Charleston as if the capital hal re-
maiued OF Wheeling
Why so?' was asked.
For two ressons First, because at
Charleston he will no: come in contact
With so many psopls Of the State and of
different sections OF the State ss he would
have done az Wheeling. Hs will not kuow
the wants OF the Safe so well, or the senti-
meu,s of the people 20 well, on oil matters
Of State polity. And, secondly, there is
great danger Of his becoming sectional
Governor, not only in his feelings, but in
his policy. lie is at home at Charleston,
surrounded by his special friends aud sc'
uuaintances--andt they are very clsnnish
people down there; they stick we'll togeth'
er and they look out for number one
there is danger, say, of the Safe admin
istration becoming close corporation and
run in the interes. Of section Of the
State
oh no interiected our generous mem
bey Wilson has too much sense for that.
Il don't mean to say, resumed the
speaker. that Wilson would knowingly
wrong or neglect tee interests OF any sec
tion Of the Sac, but ths. he is liable un'
consciously and b7 degrees. TO tall into the
notion that the Kanswha Valley Is West
Virginia. and that the interior and north
eru counties are secondary attachments.
The isolation betxeen the two sections
tsIGst1 generate this taeliug. l have no
dou5, thst y very bitter hostility will
srr;ng up between the two extreme sec
lions OF the State before Wilson's term l:
Is out unless railroad communication Is
opsrei IL is an inevitable consequence
,ttwo sections of State being but oil
from iuter-commuuication that they vii
5eria 10 ggspect each other. Prejudice
spripgs I'D. Rscriminaticn follows. Hate
yakes the place Of brotherhood, and there
is lees feeling Of fellowship than between
I pe0pl4 Of different Safes.
That's oil true enough, said another
p member of the caucus, Il think there u
} more danger OF an unwsrranted feeling o'
enmitv aud suspicion springing up De
tween the two sections than there Is o
Nr. Wilson provoking 1t; but ne Will o'
40, TO be made the target, whether or no
when that feeling does come. --
wilson ia mercu.ialin his makeup, saie
,ro,bsr and is an 20 tell in with the tsel
;og about him. can easily gee how n
nav become sectional in bis policy, IN
consciously 10 himself and | think hl
irien5s ought to warn him"
"Oh. pshaw," exclaimed an iupatien
member, let's talk about
TIE WAR IN AFRICA"
"rUieT you when there will be war II
Ar,;c, sid The central figure of tn
caucus with wise shake OF the head. i
wi}; be when Gov. Wilson tackles henn
tor the Senao.ship. You know there !
already very bitter feeling between WI
son and Kenna. kenne vas opposed
him iu the convention which nomlnate
WIson. lie was a pronounced Faulkre
man although Wilson aud henna ha
iron the same town Wilson will neye
foryat that. Neither will Kenna make tn
mistake Of presuming on Wilson's forge
frir.sz They two, already, represent tn
nooat defiant Tact.o-s in West Virginia po
itics Both OF them will asht while the
have strength to pull a political trigger,
"Oh, but that fight is nearly three yeail
od; they will cool before that time, sal
one.
mot q bit Of il, even if the nght va
that far off. But it is not that far OIL a.
cording to my calculation. | expect
see wilson in the f8h! for the Senatorsh'
next winter.
'WhatH
Next winter
? Yes mex, winter, insisted the speskeI
But it is Camden's successor that Is
bs chossn next winter, hennss IS u
elected for two years after that SAID 81
other.
Exactly"
succeed Camden I?
Il do .L,
but. prOlesleu sOFeEal fO'SS0i
would be locating both Senators in Il
same section, and, indeed, in the san
i "Exac,ly And len THAT Wilson's mo
seac,uAl wsy to beat keuna2 If Wllsc
E "a Senator when Kennas successor IS ch
! sen il is very sure kanra won't succee
3 himself The people might stand hsvlr
5 bo,b Senators from the sauna town tor tV
Years, out by tha; time they would rise |
oGainst repeating it for six years NOR
Esnns would be beaten, under such CT
Instances, By the force OF public sentime
! alone e., - ubr. ,,orl5,
o Wilson rather fight Kenua alone tn
s s,bt bo,h Wilson and hennsf henns
oSarn i enough to see tha; it would cook
goose for Wilson to become camden 5 81
sossor oUaT and the two would combine agar
a him and therefore | ask, wouldn't "is
! Tatber & yht one than BOTH
= II think not, replied the speaker, T.
,biSk he would rather fight both: "'ls
q rsIisbes = fight. It's Just like HIM 10 10 8, 3,
. s,bs biogsr the fight, the better the gan
'. and ;len lump in to whip ooth Gamo az,
i and and Ksnua. Aud it mcst be a4nnI
h Il there M ia some advantage in this. DE !