Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-14

I IIdL YOU 6GtlC HuCAlCl HIS 80 W."
NIT OF his candidacy-haying IN view the
demand of his party. Mr.. SCOTS own
| feelings and what is due him in view OF
his physical condition. Please advise, US
/ through me at an early date and oblige,
Yours Sincerely,
G.. J. RAWLING.
WHEELING, W. Va, Oct. II, 1886.
c. j. RarliHg, Esq:
My DEAR SIR-In reply to your favor
of to-day inquiring whether. in my opln-
ion, Mr.. ScOtt's health would permit him
to he a candidate for the State Senate, i
would say emphatically 40.
Mr.. Scott is in very poor health and has
been that way for some months. \ ner-
o u prostratiOn caused by Oyer-wOrk Is
his main trouble, and it would be a wrong
to himself and his family to undertake the
! anxiety and responsibility that such a
candidacy would involve, no matter how
urgent might be the demand Of his party.
Yours very truly, JON l.. DICKEi.
Notwithstanding the serious condition
of Hon. y. b. ScOtt's health, as outlined
in the above letter from his physician, the
Republican ConfereeS, in session at Wells
burg, yesterday afternoon, unanimously
fixed upon him as their choice for State
Senator from the First District. When
the letter from DIR. Dickey appeared in the
HtteUigeRccT yesterday morning, the friends
of the Senator took it as an expression
from him that he was unwilling to take
D himself the arduous labor OF a
political campaign at 4 time
when he was scarcely equal to
the ordinary demands of his business, and
il was the general sentiment during the
day that the COnferees would respect the
appeal 80 tOuchingly made through the
party organ, and look elsewhere for can
didate for the Office to be filled. This being
the feeling of the intimate friends Of Mr..
Scott. and of the public at large, it was
with great surprise and some indignation
that word was received in this city, about
, p. H., that Mr. Scott had been nOmin-
ated, and that he must make the race.
Many emphatic protests were heard
last night against this course
from Republican friends of the
gentleman, who took occasion to freely
c%riticise the action of the COnfereeS, and
more than one gentleman, who held the
health and happiness of his friend above
party success, declared openly that the
nomination was a wrong and that support
would be withheld at the polls.
The cOnferccs from this county were rs
follows: Washington district, C.. J. Raw
llngs; Madison, Hiram Young; Clay, G..
W. Atkinson; Union, Henry Albright;
Center, W. Newt. Linch; Webster, Charles
smith; Richie, C.. ID. Thompson: Tri-
delphia, Joseph Brady; Liberty, j. Whit
ham; Richland, Capt. VIM North. Messrs.
Young and Brady were unable to attend,
and Messrs. Joseph d. ElsOn and J. V. l..
Rogers acted for them respectively.
The conference was to have been held in
the morning, but owing 10 the nOn-arrival
of two or three of the Ohio county men,
! the session was postponed until after the
arrival at Wellsburg of the noon train.
! About one o'clock, the COnferees of the
! three counties being all present, or repre-
sented by proxies, Il preliminary session
was held in the Court House, at which
Hon. G. W. Atkinson addressed the gentle
men, naming over, in the course OF his re-
marks, the various gentlemen spoken OF rs
being candidates from this county, men
tiOning. among others, Hon. n. Il. Scott,
DIR. T. III. Logan, and p. b. DObbinS, Esq.
This done, Mr.. Atkinson asked for an eX-
preston from the Brooke and Hancock
| county people as to which would, in their
| estimation, be the strongest candidate.
To this invitation, Capt. Briggs, of
Wellsburg, responded, saying that Mr..
Scott was by all odds the most available
man for the upper end of the district and
urged his nomination.
Captain Briggs was followed by Mr..
Frost, of ellsburg, who also urged the
nomination of Mr.. Scott, and said he could
carry Brooke county.
There being, evidently, q general desire
that Mr.. Scott should be sacrificed, the
Ohio county delegation Withdrew to an
upper room and then held a caucus. There
was no opposition to Mr.. Scott worth men
tiOning, although Mr.. Elson was known
to be strongly opposed to him, and the
gentleman was chosen rs Ohio cOunty's
choice. Returning to the lower court
room, the Ohio county gentlemen cOmmu-
nicated their determination 10 the entire
body of delegates, and Mr.. Scott vas nom
mated by reclamation for the office.
Hon. G.. W. Atkinson then addressed
the COnferees, holding out the usual gilt
tering promises Of Republican success in
county, District, State and Nation, and
eulogizing the Republican ticket in his
well known eloquent manner.
The speech over, the conference was
speedily dissolved, and most of the Ohio
county brethren hied themselves back to
this city, where they put in the evening
explaining to the friends OF the nominee
how the thing happened, why he could
not afford TO decline, &c.
A reporter met Senator Scott on the
street last evening and offered his con-
CALCULATIONS, whereupOn the Senator re-
marked:
''YOu had better offer your sympathy
instead"
Twill you accept the nomination, Sena-
tori queried the newspaper a
~ don't know that | can answer that
question, but l shall probably not de-