Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-01-29
The Yves, Virginia senatorship.

The Washington correspondent OF the
Wheeling Intelkgencer sent the follow
ing interesting communication to that
paper last week:
A Democrat who stands high in his
party aud i'm the State of West Virginia
said to me: "You newspapers are all
wrong about the Senatorial situation III
the State. | can name Camden's sue
cessor, providing it is not the Senator
himself, and it will be neither of the
Brannons, nor Lucas, Windy Wilson,
Joe Miller, Judge Raymond, nor any
of the numerous prominently men-
toned"
"Well, who will it be!''
"William l.. Wilson will be Camden's
successor"
GLOW do you figure that out?"
EASILY enough. In the first place he
ia friend of Mr.. Camden's, and there
is not man i'm the State on whom the
Senator would rather see his mantle
fall than Wilson. In the second place,
Dan Lucas, Brannon, Governor Wilson,
Jim Mason, and the whole Camden OPP
position make no secret Of saying that
the election of the Second District Com
gresham would be highly satisfactory
to them. Mark this: Wilson will be
the man over whom the bitter opposing
facGions are TO come together, forget and
forgive wrongs, and thereafter be
happy family"
"But if Wilson is a friend of Camden,
why would the other faction want him
elected to the United States Senale!'
sob, that's secret, but I'll tell you.
They want him out of the way, so some
of them can have show for Congress.
Several of them, you well know, have
congressional aspirations, but they will
never get there without first getting rid
of Wilson, for there is not one of them
who can beat him in convention"
GLOW will the scheme be worked?'
"Well, as you know, this opposition
to Camden will be big thing, not large
enough, however, to elect an anti-Cam-
den Democrat to the Senate-just large
enough to keep Camden himself from
getting the caucus nomination. The
Republicans are going to have good
show, and they will nominate man
and stand by him until the end, in the
hope that the fight among the Demo-
Gratis will result In the election of Re-
publican, so neither Democratic faction
will receive help from that quarter. The
anti Camden element, with Dan Lucas
as the leader, will spring the name of
William L. Wilson on the caucus at the
proper time. The Camden men, realiz-
ing that they cannot secure the nomina-
ton for the Senator, will accept Wilson
i'm order to break the deadlock and pre-
vent the election of Republican, and
he will be nominated by acclamation.
The outcome will be satisfactory to all
parties. The anti-Camdenites will have
accomplished their main purpose and
the Camden faction will have one of
their own number to succeed their pres
ent leader, who will still be Senator by
able proxy"
Suppose these plans miscarry!"
"But they won't. All will be success
full until it comes to nominating Will
sons successor In the Second District.
There the Lucas crowd will fail, for
Collector Johnny McGraw or some other
fellow west of the mountains will 60
into the convention, claim that end of
the district is entitled to the prize, and
will walk off with it, while Lucas will
again realize that
The best laid plans OF mice and men
Gang aft agley.'
The geographical consideration has al
ways controlled the Second District
Conventions, and will do so again"