The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-02-01
INTERIOR POLITICS.
a Three. CoTRsrsd Fight In BEaxlOn County
ThS Fight Againat Camden.
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Thtae.COFRsred Fight IN bEnxl0n County |
Ths Fight AgaiHat Camden.
IOr0poRdaes ofMs htslsGRoT,
SUTTON, W. VA, Jan. 29,-owiug to the
eternal fitness or unfitneis OF things there
are three political pots in BraxtOn county,
which have commenced to simmer, Two
Of these pots are modelet alter the Jefer-
sonian plan the other is an Old'fashioned
pot, looking bright and new
OF ths former, one Is named anti. Camden,
the fuel OF which ID furnished by Dan.
Lucas, ]. NJ. Mason, j. j. Davis, Gov.
Wilson, Eustace Gibson, John Brannon
and others. The other Is named Johnson
Newton Camden, and the luel with which
to make it smoke is furnished by BENZ.
Wilson, "Dave" Leonard, Senator kenna,
John Il. McGraw and others. Evidently
the anti. Camden crowd has majority in
this county. Among this majority is found
a number OF gallant pot ToRsters too, ami
il their stock OF fuel already on the ground
ia not destroyed by accident or by an in
cendiary during the coming canvass an
gnti-C amdenite will represent BrlXton
county in our next State Legislature.
The anti Camden crowd object to the
re.eleclIon Of cur senior Senator to the
upper house OF Congress upon the grounds
that he is a proteC.onist, and that he gave
aid and comfort TO the Republicans and
Sam Randall in their fight in the Forty
eighth Congress against the Morrison
tariff bill. These objections are coined
into charges, and are brought to bear in
the interior to impsaCh Mr.. Clmden's
Democracy az we'll as the Democracy Of
Congressman @. p. Snyder OF the Third
district, II must be remembered that q
large majority OF the interior Democracy
adhere TO the time principles Of
the Democratic party, State sovereignty
mud free trade. To stray away from these
old Democratic life preserving traditions,
they consider Inequalities man IN u
measure 20 Represent any portion Of the
Territory OF the Old Dominion in the Con
gress OF the United States
1t seems from what your correspondent
has gathered from both Camden Demo-
Gratis and Republicans here who are al
Rays in possession Of keys 10 the political
hippodrGme, that Mr.. Camden made Sc
rioua blundCr in recommending The re-
moyal Of T. j. Berry as postmaster at this
place, Ia support u this course OF reason
Iug tho following reasons are assigned:
GFhst-The firing Of Mr., Berry ont oil
the p0stoilICe without q minutes warning
fora reQgou or reasons unkROwnto h him, al
ter often publicly expressing desire to
resign, owing to i'll health, II any body sal
isiaoIory to the public would agree to ac-
ESecond--That by go aiding in the re-
moval Of Mr.. Berry, Mr.. Camden alien.
sted from himself the ,tX'postmssIer, aud
to A great extent his family connection,
which 10 large and very powerful in that
county in political struggle when once
turned loose"
With two or three exceptions, tho whole
Berry family ere Democrats, and have
always stood by our geniOr Senator in his
aspirations for public iayOrs particularly
ia dis true OF the ex.Postmas,er. With
oil these things thrown in the way. II will
be seen that Mr.. Camden and his friends
have entered upon the campaign in this
county with the odds against them. 1t
was understood that Mr., Berry would
have resigned in favor Of the gentleman
who succseded him, Mr.. J. W. Hum.
phreyg, ii no had madO known his desire
ior tho position. Tbis would have been
entirely satisfactory to everybody in town,
Irrespective OF party, as Mr. II. is honest
and capable and calculated to make a
most satisfactory officer.
A key Us to what prompted Mr.. Camden
to take the position he did against Mr..
Berry is being passed around by the friends
Of the former which II i5 claimed untolds
the postoliCe matters and how our Senior
Senator waa drawn into 1t. Seeing it WIS
not known 10 any one save q few anti.
Camden Democrats that any body desired
10 punish Mr.. Berry, for parlisani8m,
by fling him out Of the postollce or that
MIR. Humphrey would accept tho Office
consequently IN Opportune tlm0 was AZ
f0rded the anti. Oalndeuitfs to impresa
Mr., Camden with the idea that Mr.. Berry
was against his (Camden's) reelection TO
tho Senate and therefore il tho postoIliCe
remained where 1t then was It's influence
also would be brought to bear against
him. AS our Senior Senator fell victim |
to that art Of warfare It is likely to bring
a ten strike for the boys who originated
it. A man OF Mr., Camden's experiences
with men should not have gotten into this
box, but as he Is in 1t must be said our
boys OF the interior come out bost and are
entitled to DO credited with getting away
with the Senator once at any rate.
Everybody in the interior 10 complain.
Ing OF hard times. Indeed, there seems
to be some disposition among honest
Democrats to inquire into the cause Of the
hard times, extremely low prices
for cattle, no price for sheep and gen.
eral Btapnation in business. The enquirer,
however, Is met on every hand by the
anxious Democratic olliCe.seeker, who
points him TO the big grasshopper (Which
so recently inhabited Harrison, Lewis and
other Counties) and other vegetable and
animal destroyers which arc sufficient, a9
they think, 10 create doubt in his mind
as 10 the real cause Of the present depres-
sion in business. Tho grasshopper tao.
tics, ho gever, will not avail much to the |
Democratic olliCe.seeker II times do not,
within the next six months, take on a |
change for tbs better, and II your
correspondent don't miss his guess large |
number Of Democrats Of the interior will
be- asking for another change in the nd. |
ministration Of governmental affairs Of the |
United States, as well Of their State, or
before the expiration Of that term. LISA
very rare chance here in the interior that
a farmer has an opportunity to exchange
any Of the products Of his labor for cash
at any price. Never was money 60 hard
to obtain, the farmers ssy, since the do.
Of 1878. Is II any wonder a
change Is desiredP For Congressional
honors In the First district We hear rNrn-
ed by the Republicans are Gen. N. Gof, |
". T. Hubbard and q. W. Atkinson, and
by the Democrats, Benz. Wilson's j. Davis,
John and Henry Drannon. c.Y.
GsttiuE on the Soft side of the Landlady.
boston Courier.