The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-04-09
FIGHT OF FACTIONS.
THE pRMOcRAFs ARE ANXIOUS
About the OulOOk in west ylrSIuia-Ehe
ASti.CamdSH Cohorts Making Great
Preparations for Bitter War on the
Senior Senator Fan Ahead.
A4eial DlaDalcA % M4 Mielll0moa.


have met in Washington during the pas
week are growing anxious, II may judg
from theh expressions to me. Aquestiol
that 10 more than ever agitating thei
minds Just nowis; What will be the etiec
Of this Mugwump administration in con
nection with the coming contest over th'
United States senstorshlp in West Vir
ginia, Within the past few weeks anc
months there have been developments II
the State calculated to convince the ma
iority otWest Virglnians that one OF the
results Of the Standard oil and railroad
ring being allowed TO control all the Fed,
eral patronage Of the State, Is the expires.
sion Of an immense amount Of dissatls.
faction with Mr., OleVsland's administra,
ton, II may seem like small matter Ia
make 80 much OF, but II is nevertheless
true that the Rnti.Oamden men are using
1t with effect, The great number OF very
hungry and very thirsty Democrats, BY
reason Of their Rntagonism toward the
anti Camden element, did not expect any
thing from the hrst, II they had enter
tanned alingerinR hope that Messrs. Cam.
den and Kenna and their lieutenants
would set about the work Of establishing
perfect harmony In the Democratic party
BY proposing q fair dlylsion Of the spoils,
this hope was blasted When they witness
ed the appointments one after the other,
oil the henChmen OF the Senators to fat
positions. Commissioner Joe Miller seems
70 be a single exception, but he, toO,, Is
now Camden man. 1t is said.
THE ANTlCAMDEN PoRcRs,
The ranks Of this large original anti
Camden party, led by Windy Wilson,
Dan Lucas and others, have greatly in
creased in size by having added to them
numbers Of disappointed patriots who
have not been reformed into office, aim.
ply because there are not Offices enough
70 30 around. Governor Wilson, 1t is
claimed by this faction, sounded the key
note while In Washington, In the inter
view which l have already reported to the
lNTRLLlGRNCER, Many Democrats tell
me that he but echoed the sentiments OF
fully two.thirds OF the party in West Vir.
gtnia. For the past two or three days
they point 70 the.aEeeping Republican
Victories In Ohio, Iudlana and other States
lately as the result Of the fact that thous.
ands Of Democrats stayed at home oshow
their disgust at the civil serVice course OF
the administration, and they claim i is
but Q torerunner ot what may be exueOted
IN West Virginia next fall. A Democratic
politician from one Of the banner
Democratic counties Of the State said to
me to-day: ut Is my candid opin.
ION, alter carefully looking over the
held that II an election were 10 be held in
my county tomorrow, there would not be
q doSsn Democratgg 20 to the polls, Windy
Wilson was right In what he said. Out
side ot the Federal otIlce.holders In the
state, our people are anti.administratio
men" Apropos Of this point / heard a
member Of Congress from Georgia aay
this morning that President Cleveland, In
adopting his suicidal policy, had based bis
course upon two mistaken ideas, First, he
thought that the South was necessarily
solidly Democratic, and wohld endorse
any sort Of policy Of q Democratic Presl.
dent second, he was impressed with the
idea that he himself was a man OF destiny.
reminded him also that the greatest
imam OF deetinyn the world had ever seen
experienced q Waterloo aud died at 81,
Helena,
fnR DIVISION or THE sPoils.
But to return To the subject directly
under discussion. These complaining
Weat Virginiaus do not blame the sens.
tors and Representatives for fixing their
best friends in offiCe, even II they haVs,
from necessity, broken faith with some
who have sacrificed much for them In the
past but they are fearful OF the result Of
their not making little taireF diyision
and the position oi the Senators who seem
to approve the Presldent's policy. How.
ever, ! will, Just here, put In something q
Camden Democrat told me only Yesterday
l-aaid hei
"people Of the State in general aud yor
newspaper men In particular, naturally
Jump OF the conclusion that every one who
mas received an appointment from Wes
Virginia under this administration is 6
Camden man, OF was q Camden man pre-
yioua 70 his appointment. Let me "a,
that they and you are laboring under |
mistake. lisa fact that1 umhefa OF post
been appointed directly lv om oSlsls tbS ranPs Pay
the State House faction. within a ghor
time past ! have known McGraw TO civ,
place 70 man who had been an active
leader Of the opposing faction in the iscI
Of the fact that there were applicant
tor the place, who had fought the battle
Of Mr. Camden and his Grove
when there was no prospect o
hope o reward. II was gall
Ing for them TO witness this action ui
the part oil MCGraw. l think he ought Il
have stood by his friends. | believe Ii
factions, just % l believe In parties. l d.
mot believe he will make anything by ap
pointing the candidates Of men WHO, whei
no was an applicant for place, came i
Washington to blacken his name and ruiz
his character. 1tshowed iorgiving anl
generous spirit In him toward bis tfaduc
err, but II was rough on those who stoot
BY him in that light when he needle,
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