Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-29

balked again, as both these parties will
nominate q full ticket. / have it that one
of the members expressed the opinion that
che best plan to adopt in this district would
be to ostensibly back the Greenbaek party
| with their blessing and promises ofassist-
ance) and to then solidify the Republicans
quietly upon their own ticket, that Is,
quietly withdraw their support before the
| election and leave the Democratic Green
hackers to follow blindly the ticket nomi-
mated by that party. Another one pro
posed to let the member of Congress go by
default and trade votes for delegates and
representatives. This gentleman was n
Golf man, of course.) The manipulation
for GOff was as plainly to be seen as is the
certainty Of the ultimate defeat OF the he
girists.
AN ATTEMPT TO DOWN MORRIS.
Among the gentlemen referred to as good
material for a Congressman for the Fourth,
the name Of p w. Morris was almost al
together omitted, and Judging from the
manOeuyering, some party or parties were
doing their level best, sub rosa, to down
z. W., whose Republieanism was some
what sneeringly alluded to as shady"
Morris didn't stay through the meeting,
having suddenly concluded that the other
gang had possession of the strings. The
family fight is nothing 10 me- of course,
but as ! always feel like backing the um-
der dog in q fight, my sympathy and
friendship go out to Morris in this under
handed attempt to- cut him down by his
own crowd.
Doyener will not be the candidate in the
First, unless Golf still continues to decline
and Hubbard pulls of, and unless he has
taken advantage of Hubbard's absence to
fix himself solid with the Doodle and Gotf
men to-day.
The change from public meeting which
had been advertised for weeks to secret
caucus of the bosses none but bOOd-
lers or bosses allowSd) had a very damag-
| ing effect Many Republicans claimed that
the meeting was to be open and public,
and they did not like the assumption of
authority on the part of some would-be
bosses. Considerable kicking was mani
Test, and the rank and file of small bosses
and CROSSROADS trimmers objected in em-
phatic terms. 1t seemed to be u universal
opinion that some underhanded manipula-
ton was going on. There was no use
kicking, however, the bosses had so COM
manded. TO tell the truth in plain, brief
terms, it WAS about the sickest affair ever
saw to dignity with the name of confer
ence." A small squad of boodlers, rumpS,
bObtails and stalwarts, holding One-man
worship in the cat loft ofa deserted and dis
mantled hall,
SOME INTERVIEWS
While the bosses were hOled In Church's
room arranging their plans such fellows as
Morris were taking in the town. l met
him.
"What are they doing now up in the cat
loft, MorriSY'
''Oh, they are engaged in carrying the
State. They have already carried it three
or four times, and they are now doing 1t IN
detail by counties"
Sucking their thumbs and carrying the
State o! Lord! such lot of suckers.
Col. Jake Kemple and Fritz Yahrling
were around the ragged edge. They
didn't carry OIL any Of the secrets, however
McEldOwney and Sep. Hall were also
here. When Mae heard of the reporters
treatment, he declined to try to get in,
although he was here by special invitation.
| saw him take one of the bosses around
the corner and ask him if he could stay in
town.
The Greenbackers, or alleged Greenback-
ers, who we're to aid and assist the gang,
didn't materialize. The Menager circular
| had bad effect on them.
| I Hart was around OfcourSe. Whether he
| is running with the bosses or off the string
| haven't yet learned
The secret caucus lasted all morning and
away in the afternoon, There was more
dissatisfaction 20 the squaFe inch than ever
before seen in convention. The Caucus
! Conference -BOOdle-GrabberS-R -Rumps-BOb-
! tailcd-Neil e-Hegirists-Wes Virginia
Organization is n complete fizzle. It's too
thin 10 wash, The party which is run by
such q set of bosses doesn't deserve a de-
cent burial. Hang IL Ont in the sunlight
of a midsummer day and 1t will dry up
and the breath of political opinion will
blow it into kingdom come!
| Tie 'em up and liable 'em, and don't let
'em got loose any more. 1t positively
| isn't safe to allow them to roam ut large.
Send 'em back to Columbus on n cattle
train, or turn them over to Pasteur and
let him inOculate them for the hydrQphO-
bia. Give 'em hyperdermiG injection of
brains-they can't stand much of that
sort of thing-Anything oh, Lord! If you
won't let that car load of lunatics loose