Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-06-06
COLONEL P0ORMAN.
why He is u CandIdate-Spicy Political
Gossip From over the River.

why He is u CandIdate-Spicy Politics
Gossip From over the River.
BELLAIRE, o., June 5-"ColoIel Poo
man, sre you q candidate for Congress i
the Seventeenth District?
81 am. Like widow with pleasar
matrimonial experience, know what
want. l Thought thst i was out Of polite
for good and sll some years ago, but las
year against my wishes and protests wa
nominated for the Legislature, and now
suspect i an back in politics in earnest 70
some time TO come st least"
But lust before the Legislature adjourn
ed it wss understood, and from yourself
too, that you were not in the field for Con
gressY'
That is true, but circumstances alter
cases. Had Colonel Taylor been in the
field alone should not have entered the
lists as . candidate; bat when | saw Mr.
Bingham in the field, and discovered thai
1t was free-for al race, made up my
mind at once that / woald take 3 hand
too
Are there any candidates in Jefferson
county,
II understand that Coulter, Richards and
Linduf will all go before the primaries
with the understanding that whichever
getS the most delegates is TO have all ot
them"
"Is HOlEDgSWOrth a candidate in HsE
rlsonY
Not that am Informed. do not think
be is"
What are your prospects for the delegs
ton from Belmont
II regard them ss good, AID believe
that csn get the entire delegation with
out much Of 9 contest There are two
places in the county-Barnesvllle and
Martins Ferry-Where Taylor has good
deal of strength, and will make warm
contest
Then Colonel Taylor is rot liable to
capture many of the delegates from you in
your own county,
We'll, think not. He has friends in
Belmont county, and enimies, too. Among
ths things that Will be urged against me rs
that | Was opposed 10 redistricting The
republicans made two grave mistakes 10
the Legislature"
What were theyG
"Redistricting the State aud passing tho
Board of Public Affairs bill. la regard to
the latter We we're grossly deceived By the
CincinuSti delegation.
Captain Farrar, OF Guercsay expressed
nssrly the same views 10 me.
We'll, there we're good many OF Us de-
ceived, and we thiuk alike. Ii We had our
votes back they vouldn'C De cast for any
such u measure. It will oe corrected next
winter. The law will BE- changed 10 what
the Committee of One Hundred originally
wanted it-s Law to protect the Pubhc
interests, and not to promote political par
ties"
rs there any setiment here for Bing
hamG'
mot that l know oi-not that have
heard Of.
How about Bingham, anyhow
He is not the candidate oil the people OF
the district halt as much IS ne is the can
didsts Of outsiders. Why, don't you know
that all the outside Republican papers iG
Ohio, Wes: Virginia and Western Penn
sylvanis will print column after column
advocating Blugham-print 1t Tor no;hlng,
and hunt for il, while not another candidate
in the district could pet line into them
unless they paid for itr
"Is it possibleY
lis a taet-s positive fact. 1t is the
outsiders who are 90 anxious to make q
fresh Congressman out ct Mr.. Bingham.
r. sht here at home the people are not 80
dresdfuily excited about It.
"Gsve you anything particular to sAg as
10 your caudidscyT
"As to that it anything 81 I'll ia neces'
sary it ia best express d iu the following
editorial explanation in my ON psPer, the
Bellsire Tribune:
rHere followstha Tribune editorial which
stated that Col. Poormau Is not a coming
candidate for State Auditor, but would
gladly accept the Congressional nomins-
ton for this, the Seventh District II ten
dersd him -ED
THAT explains oil there is to eHPiS's'
I shail make an earnest fight for The nom'
instion and hops to secure It.
private Dslzsll, who ought 10 be Coz
gressmsn from this dis,rictY
Bingham! Bingham! John A. B:ng-
ham,"
who will Noble County be for?'
"Binghsm%
For whom is tie general sentiment Oi
the districtP
AN the best sentiment is Tor Bng'
ham" .a
mo; | went out upon the mention Of
Binghsm's name, as did years ago, just
when the convention was giviog me the
nomination. | refused 1t because mr'
Bingham was the man fer 1t. he q the
ma n to have it now. o,
"Wbv this enthusiasm for Bingham
I'VE want q Congressman from tha Sew,
sr,sen,h District; q man OF breadth ano
sts,esmanship, not q third or fourth rate
Oar bnt a s,stssuAa whom the whole ns
tion recognizes.
And that man isY
John A: Bingham" -,
And poby elss in the district will doY
Nobody else"
The BellAire Independent, hitherto Col
ouel Poormsn's mortal enemy, hos sud
denly developed fearful hostility to Colo
mel Taylor, and says that while it could
support Poormsn, Biogham, or any one
else, it pretty plainly iutimates that II
wouldn't support Taylor After mention
ing 81! the other candidates except him
the independent speaks OF the bootier
Who ia getriug in his york IN the district
meaning Colonel Taylor, OF course.
A Bellaire Republican ward WORKER, re
fsrripg 70 this matter, said: You JUS
wait until the prim0rieS snd see what t6' ,,
rssult is. Tsyler is goicg to capture Bell
sirs, along with pretty nearly tAs whole Q Z,
BsImont county. The other fellows vii
- .s,.o;sbsl when Tsylor's delegates II