Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-06
FROM KANAWHA.

FRUM AANAW HA.
County Convention-The Legislative Ticket
"A Prohibitionist Endorsed-Two Work
ingmen Nominated-News Items.
Special Correspondence Of the Register.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, October 4.-The
Democracy of Kanawha have reason to
feel highly gratifed over the deliberations
of the Democratic county convention.
The occasion was a most auspicious one.
The crowd of delegates and on-lOokers
from the county was large and enthu-
siastic, even twice as large as the two con-
ventiOns, Greenback and Republican,
held here last Saturday The interest
manifested from beginning TO the closing
scenes was most marked. The number
of legislative candidates offered
before the convention was
quite unusual and the material
above the average. The friendly spirit of
contest brought forth the most earnest
work and the most prominent Democrats
of the county to the convention.
The denominations are commended on all
sides, and on every hand it is conceded
that the whole ticket is the strongest that
could have been placed in the field. While
| il is true none of the nominees have had
Legislative experience, still they are all
men of experience in their respective call
| ings, of good business habits, successful
and above all highly esteemed by their
friends and neighbors. NJ. ]. O'Brien is
in the plumbing business in
this city. is Master Workman
of the Knights of Labor, and is q steady
going business man. OBrien formerly
carried on business in Parkersburg, Peter
Callahan is a miner and represents that
class of citizens, so numerous in this val
ley. He is an intelligent, upright and
honorable citizen and a staunch Demo-
crat. These two gentlemen represent the
laboring interests of this valley and will
be heartily supported by that element.
take it upon myself to say that these two
gentlemen do not represent the boycott
element, which doubt if there be any
considerable number among our working
men. They are too intelligent to hold
pernicious and un-American ideas like
that upon which the boycott is founded.
Mr.. O'Brien said to me when he was about
TO become connected with the Knights of
Labor, that he believed much of the strife
and bitter feeling heretofore existing be-
tween employer and employe could be
avoided by arbitration, judicious and
wise counsel a better understanding with
those most inclined TO PERCEPTIONS
action and the wedding out of the agita-
tor. Mr.. Callahan comes from a.
mining district and where few
strikes occur and since he is somewhat OF
local leader ! take it for granted much OF
the pleasant feeling and satisfactory un-
derstanding existing between the men on
| the one side and the operators on the other
is due to his timely and manly advice.
J. H. Gray the third man on the ticket,
but not the least popular by any means, IS
young farmer and most tavorbly regarded
by his neighbors and those who know him
in the adjoining districts. He too rep
resents a large class of people, the farmers,
in our county.
A. Z. Humphreys is the nominee for
Commissioner. He is pronounced fro'
hibition man and will carry the prohibition
strength, which amounts to considerable
in this county The opositiOn candidate
is whisky man and decidedly unpopular.
Humphreys is young man, active and
ready and willing to work for success. lie
is successful lumber and timberman IN
the lower end of the county.
The license people tried to run both con-
ventiOns and succeeded in gratifying
manner in the Republican Greenback
fusion convention, but in order to
bring about success to that
extent they must needs nominate very
Objectionable candidate The Democratic
party is the party Of liberal ideas and
rarely deprives any class of their liberties
or attempts to curtail their freedom, but
since the license men allied themselves
with the opposition under such circum-
stances | am pleased to note that the
Democratic party of this county has seen
fit TO punish them for their recreancy |
Whenever certain class for
selfish purposes leave the party
with which they have heretofore
affiliated for the reason that the political
party deserted may be weak, then ltistime
that the party so deserted in selecting can
didates refuse TO consider the question as
to the views of those offering themselves
for favOrs upon this or that question, which
is without the.pae of the principles adopt
ed by the national and State Democracy,
only looking to their moral standing and
reputation as staunch Democrats.
There is every probability that the Dem
ocrats will carry the county this fall. In
dependent candidates, both Republican
and Greenback, are talked of, and some
have announced themselves. The cnt-and
dried conventions of the Radical Green |
back bosses provoke more and more disgust
as the Job perpetrated upon the honest
voters becomes more and more apparent. 1t
will take big slice of the inherited wealth
of young Nathan Goif to bring kanawha
out of the suds. The Democrats are jubi-
liant and happy, and an active campaign
will be opened at once,
SENATOR KENNA's speech delivered be-
fore the opening of the County Convention
was the keynote of the campaign. He
kept his hearers for over an hour discuss
ing national affairs, He quoted frequent
" from his campaign book, and the start
ling disclosures made by the quotations
from that volume, astOnished his audi
tors.
Col. J. w. st. Clair, Governor Wilson
and other distinguished Democrats had
seats on the platform, at the County Con-
venton.
News Items.
The Supreme Court will meet in special
session at this place October IL. The term
will be simply for the rendition OF decis-
ions Sixteen cases in all were handed
down at the Charlestown term last month.
With what decisions that may be delivered
at the special term, it is believed enough
cases have been decided 10 complete the
% Vol. of reports, which will probably be
issued December lst
The hotel at the summer resort at Pine
Grove. ten miles below Charleston was de-
stroyed by fire Thursday night Loss