Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-22
WANTST0BESENATOR.
A NEW YORK JOURNALISTS OPINION OF
G0FP'S AMBITION.
West Virginia Politics as Summed Up By a
Correspondent Of the New York "WOrld"
The Sats Bound 10 Go
Democratic.

NEW YORK, October 2l.-A correspond
ent of the World thus sums up the situx-
tion in West Vuginis: After q trip
through twenty-one of the 6fty-four conn-
ties in the State, a close look il to Political
matters, and talki with leaders on both
sides, I am sure that tie State is sure for
the National aod State tickets, and tie
prospects for carryiOg the Legislature are
in favor Of the Democrats. As between
Protection and Free Trade, the Stste
would be carried by the Protec.ionists, bat
ss between p election and revision of the
tariff, which Is the main issue, the State
will bs carried By the Democrat
Bat the tarid is rOs TIE sole isSue. TIE
people are asking whether trey are willing
90 continue in power an administrator
which has been honest 10 tie core, free
from whisky rings and sr-rCu.e villainies,
from Capitalization Of power, from the
domination of railroads and the corrut ttjrg
influences of Trusts. The presence of the
''Oid Roman" in the campaign has stirred
up the Democrats fiOm the Eastern Pan
Handle TO the Kansw6s, for judge Thur
man has ever had with him the heart aud
SOul OF West Vireiuis's sturdy Democracy
Nathan GCff, the Republican candidate
for Governor, is making q desperate fight
he has sent word all slOag the lice that
he wants the legislature, and 10 trade
whenever and wherever Ihs Legislative
ticket may bs helpsd. He WAITS to go 20
the UuiICd States Sensts.in place of John
+ Kenns, ard tor years he has tcan hop
ing and p'aunrng to wrest ihs Legislature
from the Dan ocrats. GOff has worked his
party tor all il was worth, He has had
sb,us everything that was going. In 1876,
whtn ne held tie ro3t Of United States
Dstric:-Attorney, the best Federsl
office in the State, tie Repab-
licaas nominated him for Gcy-
ernor against Henry NJ. Mathews, OF
Goeeabrier. He wss DEBATED badly, bat
consoled himself with the Unitsd States
Attorneyship, ID which hs bad been ap-
pointed By President Grant. After serving
during Gen. Grsnl5 two admipistrs tons,
e war rs-spro;nted by K. B Hages, Of
nf Ohio, aud held on until he went into
HAYES Cabinet as SECRETARY Of the Navy II
n!scs Ct "Urcls Dick" Thompson, who
had g,ns into the Panama Canal business.
Af.sr three months service at the
head Of the Navy Department, lie
was again appointed District Attorney
under Gar6sl1, having slready held the
pace twelve Sesrs. Attorney General
Brewster ratified him about his meth o Is OF
working the Attorneys office, especially
for strinSing out cases 10 make fees, and
Mr. Goff resigned. Nat Ter press copy nor
duplicate of The letter which was written
to the ID strict Attorney can be found in
the Dspartm mt Of JGst'c ,, strange to say.
After this Mr.. Goff was given ro1loa'
tioa in the First Cor gressiCnal district and
wss elected, renomiuated and reelected.
Some OF Gao. Fick's fr;e IDS here in Mar
tipsbnrg think that Mr Goff weat back on
Flick when the latter made the race for
Fi'tieth Congress. As Que Of them Tut IT.:
"GofT could have helped Us greetly, ss fe
gss Ccsirmsn of the StAte Executive
Committee and c>ntrolltd the bordle. but
ne put the stuff in his own oistric', al
though he hsd plenty Of money, being
worth half million 81 dollars"
TSep, again, he backed Sam hcCcrm'cs
r,r Coli.c:cr % Internal R'venre, when
rhs collection districts in this Stsie were
g. ,,snidated, u1der President Arh1r,
s0ainst Gen. Dayal, 3 soldie: and Col
lSctor when the consolidation was made.
This made him made him many enemies,
for Duyll has many fliends and McCor mick
s.