Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-05-05
POLITICAL CAULDRON.
CAPTAIN HASSLBR TAKES A SQUlNT AT
WEST VIRGINIA POLITICS.

Speesdl Tsie0rGn 10 ne Register.

SpecaGl Tsle0rcm 10 ne Register.
WASHINGTON, May Capt. j. s. s.
Hassler, Appointment Clerk of the Inter
ior Department, has been visiting his
home in Jackson county, West Virginia,
for the past fortnight, and only returned
at the beginning of the present week. /
called on him in his Office this afternoon
and asked him to tell me something about
West Virginia politics.
"oh," was the reply, 'sWest Virginia is
all right, but what do you want to know"
"Well, for instance, who is going to be
nominated for Congress in the Fourth Dis
triet?" i asked.
'In jackson county, all our people are
talking Hogg, and take it that he will be
renOminated, No one seems to be making
anything like canvas sgainst him. The
leaders In our coupty argue that it has al
ways been the unwritten law in the dis
triet to give man two consecutive terms
in Congress from our district, and they do
not see why any exception should be made
in Mr.. Hogg's case. Hogg is strongers nd
more popular now than he was two years
ago"
"Who will the Democrats of the State
probably nominate for Governor" asked
the REGISTER man.
"The choice Of our district is johnson
n. Camden. There are two other aspirsnts
in the district, however. They both hail
from Mason county"
who are they?
II. r Howard, Of Point Pleasant, and
p. G. Eastman. / see that the County
Convention has instructed for Howard"
There is an interesting contest for the
Circuit Judgeship to succeed Judge Bob
Fleming" continued Mr. Hassler. ''Fiem-
ing is q Republican and got in through
some discord in the Democratic ranks.
Judge r s Brown, Of jackson, is an an
nounced candidate, but he did not say in his
announcement that his candidacy is sub.
jeet to any convention. From what /
heard during my visit home / am under
the impression that Hon. B. s. Armstrong
will probably be nominated TO succeed
Fleming. Armstrong has been County
Prosecutor for eight years, and when in
the House Of Delegates was chairman OF
the Judiciary Committee.
Doesn't Holly q. Armstrong live in
your eounty?"
eyes, in Jackson county"
"Did you hear any talk of him for the
State Authorship"
"Not while / was at home. / have
heard his candidacy for the nomination
talked of since returned to Washington.
IL seems to me that Mr.. Duffy, the present
incumbent, is the strongest man in the
State for that position. He is popular
and has all the Sher fl of the different
counties and their deputies working for
him. Duffy is quite popular with the
SheIiffJ of the Stale, and that is q great
leverage in his favor. Besides he's good
politician. He is an aspirant for q re-
election and will probably get it. How
ever, if Holly ia candidate he will doubt
less have the solid support of our county"
rs there anything in the talk that the
Democrats are in danger of losing West
Virginia on account of President Cleve-
lands message on the tariff ?"
None at ALL" replied Capt. Hsssler.
IF the House of Representatives pass this
LtTlu Dlll, Ut uu6 Will ouCu IuOuluCatlOuo
as will give satisfaction 10 the Democrats
OF the country, believe that the Demo-
Gratis will have eight thousand majority at
the next Presidential election. l will
gamble on five thousand anyway-but
you need not say I'd be guilty of
gambling. 1 would wager a hat
or two, though, that We can carry
the State by at least five thousand
msjority. Why" continued Captain
Hassler, ''I was talking TO Mr.. G.
Crow of our section. He is one of the
largest wool growers in the State. He
said ut first that he thought the President
had made a mistake in proposing to put
wool on the free list, but SINCE then he had
given the subject some study and consid-
Grafton and is now of the opinion that the
proposition is all right. He says the wool
grower is getting less for his wool now than
Ae did four or five years ago, and he be-
lieves that under the new proposition, if
the bill passes, it will be benefit to the
wool producers rather than q damage to
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