Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-26
Will Do the Fighting for the
Republicans.
CHAIRMAN COHDEES LITTLE TRIP.
Distributing Grease in the Kanawha
Valley.
| LAST DESPERATE EFFORT
viii Be Made to Buy Up West Virginia's
Honest VOteS--The State Will Be Flood
ed With MOnsy--ThousandS
Already on Hands.
SpeeiG TslsgTGn 10 Re Register.

SpecSG TsleGTGT 70 taG Register.
CHARLESTON, ". VA, 0ltober 25.-
There iS Q scent Of Doodle on the air in this
porti3n of the STATE. Snoe the yikit Of
Chairman Cowden, of the Republican
State COMMITTEES, day or two sgo, things
Rave taken on decidedly financial aspect.
Republican money has been distributed
right and left, and there is still thousands
Cf dollars on haad in this city, to be here
sitter applied in the interests Of the Repub-
licsn State and National tickets. Little
attempt has tesn msds 10 conceal the fact
chat large sums have lately been made
available fJr use by the Republican State
Committee, and very large share Of the
cash has been sent to this city, which Is the
distributing point for the Central and south.
ern counties of the State. Tnis money,
which came to this city in the form OF ear
tilted checks, to the amount ofthirty thoul
sand dollNs, has been here s;nce the
18th irS>, awaiting the arrival
OF Mr.. CoHdeu, who was TO have Fer
s)ral charge of its disbursement. Mr..
Co Sdeu arrived hsrs Monday, snd engaged
two rooms a. the Hotel Ruffner, one re-
csption apaIt ne1t aud the other his sleep
ipg quarters. His coming was expected,
for no S'ousr had he inscribed his auto
graph upon the Big register, in the office,
aud been shown to his quarters, than be
was waited upon by the local lenders, and
thers was "A earnest consultation. The
risult was satisfactory, and them
THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS
bsgsn. RqonerS Wers sant on TO all the
various Countits in this Kauawhs valley
aad south OS the river, carrying with them
their pro rass share of the cash, AMI the iu-
sructo1s were to use it freely in the las:
ten days before the election, wherever and
in whatever way it would do the most
good. A large sum, placed as high es five
tSolsard dollars, was reserved flr use in
this ard Fayet!e counties, in the expects-
ton that By ia aid the Republican msjfr-
tiles Of two and four yssrs would be man
tsined.
After remaining in the city two days,
and giving his psrsc nal supervision to this
and other matters, and lelViag tiusl in-
structious tor the conduct Of the Republi-
can campaign up to the opening o. the
polls, Mr.. COTden took his departure for
Wheeling, whsrs it is presumed financial
matters will also claim his undivided at
tebtion for few days.
There is plenty Of money at the d'spcsSi
Of the Republican commit e. Make no
mistake about this. Theye is abundant
te timony to the effect that General GOff
has put twenty-five tloussn1 dollars into
the treasury Of the sac Commit ea, aocu
tige thousand dolla'S has hesn contributed
Sy leading Republicans throughout the
State, aud Chairman Quay, upon the
strength of reports made by Stephen b.
| EIki1s and others, has faraished fifty
| thousaad dollars more, swe ling the az grt-
gate TO eighty thousand dollars.
| Dat o. tlis lump sun came ths thirty
| thousand which YVES 5 mt to this city, and
! this has baen o. will be distributed through
ont the southern counties !or u%e teSGtel
now and election day. Information here
| is that tlirty thousln1 more will bs sem
out flon Wnesiiag "a n distributing point,
ard the remainder will 20 to the eastern
portion of the State, or bs kept On hand
| for emeIgencie2.
1t tisupln this ha1is that West Virginia
| ia TO be carrie in the interest Of tbs mon
| opolistS