The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-08-27
CONGRESSIONAL TIMBER.


The First District Democratic Com
gressional Convention, to he held in this
city tomorrow, will, as the pins are now
set, have presented to it the names Of at
least five, probably six, and possibly
more, worthy Democrats, who, together
with their friends, are laboring under
the delusion that the Democracy uuder
their leadership can regain possession OF
this district.
With this layout OF candidates, the
prospect for fun is fair. The First Dis
trict Democracy has in the past given
some circus performances that were
worth going miles to see. Some OF the
ringmasters and tumblers offormer enter
tainments will be on hand this time, and
may get the Democratic mule SO stirred
up that the show will be on us dizzy
scale rs on former occasions. As usual,
one man will be nominated and the 9TH
ems will get left, and kick till November,
when they will observe the man who
gets the nomination take tumble that
will rattle his back teeth and make
them bless their stars that the fates
were so kind to them us to refuse them
the nomination.
The five whose names are to go before
the convention are John 0. PendletOn
and the Hon. Joe Woods, OF this city,
Col. Dan johnson, OF Tyler, ]. G. Pal
mer, OF Brooke, and Judge Gideon d.
Camden, OF Clarksburg. The probable
fifth name is that OF Col. W. W. Arnett,
OF this city, and the possibilities are
dark horses from all quarters. Some
mention has been made OF the way in
which Pendleton and Woods are welting
the tanhark, the former anxious TO Sc
cure the nomination rs reward for SER
vices on the stump and ut the polls in
years past, and the other as the Cam
den ring candidate.
Col. Dan Johnson's efforts are the
same he has been making for number
,of years past, and are not likely to
amount to much more than they have
formerly. His candidacy will afford
an opportunity for Gen. Bush Price, Of
Marshall, to make one OF his speeches
eulogistic OF the Colonel, whereupon
the convention will laugh at the General
and there will be much confusion.
Judge Camden arrived in the city Sat.
urday and located ut the Stamm. De
spite his years, the Judge looks hale and
hearty. He says he was not disposed Il
be Il candidate for the nomination, but
his friends urged him 30 to allow them
to enter him in the field, that at last he
reconsidered, and that now he is entirely
in their hands.
The Judge ran for Congressional hon.
ors once before. That was in 1914. II
was in this district, which was then Il
part of Old Virginia and covered much
more territory than it does now. Judge
Camden was the Wing nominee and
Joe johnson, a famous politician in his
day, whose fame is remembered even to
this day, was his opponent as the Demo
cratic candidate. johnson defeated him,
but it was not considered much OF de-
feat, for johnson always beat anything
or anybody that he came against. One
OF his sayings was, ~ can beat 'em all )"
and he could, too. johnson was little
bit OF sawed.of man, but he was a
hustler from way back.
Judge Camden was elected TO the Vir.
ginia Legislature from old Gilmer coun-
ty before he was twenty-one years old.
In the U. S. Senatorial fight, in which
the Hon. G. p. Caperton was the sue
cessful man, Judge Camden missed ii
by only four votes, and he could have
had those four votes had not his nephew,
Hon. johnson n. Camden, refused
to relinquish his control OF them and let
them be directed towards the Judge.
Judge Camden figures on the vote Of
Cleveland and Governor Wilson in this
district, and on this basis has abiding
faith in the ability OF the Democrats to
elect him to Congress. He has promi.
nent record us talented lawyer, IN up
right judge and an honorable citizen.
He has large means and abundant leisure,
which is the polite way OF stating that
he has "bar'l" and that it could be
drawn on literally in the event OF his
nomination, for the expenses Of Wig
orous campaign,
Colonel Al nett has been assured by
some OF his friends among the delegates
from this county, that they propose to
vote for him. He says that had Woods
not stepped into the course he could
have beaten Pendleton out OF sight had
he seen fit to exert himself. He is not
begging votes, nor even asking for them,
but If he should be nominated, which,
by the way, he does not anticipate, he
will shake the bushes in way that will
EurnriSp those who know him best