Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-17
TIE DAY FIXED.
Republicans Name the Time for Holding
Their Primaries and County Convention.

Republicans Name the Time for Holding
Their Primaries and County Convention.
The Republican Comfy Executive Com
mittee met at the rooms OF the Lircoln
Club yesterday afternoon, and spent good
deal CT time in listening 10 suggestions
frGnl tie host of candidates for the several
county offices, and their friends, as TO the
dates for holding the primaries and county
convention. After coed deal of chin
music, the Committee selected Saturday,
May 9Th, as the time for the primaries, and
very appropriately chose circus day, MoE-
day, May 18th, for the meeting Of the
County Convention, at which the hopes
and ambitions OF 80 many citiZ .ns, willing
to sacrifice their private Interests in the
public service, will be summarily choked
off The Convention is to be limited to
fifty delegates, FIVE from each district In
the county.
Tha scramble to obtain control of these
delegates will now begin ia earnest, and
the general public will have lots of fun for
the ensuing three weeks in watching the
desperate endeaYOrs of the candidates 10
obtain 1t least foot-hold in the body
which is to name in an official way the
choice of the party for the offices. Az
matter of couise, the most Of the fighting
will be between the candidates for Sheriff,
, there being u hallucinatiOn in the minds Of
several gentlemen in the party of which
we write that they can be elected if they
but secure the nomination. To be exact,
there are about eight aspirants for this
place, but only two or three of the gentle
men have the disease in An aggravated
form. Ths leading candidates are T. c.
Moffat and Capt. Thomas Prince, b1th of
whom are hustlipg for ali they are worth.
The friends of each are claiming
to have tho advantage, and it is
difficult to say which Of the two
is right. Ex-Msyor Jacob w. Grub is
understood TO b. moving about in quiet
way, and posing as dark horse, and his
friends are comforting themselves with the
reflection that the unexpected very often
happens. Mr.. j. K Butts, of the Board
OF Pablo Works, talks about the Sheriffalty
once 10 while to his friends, and is un-
derst0od to be solid with the members of
the Ohio Valley Trades Assembly, if his
candidacy once gets to the point where the
influence of that organization can be used
10 advantage Mr.. p. h Dobbins is not n
candidate for the Office in tho sense that he
would engage in scuflls for it, but if it
should be rendered him, why. Mr..
Joseph A. FariS is listening to
hear if his party is calling
him, but there has been 30 much
general racket, he can't az yet be sure about
the sounds waited to him upon the spring
breeze. MesTs Lem. Busby and Fred.
Miller take little hand in the fight at
times, when other work is slack, and 9TH
ers are lowering about the edge of the COM
bat.
The next largest crowd is gathered about
the Prosecuting Attorneyship. Through
the dust which il kicked up, even on wet
day, one catches glimpse of w. J. W.
Cowden, A. B. Caldwell, J. D. Elson and
T. NJ. Garvin, and it's hard to tell which
has the lead.
Tommy Jones seems TO have no Compel |
itOr for the office of County Assessor.
For the other offices there doesn't seem
to be much ola rush, but there will be no
lack of candidates between now and May.