Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-27
For the Part He Took in Downing Men
ager.
4 CASE OF DOUBLE DEALING.
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Pr. PLEASANT, August 26.-The Repub-
fcan State Convention is past, and has
left behind it a crop of bitter disappoint-
ments and heart EARNINGS. The Menager
men in this county are up in arms. The
more they reflected over the result the
madder they have become. Some Of them
are beginning to assert openly that Mena-
ger was sold out, and Goff and his gang Of
claquers from the First district were the
men who did it. Meusger entered the
race, they say, with the understanding
that Golf would not be candidate. His
fight was made under that belief On
Tuesday night he had the nomination In
his grasp. Golf was in honor bound to
refuse to accept, but band Of Mclean
politicians who saw Menager's victory GER
tain, surrounded him and plead him to
enter the fight and save Mclean. He
Welded to their demand, entered the race,
and kept Menager from obtaining the vic
tory which he had all but won.
This is the way the Mason county con-
tingent look upon the matter. They feel
that Goff lent himself to q scheme to down
Menager and they are going to even up
scores.
The REGISTER representative met Men
ager himself he said: The more
/ learn about the situation, the more / re-
gret my withdrawal from the race, in
Gotf7s interest. was side-tracked on the
representations of gang, who knew my
strength, and knew that l would beat Nc
Lean in a square fight. draw of under
no obligations to General Goff and exact
ing no promises from him. l confess l
feel hurt at the result"
His lieutenants talked more freely. A
half dozen of them were discussing Goff
and the epithets they used were neither
elegant or courteous. To the suggestion
of the correspondent that Goff was guilty
of double dealing in encouraging Mensger
and Mclean to enter the fight, and then
accepting the nomination himself, they
gave unanimous consent.
One of them said, "Meuager, Of course,
will support the ticket, but there is no
doubt he feels very sore" There is many
a Menager man who will not be whipped
into line. Menager's defeat was accom-
plished by lying, downright lying, and
some big Republicans were in the scheme.
They were Mclean men, and wanted to
keep him from suffering the humiliation
of ridiculous defeat, and Gof lent himself
10 their purpose. DR.. n S. Holt, of Wes-
ton, and Black Dovener were the men who
engineered it, Holt came to Menager early
on Tuesday and asked him 70 draw OIL IN
Gofl7s favor. Dovener did the same thing.
They even went 50 far Is to use threats,
telling Menager that he would never get
smell in West Virginia politics If he stood
in COTS way. At the same time every
effort was being made to boost Mclean.
1T was double dealing all the way
through. II Mclean had stood ghost.of
q chance of beating Menager Goff would
never have been mentioned. Menager
Welded to the tremendous pressure on
him, but now that We see Bow it vas done
there will be fun in the camp. Listen to
the report from some of the Third and
Fourth district counties in November. We
can stand anything but treachery. Gotf
may run well st home, but he won't know
what struck him when he gets down here. "
Another Menager man told me that an
effort was on foot to patch mp peace. He
said: ut is we'll understood that II God
is elected and the Legislature is Republi-
can, he will resign and he elected Senator
There will be q special election for Cover
nor and Menager will be the Republican
candidate. If it should happen that Men
aper is not nominated, lookout for war.
He was literally robbed by gang OF bull
dozers, and the effect will be seen at the
polls. Mason county would give him 500
msjority. Goff will probably loseit."