Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-08
AFFIDAVITS
NOW REQUIRED By THE NTgLLIGENCER"
PROM PLOPPERs.
More Delegates 10 in Coming Big Democratic Con-
vsnton-Late Republican Suggestion Meetings
Candidates for Circuit Judges.

Whenever you say chopper" to an In
teRigeneer reporter now, he turns pale.
Yesterdays expose by the REGISTER OF
the methods the z o. p organ has been
employing, about knocked the bottom out
of the entire 'tfopper" business, and
hepeeforth attempts in this line by the In
telligeaeer will only excite ridicule.
It has been long time since political
scheme was so completely exploded. 1t
dropped from the sublime TO the redieu-
lous in a day, and any future efforts will
only contribute to the humor of the cam
paign. The fact of the matter is, that the
whole scheme has been flssh In the pan.
It was pulled too soon. And in desper-
ate effort to keep it going, the thing has
been run into the ground.
The scene in the IntelEgeneer editorial
rooms, Yesterday, is described as being
very affecting. When the curtain went
up, the editor appeared, K. U: Z, weeping
copiously, with copy OF the REGISTER IN
his nervous hand. Several reporters were
grouped on one side, conyersiDg together IN
earnest but subdued tones, while the city
editor wiped his fevered brow, and softly
blessed himself for not cutting the Hop
per'' business off before he get into trouble.
It was very pathetic. 1t is understood
that chopper" stories sent to the Intethgea'
Ger, unaccompanied by the affidavit OF the
political athlete, will be summarily tossed
into the waste basket.
Fourth Ward Republicans.
The Republicans of Union district-or
rather about dozen of them-met in the
Police Court room, at the City Hall, last
evening, to suggest names for delegates to
the coming State and Congressional Con-
ventions. Ralph Whitehead, the chair
man of the County Executive Committee,
presided. The following suggestions we're
made
Congressional Convention-James Nc
Adams, Charles Bickerton, George W.
Ford, Matt Chew, 8. G. Smith, Ahram
Stamm, NJ. F. Moran, Frank Woods, Ralph
Whitehead, VIM. Mccormick, J. A. Met
calf, H. A. Albright and E. w. Collins.
State Convention-J. A. Metcalf, W. B.
Simpson, John Adams, Geo. b. Caldwell,
B. F. Caldwell, A. B. Caldwell, G. W.
Hess, B. S. Allison, Phillip Fletcher, David
Moore and James McGuigen.
The delegates who msy be elected to
either of the Conventions were ordered by
those present to go uninstructed, which
means that in the Congressional Conven-
ton they are to be ''forninst" both Doven-
er and Atkinson, and will aid the Intelligent
Ger in i@ pet scheme of choking off both
those would-be statesmen in favor OF the
only Golf. =,
When this business was over, Council
man Gus SChultze, who is killing time this
hot weather by running" for County As
SCISSOR, was introduced to the meeting, and
made little speech, in the course OF which
he iuiudiciously and enormously an
nounced that the woods were full Of flop
pers in the country district, and that Cap
tain William North had list OF eight and
Candidate for the Legislature Dunlap one
of fifteen. This announcement was re-
ceived with smiles and incredulOus shakes
of the head by those Of the audience who
had seen copy OF the morning REGISTER,
and il was evident that the meeting was
fightlnga little shy of tloppers just at pres
emit. After some further remarks Of a dis
paraging nature at the small size Of the
meeting, and reminder that down in
Richie the Republicans did such things
very much better, Dir. Schultze sat down.
and the audience left.