Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-06
POLITICAL.
RIchland Democrats.

There was large turnout of enthusiasts
tic Democrats of Richland district, at the
Glenn Run school house, Saturday even
ing, the meeting being called for the pur-
pose of electing Delegates to the State and
Congressional Conventions, and choosing
Senatorial and judicial Conferees. The
meeting was called TO order by A. T. Gar
den, member of the County Executive
Committee for the district. A. ID. Garden
was chosen President and Hermann G.
Weiske Secretary. The delegates selected
are as follows:
State Convention-Hermann G. Weiske
and Dr.. w. j. Bates, Jr.
Congressional Convention-Peter Della
plsine and J. L. Sawtell.
Senatorial Conferee-William MCGEE.
Judicial Conferee-John B. Wilson.
Republican Primaries In Marshall.
The Republican primaries in Union
District, Marshall county, held Saturday
afternoon, resulted as follows:
Sheriff-Burley, Benwood 81, Sherrard
So; McFadden, Benwood 81, Sherrard 1;
Pierce, Benwood II, Sherrard /; Hunter,
Benwood 1O6, Sherrard 5; Mathews, Ben
wood Isl, Sherrard 20; Nixon, Bsnwood
81, Sherrard /.
House of Observation-Disclosures, Ben
wood 2S6, Sherrard LOG; Hanen, Benwood
1874, Sherrard 81; White, Benwood PIG,
Sherrard 70.
Prosecuting Attorney-Meighen, Ben
wood III, Shsrrard 81; Hooten, Benwood
40, Sherrard Is; Parsons, Beuwood 6s,
Sherrard Z; Evans, Benwood so, Sherrard
80.
County Commissioner-Dav Benwood,
272, Sherrard, LOG; Hupps, Benwood, 66,
Sherrard, 10.
County surveyor-Connelley, Benwood,
34S, Sherrard, 1l8.
Assessor-Roseberry, BsnwOod, 1S9,
Sherrard, 7; Drum, Benwood, l52,
Sherrard, 1l3.
Justice-Riddle, Benwood, 33l, Sher-
rsrd, 10; Bumgarner, Benwood, 10, Sher-
rard, lis.
Constsble-Benwood. 2l9, Sherrard, %;
McKelley, Bsnwood. 2S2, Sherrard, Ill;
Milton, Benwood, 156. Sherrard, 50.
Member Executive Committee-Stewart,
Benwood, ISL; Lssth, Benwood, 16; Mil
ton, Benwood, SO.
The Case of the Messrs. Armour.
Saturday morning the InteHigeacer came
TO the surface with a painfully transparent
and unsatisfactory attempt to keep up its
record" Of alleged fioppers. The high tax
organ worked hard ogive some effect to the
exceeding small store of data it had on hand,
but the only result noticeable was to elicit
APPLYING smile from those who took the time
to wade through the lsbored effort of the re-.
porter, who simply did the best he could
under the circumstances.
From a reading of the Rteliigeneer's &C.
count of the flop" it doesn't appear to
he q flop at all-at least not in the sense
the paper would have the public believe.
After putting the matter in the most fav-
orable light, the Iateiiigeneer is forced to
the admission that four of the i've gentle
men alluded TO have never cast vote, and
are not now voters, while the fifth least
his first vote in 1875 for Peter Cooper"
who headed the Greenback forlorn hope in
that centennial year. The presumption is
that this Mr.. Armour has ever since voted
the Greenback ticket, as the Iateuigeaeer
would have been only too glad to make
mention of the fact that he had, in such
and such year, voted the Democratic
ticket, if he had ever been q member of
that party. A flop from the Greenback
party to the Republicans, given the place
Of honor in the Republican organ, under
"scare" head, is something of an indi-
cation of the extremity TO which the OPP
position is put to for campaign material.
'iBut the most fun" as the girls say,
was the way the Satellite referred to this
item. It handled il in manner which
showed the editor remembered the way be
had been taken in by the IsseHigeacer's
publication of the bogus Pittsburg flop.
pers, and he was very careful TO give the
central cipher round which the SatelIite re-
wolves once in 90 often full credit for the
story. This want of confidence among Tie
brethren is TO b regretted.