Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-13
WHO WILL IT Be?
D0ygNER STILL SEEMS TO BE LEADING IN
OHIO COUNTY,
But tbs Not Conceded by the "U1Pledgei' People.
Something About the True Ilwardless Of
the Republican Situation.

D.aaEsNAaa =A".~a NNh
the Republican Situation.
While it is practically impossible TO as
certain, with any reasonable degree of ac-
curacy. the individual preferences Of the
Guy delegates chosen at the Republican
primaries, Saturday, TO represent Ono
comfy in the coming Congressional Con-
yention, there seems to be NJ good reason
to doubt that Captain Doyener has secured
a majority OF the gentlemen selected, or to
question the claim of his friends that he
will have something beyond Il working
maiarity'' of the iorty.four votes TO which
ONO county Is entitled in the Convention
Mr.. Atkinson has u representation in the
da!e,atiou, varying, according to the per
Sopsl feelings Of those makiog the estimate,
from fogr to half q duzeu, or more, and a
large slice Of the fry, running from one
half down to one-third, Is credited with
friendly feelings toward Hon. 4. W. Camp
he'll, providing General Goff is not in the
field.
But giving due weight to all these vary
log claims, it Is stall safe to say that Mr..
D,yener hes a majority OF both the dele
gates ami the votes, and ne and his friends
we're in high feather, yesterday, over the
which had attended him in his mp
hill fight.
That Doyeucr fought against hig odds,
cannot ne denied. There was arrnyed
against MIN the power OF the hto7igoncor,
which il championinc Mr.. Campbell;
the friends OF Mr. Atkinson; any feeling
which might exist among the rank aud file
Of tue party inr Hon John A. Campbell,
md. m addition, those who were. in favor
of General Con. provided that gentleman
should in any -rose become y candidate,
ar 5c presented to the Convention. II
was Mr. Dlyrner against the field,
i'm other words. and the tavOrite won
Eui all the various factions contributing
% the very lively contest of Saturday
evening, me struggling with each other
over tun varlcu5 Delegates elect and IA q
a1mh.r OF d,-tuet- the delegation il
.l.u-l 10 hs aoid for NJ. D,verer by
d, .rr,ds, whilv or the other hand, the
: me u,.u arc rs confidently asserted to be
'dgp.edged" cut therefore Ia lie tgee-lGnces
IN lie Couyrntiuu, with aCharce that they
may as, .neir ballots Tor almost anyone
Who h,a yet hyln named ior the office.
This unset led condition of affairs Is par
icultrly noticeable IN Wehsterand Richie
district, but 1t Ia by no means absent In
Others
A more complicated situation than this
iigh, ior the R-pu"l'"aU Congressional
nomination has seldom been sreu IN the
State. and a more interesting state Of al
iair- canpOt well lee imagined. A. ~ well
known, there a.e three GyOwed candidates
for thr place, in the persons Oi Captain
Dovynrr, Hon. John \. Campbell and
Hon & W. Atkinson. Aside nom these,
hes MI glung been supposed that Gener-
al GoiT was working Ina iavorite game,
aud Standing in nm attitude of expectancy,
listening 10 hear IT his country Was calling
aim while the Ig',YiytHrtr'S campaign OF
opp rsllion 10 bO,G DDycpcr aud Atkinson
aas ]vaTIousiy unexpected 10 mean ard Tor
OiutI Iu securing "a denomination, or an
ru.uiug tor tne announcement OF the can
trlacy Of Hon. 4. W. Campbell SGou.d
rhvrr h. u1y'hIuE like a certainty TIA,
shat grutlcursu -'1Od q claace
OF bsing called upon 10 max,
the race E.,rn OF these latter theories
49,. hacEei up hy aui" AID lugcGions
arguments, and n - p0estnie for either
one Of the .ur>-es go bt gwen q practical
Illus. r;tioa, but az the same time, the
4 W. Campbsl idea was 'tnu real
'urs' all along, while the Con
jalk IL on)~ ag'tot-d az times, with
to deceive. and to mask The
real purpose OF the attacks upon the
ayowtd Ohio county candidates, 10 which
readvl- Of Ltt,I'g,u,.r have several times
been treated G..trat Con has mo7t em.
phaticali5 stated that he viii not accept Q
gumInation from the Convention, even II
rendered him unanimously, and there Is
every ryauuu 10 believe he - this time in
earnest Not b,vuusu he is thing of poll
tlCl, but on the contrary, that he may
work out q we~ll-CpHeidered programme,
which, he fnndly hopes, will finally
Land hIni IN the United State S-ngte To
bring about this n-Ummat,nn of his
dreams and ambitions. he has ~inaugurated
WIN, is destined to be Il series OF -jumpirg
tours throughout tine close counties OF the
State, with the idea ui securing thereby
the election of n many members o. the
Legislature "a possible. To max. another
rauvR>s Of tliH Congressional District,
would be- to clutinr hja efforts during TIE
campaign to this end OF the State, white
an the rem Unuer would ne forced 20 get
sIuug without feeling the weight of his
-%loqueucr This would he practically
shelving himself q, "a most interesting
crisis IN the politics Of the State, and
upncc his Hat r-tu-al
With things shRpiug themselves in this
direction, the h]itiigcar,r undertook 10
work up a sentiment against Mes~r8. At
kiu-Ou aud Dlvencr in thls county, IN the
shape of "unplsdg,d' delegates, and il It
could he thereby made to appear that both
thesa gentlemen We're not IN particularly
high favor here, a feeling OF iRssitudc
might be created among their friends in
other portions of the district, aud amid
the resulting INDIGESTION Mr.. Campbell
might he suggested as a good man, and fl
'uro the niche. But in no event was ME
name To he FORMAL y connected with the
nomIUutlOn. unless things looked pretty
favorable, or, M other words, until he was
well gs sur'G that he could obtain a major
ity 0G the Convention.