The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-05
PHIL SNYDHR'S FENCES.
Circular Issued by the kanawha
Democratic Committee.
SOME APT OBSERVATIONS.
Manner in which Congressman Hus.
tie for Themselves and Neglect
Their Duty at the Same
Time-Dcmocratlc Row.

CHARLESTON, W. Va, May 4-War
has broken out in the Kanawha County
Democratic Executive Committee, and
all on account OF kick made by four
members who did not have things their
way, against majority OF the commit
tee, in arranging for the Third Congress
sional District Convention. Last week
the minority got out circular to the
Democratic voters and advocated Mr..
Snyder, the present Congressman, for
denomination. The circular was strong
one hgainst the majority of the com
mittee, who favored Anderson, and hit
them pretty hard, stating that uniairness
had been INDUCED in, in order to clear
themselves and to make the fight hotter
The majority have issued circular to
the Democratic voters. In substance.
the address says: captain Snyder, the
present Congressman, is equally mis-
taken in what he says took place re-
specting the fixing OF the date. The
question was not what had been done
up to that time by the candidates for
Congressional honors. With that the
committee had nothing to do, and about
it little, il anything was known to them.
What did occur was this: Mr.. Laidley,
member OF the committee, wanted to
extend the date; had said he was afraid
that ten days was not time enough, and
made some reference to the time not
suiting Mr.. Snyder.
To this Mr.. Pemberton responded that
the ten days were as long for Mr.. Snyder
as they were for Mr. Anderson or Mr.. st.
Clair, and as ii would operate upon all
of them alike he was unable to see any,
thing unfair.
"Mr. Middleton, n member OF the
committee, called attention TO the fact
that Congress was in session, and said
that Mr.. Snyder could not get off to look
after his interests, (which, by the way,
was most refreshing statement on the
part OF our friend, as we had all seen but
n moment before that Mr.. Snyder had
gotten off and was then doing what he
could to promote his interest,". 1t was
in answer to this that the remark was
made by Mr.. z. that Congressman gen.
orally found way to look after their
candidates., and that he supposed Mr..
Snyder would not be at all backward
about helping his own along.
MIR. Middleton asked whether Mr.. P.
thought it right for Congressman TO act
in that way, and the answer was that
we were not there to determine the
rightfulness Of such questions, but to
recognize facts as they were, and that
whether right or wrong, Congressman
did it.
at will be observed in Mr.. Shyder's
circular that Mr.. P. is quoted MS having
committed himself to the rightfulness OF
this sort OF Congressional absenteeism
which he expressly declined to do. The
idea that runs through Mr.. Snyder's cir
cular from one end to the other, is that
the committee was set uD against him
and had tried to throttle him. He pleads
for fairness us though the committee had
withheld it from him; he asks for
chance OF success in the race as though
the committee had denied it to him, and
he pleads for his good name us though
the committee had attempted to destroy
it.
"Now, what did we have the power to
do, and how did we exercise it? Only
this: we had the power to decide be-
tween district conventions and county
convention, and We had the right to fix
the time when either should be called.
Neither the one nor the other was to
nominate anybody, be it remembered,
but simply to select delegates to nom
mating convention. A majority OF the
committee felt that in the present ext
gences OF the party, and without refer.
ence to the candidacy for Congress OF
any human being, it was best to have the
district conventions, that in this way n
better attendance OF the people could be
secured, their will better asccrtained
and the benefit to the party itself be
much greater. The minority OF the COM
mittee wanted the delegates selected by
n County Convention.
"When such county convention as
they desired is decided TO be held, call
is made in this way: the people Of each
of the ten districts comprising the coun-
tv are requested to meet at their usual
places of meeting and appoint ten or
twenty delegates to u county, and at
time designated to select ten delegates
for each district to represent Kanawha
County in the congressional convention
when called.
''Not to say anything about the dan
ger OF such convention being packed,
and everybody being counted for par
ticular candidate, whether they are for
as wise or foolish to require thousands
Of men to travel many miles away from
their districts TO re-eleCt delegates to
represent their districts. Captain Sny
der's appeal to the people is in itself n
sufficient refutation OF the charge that
we did him any wrong. How could the
manner in which we called conventions
to select delegates affect, in tbs slightest
degree, the vote OF any man either for
or against him? II he depended upon
the people and not upon shrcwd manip-
ulatiOn OF the convention, how is he
hurt?
1--WE have referred the whole matter
to the people, and by calling district
conventions it has been made all the
more certain that the people will turn
out. II his reliance is upon his claims,
the better pleased he ought TO be"
This row within the ranks OF the DEM
ocratic representatives OF the people is
amusing the Republicans, who are hop
ing that their candidates may have an
increase from this row. The friends of
SNYDER and Anderson are very bitter in
this fight, and il is thought trouble may
arise nj the meeting Of the Democrats
next Saturday to choose delegates.
why the Crown Prince Hates the English.
New YoRK, May 4.-The Medical
Record publishes to-day statement by
German physician that the maliorma-
ton Of the Crown Prince William'sarm
is not duo to n scrofulous disease, as
has been reported, but to the bungling
work OF two English physicians who
attended at his birth; and that this fact
accounts for the Princes hatred OF tho
English. The writer adds that Professor
Martin, now dead, distinguished OBJ
stetrican OF that time had to be finally
called in to assist the English physicians
tI. DrtN,afa Enffligi.