Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-02-04
DORIS REASONS.

The Delegate From Webster County EH-
plains Hi- Position on the Senatorial
Question. and says lie l. Not a Kicker.
5-.-- Itgrll % fs Register.
CHARLES February 3.-The rep,e-
entstiye Of the REGISTER met Delegate
Dlrr o. Webster this evening, sEd found
chat the refractory member. who is now
,h- 0biec, eff Cenunci3ii0n from hundreds
o. Democrats. keeu.y feels the situation ia
ghilh he is placed He insists that he
has been mi7repre5euted. He has hereto
fore been a strict party man, and even IN
its present complication he considers there
30 god -eas1n 70 question his Demos
acv.
Mr. Dorr said The people do not un-
isrst1d my course, and in Justice to my
.a.f ask to be allowed TO make an tx
parad0n. On the strength OF il 1 am
w,'Hl. 90 be Judged.
-Ofcourse. I am opposed TO Mr. Kenns,
lrl h8ye been opposed 90 him for some
ine came 20 Charleston an out
ln7 olt anti Henua man, and made no
ls-iancy OF expressing my convictions. l
vss c0nyiucsd then. and am convinced
now that his reelection would be iDjuri-
ors. u not destructive 10 the Democratic
party.
"Wnen the Democratic members Of the
legislature realized the situation here, 1t
ea. uerslly understood among them that
1acsrcus should Pc held unless every man
agreed TO 10. in a conference preceding the
date of the caucus.
This agreement was violated By Mr..
Kenna's friends Ol saturday, January
lis. they began % rculate q call Tor a Oa1-
Gus without ever advising with any man
gho was known 10 oppose Mr. kenna's re-
election. refused 90 sign 1t, and several
otlcrs dig tle samr. We circulated IA Cal
for o conferences instead, and the center-
sucs was held on M0ldoy night Con-
t.rsrces were held .,om time 10 time, one
on tuesday, ] believe, and ore Oh Wedres-
day. 4 attended an of them. On Wednes-
lsy, while acting under a conference call,
by general consent, a vote for United
S8tes Se1st'r vas taken. To resulted N
20 election.
'O1 Thursday a1o.her conference was
held. and iu spite Of the fact that several
members known TO- oppose Mr.. Kenna
were absent. bis tt-nds determined 10
force 20 nomination. learned this, and
made 20 10Y mind then and there that
Mr. Ke0ul woulj not he allowed TO uae
ucd tactics io force him-elf on the party.
I1 tha sOclliad caucus I made the state
mart .ha. as they had seen fit 10 violate
th .oumm ggrseneCt about calling o
nu.rs. was not bound hy 10. and would
el ..I.e uv own judgment boz suppoytlng
Nr k.uua il they nominated him.
Zoe meeting adjourned, but on the
next Monday night Kenna was nominated
4 lo not consider the nomination valid,
tor the call for caucus was not made by
enough members 70 elect, and the
csu they were acting under then was
only call Tor "a conference. The sO-called
nomination is violation Of cur common
agreement. that 100 caucus should be held
OF nomination msde unless al members
were present and agreeing. 0r. Hsrr was
never present 40 any OF these alleged eau
ouse- and Mr. Merrill was not present on
this puticrlar evening.
"Eysn the members who were present
d1d not consider themselves bound by the
nomination, for / was amOog them and so
was Senator Vanpel-, ard the form Of
procedure was such that We did no. make
anv pledge 20 support the NOMINEE. The
decision 10 vote fer Mr. Nsnna was sim-
p.y an Informal agreement among certain
members and wss rot binding on those
who did ro. take part. or ON any one who
might see fit to do otherwise.
.For these reasons do not consider
myself kicker, There hes been no regu-
lar caucus and no nomination to kick
against
or trust the REGISTER will not refuse
To- give me the benefit CT this statement '