The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-11-30
A NEWSPAPER DEAL
Which is Likely TO Occur in
Wheeling at an Early Date,
TWO DEMOCRATIC pAlLlEs
In tho Event of the Failure OF Capt.
taIis,s TO Buy the Present Organ,
Tho New PaFkcrspurg pailya
Part OF the Scheme,

A newspaper deal Of some magnitude
Is on foot in this city, For some time
past certain leading Democratic poll
ticlsus who do not liysip Wheeling and
who control q large amount Of capital
which they are willing TO risk, have
been DESTROYS Of obtaining possession Of
the Daily Register establishment, and
with that end in view, those who own
the controlling stock have been APP
preached with some good offers. All oil
these oyertures have been refused,
As long ago rs 1885, soon after tho
present management assumed control,,,a
number Of politicians, including Com
missioner Of Internal Revenue Joseph
S. Miller, Senator Camden and others,
who we're not altogether pleased with
the policy OF the organ, made an attempt
to purchase II, but they we're net with q
rebuff that discouraged them, Since
then, at intervals, talk Of Q purchase has
been INDUCED Ii By the same parties,
and some "ieeling" conferences have
been held, but to no purpose, y
Within q few days the latest OF these
conferences has been held, the party 0!
the frst part being MI, Owen s, McBin'
ney, Of Fairmopt, and the naFty Of tue
second part General Manager James \,
Taney. q the West Virginia Printing
Company, Whether orpot Mr, Mcllil.
ney ielt' the city satisfied that be bad
worked Mr.. fancy up 10 the point Of
selling his interest In the company Is mot
known, but II ia certain that the gentle.
men who are backing Mr., Mckinney will
mot abandon their efforts TO purchase tue
paper, and in the event OF failure to
buy II on reasonable terms, will, In due
course OF time, start an opposition DEM
oCratic paper In Wheeling,
Mr.. Mckinney, as has been before an
nounCed, is preparing to publish q Dem
ocratic daily In PaFkersburg, the first
number OF which will be isaped about
the 10th OF December. The enterprise,
SO far as Is now known, will be started
as advertised, pending negotiations with
the Register people, II these negotia-
tons amount 10 nothing, 1t Is the inten-
tention OF those who are backing the
Parkersburg daily, to blde their time and
establish themselves also In Wheeling,
where a straightout Democratic daily
will be run in ayowed opposition to the
Register.
The original intention Of those at the
head Of the Parkersburs enterprise was
to start only In Wheeling, but there
were certain obstacles In the way, such
Us getting the particular telegraphlC
news franchises desired, etc, and 1t was
thought best 10 postpone SO bold a move
until these privileges could be secured
For all the purposes Of the projectors
fof this scheme 10 force the RtgiliBl
people to terms, plenty OF capital 10 al
their command and some interesting
developments may be looked for soon.
Mr., Mckinney, who Is conducting all
negotiations, and who 10 10 be the editor
Of the new paper, whether II Felnains ip
ParkoBburg, or whether sit turns out to
be twins" one holding forth in ParkerS'
burg and the other In Wheeling, Is q
com pelent business man, an able jour
nalist, atraightout Democrat Of the
aggressive school mot being tainted
with moss.back bourbonisml, and hii
connection with a party organ ought to
guarantee Its success.