The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-19
THE THIRD AND FOURTH
Congressional Districts What
is Being Done by Both Parties.
HON. c. B. SMITHS POSITION,
lIc VIII Not Allow His Namc To bc
Used Unless Jackson IL His
Opponent - Not Anxious to
Run III the Third District,
Social 8tsetch to he MttHfatnc r.

decidedly interesting, and scarcely an,
Que, except the parties Immediately in
terested will venture a prediction as tt
tho result. The fight here has beer
made chiefly on tho county clerkship
George II. Nutter aud William Dill,
being the leading candidates, and ba,
grown 80 warm as to almost exclude nj
other questions, including that -of. wkt
shall be the coming candidate for Con,
eress. This year the delegates frou
this county 10 both the CongressionaJ
and Senatorial conventions were an
pointed by the districts and as Tie
friends Of tho candidates for county
clerk were out in full force and this
fight was made on that line, but little
attention was paid to the Cong, essional
delegations, and as reEult no one knows
exactly how kanawha county stands on
the Congressional question. :
Hon. 9. B. Smith, the present Circnii
CLERK, OF this county, has a decidedly
strong following, but the same is true Of
Maj. McGinnis, and Just how far the
vote OF the county will be cast in tLe
Hinton convention no living man can
tell. Mr.. Smith claims that nearly all
the delegates, II not all OF them, will vote
for him on the first ballot at least. bu,
this is decidedly doubtful, as Mai. Nc.
Ginnis' friends will make every possi.
Bile effort in his behalf, and 1t is under.
stood that several OF the districts have
appointed delegates who look lavorably
upon bis claims. Clay county sends a
Roiid McGinnis delegation, as does Lo.
gan and Raleigh, McGinnis' own coun.
to, and it is believed that the delegation
from Boone county is also favorable to
him, but none scem TO know positively
as to this. Fayette'a delegation is for
Mai. Theophilus Gaines. and Grcenbri.
er's vote will be for Col. J. W. Davis,
although there is considerable talk OF
Deputy Marshal George W. MeVey and
Col. L, Best, of Ronceverte, as OZARK
horses" II their names should be placed
before the convention they would proba-
biyreceive the full vote of their counties,
and the nomination might lie between
them.
BROKE TIE GIBRALTAR,
The friends OF Maj. McGinnis are do
ing everything possible in his behalf on
the ground that he was the first man to
break The old time "Gibraltar Of Democ.
racy." and after being triumphantly
elected WAS deirauded of the seat to
which he was entitled for eighteen
months by Democratic fraud; that no is
the Only man who has practically de.
morstra,ed his ability to carry the dis
trlct and that all preceden.s demand
bis denomination. OF course, these ar.
-guments are considered very Weighty
ones. The opposition says that il Nc.
Ginnis can be- elected any one else can,
and in proof OF the statement refers to
the returns from the different counties
OF the district which show tha. he ran
considerably behind General Golf at the
election OF 1883. 1t is understood that
Mr.. McGinnis will make no effort in his
behalf, but will accept the nomination
ii it is rendered to him, while on the
other hand, the other candidates are
leaving no stone unturned to win the
victory.
WHY SMITH WILL RUN.
Major McGinnis came to Kanawha in
1858 With majority ef 1878 against
hin, which Kanawha overcame by civ
ing him majority Of 1916, or a plural
ity OF SO in the district. Without the
vote OF Kauawha the district is strongly
Democratic, and upon this ground Mr..
Smith goes into the fight, as he thinks,
with fair prospects OF success. It is the
general opinion OF well informed men Of
both parties that the chances are strong
" in favor OF the Republican candidate,
whoever he may be, although the fact iH
recognized that MIR. Anderson has g
strong personal following and will make
a good race. A prominent Democratic
politician said to-day:
ut ID difficult at this time to predict
tho result. OF course the votes In
Mercer and Mcdowell counties were con
tested by Fleming in 1858. Besides, it il
probable that there are number OF
other colored men, unmarried, who live
on "Simmons Creek who have been ir
tho State long enough to be legal voters
and the general reputation OF colored
man is that he is Republican," Or
the other hand quite number OF Vir
sinians, capitalists and others, have
moved into the State since that time
and it is safe to assume that nine out o.
every ten white Virginians are Demo
Gratis. How far this will serve as stand
of to the colored vote am unable t
say, but it may be enough 10 save thu
district for us. One thing l wan
distinctly understood, however, is tha
! don't want the Democratic nomina
ton for Congress"
1t is not necessary to give the gentle
mans name, but he is a close persona
and political friend Of both Senate
Kenna and Mr.. Alderaon, has been
candidate himself on more than Que oc
casion, ard all who know him will agre
that the Democratic sky must indeed b
dark when he doesn'. want nomina
tion. s@.... ~.
iIt., ~ ~ "rwE" WILSON.
It is rumored that Ex. Governor WI
son, OF tive" fame, has not yet eivel
IN all hope OF carrying OF the question
able prize for which he has been work
ing SO hard and hopes to succeed il
.breaking" the instruction for Alderso
from some Of the counties. No one VIII
knows him will bo surprised il heshoul
attempt to do so, but no one except hin
self has the slightest idea that he ca
succeed. There has never been the bes
OF feeling between himself aud Mr.. A
dersou, and nothing has occurred dnrin
his candidacy that has had tendenc
10 close up tho breach. Many OF Nj
Aldeyson's iIicnds state openly that tho
arc satisfied that Mr.. Wilson did nc
vote for thnt gentleman in 1883 and vii
not in 1890, and they assert Just q
openly that il Mr.. Wilson should b
nominated they will not vote for hin
Democratic harmony in the Third di'
trio. is well enough to talk about, but
would require powerful magnityip
class to di1cover just where it is, al
4. when found II could not be broken o
in very large chunks.
Indications are that the Third Wes
Virginia district has been representa-
by a Democrat ior the last time, and thu
tIe majority in next November will t
60 large that a tive" Governor will nj
be able to climb over it. Tho nominet
Of Thursday's Hinton convention vi
receive the individual support of h
marty, No i'll feeling has been engeI