The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-10-11
9HE FOURTH DISTRICT.
Arthur Middleton Talks About
the Situation.
SIXTH SENATORIAL FARCE.
Marcum's Defeat CcrtaIn..Capehnrt',
Campaign...Downtain In tho
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HUNTINGTON, w. VA, 0ct.S;7.-The las,
act, save one, in the Sixth Senatorial
serio'comedy has taken place. Charles
ton was the place Of action and last night
tho time OF tho act. II was the pulling
down OF Putnam's candidate for the
State Senate, File, by the State Commit.
tee, aud the declaration that Marcuu, Of
Cabell, is the party's nominee. 1t has
been a farce all along, but now It as.
sumes the shape OF tragedy. A kind
Of Democratic trance is threatened in
this district. The Democrats OF Putnam
permitted the Huntington ring" at
Milton to mako fools OF them, or rather,
10 speak correctly, they finished the lob
that nature began. They went home
mad and disgruntled and called q mass
convention to act upon the outrage. 1t
acted the natural born fool. 1t did not
need any assistance, either. 1t was 80
constructed. 1tnominated Colonel Fife,
who, true to his name, is u broken reed !;
hollow one without tho wind,
Although Atkeson WAS the real nomi.
nee OF the Milton convention, the DEM
eeraey OF Putnam accepted Fife rs the
lesser OF tho two evls-Marcum or an
Independent candidate. And they
rallied around Fife. They blew him.
They drummed him. They did every
thing to keep up Flies courage to the
sticking point. They warned him OF the
snares and delusions OF the enemy, all in
vain. He walked into the trap and was
caught.
Marcum's friends, after getting the
sentiment OF the majority OF the State
Executive Committee and working
their pulls" on the same, baited the
trap aud persuaded Fife to allow tho
committee to adjndicate their respective
claims. Tho committee .met at Charles.
ton yesterday and. as heretofore agreed,
delared Marcum the nominee. Col,
Fife was relegatod to the solitude OF his
Putnam farm there to chew his Quid and
ruminate over what might have been.
THE LAST ACT.
What will be tho last act? Marcum's
defeat. Lend me your ear, kind reader.
Capt. John X. Thompson, OF Putnam,
IN old one-eyed Rebel soldier, farmer,
q Greenback-Republican with Demo-
cratic antecedents, who is q politician
from way back, without n moss back,
and q man with broad and liberal edu.
cation and extensive information-in
fact, downright good lnan, and doubt
less the most capable man in the district
for the place, will be rendered the NOM
ination by the Republicans, will accept,
and will win.
There are hundreds Of Democrats in
all three OF the counties OF the district
who will not vote against NIarcum.
There are great many others who will
not vote at all. Captain Thompson is
very popular in his own county with all
parties and his recognized ability and
his broed.minded views are we'll known
In truth he is glorious fellow and will
be elected. - ~.
A CAMDEN HUSTLER.
When Marcum was nominated he
was supposed to DO an anti.Camden
man. 1t will be remembered that "Ar-
thur Middleton" said he was "Camden
shoveler OF political dirt" So be was.
So he is, rs well knows "Mr. Riley
vino runs the campaign" and the rest
OF that Camden club known as the Dem.
ccratic State Executive Committee. In
this respect even the" Huntington ring"
was deceived as 10 Msrcum's choice for
United States Senate. However, the
ring" was not searching for paragon
OF truth and moral beauty.
By theiway, this neck OF the woods is
resonant with shouts OF Democratic har.
mony. In Wayne the Democratic fac
tions are in a Kentucky feud, and indie.
pendentDemocraticcandidatts for county
offices are as thick as leaves in Valam-
brosia, with chances in favor OF electing
Republican ticket in whole or in part.
The same is true in Cabell. McCulloch,
theDemocratic nominee forCcuntyC Clerk,
belongs to the Huntington ring" Ii
Frank Doolittle, Republican, does no t
down him it will be miracle OF Doodle
interceded in Macs behalf. In Putnam
the Democrats held mob convention.
1t went howliug, and smashed combina.
tiors and hopes of SUCCESS all to smith.
Greens. A Democrat Of this district has
to hunt up a dictionary any time he
wants to know the meaning Of harmony.
1t is fast growing obsolete.
cAPEIART's CAMPAIGN.
Capehart, the farmer man, is circulat.
ing over the district on horseback, rigged
out as an ideal hayseed, condoling with
the men, taffying the women, kissing
the babies and eating clear side, burned
cabbage and corn bread, like an old
slayer. His luggage consists OF pair OF
saddle.bags, which may contain n bottle
Of snake medicine, bible, picture gal.
lery, change OF raiment or wad OF "in.
tluence." 1t may contain any one or
all OF these. It is hard to say. To this
should be added box of pills and bot.
tie OF pepsin, and bosom or two for his
pantaloons. -
Downtaln, the all-round athlete, has
settled down to drawing his pension and
helping others to 20 and do likewise.
Someone says he is politically dead.
Don't believe this. 1t is canard,
Things without life cannot die.
Atkeson will now so back to his farm
a sadder and wiser man, there to husk
the tlutCd car and gather the golden
pumpkin. He will not always remain
there. There will be offices to fill in the
future.
i THE GALLANT COLONEL.
The gallant State House colonel, he o
Flemish manufacture, has been looking
very downhearted since his own count,
and own party rutiied his egotism b!
turning him down, has begun tt
. brighten up. There is the scent OF con