Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-08-08
A FIGHT ON DECK.
THE FRIENDS OF CAPT. DOVEyER MAKE AN
ABLE EFFORT,
Which Was Promptly Discovered BY the Hubbard
Msn-A Very Interesting Little Interview
The County Slate Made Up.

you REGISTER people are just little
bit off when you say. or rather intimate,
that Mr.. Hubbard's friends are going to
have clear track for the selection Of del
egates TO the Congressional Convention in
this county" said a Republican brother
last evening, as he selected cigar from
the reportorial case. IN admit it did
look a little that way at first" he con-
tinued. as he struck match, but after
thinking it over for awhile, myself and a
few others concluded that it wasn't quite
the thing, after Capt. Dovener's coming
as near to q nomination as he did
| last time. TO let him and his claims pass in
| silence. and we sent around and got q few
/ Of the boys together Wednesday night. We
talked the situation over for a while, ana
came to the conclusion that Dovener ought
/ 10 have a show and that by little work on
the quiet we could capture couple or
three districts in this county, with per
/ haps an odd delegate here and there, ana
/ land in the Convention with following
enough 10 make good show, divide up the
vote Of Ohio county, and. perhaps, by APP
healing 10 the rest of the delegates, to
scrape up majority. II was 0eautllul
plan. and il would have worked like a
charm, only some d-n traitor gave the
snap dead away
I The reporter expressed his sympathy IN
fitting terms, and the Borrowing and indig-
nant brother continued
/ You see. il was this way DOvener,
| YOU know. is a Madison district man, and
we picked out that district as one we could
capture the easiest. We settled on fye
good men among those nominated as dele
gates last Saturday, and agreed that we
would throw the vote OF the D0vener men
at the primaries solid for those FIVE, hoping
and believing that the Hubbard men anu
Republicans generally who would take the
trouble 10 20 To the polls would scatter and
our men would show up with majority.
Then we intended 10 fix on two or three
men in other districts and give them a
boost the same way, and as the thing was
10 be a dead secret. when the Hubbard
crowd came 20 count noses they would ma
they had been euchered'
And how did il get out:'
"Whv. as soon as we had the thing
set up, we began 70 pass the word
around, and made lots Of Roadway, but OF
course, as il nearly always happens, the
thing was mentioned TO some one VINO was
not quite friendly enough to the Captain
right where it would do us the most harm.
Now. | understand, the Hubbard men will
show up at the Madison poll, Saturday,
with straighout Hubbard ticket, and II
will take the tallest sort of hustling on our
part to win. OF course, it's the same thing
all around They are punching their dele
/ Gates at the head of the tickets all over the
county aud we will probably turn up in
| the soup when the votes are counted.
/ Il suppose the Intclligenccr is against
| Doveuer, rs usualfn
"Oh, OF course; that goes without say
/ inc. But now that we're in for il, were
going 10 do some Of the tallest kind OF
| hustling, and maybe we won't come out so
| bad. Dovener's the choice of the rank and
| file Of the party leaving out the otfice-hold-
| ing crowd, who are down on him, and when
/ il comes 10 getting in the votes Saturday, l
hardly believe were going 10 stand NJ the
tail end
The Hubbard petition. spoken Of yester-
day, is still on its travels, and the gentle
men managing il. while "a little discon-
certed by the REGISTERS reference 10 the
thing. are getting an occasional signature
and also an occasional rebuff. The paper
was handed 10 one Republican business
man Yesterday, who looked II over and
handed il back with the cold and cruel OBJ
I SefNdLlOl lldI At u bt q - ~ WASH =
queer times when folks had 10 run around
with paper, begging a man to run for the
Office Of Congressman
THE COUNTY OFFICES.
After some Of the tallest sort Of confer
ring and figuring, the Republicans seem 10
have about fixed up their slate for the
county Offices and members Of the Legisla-
ture. and here il is:
State Senate-N T. Whitaker.
House of Delegates-B. 5. Allison,
either John Cummings or NJ. Moran, as
the Labor man, G. J. Rawlings represent
ing the business men, and Ed. Atkinson
from the country.
Circuit Clerk Either Doe Motfat or
Charley Senseny, with Andy Seamon as
bare possibility.
County Clerk Interest about divided be
tween Richard Robertson, of the Ners-
Letter and G. A. Wingerter, with Major
Rodgers aud Coroner Schultz on the out
side.
The probabilities for Saturday and Mon
day is sultry weather, with sudden squalls
and choppy sea.