The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-19
THE FOURTH DISTRICT.

THE FOURTH DISTRICT.
Congressman Smith will not Run unles.
jackson s His Opponent.
Spteid! Dispalch 10 he Intciliqcncer.
PARKERsnuno, W. Va, August 49,
Tho Congressional situation in the
Fourth West Virginia district is come.
what difficult to define from any stand.
point. 1t isundoubtedly y getting to be q
matter OF considerable anxiety to the
Republicans, and the Democracy is en-.
tlrely at sea without rudder or compass.
The district can be carried by the Repub.
itcans IL certain amount of discretion
is exercised, aud II the old workers
will come to the front aa they did in the
last campaign.
1t is now known beyond doubt that
the present Republican incumbent from
Ibis district, Congressman @. B. Smith,
Will allow his name to 20 before the con.
vention on the 81 OF September at Ra-
venswood. It is also just az certain that
he will take occasion when that ia done
to get up and respectfully decline the
nomination, and make statement Of
his reasons for this course, some Of
which will be very good ones.
THE ONLY CONTINGENCY,
There is only one contingency that
can possibly arise which will swerye
Congressman Smith from :his course,
and that is 80 remote rs 10 be scarcely
worth thinking about. This is the nom
lnation by the Democrats on Tuesday.
the 18th inst, at Point Pleasant, OF
Judge J. NJ. Jackson, of Wood county
Congressman Smith has expressed a
Willingness to enter the lists again If
Judge Jackson should be his opponent,
IN order to give the people a-ci,ance to
sit down upon the tive" infamy with n
thud that could be heard from Hughes
river to the Tug Fork OF Big Sandy. And
they would do it, too. The Democrats
know this too we'll aud will never nomi.
nate Judge Jackson.
The present Collector OF Internal Rev.
enue for West Virginia, Hon. Albert 3,
White, is being urged BY his friends to
make the race for Congress. He is
tlreless worker, a, thorou gh Republican
and could be elected. He is under.
stood, however, to favor Col. J. l.. Nc
Lean, OF Putnam county, siuco Con.
gresham Smith is out OF the race.
Hon. James 3. Menager, of Mason
county, has strong following among
the Republican delegates.
hon. John A. Hutchinson and Mayor
6. B. Gibbens OF this city, are also men
toned by their friends and admirers in
Congressional circles, but neither ofI
these gentlemen will allow their names
togo before the convention. Charlie
Caldwell is also mentioned.
AMONG THE DEMOCRATS.
Among the Democrats in this district
there are a great many candidates for
Congressional honor. Wood county,
with hor usual modesty, furnishes three,
Judge ]. G. McClucr, Col. W. n. Chan.
cellor and Judge, J. NJ. Jackson. From
the lower end Of the district there are
Major ]. G Dowutain, OF Putnam; Eus.
tace Gibson, OF Cabe!l; Farmer Cape.
hart and G. E. Hegg, OF Mason, aud
others. And then there is old Calhoun
with her favorite son John NJ. Hamil.
ton. Hamilton's friends have been led
to believe that he is Senator Camden'a
candidate, but the Senator's candidate is
nearer the throne than John Hamilton
will ever be. Col. W. N. Chancellor is
the Camden candidate, and he is
the man who in all probability
will get the nomination. At the
proper timo Hamilton's strength
will be thrown to Chancellor, and other
deals will be made at the right moment,
and enough votes will be secured after
two OF three ballots to give the empty
honor to Chancellor. The fight among
the Democratic aspiran,s is very bitter,
however, aud so many OF them want to
be "vindicated" in one way or another,
thatsome wholesale knitting will be done,
whoever gets the nomination. 1t is
we'll known that the Cornstalk chieitain
is sharpening his poiguard preparatory to
doing some effective work again If
things don't 80, or rather come, his
way.
There is no Disgusting the fact-even
the leaders themselves admit it-that
the Democratic organic ,tion in the
Fourth Congressional district is badly
demoralized, aud rs before intinated,
the Republicans can easily elect their
candidate if the proper effort is made
and the proper men are nominated.