The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-06-21
THE PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.
Chairman Ri|ey's Scheme to
Redeem West Virginia.
THE FARMERS ALLIANCE.
To DO Made tho Victim of n DcspIc.
able Scheme Of the Democratic
ManaGcrs.-.Thc Conference.
Significant Abscntces.

Significant Abscntces.
Special Coryopoa'ifats ef ne lattlltetatt,.
rAEKEnsnuRo, W. Va, June 2O.-The
big chiefs OF the Camden end Of the
Yves N'r.nia Democracy have left the
city, IN the old place has settled down
to Its daily routine just as though there
had not been conference, which will
have an important bearing on The
States political future, held within her
boundaries only yesterday.
All newspaper men who had not
taken the oath Of allegiance to the Demo.
cratic party were barred from tho con.
fcrnnc', and OF course the writer was
oh iged to bide his time and await de.
volJpleuts. They came in install.
ments, and were in such condition that
they bRh 10 be taken with salt until
they were all in, and upon comparison
were found to agree in essential particu.
lars. Why the Democratic managers
should find 1t necessary to deliberate In
secret upon plan OF campaign is inex.
plieahle, since the public must have it
anyway.
AN HISTORICAL REFERENCE.
1t is necessary to 90 back few
months before explaining the plans OF
the managers'as discussed by the confer
ence and afterward decided upon by the
State Committee In the parlor of the
Blannerhassett Hotel in the time between
drinks from supper to midnight last
Ever since the cyclone OF 1883. which
LETT the Democracy OF West Virginia in
u very dilapidated condition, tho badly
disbgnred managers in general, and
Chairman Riley's committee in partic-
ulnr, have been engaged in the work Of
investigating iato the cause OF the dis
nster. Mr.. 'Riley's committeeman were
confident that no blame attached to
thea, but they were few in number Us
compared with the masses OF the party,
and the masses were not satisfied that
the committee had demonstrated that
they were competent 10 run campaign
at critical period of the party's history;
and the managers in general who
were not members OF Chairman Riley's
committee agreed with them. Through
some mistaken notion they got into
their heads that the committeeman were
all TO blame for the condition Of affairs.
WHAT THEY KNEW.
The committeeman knew better, be-
cause they were "in the SWIM" aud had
direct knowledge OF the remarkable po-
litieal revolution in progress in West
Virginia, and which must eventually,
and at no distant day, end in the triumph
of Rcpublicanism. They kEew that it
was not 80 much bad management on
their part as it was the healthy growth
OF Republican sentiment and increase
OF Republican votes. They knew that
there was but one chance left to save
the State from fulling into the
hsnds Of the Republicans next fall, and
that was to form IN alliance with some
other party, to heal factional sores and
to bury the two-cdged tomuhawk which
has been ilourished by the big chiefs OF
both iactions for several years. In
this way the wings might be
made to flap together, and de.
spite the increase Of Republican
sentiment in the State the Democratic
party would be able to pull throaugh
''by the skin Of their teeth"
wHArTlIEY DID.
As O sort OF ieeler the Wheeling Regis.
lr, the organ Of Chairman Riley's com.
mi,tee, WIS instructed to send abroad to
all the biz chiefs Of every faction a circu.
lar inviting them to oiler suggestions rs
to the cause OF the present desperate
condition Of the Democracy and a rem.
edy for it. Many Of the chiefs answered.
Some OF their letters were printed. The
tenor OF all the letters was, in the Ian.
ruage Of one Of them THAT from General
Spriru). that tho Democratic party III
West Virginia was "disorganized
mob" thai the imbecile COMMITTEES was
responsible for the state OF affairs and
that the case was about hopeless, put
that it was not entirely so. !,
OF course Chairman Riley felt bad
abo,t this and wanted to vindicate him
self. He called Il meeting OF the State
Committee, and as al evidence OF GOOD
faith invited the various county chair
men and "otlicr prominent leadeFs" to
attend the meeting for conference.
The wording OF the invitation shut out
What Colouei 1'uney would call the
"rank aud file," and 80 it was that only
prominent polilicians-go.ca called "promi'
nent leaders," attended. These ''promi'
ucnt leaders," it 80 happened, only repre-
aented ono faction--that once known aa
tho "Candeu crowd"-aud as they ali
ayrce that Mr.. Camden's ambition to
ha JIn;tod States Senator should be-
rratihsd at nil hazzards, their "conler,
ence" WAS perfectly harmonious. l VIII
sneak OF this further on. ..N
AsRILLlANT PLAN. ,..
The first thing was for Chairman Ri
lev and his committee to vindicate
themselves. This they partly did by
presenting brilliant il not original pjIar
Of campaign for the coming tail-a plar
which. il carried out, they felt certain
would result in the redemption" OF tht
State. uud it waB unanimously adopted
MI, plan is in the nature Of a consplr
ncv IN capture the Farmers Alliance b,s
n skillful flank movement, aud 1T ln
yolvrs an immense amount o. shrcwC
worl, which the Farmers Alliance II
likely to resent, since it is not at al
j;kely 10 consent to play into the hand'
Of degenerate band OF politicians whost
only motive ID to gain o sa!hsh enc
and to elect, IN 1892, representative o
II gigantic monopoly ;o-the United State!
senate, ana which has love for iarme
ike unto that tho Devil has for hol!
water. o .,,t !, .
~ ~ II, :, .nnler all shall do missionnr!
,us ,.es,H T.? ;u s ,bs ray Of getting as many
Democrats as possible to jolne e the ,r Farm + nai
crs' Alliance, with vle~ % -; aaa!iy snI. a..