The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-09-22
CAMDEN MEN KNITTED.
Tricks That Are Vain Resorted
to by the Aoti's in
THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES
In 1larrinon County-rhc Feeling
Between tho Factions Sonnet
More Than Bitter Berkeley
County Republicans.
Aerill Dispdtrh 10 I.f IuttlltQencer,

Special Dispatch 10 iae Intt!lfqencer.
CLARKsBuRo, W. Va, Sept. 2i.-.The
feeling among the Democrats OF this
county since the recent primary election
is something more than bitter. 1t wss
generally supposed that the nomination
OF Lucas proved that the different fac.
tions, having forced the Camden wing
to eat crow, had buried the hatchet and
henceiorth all would be pesce and con.
cord. 1t remained for ,hsSttle primary
election in this county to prove the fal.
lacy OF this opinion. At the time set
for tho closing Of the declarations nearly
every candidate announced was Cam.
den Democrat. When this was discov.
cred the committee decided To hold open
the time for declarations three days
longer md Lowe and Cunningham were
induced to become candidates. The
fiat went forth that the Camden men
were to be knitted in every possible man.
ner. This little arrangement was kept
from the knowledge OF the Camden men.
and while they were resting in compare.
tive ease, supposing that everything was
going their way, the Lucas faction had
trusted cnisaries out in each district
giving directions and using a!l means In
their power to arrange ior the defeat OF
their enemies.
The surprise OF the Camdenites eau
better BE- imagined than described on
finding when the returns came in, that
each one OF them had failed to poll over
per cent OF the vote expected;
that they were cut the greatest in what
should have been their best districts,
and Instead OF being nominated BY hand.
some majori,ies they were in most cases
actually defeated.
Another trick that was resorted 10 was
to notify the clerks OF election not to
send in their returns until Monday, five
days after the election was over, and it
was only through the enterprise Of the
various newspaper men that the result |
was known on Saturday and the clerks
forced by the various published reports
10 make the official returns before there
was an opportunity to doctor" them.
Sommers, one OF the candidates for
the House Of Delegates who secured
nomination, has Il ''giyeu name" the
same as the faction to which he belougs,
and it appeared to be a stencil in the
nostrils Of the opposition, for he was cut
i'll the most cruel manner and only re-.
ceived the nomination by meavre
majority over Cunningham, tho Lucas
ite. Vance and the Borgess's, Demo.
Gratis tried and true, who have stood by
their party through thick and thin for
years were so badly beaten that their
friends hardly knew them On the stree,
to-day.
Matt Cooper, the hero Of many a pen
fight with bis political enemies, was 80
far behind thatjhe had to take field glass
to see the distance flag.
Hack Crummit, "Lhe friend OF the
poor man." and the man who had the
entire Tarill Reform Club (wha.ever
that may be) at his back, did not muster
a corporal's guard Of friends who beiev.
ed enough in him to give him their vote,
and so it went through the entire list.
The old Scriptural saying that "thc first
shall be last and the last shall be first"
was verified, and every candidate who
themselves first were last,
and everyone that announced them
selves last we're first, or very near it.
Every candidate but one or two was
completely showed under, and if the
Ratchet is now buried 1t is safe to cay
that tho Harrison county Camdenites
are buried in the same political grave,