The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-09-26
T0-DAY'S CONVENTION.
The Man who is to Beat John
0. to be Named
IN CLASSIC MOUNDSvILLE
5y Republicans Of the First Congress.
sionnl Dlstrict-l;nrncst Interest
In the Result on MI Sides.
Delegates IN Town.

Inc Republicans OF the First Con.
gressional district arc to meet In con
yention at Moundsyille to-day TO cheese
a candidate for the House OF Represen
tativcs 10 succeed Hon. G, W. Atkinson
The convention Is called for 10 q, nj,
Most OF the delegates from this end Of
the discrict will 60 down on the Is, & o,
accommodation leaving at q. IN. A
few will leave on the River road at 7,
and half dozen or so went down last
night, among these being Mr.. J. G.
Brady, Senator Alex Campbell aud DR.,
George ]. Caddle. There were about a
dozen delegates from other points al
Moundsville last night, and as many or
more in this city.
Tho scenes about the Mcclure house
last evening were strikingiy in contrast
with those the night before the Demo.
Dratic convention which "bit of" the
"vindication" of John o. Pendleton on
Wednesday. Then there was not sign
OF interest in tho approaching event,
and not Il local Democrat was about to
make the few visitors feel ut home,
Last night dozen or so prominent
Wheeling Republicans called on the
visitors, and there was good deal OF life
about the Mcclure house lobby. Among
the prominent delegates from outside OF
the city were S. G. Ryle and o. W. O.
lIardman, OF Tyler county, O. S. Mar
shall, T. r. Swausy and W. Ii. Bee
bout, OF Hancock, NJ. 6. Cunningham,
@. II. Meathrell and W. F, Richards, Of
Harrison, James Archer, of Brooke.
Mr.. B. A. Reeder, OF Shinnston, has
been in the city for several days. He
leaves this morning for Moundsville to
attend the Congressional convention as
delegate from Harrison.
The eHger inquiry was heard on all
sides, who shall We support? Friends of
Mr.. W. P. Hubbard and Capt. B. B.
Dovencr were indus,riously seeing dele
gates in the interest OF their men, and
some partisans Of Hon. G. w. Atkinson
seemed determined to bring about his
nomination il it were possible, in spite
OF his expressed determination not to
run again, and OF his well known sin-
cerity in declining In the past two or
three days this Atkinson feeling has un-
questionably grown, aud it has been
helped by friends, although it is not
known that Mr.. Atkinson could DO in.
duced 10 accept underany circumstances.
Said dele gate from Tyler county: "If
Mr.. Atkinson were in the race, We
wonld oil be for him, or nearly all. But
as it now seems to stand, l do not
know how We will vote. We will be all
split up"
A Harrison county delegate said;
"Some OF US aro for one man and somd
are for another. Nobody seems to have
any very decided preference, but after
the nomination IS made, We are all for
the nominee, and We propose to do our
full share to elect him."
Similar expressions were heard from
Marshall and other counties.
The friends Of both the men considered
leading candidates were cheerful last
night, and talked confidently. Some Of
Mr.. Hu5bard's partisaDs had figured out
a safe majority for him on the FIRST ballot,
while friends OF Captain Dovener de-
clared that unless circumstances not 10
be foreseen arose to affect the result, he
would lead from the start, und win on m
early ballot.
To the disinterested observer it was
difficult to form an opinion as to how
the land really did lie. lie would be a
bold man who would risk q prediction
without n proviso.