The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-09-03
FOURTH DISTRICT.
Rayenswood is Too Small to
Accommodate the Visitors.
THE OUTCOME IS IN DOUBT.
II Is said that Capt. Smith Can Have
tho Nomination If llp Wants 1t.
Col. Jim Menagcr Confident
with Smith Out OF tho Way.
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RAvESswoop, W. Va, Sept. "a no.
lei OF thirty.two rooms and as many
beds, with more than two hundred dele.
gates to the Fourth District Republican
Congressional Convention, which meets
here tonight, is q problem that Ravens.
wood is obliged to face tonight. None
Of the delegates from the northern por.
tion Of the district have arrived yet, but
the up train this evening brought in
large delegations, and many Of the
statesmen have to sleep standing up TO-.
night.
Owingt to the fact that only one por.
ton OF the district 30 far is represented
is impossible to predict tho outcome
OF the convention or the aspect things
may assume after the rest Of the delega-
tions arrive In the morning.
Anon those here everything seems
to be mixed, the delegations being divid.
ed Everything seems to hinge on
whether Representative Smiths name
vii! be presented to the convention. 1t
is the general impression he will re.
ceive the nomination, though according
to some delegates 1t would not be with.
out a ballot. The publication in this
mornings lNTELLldENCER that Mr..
Smith would accept nomination has
solidifed matters considerably. It is
stated that II bis name is presented
Wayne, Putnam and Cabell counties
will be practically solid for him.
James B. Menager, who is the only
active candidate now on the ground, ex.
presses himself as confident OF knocking
the persimmon il Smith is not candi.
date. He says his county (Mason) will
be practically solid. With Smith out OF
the way several candidates will come up.
The Putnam county delegation is solid
for John X. Thompson. A Cabell county
man tells me that William Woodward,
OF Roaue, shows up strong in his delega-
tion. 1t ia hard to tell about Jackson
county. She feels kindly toward Wood.
yard.
l find Charley Caldwell has many
friends distributed among the unpledged
delegates.
Even bets are being made tonight that
Smith will be the nominee OF the con.
~ a. rs
II confidence goes for anything Men.
ager will show moro strength than some
predict for him. The chances for a
dark horse are very good.
Chairman Miller, Of the Congressional
has not yet arrived, and the
organization cannot be given
tonight. He will be in town in the
morning with the Wood county delega-
ton.
Among the statesmen from the lower
part OF tue district on the ground are Dr..
A. r. Barbee, J. ]. Peterson, Of Hunt
iugton; J. &. Menager, W. Ii. Ho ward,
Pt. Pleasant; Lon Pilchard. George J
Walker, Z. Slaughter, A. III. Roseberg,
Ed. kinnison, OF Putnam county; Edi-
tor Mcintosh, OF the Huntington Guzeiie
J. A. Gibbons and E. NJ. Campbell, of
Huntington, and many others.
Tho Senatorial convention Of this dis.
trict met here today. 1t was largely at
tended, aud honored itself by nomin-
ating DR.. A. r Barbse for the State Sen.
ate. The split in Putnam county has
well nigh rendered the Democratic case
hopeless, and DR.. Barbee is confident OF
a good majority. The factiona| fight
among the Democrats on the State SEN
ate is irreconcilable, and may have an
important bearing on the Congressional
contest. CAD,