The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-12-05
FOR GOVERNOR.
4 Few Democratic Names That HaY(
Been Mentioned.
FOR GUBERNATORlAL H0NORS
General Watts has Been Urged to Make
the Canvass~-COl. McC0rkle aud
Judge Bennett Prominently
MentiOned-C0l. Robert
White, c. Wood DAILY
and Judge Snyder.

Correspondence of the Register
CHARLESTON, w. VA. Nov. 27.-l
has been an undecided question 70
some time whether General c. c
Watts would be candidate in tn
coming canvass for the Dem
ocratic nomination for the Governor
ship. 1t has been understood sine,
last winter hen the Generals cours
in the Legislature attracted so mucl
attention that he was going to be
candidate, but he has hitherto saiC
all along that he was not a candi
date.
1t can now be said that he will
be in the race and whenever he en-
tiers a race he enters to win or ge
beaten doing his best to win. Tn,
General has been in very bad health
for some months and has been una
BILE TO give the proper attention t.
any kind of business, but with The
return of the cold weather he has
so much improved that he is able t.
be about as usual. He has recent,
been over in Logan and Wyoming
counties and has been urged by thu
people in the counties south of The
Kanawha to become a candidate fol
Governor, and ne will undoubtedl,
consent.
The Generals course in the Legis
lature in fathering and insisting on
the passage of the bills in the inter.
est of the miners and other laborine
men who will be benefited BY the
anti-scrip and weighing bills and me,
chanics' lien bill, has made him ex.
ceedingly popular among the labor
! ing classes. 1t has at the same time
made him as unpopular among the
operators, but as the General says,
the Democratic party is the party OF
the people, and it must rely on the
masses to make it successful, and he
believes the Democratic party in
this State is on record as the friend
to the working man against the cap
italist who would Cypress him.
The re-assessment bill which was
passed by the Democrats to make the
large land owner pay taxes on prop
erty that is valued as high as that
of the small farmer, will also assist
the Democratic party, be thinks, and
his record shows that he was a
strong supporter OF that bill. The
General has not as yet authorized
candidate for the Governorship, but
he has received number of letters
asking him to enter the lists, and is
considering the matter The Regis
lei, will be safe in saying that after
due consideration the General will
conclude to become candidate
In the meantime, Col. w. A. Nc
Corkle is still in the race and has for
some months been an avowed eandi-
date for the Governorship. He has
already actively begun the canvass,
and an aggressive one, too, making
his first address in the enemy's terri
tory, up in Nicholas county, which
is in the judicial circuit over which
Judge Bennett, one of the candidates,
presides. He has been getting in his
work for some time, and if it is the
early bird that always catches the
worm, he will surely catch this
worm.
The Colonefs candidacy seems to
have met with favor throughout the
State and he has received some very
tlattering notices from the State
press. He is a good business man
and lawyer of considerable expert
ence. How the Kanawha delegation
would stand with these two candi-
dates in the field would be hard to
say, as both have so many warm
friends in the county.
Until it became known that Gen.
Watts would be in the race, Judge
Bennett was regarded as Col. Nc
Corkle's strongest opponent for the
nomination. Whether he will re
main such is yet to be seen. The
new situation may even strengthen
the Judge, for the two opposing can
didates from the same county might
injure each other to such an extent
that it would give another a chance
to slip in in place of either Of them.
At any rate Judge Bennett is looked
upon as strong candidate. He will
have the undivided support of the
central counties of the State. and
were the contest narrowed down to
two, it cannot now be told what
strength he might develop.
Col. Robert White, of Wheeling, is
also understood to be a candidate,
but his boom has not reached this
far yet. He is not looked on here at
present as formidable candidate,
especially when Ohio county has so
many other candidates in the field
The Authorship contest is expected
to he too formidable to permit of
strong candidates. for much else in
Ohio county Hon. c. Wood Daily
is understood to have his eve on the
gubernatorial chair also, but if he is
making any progress in the way of
securing it, it is not known here.
Judge c, z. Snyder, Of the Crimi-
nal Court Of Kanawha county, is also
said to have aspirations in this di-
rection. | was told to-day by a gen
tleman from the eastern part of the
State that there was TO be candi-
date from the eastern Pan Handle
who had not yet been mentioned, but
who would develop surprising
strength when once before the peo-
pie. He probably had reference to
a farmer candidate, but the farmers
party has cut such sorry figure in
the recent elections in other States
that its demands in this State will
probably have less weight than was
expected before the elections.