Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-12-15
KAMAWHA CANDIDATES.

Asa rule, mOdesty in politics is pre-
-,,upd to be an unknown quantity.
The average West Virginian readily
..,aDts the political modeSty Of Kama
.,ba county as thing Of remote, II not
"-rverbial possibility. Nothing is more
l,,r,pchly cOuSeCrated in her history
han the fact that she never thrusts
tsrsc'f forward, so long, az least, as any
,re else can be induced TODD the thrust
Ing for her.
,sss i'm what precedeS), whenever there
= n demand for party candidates, Ka-
rswha county is ever ready TO furnish
In y general sense, the same may be
..i5 NJ the entire Third district; but,
ttir he understood, the remark applies
,r7 ever has applied with special and
-sr,Ifsr force To Kanawha county. AL
5.ors famous for the richness Of her
Dialogue of candidates, is is but fair 70
Iii that success more often then fail
are has, In the paSt-time, come within
he measure of her aspirations.
Dfd Won ever know State convention,
n,mocratlc or Republican, in which the
Gained statesmen of Kanawha failed TO
have q picnic, or the next thing there
TOP
Admittedly poor in agricultural lands;
9a,eryedly bOaStiul OF mineral prooa-
b.lities. and, by the last census, Stats
r,slry classified as the most populous
r7rDtv in the State, there cant be, and
never has been in my memory, any
question of doubt as to the fact that, on
occasion of any general State election,
Esnavha can muster more candidates
N the square mile than any other cOun-
" in the State.
II is already known the coming year
will rrove no exception. As the quad
-eonial harvest OF the American pOliti-
cfqr. State rs we'll as national, il pre-
sarts an arena full OF aspiring expec-
taDry. How rich the coming harvest,
oven here I'm West Virginia. We have
Governor, Treasurer, an Auditor, an
Attorney General, a School Superin-
tsudent and many other officers TO elect
next fall.
Amid this dash Of contending forces,
what Of Kanawha? Are her gifted
sons 10 be silent? Nay, by the beard of
the mighty Achilles, by the yellow hair
of the doubly-wrongsd MenelsuS, they
are not to be sileuced Their potent
voices are already heard in the field.
The valiant chieftains, seeming the
hattie from aiar of, are even now
ready TO march toward lions tOwery
height. -,
ANY candidates for Governor? OF
course she has them; candidates to snit
pDy and every sxigency, as well as any
and every party. Alive, OF course
sbe is alive. bouyantly alive to the fact
that Governor Fleming must have sue
cessOr, and that successor must De elect
cd next November. The candidates!
Ave. who are they? or rather who are
some Of them?
And, Just here, something warns US
N be- q lutte cautious. Mistakes in this
connection are dangerous things. Pri-
vate gentlemen don't care TO have their
names thrust into the unglOved hands OF
the Dublic. But he who would dance must
be prepared to pay the fiddler. The po-
ltical aspirant in this free America OF
ours cannot afford 10 be overly modest.
But who, l repeat, are some OF themP
Well. on the Democratic side, IL is
likely, II not almost certain, that the
county will present two competing can
didates. Others are spoken or but the
best prophetic Spirit points unmlStak-
A0Iy toward two names, both belonging
90 Charleston, gentlemen Of high per
sonal character, Of established fealty 10
Democratic principles, and OF State
wide reputation.
It's no secret that the Hon. VIM. A.
NcCorkle-One Of the gentlemen re-
f6rred tO-yielding to the Emporium
ity of numerous admirers, has intimated
willingness to allow his name to be
used in connection with the Democratic
eondidacy of Governor. The intimacy
and business relations known to have
existed between this gentleman and the
late Henry ). Walker, naturally induce
90 the belief that had the latter lived he
would In all probability have conducted
brilliant canvas for his friend, or, at
any rate, by one of those magnetic
nominating speeches that only Walker
could make, placed M'COrkle as 4 prime
iay0ritC in the race. They were warm
friends and no doubt existed in the
minds of the people here as 10 the great
orators preference. II was thought by
some, the wish perhaps being father to
the thought that just as In 1854 at
Wheeling, he largely contributed,
through his matChless elOquence, TO the
success OF +. ". Wilson, so in 1892, by
the same potent spell, he might perad-
venture win a crown OF triumph for
another gifted CharleStOnian.
But why speculate on things "that
might have been" McCOrkle has many
friends, strong and active friends, who
are still living and working for him.
An absolutely perfect picture Of physi-
ca. health and manliueSS, he is mentally
well equipped for splendid campaign.
But he has by no means, as the case
now stands, walk over IN his county.
a formidable competitor, as already
hIntCd, looms Up i'm the person OF Gen
eral Watts. This gentleman has been
phen0menally successful In his political
aspirations. His arduOus and success
tgl efforts in behalf OF West Virginia
coal miners, in toe Senate last winter,
are still warmly appreciated. He is
without doubt a prime favorite with the
working men OF the Ranawha Valley,
ana very popular here in his own county.
With Watts in tbs field, the friends of
McC0rkIe or any other Kaaawha candi-
date viii 90 well "to divide hOnOrs," to
say nothing Of the "old trick"
To is whispered, u little silly just
'ow, that Judge Snyder of our criminal
court would raise no objections TO ad-
-.toual Democratic hOnors. How
true this is, cannot speak Of my own
knowledge. He makes a capital Judge;
bat that very reason, I opine, will work
against him as a gubernatOrial candi-
l2te. The Democrats of Kanawha
Slo" when they have a good thing and