Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-14
EARLY OUTLOOK.
Candidates Working-Measures Come
Before the Legislature-The Governors

Candidates working-Measures Come
Before the Legislature-The Governors
Message.
special Tsiegranl ~ ne Rsgls,sr.
CHARLESTON, January l3.-ThiS has
been busy day tor the numerous can
didates for the few hOuOrS and the small
number OF offices that are within the
disposal Of the State SOlOnS. As the
hour for the election of officers ap-
proachcs, the candidates and their per
sonal friends and advocates are seeming
Is putting forth their greatest and best
efforts. aud each time the hands on the
clock register another hour the fight
seems % have grown warmer and more
complicated. The situation in and
around the lobby Of the Hotel Ruifner
has been most animated during the
past twenty-fOur hours, and the present
condition OF affairs is not likely 10 abate
until after the Democratic caucus which
will be held tonight. The Democratic
members OF the Legislature, the candi-
dates galore and the numerous ."outSide
friends" are pulling the wires and doing
the hustling act in great shape. For
eace office there is an average OF SIX
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five out of each batch TO return TO their
manOrs with blood i'm their eyes, and
knives as big as cutlaSSeS down their
boot legs, vOwing dire vengeance upon
the men who threw them overheard for
the other fellows. However, il is but
fair TO state that the contests SO far are
being conducted IN an exceptionally
friendly manner, and so far rs am
able 20 Judge the utmost good feeling
prevails.
A noticeable feature and and one that
IS often referred 70, is the exuberant
feeling among the Democrats, and the
corresponding depression among the
Republicans. The contrast between
now and TWO years ago, when our Re-
publican friends were so numerous, pre-
viOus and aggressive, Is as great as the
contrast between the mountain and the
hnlock, or the lion and the lamb. The
Democrats strut around As If they owned
the earth and had il fenced in, while
the Republicans are as much depressed
as Dayy CopperIield in his youth, and as
far between as the oasis on the desert
sahara.
senator Stewart thinks, from their
scarcity. that the Salt river packets
must have done a tlOuriShing business
after the election. IL is entirely too
early 20 get an expression about what
members think about the legislative
topics discussed through the
state press. rs some OF them
apparently have not begun To think yet.
There are several who have their pock-
cts deeply adened with bills that they
are nursing 80 carefully that they won't
even talk about them, possibly because
they are afraid that the light Of public
opinion might XIII the dear little things
before they are properly matured. There
are several general bills Of supreme i'm
portance that are sure TO come up in
few days. Among them are the revalua-
tion of realty throughout the State. the
reappOrtiOnment for Senatorial and Del
cgate purposes, and the school BOOK
question. the contract for which expires
next July. Delegate Shaw, OF Barbour,
is loaded for this matter, Welsh, of Min
eral. is likewise armed TO .he teeth on
the revaluatiOn question. | talked TO
Ex-Governor Wilson this morning
about the probability Of the Leg
iSlature renewing the contract Win
the Cincinnati firm that now
furnishes the books. He said OF course
he could not tell what the Legislature
would do about the matter, but that he
was Just as bitterly oppose TO the pres
ent House continuing 10 furnishing the
books as he was this time last year. \
fight will probably grow out Of this mat
ter when it comes before the House.
senator Gall is very heartily in favor
of the revaluati0n scheme, and says II
the Din is not introduced within q rea-
sonable time, he will prepare and intro
duce a bill that will tend 10 eQualize
taxation.
Col Robert White is ready for work
with the city Of Wheeling electric light
bill. tie told me this morning that the
opposition Of the Electric Company to
the city's interest has already manifest
ed itself. and that more than one MEM
Der has been approached. However, at
this writing he thinks the bill will go
through with a whirl.
/ have talked 10 a number of repre-
sentative men to-day about redlSlrlctlng