Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-12

The Candidates Tor the Various Omces
Within Its Gift.


CHARLESTON. W. Va. Jan. iO-As the
time for the converting OF the Legislature
draws ucar Wednesday the mem ers are
gradually dropping pa, together with a
large number of applicants foc positions
within the gilt OF the Legislature. Among
the first o. arrive was The Hon &. ID. Olo-
son. OF Jefferson county, who is one of the
candidates for Speaker of the House Mr..
Gibson seems 90 think ms chances f6r the
nomination are good. He has q large fol-
lowing. bat of course 40 this term, when
only few of The members have arrived, II
is impossible to EEL what his strength IS.
His claims. however. would seem 10 Oe
worthy OF careful consideration. He comes
from u county which is one of the most re-
liablv Democratic of any of the coun-
ties i'm thc State, and which ~ the
last election gave the largest majority IN
the State Though always coming up with
d good majority for the Democracy this
county has never vet held an Office in the
LEGISLATURE Hitherto the offices have been
distributed among the counties OF the Ia
terror and western portions OF the state
but this time the people of the eastern Pan
Handle have determined 90 ask for recogni
lion. aud have put up Mr.. Gibson AS theii
candidate fOr Speaker Mr.. Gibson was !
member of the last legislature and served
flruurh tte TWO stormy sessions. when al
OBJ, times of the Senatorial fight ant
hernaior.li contest there We're more
obstructive Tactics employed Osctsl Oulug "a
L wider Infusion of the knowledge of parlia
myut practice than has perhaps
over before occurred. MIR Gibson
personally is very attractive anC
win doubtless run wen ia the race for The
~peahcrstlu.
Hon Aaron Moran. of Wetzel, is also
here. having arri, ed this afternoon. lie Is
a.ommnied by his nephew, Obey
Moore. named after Judge Okey Johnson
whom he win endeav0r 10 have installed
INFO paceship.
~ far fnere are very few applicant;
here or tbc offices in the Senate eNcep
those who rc, Idle ia kanawha. Col. j. x
pc, tol is working Tor the nomination loi
g. .erk of House - far as known his only
opposition in Major J. c.. DOwntaln, OF
Putnam Col Peyton is well known al
over the State, and his efficiency is beyond
question. He is confident OF success. MAJ
Dowutaiu has not Vet arrived.
For Scrgcant-at Arms OF the HOUSE
EAuayha win present tie name of Hon
Chas Hcdrick John l.. Thornhill
the well known newspaper man. Wi
boz candidate FOR doOrkeeper o
tine House. provided kandwha hasn'
already received too much recognition be-
fore the dOorkeepersh is reached.
For Clerk of the Senate there are tw'
applicants now here. W T.. X. Byrue, rs
,istant Clerk of the House for the last nv
wears. and b. b. Harding. Of Huntington
Cant Harding was the organizer and d
ok Presideutof the Barnum Club, of Hunt
iueton. and is Secretary of the State League
of Democratic Clubs 10 is understood tina
his candidacy is based upon the clam
that the club organization OF tn
state should be encouraged an'
that recognition of him would b
"a recognition of the clubs inasmuch as h
Is So intimately connected with them. MI
Bvruc. aside from his peculiar fitness, ate
the experience DE has had. has been YER
rorular among ail the members OF bot
houses He IS and always has been har
ycorkia- Democrat aud is now President a
the BraNt0n Cauuty Executive Committed
and was So during the last campaign whe
BraNtou gave "a majority TOO larger thI
She had ever before given.
There are several other applicants 70
this place. which is one of the incest one
90 be had.
Col. ID O. Kelley. Of Greenbricr so we
known 90 all the Old members for man.
wears back. is here again. He is an appl
cant for ScrgCant-at-Arns of the Senate
which place is also looked on with longn
ewes bv Dr d. G.. Boggess, ot kdnawha
81 far as learned this Is the only posluo
in the Senate which a kanawha man
AFTER DR. Bocgcss was the lemocrdtl
nominee Tor the place in the last LegiSl'
,ure when there was no chance for demo
cratic success, and now thinks he shOul
be recognized.
Hon. John ID. Anderson. who has bee
90 J. .r. Af.s|l.tfu. flnI-
Tonight and will watch the organization
-Charlev" Wells. Of Marion, Is here wit
a biz trunk. and is evidently going TO st
the session out
The Kanawha and Michigan train Z
nicht brought iu number OF otner cana
dates among whom was NJ. r. Tracy, q
Wheeling who comes armed with Ion
J list of recommendations from pominer
men throurhout the State. He speak
hopefnllv of his candidacy for Scrgeanta
Arms of tAe Senate.
Major Dowutain also came IN from Pu
mann county tonight While he az
mits that hc cant tell wh
MIL De the clerk Of the HOus'
he thinks he has his own CongresSions
district. the Fourth. solid for hlmsel
Frou other sections OF the State he expect
enough more influence 20 elect him.
WIN A Strickler. OF Richie e. II. VII
is a candidate for Clerk Of the Senate, ais
came I'm on the same train. w Is. Gloo
of R0ane. who was Serseant-at-ArulS
the last House. is here, and is understood
tO be- after tue same prsition IN the ne
House The REGlSrER's announcehei
that Alfred RheiuStrOm IS candidate /.
Cierl, of the Senate will be surprise
many others who had thought he was NJ
iu the race.