The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-04-26
Torn and Disorganizod by Entirely
too Much Bosslsm.
The FARMERS BREAKING AWAY
And Joining tho AllIancc-.-of the
Fourteen Members Of the County
Executive Committee Nine of Them
Have Joined tho Farmers Alliance
and Severed Their Connection With
the Committeeman Interesting State
OF Affairs.
Correspondents Of ne ra~.eYfgenee..

WErzEL COUNTY, April 25.-The stu.
alton OF tho Democratic party in old
We'zcl is lamentable in tho cxtrcmc.
The Farmers Alliance has captured tho
Democratic organization, lock, stock
and barrel, and have absorbed 1t. The
ring-masters, like Robinson Orusoe, arc
left with their man Friday on an
island, as 1t were, TO reflect at leisure
over past misconduct and misdeeds. 1t
is to DO hoped that their reflections
may lead them to II proper conception
oil tho duties Of good and honest citi.
zens. Tho Democratic county execu-
tive committee consis Is, or did consist
OF fourteen members, two from each
magisterial district. Nine OF these
members, however, belong to the
Farmers Alliance and will not act
further aa members oil the Demo.
cratic county executive committee.
The chairman called a meeting Il few
days since OF the county executive COM
mittcc, but no quorum appeared Tor the
transaction OF business. Three men,
bcrs, however, arrogated to themselves
tho prcrogatives OF an executive COM
mittee and called district meetings for
last Saturday for. the purpose OF ap-
pointing another executive committee,
II that would BIO pliablc and useful to
q certain contingent OF tho Democratic
party, or in other words tho bosses, tho
old II having gotten beyond their con-
troll. It WIS too honest. How well they
succeeded the sequel will show. Judg-
ing by tho methods used at the meeting
at tho court house the arrangements
must have been very full and complete
and arranged by fine Italian hand.
The meeting worked SO mechanically
and smoothly that only few knew that
it was actually going N. No doubt it
was intended that way.
4 few minutes before | o'clock D. m.
Saturday last quite a limited number OF
the faithful could been standing in
groups on the streets convenient to the
entrance to the court house as quiet and
demuro rs il they were in attendance
upon n funeral. AT l o'clock D. IN.
sharp, eastern standard time, the court
house bell gave one quiet little tap, as
il awakening up from n long sleep.
simultaneously with this tap Jesse
Eakin came bounding ont OF his saloon
across the way, rushing frantically for
the court house, which seemed ia be
the signal for the groups standing
around, rs all made q bee line for the
court house. At the third and last tap
OF the bell Jesse was seated in the chair
as chairman us composed and quietly rs
il he had been sitting there ior two
hours.
1t had been previously arranged, you
know, that Jesse should he chairman.
After one or two motions Jesse declared
the meeting adjourncdsine die, precise
ly eight minutes from the last tap OF
the bell, two pliable and perfectly ac-
ceptable members OF the executive
committee having been appointed from
Magnolia district, together with in
structions for n primary election.
The farmer Democrats declared that
they had never seen any thing OF the
kind done with such ,neatness and dis
patch in their lives. Every thing was
cut and dried, having been prepared for
some time with the utmost care. To
say that the old farmer Democrats OF
Magnolia district were mad ut the meth.
DDS used at the convention is putting it
extremely mild. The secre: OF this
whole affair is that Lee Snod.rass is a
candidate for sheriff, and it was Lees
followers that met at the court house.
There were about twenty Democrats
present at the meeting, which no doubt
was all that wa wanted. Magnolia dis
trict has about $50 Democratic voters.
II the same tactics were pursued in the
other districts throughout the county
that were pursued in Magnolia, the
probabilities are that not only the fur
will fly, but the hide will come off with
il. The fact is, largo numbers OF decent
and respectable Democrats refused to
have anything to do with their meet
ings beforehand. regarding them as
wholly illegal and undemocratic. The
Democrats OF Wetzcl are totally unable
to effect q thorough county organization,
and any organization hat may he etfec-
ted will be representative OF a faction,
tho other factions standing off with the
scalpine knife unshcathcd.
Numbers OF prominent Democrats in
Wetzel outside the Farmers Alliance,
have openly declared they will not par
ticipato or have anything to do with a
primary election or convention Tor the
purpose OF nominating n county Demo
cratic ticket. The difficulties already
narrated, bad as they are, are the least
standing in the way OF Democratic sue
cess in this county next November.
Tho Farmers Alliancei in Wetzel num-
bers many hundreds OF voters, and they
have 4 fine organization well in hand.
This organization contains q worry largo
majority OF the Democratic farmers, as
well as many Republicans. Whatever
comments may be made these people
arc sincerely in earnest. They have
decided absolutely to place y county
ticket in the field to be voted Tor in
November, and this movement is en-
couraged by many Democratic citizens
who are not connected with the
Farmers Alliance.
II the Farmers Alliance will put up a
good county ticket md tho feeling con-
times as now the probabilities are that
the Farmers Alliance will carry. old
Wetzcli ut least the fight will be be.
tween it and the Republicans. Tho
Wetzel Democracy is now lying pros
trated, Il helpless victim OF boss rule,
misrule and corruption.
Tho record OF the Wotzel Democracy
in times past was q proud and euviable
one and Observation-Disclosures upon,
but it presents q sad spectacle at the
present time. The rank and flo OF the
'Wctzel Democracy arc honest, and they
have been made TO realize that they
have been used solelp to build up the