The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-08-06
BILLY, The DODGER. /"
Another Democratic Congress-
mans Chances in Danger.
THE GREAT FREE TRADE NOMINEE

ises That He Fails 20 Fulall-Bar-
bour Bourbons Who Supported
johnson for Auditor Have Dis
tinct and well.Deaned Grievance
Against william L. Wilson.
PaKgi.RsalbReaa.
]. v. Johnson was the idol Of the De-
mocracy, Of Barbour, in their late con-
vention at Parkersburg. For several
months before the convention almost
every Democrat in Barbour wore an
anxious look when "Ike's" candidacy
was mentioned. They were deter
mined that he should and must have
it, and the way they stuck to him was
a credit to themselves and would make
any man proud. This was true Of every
man Of them. They were a unit Yet,
with q. round dozen candidates in oppo-
sition, and with Garden carrying the 40
votes Of Ohio county around in his
pocket to begin with, and with all the
disciplined, trained politicians of the
upper Pan Handle bowling for him and
the Register refusing to notice Johnson
or recognize his candidacy at all, Bar
bour Democrats naturally felt that
it was an up hill business, and when 1t
was quietly spread among them that
william 1. Wilson. had promised to
take q hand and make the nominating
speech before the convention Of John.
son, great was the rejoicing thereat.
They rightly concluded that because OF
Mr.. Wilson's standing and influence in
his party, that the power OF his recon-
mendation OF their candidate would be
great throughout the state and itgaye
them new hope Of success. They right
" thought too, that 1t was but o little
thing for Mr.. Wilson to do, not only as
a slight return for the personal work
in his behalf by Mr.. johnson, but also
for the fidelity of this county in the
past to Mr.. Wilson's every interest
and wish. They remembered that
twice had Mr.. Johnson not been
at the helm in this county and
personally attended to Mr.. Wilson's in
terest he would have been defeated,
and they remember that on one con-
spicuous occasion Barbour Democracy
nominated and supported Mr.. Wilson
against one Of her best loved sons, the
late Thomas A. Bradford. 1t was but
the simplest act of justice and decent
gratitude that Mr.. Wilson should aid
Johnson He promised, so Democrats
here say, to do It No sooner had it
leaked out here that Wilson had SO
promised, than Republicans offered to
Bet that he would not do it. They even
offered to bet that they could tell the
exact way that he would get out Of it,
that Just the moment he himself was
nominated at Grafton he would have an
urgent(?) call to take him away to
Washington and away from Parkers-
burg! Democrats here in their blind
deyotion.to Wilson hooted at the idea
Wilson was too good and true man to
do thatl
the day before the Petersburg one
Wilson was there smiling, and with sub.
lime imprudence his managers called
on Barbour to nom mate him. This was
done eloquently and masterfully by J.
Hop Woods, Esq, and all went well.
Wilsonw was nominated, made hisspeech,
and Immediately thereafter receiUed has
urgent call 10 ret,irn to Berkeley county and
toIWastington Just as predicted, and with
great sorrow told the Barbour boys that
they must excuse him! This was not
all. The Jefferson county delegation at
Parkershurg was composed OF the lead.
ing and most prominent Democrats OF
Mr.. Wilson'S home. They were his
neighbors and henchmen. he could
have controlled them at word, yet
when the fight came on and Barbour
Democrats were making one Of the
brayest and pluckiest fights ever seen
in q convention against one OF the most
powerful combinations ever made, and
iust at the time when they saw o hope
for victory Jefferson county announced
herself bywhich she cast the great bulk
of her vote to the opposition and only q
small fraction to Johnsonl A parallel
for such ingratitude cannot be found
anywhere in politics and Barbour DEM
ocrats are learning the bitter lesson
that in blindly serving BILLY" Wilson
for all these years they have been sub
serving the interests only Of lodging
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his hundred weather arms around him
raised high up into the political atmos.
phere in order TO catch every puff OF
political preierment that may come to
him personally, but because OF his in
nato seltishneSa, as void OF common,
decent, frank gratitude as Urlah Heep
was void OF true humility.
That the urgent ~ call 70 Berkeley
and Washington was tho thinest aud
most conspicuously gauzy excuse to
dodge isHhown by the fact that Senator
ChaslesJ: Faulkner, living in Berkeley
and conspicuous in the United States
senxte, had no such call to return, but
remained to preside over the Parkers-
burg convention. Senator Kenna was
also at Parkersburg and he bad no such
call and John d. Anderson was there
and not called.
It was tho clearcst case Of lodging
Billy"