The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-10-13

1t is no secret that the campaign oil
"Col." MacCorkle, the Democratic can
didate for governor, is disappointing to
the Democratic managers. The Colo
mel" has failed, som chow or other, TO
create the enthusiasm that was EXPECT
ed and this is not altogether due to the
discovery that the candidate is not tie
magnetic orator that some folks infer
red he was from the boasts OF his
friends, or the fact that his "foace" bill
and NEGRO domination" campaign has
fallen fiat. There is a bit of inside his
tory which, when told, will throw light
on the cause Of the apathy and make
clear some things those not in inner
circles do not understand.
The beginning OF the story antedates
the Parkersburg convention ut which
Mr.. MacCorklo captured the nomin-
alton, and involves more people than
the colonel himself Thedetals furnish
q glimpse OF the true inwardness OF the
deals by which the would-be governor
and his managers, the Chiltons, secured
the prize, and they came to me through
Democratic channels. They will open
the eyes OF the Democratic brethren to
the real cause OF the defeat OF certain
ambitious statesmen who were before
the Parkersburg convention aspiring
for honors. The friends OF these
gentlemen may not all be aware
that their favorites, far from being de-
ieated by fair means, were actually the
victims OF kind OF treachery which
savors very strongly OF buncoism, and
that, without knowing it themselves,
they were made to pay the cost OF Col
oncl" MacCorkle's success while they
were left floundering in the cons0mme,
brought there through misplaced conf
denCe, and sacrificed to mans ambi-
ton. Here is the story as ! have re-
ceived it from excellent authority:
THE CONFIDENCE GAME.
The gentlemen who concocted the
confidence scheme by which Mr.. Mac
Corkle was to gobble the governorship
had more in view than the mere cap
ture OF the executive Office for friend.
They were aiming at higher game.
What it was may be inferred from the
fact that the schemers were a syndicate
OF land spectators and that they en-
tered into deal with President ingalls,,
OF the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad, by
which that gentleman was to furnish
substantial assistance to the enterprise
OF making AIr. MacCorkle governor
The first thing in order, OF course, was
to get their man nominated, and the
tactics they pursued were shrewd, il not
altogether straight" and honorable, as
such things 60 in politics.
1t was important 10 got what your
sporting friend would call "cinch" on
the nomination and the shrewd man
ayers who undertook tho job OF secur-
ing it, under the leadership OF Joe Chill
ton and Major Anderson, set to work to
get it by making combines with the
statesmen who aspired to occupy places
on the state ticket. 1t was rs easy as
''rolling of a log" The aspirants were
willing listeners to the seductive prom
ises that were made and jumped at the
proposition to make combines, and the
result was that some sort OF an arrange
ment was made with nearly all tho can
didates.
OF course the MacCorkle managers
knew it was a physical impossibility TO
keep all promises made, but that didn't
matter with men blessed with elastic
political consciences and with only one
inspiring motive, that motive being to
nominate 1IacCorkle for governor at
nny cost.