Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-07-30

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Office the manager did mighty good
work with an inadequate force and poor
facilities. Short Of both men and wires
be handled the newspaper stuff with
signal ability aud got over 100000
words Of press matter out of his office
ia four days, which is not a bad record.
The REGISTER alone got 10000 words.
The remainder went 10 a dozen or more
papers in and out Of the State. He Is
entitled to the the thanks Of the pro-
fessiOn.
Mr.. GARDEN IL DEFEAT.
One OF the chief matters talked over
to-day, among those still here, was the
graceful manner in which Mr.. Garden,
OF Ohio county, accepted defeat. Some
OF his friends were exceedingly wrOth,
and felt that they had a right 10 be in
dignant, but Mr. Garden himself kept a
perfectly unrutlled temper, and won
great many friends by his dignihed
and gentlemanly course. His oppo-
nentS i'm the Convention speak highly
OF him. and while il will be nothing IN
the way Of news to those who know him
well, be is characterized as a man who
is a Democrat under all circumstances,
however trying, and there are many
expressions Of the hope that he will yet
get the nonOrs. The vote for Auditor,
as finally corrected by the Convention
clerks is again given for the informa-
tion OF readers, IS follows: Johnson,
439; Garden, 800; McEldowney, pa;
Summers, 9; Duffy, 6; Hundley, l;
Hanna, l. Fractions are omitted.
A MINED SITUATION.
The heat aud ill-humor among the
Panhandle county people, over the de-
feat of Garden, finds its reflection In
the bad blood engendered at the other
end of the district because OF the defeat
of Bennett for Governor and Kidd for
Attorney-General, and there have been
a good many threats, since the Conyen-
tion adjourned, that the upper end OF
the district has not heard the last OF IT.,
by a good deal, and that there IS trouble
brewing, which will crop out in the Con-
gressional Convention at New Martins
vile, next week. But we think all this
sort OF talk IN becomes Democrats and
after q season Of thoug will pass over.
One Of the odd outcomeS OF the con-
vention is that both Kidd and EdmiS-
ton are talked Of for Congress to-day, as
against PeudletOn, who certainly had
nothing 10 do with anything that trans
pired here during the week, and who
seems to have studiouSly kept out OF
State affairs, TO the extent that he did
not come into his district and 60 TO
work when he should have done so,
lest be might be accused OF having
something TO do with something. II
this matter is carried on, 10 will do the
party harm, and in this light efforts are
being made 10 conciliate both the Car
den men, on the one side, and the
folks in the other end Of the First dis
tr.ct on the other.
WHY THEY WON.
The real reason why Mr.. McCorkle
won was because he had AT OrgSniza-
tion which was out OF sight. His work
ers we're numerous and thoroughly
drilled, while Mr.. Bennett was lament
ably weak in both these regards. On
Tuesday Judge Bennett had the call on
the situation through the mere numer-
ical strength of his friends, and had
there been a vote FOR Governor on Tues
day afternoon, at any hour before six
o'clock, he would have been nomin-
ated. But Tuesday night the Nc
Corkle men got 10 work, and they
changed the aspect OF affairs very
shortly. Bennett delegates were taken
away from him until his total vote, at
one time fully three hundred and fifty,
melted like a snow ball before the heat
OF furnace, aud the next morning
great gaps had been torn in his lines
and the jig was up.
One OF the best speeches made during
the convention was that Of Mr.. Chiffon,
on the bases OF representative matter.
The nominating speech delivered by
Mr.. Post, of Harrison, was also an able
bit of work. That young man has the
gift of oratory TO an unusual degree,
and he was the recipient of many con-
gratulatiOns. Mr.. Benefits speech, on
the morning following his defeat, the
bulk of which was reproduced in the
REGISTER at the time, was also happy
effort. Some OF the addresses, however,
were not above mediocrity. The hot
weather probably had much to do with
this fact.
A GREAT FIGHT.
One Of the leading incidents OF the
arouSing as much interest
as either the contest for Governor or
Auditor, was the magnificent fight
made by the Armstrong men for Super
iutendent OF Schools. Mr.. Lewis had a
majority Of the delegates early, but as
the result had not been announced, the
Armstrong men felt that all was not
lost, and they threw themselves into
hopeless fight with an ardor and energy
which astonished the Lewis men. For
fully half an hour after the roll call was
finished no one could tell what the final
outcome would be, and the Armstrong
men only ceased their despairng effort 10
pluck victory from the jaws Of defeat
through sheer physical exhaustion.
No man ever had truer friends than
were those of Mr.. Armstrong upon that
occasion. In this connection an allu-
sion 20 the waring and fighting quail
ties OF Prof. Sweeney is in order. He
was one of the most energetic candi-
dates on the ground, and was ably as
sisted by the Tyler delegation aud his
hustling brothers. He went down in
the fight with flying cOlOrS.
THE DEMAND FOR 'THE REGISTER"
One OF the noticeable things Of the
week was the big demand for the REG-
ISTER. No sooner was the Ohio River
train in each day, than a force Of news
boys were loaded down with papers and
started out, and thousands Of copies
were disposed Of in a remarkably short
time. On the streets, in the hotels and
at the Convention hall, everybody had
a copy OF the REGISTER conspicuously
in view, and its reports and predictions,
deductions and conclusions, were uni
versally pronounced to be nearly correct