Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-08-03
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Special TELEGRAM to the Register.
RAvENwooD, w. VA, August g
The Republicans OF the Fourth Con-
gressional district to-day nominated
Charles T. Caldwell the Wood county
neutrality-suspicious. politician by
acclamation for Congressman from this
district.
He has been opposed for some time by
the State Journal, the Wood county Re-
publican paper which has supported
James Hughes of Wayne county, and By
Ex-Congressman Charlie Smith Of Wood.
Up to last night it was supposed Hughes
would have respectable following, but
at the last moment his friend, who had
brought him out, deserted him, and he
was pulled of, lesviug the f5ld to Cald-
well,
Internal Revenue Collector White, Of
Parkersburg, is quoted as saying that
If Caldwell were nominated he would
lose 400 Republican votes in Wood
county. A Cabell Republican says he
will be beaten by I POO in the district;
that all the liquor men will vote against
him, and that he is weak anyway. An
other Cabell Republican says that Cape
hart has the softest snap Of his life in
this Congressional race.
Caldwell himself said yesterday to the
REGISTER CORES Spondent that he was
not seeking the nomination. "Some Of
the boys he said, wanted to give IL
to me and II they offered IL, told them
I would accept, but l am not going to
make a fight for II. This is Demo
cratic district, anyway, and the Repub-
licau nomination is not worth much.
1t would cost too much for poor man
10 make the race with no chance Of
success, the Democrats are sure TO
win
Caldwell, who is already a lawyer,
preacher and little Of everything
else, is now posing as farmer
also. He said in his speech OF ac-
ceptanCe that he had killed more cut
worms before he was sixteen than Cape
hart ever saw, had had more stone
bruises on his feet than Capehart's
whole family, and had had more hoe
handles broken over his back than
Capehart had on his entire farm.
Hughes has been hard-working Re-
publican and was thought by most Of
his party to deserve the nomination,
but the Caldwell crowd workeda scheme
TO nominate the man who acKnowl-
edges that be cannot carry his district,
and worked it successfully.
J. i. Caldwell, OF Huntington, con-
trolled the Cabell delegation against
their neighbor Hughes in the interest
OF his brother Charlie. When in the
interest Of harmony someone nominated
Hughes FOR Presidential elector, he de-
cined to accept it, and Frank LeSage,
a Huntington mail carrier, was nomi-
mated instead. Though they are not say
ing much, the friends of Hughes think
he was badly treated. Following are
the resolutions adopted by the conven-
tiOu:
The Republicans Of the Fourth Con
gressiOual District of West Virginia in
convention assembled reafiirm the plat
form of principle adopted by the National
Republican Convection 9t Minneapolis in
June last, and pledge our hearty support
10 Benjamin Harrison aud WhitelaW Reid
the nominees Of that convention.
We congratulate the people OF this dis
trict aud Of the entire State on the Unpre-
cedeuted development and prosperity Of
the same due the national legislation and
aggressive, enlightened and patriotic prin-
ciples and policy Of the National Republi-
can party.
we favor protection TO home products
aud industries, and declare for America for
Americans.
We fully approve OF all the laws enacted
by Congress for the restriction of immigra-
tion and favor any just legislation TO check
the flow of foreigners 10 our shores TO com
pete with American labor.
We believe now as always in liberal pen
siOns TO old soldiers
We deuounce the Democratic leaders and
newspapers for their false teachings Of
tariff aud silver coinage.
We tender our hearty thanks 10 Presi-
dent Harrison for the recognition he has
given our state Dy the appointment Of her
-aOe sons 10 high positions under the Gov
ernment and here pledge our utmost efforts
TO elect our full Congressional, State and
Electoral tickets.
We again denounce the flching Of the
Gubernatorial chair from Nathan GCfT,
our elected and uuinaugurated Governor
and give our pledge 70 the people of West
Virginia TO right and punish the rape upon
their suffrage.
We condemn the course of James Cape
hart, the present Congressman from this
district, in the Congress now in session, in
voting for free silver and free wool and
for his utter disregard Of the material in
terests of his district.
We are opposeddo corporate control of
the water courses of our State by which
large tolls are charged against our timber
operators and we recommend the purchase
by the general Government Of all the river
improvements in the State and that The
rivers De made free for all commerce.