Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-07-23
THE BIG FOUR
Has Selected Hon. Thomas E. Davis, Of Grafton,
10 Make the Race Against Hon. William L.
Wilson-Mr Dalton's Disgust-AgeniS at
Work in the State For the Combination.
Speaag 7eieoram to tie REGISTER.


TUNNELroN, w. VA, July 22.-An-
other piece of important political "slat-
ing" by the Big Four at their Deer
Park conference was the selection OF
Hon. Thos. L. Davis, of Grafton, as the
Republican nominee to oppose Hon. W..
l.. Wilson for Congress from the Second
district, which will cast a gloom over
the Barbour county statesman, A. IT,.
DAYTON. II will be recalled that Dayton
was the man who came within one
vote of capturing the nomination for
Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit
when Hon. j. 7. Hoke, OF Preston
county, was nominated. In order to
placate Dayton and his followers, who
alleged they were betrayed by the men
who manipulate conventions, he was
promised the Congressional nomination
from the Second district. But new
Richmond having located in the State
in the person of Stephen B. Elklns,
Dayton was asked to gracefully with
draw his claim and allow Ekins to be
nominated by aCclamation by the Pied
mont convention. ACClamatiOn was
the only condition upon which
Elkins would accept This Day
ton pointedly and positively
refused 10 do, and as the office-holders
dead by John w. Mason and ChaS. M.
Shinn) controlled the majority OF the
delegates they nominated Farmer Har-
mer of Grant county as reouke for
Dayton's stubbornesS. The Dayton
men became furious at the second be-
traya of promises and resolved 10 re-
sent it. After considerable coaXing
and promising by the Bosses Dayton
was persuaded TO appear before the con-
vention and pledge the hearty support
OF himself and friends for the nominee.
For such a sacrifice and loyalty TO the
Grand Old Party he was promised the
nomination in 1892. But it seems that
the Deer Park Sunday conference has
decreed otherwise.
Everything is not harmonious in the
party. In the Eleventh Senatorial
District the fight is waxing warm among
the candidates, and the programme as
promulgated at Deer Park is to nomi-
nate Davis for Congress, and failing in
that, TO nominate him for State Sena-
tor for the Eleventh District. The
Congressional Convention meets at
Terra Alta August 10Th, and the Sena-
torial Convention at Grafton August
1lth. 1t is aclever ruse Of the bosses,
but the Senatorial candidates promise
to surprise them.
To those who are skeptical on the
Elkins- Mason combination it would be
we'll to call their attention to the fact
that already men are travelling through
the State working up a sentiment and
fixing" the delegates for ElkinS aud
Mason. The argument used is that
"EikiuS is not a candidate for any Of
fee, but he would like to be made
United States Senator from West
Virginia, not for the honors and emOlu-
ments that go with the Office, but in or
der that he may be able to develop West
Virginia" What rot.
II is a singular fact that about the
only opposition, so far, TO Mason'S can
didacy comes from his old home, Graf
ton. To allsy this opposition his friends
say that 1T is the special request OF
President Harrison that Mason aud
Elkins make the race in the hope OF
carrying West Virginia for the PIesi-
dent.