The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-04-15
ONO roLlrICs.
r,opt, III Congressional Timber In tho
new sixteenth District

new sixteenth DlStricL
Ovcr tho river much interest Is mani.
fo.,cd BY tho Republicans In The con.
,c,, for the congressional nomination in
.bc new Sixteenth district.
Tho convention will be held at Sou-
hcnyilIo on Tuesday, May q, and will
Ioubtless DO Il red hot one, Thorc will
SSn llalf dozen or moro candidates.
Tho now Sixteenth iscomposcd OF
pcl,pont, Monroe, Harrison, Jeiieraon
and Carroll counties, and Is Republican
Sy 500 Monroe county ia 1000 Dem
ocratlc Down In Monroe tho Demo-
cruIs always nominate candidates tor
county offices ut the primaries In tho
.nrins, tho nomination meaning cleo
Under tho Democratic gcrrymandcr
,he district was 1893 Democratic, and
IpdCc A. J. Pearson, OF Woodheld, was
cccicd BY 74S, Col. G. L, Poorman, OF
EelIaire, being his opponent.
AZ the SteubcnviIle convention Bel.
mont will present Senator J. W. Nichols
and Col. Q. l.. poorman. Harrison will
nsmo General Ilollingsworth, Carroll
viii present Senator Ecklcy and Jetier.
aon cx.Lieutenant Governor Richards,
ri Sseubcnylle. and possibly others.
Two years ago lion. John NJ. Cook, Of
s,cubenyille, was Col. J. D. Tuy lor's op-
nopent ior tho nomination. Tho con-
les! was holly contested and Taylor was
nominated at the convention, held ut
Stoubcnyillc. Taylor got n majority Of
the delegates in Cooks own county.
Taylor has had several terms and is
out OF district. 1t Is said that Cook and
Major RobcrtSherrard, both OF Stcuben-
vile, would like to have tho nomina.
lion. Hon. r. I. Hunter, Of Woods.
field, has his eye on it.
lion. G. J.. Wccms, OF st, Clairsvillc,
md Hon. Lorenzo Dantord have bceu
prominently spoken OF.
Wccms says no will not boa candidate.
lie Is chairman OF the Belmont county
Republican committee and many per.
sons gay that he came from Noble to
Belmont to run for Congress. Mr..
Wccms says there is nothing in this.
Danford took moro interest in politics
last fall than for years, and II was in
timatcd that no would like TO return to
Congress. The captain says he would
not have 1t under any consideration.
When he says no ho mcansait.t
Shorrard Is said to be the wcalthiest
Of those mentioned above, and Poorman
the poorest. Poorman is probably the
ablcst man OF tho entire number, and
would mako the best congressman.
There is q strong sentiment for him, be-
cause he made The fight in 1880 when
there was no show for q Republican,
and because OF his thirty years service
for the party. Some OF the prominent
politicians in Belmont county arc op-
posed TO him and favor Nichols.
Poorman, who was recently appointed
secretary OF state for the Iunexpired
term, will take charge OF the office to.
morrow. lie is pledged TO not be can
didate at the state convention, and
many OF his friends think this is q
scheme 10 shclve him.
Belmont county, with her sixty-three
votes, will cut big figure at tho con-
vention. Poorman mado n proposition
to Nichols agreeing TO withdraw if
Nichols got the greatest number OF del
egates in Belmont county, and asked
Nichols to do the same il -ho secured
the fewer delegates, the one getting the
largest number to have the sold dele
cation from Belmont. Mr.. Nichols re-
fused to entertain such proposition.
This would have given the siXty-three
votes to either Poorman or Nichols,
and with tsenty-fcur more Belmont
county would secure the prize. Jcffer-
son will have iorty-seven votes, Harri-
ton twenty-six, Carroll twenty-six and
Monroe fourteen. Belmont county is
entitled 10 the nomination.