Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-14
COL. JOHN t. M'GRBw
Talks About Senator Camden's Candidacy.
A Story Denied.
Special Telegram to ths Register.

Special Telegram 10 tbs Register.
CnARLEJToN, W. VA. January 13.-In the
Gazette of this morning there appeared an
article based upon a rumored conversation
between what is called prominent Dem
ocrat" and a ''leading Republican in the
lobby of the hotel, the substance OF which
is that Senator Camden and his friends
were party 10 conspiracy between the
Republican members of the Legislature
and Mr. Camden's friends by which the
former would aid in his election 10 the
Senate. No names were given in the in-
terview and your correspondent called
upon the Senator this evening at his rooms.
Upon being asked if he had read it, he
promptly responded that the statement, in
so far as 1t concerned him or any true
friends of his in or out of the Legislature
was unqualihedly false.
The Senator also remarked that he
imagined that no further declaration need
be made by him TO demonstrate TO the peO-
pie OF the State the falSitv Of the report as
well as the unfair means which were being
resorted TO in this indirect way for effect
on the Senatorial situation.
McGraw was asked also if he had read
the article, and he promptly replied that
he had, and characterized 1t the "vilest
fake, made up of the thinnest, gauziest
material that has yet been shown in the
present contest" Continuing, he said:
'Mr. Camden's record as a Democrat
was established with the people OF
West Virginia and the party
at large in the nation long before many Of
the gentlemen connected with this last
canard, were out of their swaddling clothes.
In this connection, ii might not be inoppor-
tune to recall the fact that in the period
Immediately following the war there was
no man who contributed more of his abil-
ity, his means and his energy towards re-
storing the thousands Of Democrats TO
their citizenship than Senator Camden;
and the people of the State know that at
all times he has been continuously and
Loyalty a true Democrat within the lines,
and in support of its organization, and
never at any time throughout his we'll
rounded life has he been oushwacker
outside Of 1t.
ut seems to me-" continued Col. Nc
Graw, "that these gentlemen who are cir
culatlng such report as that contained In
the Gazette, forget many things connected
with the history Of the party in this State
and Senator Camden's connection with it.
Did he not bare his breast TO the contest in
rs, as its candidate for Governor and 90
down with his party Did he not again
stand as its candidate in ~ for the same
Office, and was it not those outside Of the
regular organization and their coalition
with the Republicans that defeated himl
And was not his failure 70 receive endorse
ment by election to the Senate at the end
of his first term a bolt against the regular
organization In all the history Of his life
there has never been an act, direct or in
direct, which does not show that
the channels through which he
sought party advancement were
the regularly organized mediums. Why
has he not more than any other man in the
State, been made the victim OF disorganlzed
elements which have at times presented
themselves If these gentlemen expect or
hope to stimulate their falling cause, ii
seems 10 me that they will have 10 adopt
some other tscticts and pursue some other
lines than such unseemly reports as that
presented in the Gazette article this morn
ing. So far as Mr.. Camden is concerned
in reference to the claim of the Gazette that
il has other information Of like character
upon the same subject, he and his friends
challenge the production of it in any form
ia which they care to present IL. He is
ready to meet it and if the Gazette desires
10 be fair, it would at least have given the
names of the gentlemen to whom it refers.
The best evidence of its complete falsity is
the record of the man and the Stiffness Of
the report now being made against him.
"In this connection it might be we'll TO re-
fer to that other part Of the same article
which has reference TO the services rem
dered by Senator Faulkner in the late cam
paign. That his services were valuable
ana effective no one questions, but did he
not owe it to his party TO render them
Was he not elected to the Senate under a
rupture of regular party organization,
without the expenditure of dollar or the
exertion of q single energy! And while he
rendered efficient party service, during the
last campaign, was it not only in har-
mony with the efficient service
rendered by Senator Camden, through
many different channels, and
in complete harmony with the services
which he has rendered the Democratic
party since the formation Of the State"