The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-13
AT CHARLESTON
The Battle is On and Friends of both Camden and
Faulkner Claim the Prize,

A special FROM Charleston says:
The contest for the different offices
within the gift of the Legislature
waxeth exceedingly interesting.
Members are arriving on all trains,
and there are lively scenes in the lob
les of The hotels. Each fresh arrival
is buttonholed by one of the legion of
office seekers, and the atmosphere is
rife with rumors of deals and counter
peals,
A great many democrats who are
looking out for plums under the next
federal administration are also pres
ent, working the prominent democrats,
who are supposed to possess influence.
While friends of Senator Faulkner
and Mr. Camden are making claims
for their favorites, it is a fact that
majority of the delegates now upon
the scene are non-committal and it is
impossible to predict the result. Ad-
ditional interest has been given to the
Senatorial fight by the report that
both sides intend to make an issue in
Democratic caucus tonight of posi-
tons in the House and Senate.
For President of the Senate the
Faulkner candidate is D. w. Gall, of
Barbour, while Rankin Wiley, of PIT.
Pleasant, is the candidate of the Cam
den forces. Ex-United States Collec-
tor John McGraw, who has been man.
aging Mr.. Camden's campaign, stated
that Mr. Camden's friends are willing
that the votes received for the two
candidates mentioned shall be regard
ed as showing the relative strength Of
the candidates for the Senatorship.
Friends of Mr.. Faulkner made the
same statement, and give figures for
the faith that is in them. The Faulk-
ner men claim fourteen out of the
twenty democratic votes in the Senate
The Camden men on the other hand
express themselves as confident of the
result, but decline to give out any
/ figures as to their strength.
Congressman Capehart is here and
working for Faulkner. Hon. w. G..
Handlan, of Wheeling, came in this
afternoon and is watching the fight.
There are sixty-one Democratic mem
bers in the Legislature and Faulkner's
lieutenants are tonight claiming forty
two votes and say they can afford to
loose some.
Senator Camden was seen by a cor
respondent and declined to talk for
publication. "You can say, however,
he said, ''that we know where our
strength lies, and we feel confident of
the result. We have enough votes to
nominate in caucus Mr.. McGraw
added : ''You can safely say that Mr.
Camden will succeed Mr.. Faulkner as
/
ginia."
AS the members are not all here yet
the issue is not fairly made up, and
the Democratic senatorial caucus is
some days off.
A paper containing an interview
with Senator Faulkner was shown to
q close friend of Senator Camden
which brought forth the statement that
Senator Faulkner in working his claim
of 40 votes was actuated by the same
motive which prompted Zach Chandler
in the memorable telegram of his
party friends in the North, from Flori-
da in 10, to claim everything. Why
| he should claim 40 votes, as distin-
guished from the entire number of
Democrats in the Legislature, the same
gentleman said he could only account
for on the theory that the Senator
knew that under the two-thirds rule,
it would require that many votes to
nominate. Further conversation de-
veloped the fact that Mr.. Camden's
friends are entirely satisfied with the
condition of his canvass, and the sup
port he is receiving from incoming
members, and they profess complete
confidence in Senator Camden's cleo
ton.
LATER the members of the
legislature are now here, and the in
terest in the senatorial fight is most
intense, for, seeing that any attempt
to carry the senatorship contest into
the organization of either house would
result disastrously to many interests,
and both sides not feeling sufficiently