Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-03-14

some lDsI4d pointers on lao CANVASS oA
Major Joseph u. Chiffon for the United
States Senate has caused considerable
comment in political circles Chlton's
friends assert that there is no ground
for the statement that he VIII be a c2n-
didate foe the State Senate, but 30 is
pretty generally known thar a large
contingent of his friends are urging
this course as the most effective way OF
meeting the efforts OF AIr. Camden 20
capture the State SeIatOrship from this
district
There is a current rumor here TO the
effect that Hon John ID. Anderson has
his weather eve on the United States
Senatorship. The report Is that Alder
sons programme is 90 be ren0minated
and reelected 90 Congress this fall, and
on the prestige Of four successive en-
dorsements by the people OF this dis
trict. whict furnishes such large pro-
portion of tho votes in the Democratic
legislative caucus, be could duplicate
the record of the late Senator kenna
whOwas chosen a Senator iu 1883, after
he had been elected 90 Congress for the
fourth time.
In Senatorial arithmetic there is one
pointer which should DOT be overlooked.
Heis a poor politician who would leave
out Of consideration Hon. HW. Il. NI-
son. OF the Second Congressional dis
trict Visitors 90 the Capital from varl-
Gus sections of the State are OF che Opin-
ion that he win succeed either Mr.
Camden or Mr. Faulkner 2s member
OF the United States Senate from West
Virginia. When asked whether he VIII
be q candidate. they always assure you
that Mr. Wilson isl never % candidate,
and bro this, they say, lies his great
strength They say the people have ale
WAYS nominated and elected him with
out his asking .t and many people who
have hitherto been successful ODD corr
rectly f0recasting tho political future
viii be- disappointed ~ there is not in the
early stages OF the Senatorial battle, a
ground swell for the gallant leader In
the cause OF tariff reform and Chair
man OF the Ways and Means Commit
tee. A prominent politician, who sees
nothing but Wilson iu the Senatora,
sky, was asked this question; Would
not the fact that hr. Faulkner IS from
county adjoining Nr. Wilson S, and
that both live in % section extremely ro-
mote from the rest OF che State, .1re
the latter's ChalCes2' "Not ln Che
least. " was che quick reply. "No power
can resista fixed sentiment OF the peo-
p,e." The solid protest OF tho entire
delegation from New York could not
prevent @ .evelard's nomination ln 1892,
because the people we're for MIN. 10
may be- so with SIR. Wilson.
Judge Bennett, o., Weston, is having
o. district boom for the SauatorsliD,
aud it is Dot unlikely that he viii sur
prise the natives ty the trump cards he
win hold when Ee comes t0 show his
hand ITO is said with confidence that
he win have aII the strength Zoo the
Senatorial .slcus that he had in Park
/, er&arkin 1892 for the governorship
.Irv.th great deal more added. The
Democrats counties which gave Judge
Bennett a majority OF their votes iu the
parFersburg convention are Barbour,
Braxtoa, ClbeI, Calhoun, G.lmer,
Hampshire, PeDd'et0u, P0cahOntas and
Raleigh. Tn addition to these be Is said
90 De strong in Green0r.er, Marion, Mon
roe. Peasants, B0ane and Writ, and iu
the Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth and
Seventh delegate districts. M be should
get the votes OF the members iu Che
House OF Delegates from those counties
and districts be would have some
twentv-0ne votes in tbe lower House,
and 70 is counted chat ne will. get some
eevsu or eight votes from among the
Democratic members OF the Senate.
Ten OF the h0.doycr members
OF the State Senate are Demo-
Gratis, an unusually large number
and by reason OF tlIs fact it is expected
that the Senate will have a larger Dem
ocratic majority in proportion 20 The
number of los members than the lower
house. III the Democrats carry the
same Senatorial districts which they
carried in 1892, they Will have twenty
members and the Republicans viii have
only six. For this reason the Candi-
dates will probably pay more attention
to the members OF the Senate in proper
tion 90 number OF its members than
they viii 90 those Oi the lower house.
Within the last two weeks an iuv.si-
BILE dark horse has greatly disturbed
the calculations on the Democratic
nomination for Congress in this district.
The observers who 1uye been measuring
the strength of Hon. John I'd. Anderson
and Ex-Governor u. NJ. wilson, respect
lively, have discovered, or think they
have, an animal on the darkest hue,
which is being groOmed Co jump upon
the track 40 the last moment auG carry
of The Congressional prize. lt is need
less TO- say that The uamaOf this dark
horse will be kept exceedingly dark tlI
after peach blossom time.
The labor element in hanowha
county is coming forward for recog-
milton this year iu the distribution Of
legislative houorS. COL Flnt.oc6
Perry. editor OF the hWdChG lGNrI
Democrat. has been among the miners
recentIv. and 90 isl said that the CoI0ne,
is the unanimous choice of the labor
people of both parties for the legis-
latpre. To 1892 when be was not can
didate for the legislature be came
within fourteen votes of being nomi-
mated against his will
John r. Foster, President or the
Federation OF Labor iu Charleston,
win be brought forward by the labor
element as o candidate for the iegiS-
lature on the Republican ticket Mr..
Foster has for o long time been a
nrominent figure in an labor 0rganiLa-
lions I'M this city. The labor element
holds the balance of power in kanaWha
and they seem 90 be in humor 10 use it
no their adyantage this year.
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