The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-06-13

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SUTTON, W. VA, Juno lO.-Your cor.
r]o'pondcnt is on II trip over tho wcs,
Virginia < Pittsburgh railroad, and has
been making q careful survey Of the
business and political situations along
its line. Outside OF tho grea. lumber
districts OF tho interior coin paratiyely
nothing Is being done. Tho large lun-
ber pInnts at Sutton mud Camden-on.
Gaul0y have closed. Tho mill at Palmer
Is running. Tho shipment OF lumber is
very light, and l ain told the si,uation
IS not likely to improve much, il any,,
during the season. Consequently tile
rond'a business is light, and much
complaint OF hard times is being made
by tho merchants, farmers, mechanics,
laborers and stock men, particularly tho
sheep growers.
While at Sutton | heard q great doal
ot talk concerning the extension Of tho
Charieaton, Clendonon d Sutton railroad
from Charleston 10 Sutton. Tho rlght
OF way has practically all boon secured
through Clay and Brax,on counties, and
tho carly completion OF the road is
promised by the people Of Charleston,
who have the road in charge. Sutton,
after the completion OF this road, will
be n town Of much promise, and with
the proper effort on the part Of nor
cltlZens will mako one OF the best towns
OF the state.
POLITICAL MATrEES
For political pointers 20 TO Sutton.
Il Is the center Of n great Democratic
region and Il point from which all the
contiicting'elemcuts OF the Democratic
party work to capture the support o;
tho untcrrided OF the interior. Many q
Democrat in this section Of the state
has been sold out in Sutton. Thoir
names arc legion. In u conversation
with d Sutton Republican 1 asked him
who would likely represent Drax.ou in
the next house Of delegates and his an.
swer was this:
The Democrats have many in train.
ing Tor the honor. But ono thing is
being looked to now In tho selection oil
O candidate and that is tho senatorial
question. This being Senator Camden's
native county and where he has Il largo
relationship, brings out prominently
this question before the public and
everybody ia talking about it. DR.. W.
p. Newton, A. ". Corley, Mai. W. D.
Roliyson, J. NJ. Evans. Dr.. J. ". Kidd
and E. W. Cutlip arc all in training for
the nomination. The three first named
n pn ntrnUni Tatplap man NIL tbn a,t.r,
nn.i-Camdeu. Newton aud Corley are
relatives OF Mr.. Camden, and Rollyson
has been for years one Of Camden's
closest friends and political advisers.
II will be seen that Newton and Rolly-
son will be the Camden candidates, and
Evans and Kidd the anti-Camdcn. It
is tho field against Camden in this
county as it is IN every other county in
tho interior"
CAMDEN y ASTt-cAMDEY.
"What is the relative strength OF the
two elements? ' l asked.
"Wcll, from n distance, it would seem
IitiIat Ca,ntGn had the null on the field,
but when You take IL closer view OF the
situation it seems otherwise. 1t is we'll
known that Camden was instrumental
in opening up the interior with his
railroad and backed up other enter.
prises.
Notwithstanding all this bis rail
road enterprise has weakened him with
tho masses OF tho Democrats in Braxton
county. Through mis- agents and repre-
seutatives Brnx,on county was induced
10 subscribe $4,000 toward tho build
ing OF the West Virginia L Pittsburgh
railroad to sutton. They represented
that tho road wOullnot be built unless
the subscription was made, notTith-
standing tho fact that he had made ar
rangements to build the road in any
event 10 Sutton, and now this TACT is
we'll understood among tho people gen
erally.7 So when the old farmers who
are being sold out to pay their taxes
look ut their tax receipts aud think OF
the $4,000 giit TO Senator Camden, they
cuss and say, no Camden for u.s. The
people also think freight and passenger
rates are much too high"
''la that tho roason why so much lum.
Der along tho line OF the road remains
piled up?"
"Ycs, together with the general de-
PRECISION in business. Our lumbermen
cannot ship it and save themselves, and
it IL totally Impossible 10 ship d low
grade of lumber. Did you notice that
YOU paid four cents q mile on you, way
out here?
Camden is regarded by the Demo
Gratis here as boinr n protectionist.
Those who have been shipping lumber
over his road viii assure you that he is
truly q high protcc.ioIist, Tor the
reason TINT lie holds tho tariff rate upon
his road so high that shippers cannot
compete with other sections where 4
moro liberal policy lie pursued by rail
roads."