Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-08-20
THE CONVENTION
OF rBg FIRST DISTRICT DEMOCRATS, AT
CLARKsBURG, TOMORROW.
Many Delegates and Others Will Leave To-Day,
But TO-Norrow Morning Will Gst PaSsen.
gers There in Tims-0hiO County
in the Fight

To-day number OF OAlo county uel-
egates to the Democratic Congressional
Convention, with number Of friends Of
candidates. leading members OF the
party in this vicinity and others, will
leave by one or another of the Balti-
more trains, and by tonight there will
be large and representative gathering
from all the First district counties in
Clarksburg.
The attendance at the Convention
promises to be the largest of recent
wears. as something like six or eight
hundred enthusiastic Democrats from
all over the district are expected to be
present. OF this number, Ohio county
will contribute fully one hundred, and
the four PanHandle counties will have
at least two hundred representatives on
the ground.
That the contest before the COnven-
ton will be lively one is the general
expectation, although many who have
gone carefully over the field regard the
ultimate conclusion to be reached as
being pretty accurately shown in favor
of an Ohio county gentleman, and
within the past forsy.eight hours
quite number OF offers TO
wager money on the choice 10
be made have been heard. This dlspo-
sltion to definitely forecast the action
of the convention meets with active dis
sent, however, from very considerable
proportion of the party, and intimations
of sharp fighting are to be heard with
some frequency by the attentive lis
tener. Indeed, so active is the compe-
tition in this county between the
friends of Messrs. Howard, Ar
nett and Pendleton, but especially be-
tween the partitions Of the two first
named, that quite number of sugges-
tions TO the effect that it would, per-
haps, be better for the Convention TO
make a selection entirely outside of
Ohio county, have been heard OF late,
and numbers of available gentlemen, all
worthy to lead the party in the First
district TO victory at the coming cleo
tion, have been mentioned in connec-
tlon with the nomination.
In the great majority OF cases, the
delegates from this county have refused
to publicly indicate how they will cast
their ballots, and estimates Of the
standing of the county differ very wide
ly, being generally made to suit the
feelings and wishes Of the gentlemen
committing them to paper. The truth
will only be known after the first ballot
is taken in the Convention.
The list of Ohio county delegates is as
follows
Washington-A. A. Franzheim, Eu-
gene Deiters, John Bachtler, w. A.
Wilson and Alfred PAUL.
Madison-Albsrt Hadlich, Daniel
Crymbel, James D. Crawford, John s.
Nayor and Augustus Mathews.
Clay-Walter Hall, w. Il. English,
Michael Warner, NJ. J: Hearne and
Louis S. Delaplaine.
Union-JameS Mckinley, Charles
Schmidt Robert Pekari, Henry Bieber'
son and Silas Conner.
Centre John Waterhouse, Frank
Woeber, Frank Auber, John w. Myles
| and Michael Fox.
Webster Frank Cruise. T. w XII
leen, Bernard Meehen, Jr., j. a. Wood
| and Martin Turney.
Ritchie-J. b. Handlap, w. A. Nc
Elroy, John A. NichoI, John Minke
meyer and Charles Otte.
Philadelphia. w. Ewing, j. r.
Hsndlan. Ed. Miller, Noah Zane and IL
S. Thornburg.
Liberty-Milt Howard, c. L. Crum
hacker, Frank c. Cox, James Faris and
| Felix Muldoon.
Matthew McCloskey, Jerry
Evans, Daniel Schaeffer, j. w. Nichols
and A. J. Wilson.
Available trains over the b. 81 O.
leave at $50 and 9:55 this morning and
o'clock this afternoon. A few dele
gates and others will take the 1:45 a
m. train or the 6:30 a. m. train to-mor
row morning, either Of which will land
passengers in CIsrksburg in time FOL
the convention.