The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-09-12

the other OF these two popular
young Democrats. There is no
rivalry between them for the
nomination. and whatever the Dem
ocrats of this county do in regard to
them will be heartily aequiesced in
by the other. Mason will present but
one name to the convention and that
name Will be endorsed by the united
Democracy of Mason county. Our
Democrats will have no wrangle in
the Convention over the nomina.
ton.
We clip the following rich and
spicy articles from the Parkersburg
Sentinel, whose reporter attended
the Republican Congressional Con-
vention held in this place, last We'd
nesday:
Livia Simpson-Po ffenberger, the
petticoat statesman of Mason, came
TO the front of the stage and got a
red hot reception. She didn't
throw any boquets at that gallant
and brainy republican of Mason,
Jim Menager, but gave him several
stabs, and jumped on the other men
named with both feet. She was
there as the champion of DR.. Barbee
and placed his name before the con-
vention. She was his Jonah however
and he is now apologizing, no doubt,
to the other fellows for her ill timed
remarks.
J. B. Menager withdrew his name
in favor of G. Il. Caldwell, and hop
ed the convention would nominate
him. Menager got even with some
of his enemies. He said he did
not belong to a political Malta that
existed in this county; did not stab
anyone in the back in the dark; did
not go into other counties and cir
culate falsehoods about any republi-
can candidate. He was repubIi-
can from principle, not for Doodle,
and pointed with pride to his past
record as a verification of his state
ment. He lambasted his enemies
in a caustic manner, causing several
Mason county republicans to vince
under the lash as he applied it.
The republicans of Mason county
are all torn up with internal dissen.
sions. One of the leaders vows that
Mrs. Poffenberger has set herself up
as a political boss, and uses the
columns of her paper to rap those
who do not suit her fancy. She has
made, this gentleman declares, an
open fight against Jim Menager.
He promised some rather racy dis
closure as result of this fight, and
if they are made there will be a
sensation sure enough.
"The brainiest man in the con-
vention was turned down for the
man with barrel remarked a dis
gusted republican, referring to Men
ager and Miller. "Any democrat
can beat Miller" he continued, and
that's the kind of talk you could
hear on all sides.
The Gazette again goes out of its
way this week to say harsh things
about Hon. Rankin Wiley, which are
malicious and untrue.
In an article in that paper this
week, the charge is venomously
made that Mr.. Wiley publicly de-
nounced Mr.. Capehart's candidacy"
This is a base falsehood, for it is
well known that there was no more
earnest and outspoken advocate for
Hr. Capehart's re nomination, than
was Mr. Wiley, and that he was the
temporary chairman of the late
Ravenswood convention, and was
selected as such by the friends of
DIR. Capehart, and that all his rul-
ings were satisfactory 10 Mr.. Cape
hart and his friends.
We know whereof we speak
when we say that Mr.. Wiley advo-
Gated the re- nomination ofMr. Cape
hart, and we can't understand why
the Gazette continually makes these
untruthful charges against him, un-
less it is to provoke him into a per-
sonal fight.
We have twice prevailed upon
MIR. Wiley MOTTO publish articles
prepared by him, because we wish
ed to be the instrument, so far as
we could, to avoid personal con-
fiict. And now advise the Gazette,
unless it wants to court fight with
this gentleman, that might be seri-
GUS in its results, it had better call
a halt.
We asked Hon. Jas. B. Menager
what he thought about the way he
was treated, and knowing the man
as we do, our surprise was not very
great when he said that g Prosperity
is not without many fears and dis
faster, and adversely is not without
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