The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-01-27
5THE#FOURTH DISTRICT.
Tho Political Pot is Boiling Just
NJ Now at q Rapid Ratio. 4,
PROBABLE CONGRESSIONAL TIMBER
To Replace tho Farmer representa-.
tive, aIr. neutrality-suspicious.
Confident ofsucccss In the Coming
CampaiEn-Tho business Outlook
IN the Second Clty-Dcrnocratlc
Manufactures Protest.

~ .lFSth'pN'hsh--''pI h'uu'hSSs chhtooh
III the Second Clty-Dcmocratlo
Manufacturers Protest.
\ Ono OF the shrewdest business mon in
tho southern part Of tho state Is Mr..
i'll. Caldwell, president Of tho First
National Bank Of huntington, who was
here yesterday On route homo from q
business Tip In tho cast. IIo Is n
brother Of Charley" Caldwell, Of Par.
koreburg, who thought in 'O2 that
Farmer" Capohart'a congressional
shoes would fit him to nicely. Sew
eral thousand Republicans thought like
wise-the trouble was more Democrats
were OF contrary opinion, conso.
quently the Wood county statesman
was showed under, even though hc did
load his ticket by over two thousand
votes.
Mr.. Caldwell Gays matters are very
quiet in tho lower end OF the statc as
far as business Is concerned. Under
tho leadership OF the ubiquitous Bar
nun club, however, tho political pot Is
kept In q steadily boiling state. Though
many OF uuntington's Industries arc
inowidle, o better state OF affairs 10 hoped
for this spring. The town is fortunate
in having a wido-nwake chamber of CON.
morce which has recently boon instru.
mental In securing the location there OF
several important industrial establish
ments. Tho Ensign cur works, too, arc
expected BOON to start up. which TO
Y Huntington means returned prosperity.
MIR. Caldwell says tho sentiment In
Z the lower end Is almost solid against tho
Wilson tariff bill. Several we'll known
manufacturers have written Congress-
man Capehart requesting him to vote
against tho bill-all OF them Democrats.
In fact it is only the riil-raR clement OF
the party that wants the bill TO 90
through. This latter element is numer-
; GUS In tho Barnum Club, and was re.
;sponsible for the recent ridiculous reso-
lutions passed which indirectly do.
!nounced Governor MacCorkle for, his
course in advocating the retention OF
4 tho duty on coal. The intelligent ele-
mont OF tho Democracy secs the terrible
blow Tree coal would inilict upon West
sVirginia's most important industry, and
would ward it Oft q ff5SE
g1h FOURTH DISTRICT POLITICS.
Tho political horizon is very cloudy
in the shoe-string district. Capehart is
sout after a third nomination.; but his
chances seem very slim. He has two
opponents now in the field who possess
mnny elements OF strength, Judge
iiMcCluer, OF Parkersburg, who Is already
forming his line OF battle, and Judge
Thomas II. Harvey, Of Huntington,
who, though not vet IN avowed candi-
date. is known to want the nomination.
IA calculation leaving Judge Harvey out
lis at fault. He Is un aa,ute politician
and it Is claimed can get tho support OF
the lower end OF the shoe string II n
candidate. His record on the circuit
Z bench has been able and brilliant and
i lie would undoubtedly DO IN able con-
Z gresham.
81 The Republicans Of both the Third
and Fourth districts arc confident OF
success in this years campaign. The
Wilson bills passage with tree coal, tits
claimed, will insure Republican success
in these two districts, where the mining
OF coal is leading industry. Already
the miners along both the Chesapeake
Z & Ohio and Norfolk-& Western roads
have sent in protests against FREQ coal,
and large Republican gains are expected
should free coal 70 through. With such
bright prospect for success there will
i OF course be scramble for tho nomina.
( ton in each district In the Fourth
Charley Caldwell is considered out
6of the field; it Is not thought
tho would accept the nomination.
There are several gentlemen. how
ever, who are willing to sacrifice
their own interests TO serve the public
tho Fifty.fourth Congress. MIR.
James A. Hughes, OF Wayne county, n
! son-in-law OF United States Marshal
Z Sam FVinton, was candidate for the
nomination against Caldwell and there
was n misunderstanding then that
y Caldwell would not no In tho field in
1854. Hughes is understood to be out
I for the nomination and he has many
strong points that would recommend
him to tho nominating. convention.
4 One OF his Democratic relatives is re.
ported as saying in connection with
sl"Jim" Hughes nomination-'"blood is
thicker than water" The hope OF
Democratic support Is one OF his strong
points.
4 & Another possible candidate is Warren
5Niiller, of Jackson @. H., who ran on
( the state ticket in '92 for supreme court
Justice. 1t will be remembered no then
4 ran ahead OF tho ticket, by reason Of tho
support he received from the farmers
y Congratulations; particularly in the lower
end OF the state. His admirers saw no
i can pluck tho larger portion of the
& farmer vote if put up for Congresa this
year.
Among tho other gentlemen men
toned for the Republican nomination
lin the shoe string is Mr.. A. b. White,
Il Of Parkersburg, ex-internal. revenue
4 collector. Certain 1t is that when the
n convention convene, tho nomination
will notgo by default to amy one.
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