The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-21
nANpoM poL1rlcAL NorEs


non. Joh u FLOYD, Of Charleston,
announces over his own signature in
the Evening Nda, Of which he Is editor.
that he Ia not 4 candidate for Congress
in the Third district, and will not be.
Mr.. Floyd gives nu excellent and unset.
fSh reason for this decision. He says:
II an exceedingly anxious to help
build up a daily Republican paper in
the Hanawha valley, audit WILDE impos.
siblo for ne to do my share in thi, very
essential matter, 80 far as tho Repub-
lican party Is concerned, and be a can.
didAte for Congress az the same time.
! will therefore devote my time 20 help
ing TO build up the CharlI!OH Er<ninJ
Mad. 1havenoquOstion OF the ability Of
the Republicans OF this district 10 cleo.
their candidate for Congress II they
stand united and nominate 4 good
man" He couldn't be engaged in a
better work than building up . daily
Republican pager, and the Republican
party will doubtless appreciate mis- eff
forts. Under Sir. Floyd's management
tho Mad has vastly improved and its in.
fusnce for good Is already being felt in
the EauawhA valley.
BY the way, speaking OF 5tr. FLOYD
and his paper, hero is something from
the editorial columns Of the Nal that
Ohio county Republicans will do well to
paste in their hats, Tor it is RICH. TO the
point: The Republicans Of Ohio
county" writes Editor FLOYD, have a
great opportunity thisiyear TO DO some
thing good for the party 10 which they
belong. Their couniy is entitled TO
four delegates 10 the legislature. The
Democratic margin has always been
very small in the county and ought to
be overturned very easily this year. II
i. Is, the Republican, will certainly
have control OF the house Of delegates
a. the next session OF the legislature. II
they act wiiely then the people OF tue
state will be inspired With confidence in
their wiAdom and business capacity,
and when the ext state election occurs
there will be no question as to the
triumphant success OF our party. $50
The capital prize to be drawn by the
Republicans in the etate lies in Ohio
county. Let the Republicans there re.
alize this tact and 20 TO work to draw
il They need not 10 be solicitous about
the rest OF the state. The Republicans
in the rest o! the state will attend to
that matter"
Right Politically speaking, the eyes
OF the whole state are turned toward
Ohio county. The importance OF the
Republicans exercising great care and
discretion in the ae!cction OF q legi.-
laiiye ticket cannot be exaggerated. 4
single mistake may mean the loss OF the
Legislature.
Buck Harding, OF Huntington, who, BIZ
the grace OF the Democratic administers
ton al Washington, holds a ia! govern
neat place, that OF national bank ex-
aminer, was at homo the other day on
official business and incidentally earn
ing his night 10 bold his position By
putting in a few political licks, and the
Huntington Herald tells 6 good story a.
his expense. Il appearc that he met q
drummer friend AZ the Florentiae the
other morning, and the latter did moi.
recognize Buck without his whiskers.
You look like you belonged 10 some
secoEd-rate theatrical company" said
the drummer when he discovered who
Buck was. NO" was the response OF
Buck, 81 am representing Grover Cleve-
land" well, il that's the case" re-
sponded the travelling man. I'VE don't
want any OF your goods. We have too
many on hand already" And Buck
never smiled.
The RcgirEr is trying to make itself
believe that West Virginia heartily en-.
dorses the Wilson bill, especially tina.
portion OF it which places West Vir-
| GINA products on the free list Among
other recent utterances Of the Register
tending to, show that there ia no oppo-
si:ion 20 the bill in this state is the fol-
lowing:
The Democrats IN West Virginia. Aad espe-
ciAlIy those ID Chairman Wilson'S district, have
been as active as those OF any oIhe. state in Ell.
doriny the Wilson bill and ~deHouacing those
who have IN a7y manner stood IN the way OF q
passage as Il let the house. In the counties OF
| JeIerson. Berkeley. Hampshire and Hardy mas
meetings have been held, in all Of which a
hearty Enforcement has been yIYea the wilson
bll and Is speedy passage urged
I. is unfortunate for the effectiveness
OF the RgiH<r'8 point that it name the
counties IN which these mas meetings
have been held-Jeferson, Berkeley,
Hampshire and Hardy. Three OF them
always have been free trade hot.beds, in
which the people are still governed by
sectional prejudice, and the remaining
county, Berkeley, is neither 4 produce.
OF coal nor shipper oiiumber, at least to
any extent. Hardy has none OF the in
dustries affected BY the free raw mate
rial par. OF the Wilson bill; no develop
ment is in progress in Hampshire, and
Jefferson, Mr.. Wilson'S home county,
and the county OF Judge Lucas and
JamesM. Mason, isnoted az Z producero OF
free trade politicians, relics OF the con-
fcderacy. who appeal to section
al and race p!ejudiccs. These
couaties are not embraced in that
part OF Mr.. Wilson's district
in which the work OF developing vast
mineral and timber resources is in pro-
gross. The Register does not note that
the Democrats OF Marion, MononclIia,
Taylor, Preston, Tucker, Randolph,
Barbour. Mineral and Grant counties,
all in Mr.. Wilson'S district, have not
been holding mass meetings to en-
dorse the Wilson bill or Mr. Wilson's
ourse in Congress. It is in these
counties that tine construction OF ,ai!-
roads, the opening OF Goa! mines, the
clearing Of forests and the establish
ment OF manufactures were going on up
TO the beginning OF the business de-
preston brought on by tho Democratic
threats to smash tho protective tariff.
II is an open secret, in this connection,
that some OF the endorsement meetings
in tho Eastern Panhandle have been