The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-06-21

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Republican party OF tho uate aud will
reflect crodit not only on the party but
on tho state it'clf. No batter rcpreson-
tativo delegation va ovo sent from
West Virginia to any national conycn
ton. Another mistake Of tho tole-
graph was In making mo cay ovor fifty
Of tho llty.tour counties wefo repre-.
sonteL 1t should have read about
iorty-1yo counties" like to DO 40 OK
act as possible in such mattors.
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It was good to 500 old timo Democrats
present and participating in tho con.
ycntOn Among tho most prominent
were Hons. John u. Floyd aud G. P.
Dosr, both OF whom have represented
tho Democratic party in the legislature.
Me-. Dorr has been Tor years tho leader
OF tho DomoCmtic party In Webster
county, and the Democracy OF tho
interior Sustained q severe loss whom he
mRdo up his mind that the best Inter
eats Of tho a,ato OF West Virginia lie In
tho adoption Of the principles Of tho
groat party Of protection. Mr.. Floyd,
though not exactly n now convert, was
only 4 tow years ago ono oil tho most
honorcd leaders Of tho Democracy. 1;
was when that party threw OF its pro-
lection Disguise and bGCaino tho enemy
OF the industrial d~ovclopmon. OF tho
country that he loft II. Tho object los-
son, which Mr.. Floyd then forenw
would be presented to the pooploi il tho
Democratic party should gain power, is
now being learned by many other
Democrats. like Mr.. Dorr, and another,
Mr.. Fleming, OF Marshall county, who
was prominen, in that delegation, aud
it was not surprising that not Il few Of
them turned ny at tho league meeting
wearing Republican badges and ontor.
ing on tho active work OF Il campaign
for the undoing OF tho change they
voted for in 1872.
The convention developed several
things beside tho fact that tho RCpub-
lican party in West Virginia iR very
much alive this year. II developed, for
instance, tho TACT that there Ia plenty Of
oratorical genius ia the ranks OF Young
Republicanism. Mos. OF tho spoccho,
made by tho Younger mOmbers OF tho
league wore OF n high order Of mcrit,
from whatever standpoint you choose
to judge them. During his speech, Mr..
Elkins, referring TO the pleasure with
which he had listened to some OF tho
speeches, remarked: "Whnt need Of
sending outside OF the state for political
speakers when NO have such Il wealth
OF talent in u own stato?" That Is
tFttn ADNnnty Nhpun yrhNrn eht1tI. L.,
this line took the convention by storm
wero U. S. G. Pitzer, OF Berkeley coun-
ty. Frank Cox, Of M~onongalin, and
Elliot Northcots, OF Cabell. They
are young men above the average
in point OF ability and are gifted with
rare powers Of oratory. They will he
heard from in the future.
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| notice in 4 Pittsburgh paper that q
canvass Of the members OF the leaEne
shows Reed to be tho favoritc over nc.
Kinlcy for President among West Vir-
ginia Republicans This statement is
evidently not the result Of Il very care.
tul canvass. II 10 true that tho ap.
plauso that greeted the names OF both
OF these great leaders was of Il very co.
thusiastic nature and it was hard to tell
which received the larger share, but.
the trend OF sentiment as heard on the
floor OF tho convention. on the streets,
and 10 tho hotels showed clearly q prac-
tically unanimous sentiment for afc.
kInlcy as tho first choice. Reed
would be acceptable TO all, Blu. the Ohio
man ls first in the hearts OF Q large ma
jority of West Virginia Republicans. l
interrogated representative mon from
almost every county, and tho result con-
tirned the impression had received
from 4 general observation. Not n few
expressed themselves in favor OF Tlarri-
son as the, logical candidate, owing 10
the Developments OF the past year in
tho business and political situation, and
tho opinion seems to be growing that
the country may demand q return 10
power OF the administration under
which the country enioyed tho most
prosperous period in its history. I
The people Of Fairmont had an ele-
plant on their hands, tho convention
being so much larger than the most SAN
guinc expected it would be, but, unlike
the hero OF the legend, they knew what
to do with it. The way the crowd was
taken care Of was a mystery, but, til auks
to m enterprising people who have al.
ways shown themselves equal to an
emergency, nobody went away hungry
and there wasn't a single regret ex-
pressed that Fairmont had been chosen
for the convention town. G. AL
Thoy viii he Missed.
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