Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-11-23
Mr. ELKlNS' STRONG PULL.

The Republican Wheel-HOrses Who Are
Native AID 90 the Manner horn Save
No show Aiongside the Nsw-Comer'
NorgInt0ira Spseial % PtusbVg Post.
M0RGANTOwN.' w. VA, November p.
Heretofore, ia ante-SenatOrlal contest
days In West Virginia, II was condi-
zion for tho press or the respective
counties 20 boom for position some home
celebrity. That this was not done this
year is particularly noticeable. The
journalistic unsnimity 10 favor Of Steve
ElkinS is so palps5le dalliance with
the flesh pots that there Is q State full
OF people talking about IL. The Repub-
lican press of the State came out almost
as oae voice, as nearly as possible for
that 10 be accomplished, for Elkins for
Senator. Every section Of the State,
almost every county, has newspaper
support for the carpetbagger with his
pile.
Some OF these instances are striking.
il is Acknowledged that w. p. Hubbard
is the leading Republican member OF
the Wheeling bar. The IHtelligencer
of that city has heretofore devoted col
umBs to speaking his fame. TIE fail
ure OF that paper 70 mention his name
this year is regarded as sort Of meta
morphOsis. The fact that the legiSla-
ture 10 convene this winter will be Re.
publican had scarcely been made known
when the IntClligencer came out strong
for Elkius. The friends Of Hubbard are
trying 70 push him into the fight, but
they do 1t without the aid Of their home
organ. On this same day Of surprising
announcement the Huntington Herald
aud the Parkersburg Journal, TWO lead
ing Republican dailies OF the Fourth
district, came out as strongly for Eikins
as the Intelligence.
Hon. John A. Hutchinson, chief cOun-
sci OF the Baltimore aud Ohio for West
Virginia, had entertained a mixture OF
hope and delusiOn that these Two pa
DerS Of his Congress iOnal district would
at least make general the information
that he nurtured intentions OF "preDar-
ing 20 prepare 10 prepare 10 20 into
she Senatorial contest. That was sim
ply an illustration that an attorney,
though = bright one, sometimes sees his
fOndest hopes decay. Neither paper
then nor siuce mentioned HutchinsOn's
uame. Not they. Eikins was the bur-
den Of their song. That willy New Mex.
lean, or New Yorker, or New Jersey
man, or whatever his permanent habi-
tat may be-a question still unsettled
had evidently drawn these journals 70
him by the persuasive golden chain.
The FairmOOt Vest FTgmjIR is
Republican paper, and has at times
been veritably iulSOme 10 It's praise OF
It's neighbor aud friend, Hon. George
Goodman Sturgiss. It's last TWO issues
show that there is Il peculiar reason Why
il has so suddenly discovered thgt Ell
kins is by all manner Of means the
illogical" Republican candidate for the
ASeuate. The MartinsburgS Herald
ACesn't know its farmer frieGds. Il is
Aiug on the E!kins ystring-and
In evidence as taG tuner OF al
trumeuts. I've Moundsville
Unpublished tel miles from Mr..
Rome. ~ would seem that
peard og any body who pro-
10 4ock the Senatorial
% half complete the list
b papers which have, SEEM
moments notice, asCertained
Yqualities and thorough states
yOt E.kins. The whole Repub-
Dress Of the State, with less than
dozen exceptions, struck Up a
y6rus Ia glad acclaim, and Eikins was
~the theme.
Congressman-elect DAYTON is certain
there will be no other candidate. He
SAYS so openly. Aud Of such Is this dis
trict 10 be represented In CoDgressl ).
IL. Gramm, elected State Senator in
this - Sturgiss'S - Senatorial district,
has come out in an interview saying he
will use his best endeavOrS 20 send
Eikins 20 the Senate.
10 is so all along the line. The evil
dence OF the Doodle campaign being
made u so clear as TO disgust, in fact,
enrage representative members OF the
party an through the State. The cleo
lion OF Elkins is not conceded by these
true, though Disguised. Republicans.
They claim Co have plan which will
defeat ElSins and elect Sturgiss by
securing the entire Democratic repre-
seutatiOn for the latter. lie is known
by everybody Of consequence In the
State, and comparing bin 30 Elkins is
IS a comparison Of mind and matter.