Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-05

v..Ayr0vS, W. Va, January a.
-.s.ss. the Senatorial contest
., hourly. Hon. Geo. g. Stur-
ass srs, publicly announced as a
...s-. followed speedily Oy Mr.. FL
- Tas alters candidacy has been
-.-.auuy before the puOnc by
.. .g.a5 lean press Of the State, while
.ryo. t1s papers have studiously is-
....t ,as possibility OF auy other person
having tie tsmsr.ty TO offer what they
u. ..-.ssl Io term opposition 10 Mr.
r.-, announcement OF Hon. y.
ar.aser. Hou. john A. Hutcnin-
--,.t Hrr. Joun B Floyd as candi-
..... has created a dutter among Mr.
r..-,, .a.5wers anu greatly disturbed
- s.lalmty.
n .l- aud conspicuous party ser
,a r ME days when the future Su-
--ar.y .l the party seemed well nigh
....s,,. rendered WITH eminent SaVS-
..r-. ,l the party everywhere, both
an me Sumo aud iu Tie Legislature,
Al, t.s llrty's c0E1'date for GOV-
.-r.. and iu oMc.al lle, count
- srg-aur, chen Mr S,urgiss, who
t.,t.,-rruI>1ei lImse.f % all these
direction, anI for more tnan twenty-five
years. ,aolI 1e an easy winner and
Win bis ,,rosg personal following
a.rE members of both branches OF
,.. LEGISLATURE. be IS easily the most
.-ul45.s competitor that has been
-lr .aea1.
N.sn Interviewed this afternoon be
SAD. .Hlue have NOT made person
81. canvass of mem bers-e.ect, nor Kept
aq candidacy before t1e people sener-
e-y t-rouEL cue press, yet / have
bad
rr MOST GRATIFYING ASSURANCES
d support a0d good wIi IRON many,
alo.,-l unexpected quarters. want
Understood Jlat am not candidate
a.l..-- ANY one u0r iu tue interest OF
I 4-yo-ler candidate. am irauS 10 say
-.(. .aa position OF senator from tne
state of West Virginia Is
Que 20 stimulate t1e ambition
Oh any man dt 90 represent such
o. State. From 1852 ,iIl tue fai. OF 1891
We contested every election iu the face
OF almost hopeless Dads aud against th-
almost lDylucI0.e p-elId GEES that were
lrrtF-1 WIKI 90 mDcl force against u.s..
Ile Democratic m4J JIr.ty was reduced
30 tl- rate of s1ou, 5000 .u each quad
relalal election t.. DO was wiped
one iu ISsS by the
election OF Judge G1T by over 100 ma
.a-.y, so tuat even in the general
slump of lsa2, when such Republican
States as OHIO we're carried almost
over 90 t1e Democratic side,
-l- Democratic State ticket was
elected Oy vote nearly 1000
less then the total opposition vote.
hsa--, the victory OF lSg4 vas not un-
expected though eXceIilug in its magpi-
i-le and thorOughue,s our most San-
s-.Hs hopes. This result was the iegi-
innate growth of Republican ideas
steadily ucg.cated through evil as vel
O., through good report. lt was brought
a-alt Oy che people, the plain
people. who want no Offices, but do want
-.ll government, steady employment,
't.r markets. sound currency, free from
.u4u9us and uncertainty aud per
sst-l- values for what they have 20
sci. twas not the strong personality
o.auy candidate, the popularity Of any
,..tt. ed eader, nor tue work of any
Committee. nor the
SIZE uF ANY ALLEGED BARREL
o1 Zap, bltthe result was accomplished,
ts DO @as all over the country, by the
great masses of the people who de-
handed a change, aud got it 0y the
ar.e,, mai0rJies To almost every sec
'ol 0i tue country. Having been
identified with every canvass since 1866
lat having AN NV interests Identified
With t-e S,ata since early boyhood /
ltfe 'e.t t1at I might aspire without
e-..sm or just grounds Of critl-
.s4 or OF 0dense % other candidates
t-e most honorable, influential
t.- ose'u. Office within the gift OF the
State. am in the contest to stay tin
l., ended, with malice toward none
or. charity for all. Ii elected / shall
give -u aud my best services TO the
STATE. and ,he people among whom i
Gave lived and prOSpered.'