The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-24

special correspondence.
SALT SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va,
Aug. lS'-Thc great Democratic hippo
dromt al Wheeling Is OVER anSd'nlso the
ratification meeting at Charleston, and
the Democrats Of the mountain counties
have Just finished 'cShnlIng n long
breath and nrc now wondering why
kannwha has never had nor applied for
the presidency OF these United States.
Ranawha politicians have the Eaii but
they lack the brains. They were 10
short on the latter article that one had
even the tImcrIty to aspire for the Sec
ond place ON the Dcm0-P oppcratlc
ticket. hut ever the average Kama
whaian who thinks nothing too bad for
politics and nothing too good for her
heclCrs did not take II seriously. We'll,
the anne old incompetent ring IL In the
~nscendency. aud there Hrr more be-
nlGhtsd Democrats and simon pure fools
In the Rtnte. than think II they are not
smashed. by the way. they hope to flnb,
enough fools In the Republican party to
give them n clnch OF four more years on
n" revenues Of the state. But will
they? apprchcnd not.
! wonder how "Col." Bob Carr feels.
He ought 10 know how others have felt
when he made the traditional catspaw
out OF them, now that after the ring
used him for all he was worth. but did
not consider him worth IN office. With
all Bob Cars juggling with county
pnairs, men and money. With all his
gall and lncompctency. With his
changes from Democracy to Greenback-
ism to RcpubllcanISm and back to
Demo-Popocratlclsm. he Is as true to
any given principle as his leaders and
drivers.
Wilson will run well in this section.
lie is built on the anarchist order. and
and only by reason OF birth is he nuEht
else. Think of him with his brlstllng
red hair, his loud voice and cyclonlc and
radical speeches, and one will easily
recognize the fact TINT had he been born
In Europe he would have been a fire
brand In the cord wood Of rank social
Ism or nihtllsm. But he VIII run like a
red fox. He has the virtue OF consist
enCy, He has the grit and endurance
that arr always admired. But when 1t
comes to Watts II 10 different. He oh
taInel the solid vote OF Greenbrl-r and
the majority OF the votes OF Monroe.
Summers and Mercer counties by per-
sonal pledges. by giving u the infor-
nation that Bennett was not n candI-
date. He gained them by misreprescn-
~tation. have this fact from the lead
Ing Democrats Of ~Greenbrler, and from
ip1linp nAnp~rn 20 n,s.r,-trkar Dan
nett's letter In the Greenbrltr %Inlepend-
ent. one Of the leading Democratic
papers OF the state. uncovered this fact.
Rut Il was too late. No Il admircs
Watts for this. But there is Il Grayer
question which Is puZzllng the real sill
yer Democrats Of the mountains. and Il
Is this-thcy recognize that Watts was n
silver man for office only, and thit h
n not be trusted to forward the silver
cause II elected. They know that Mac
Corkle and the ChIltons-the state
house rlng-dre the same. and that only
Office. power and money Is what they
are seeking. They believe that Chiffon
told Ex-Governor Flower ut Chicago
that "0ur people are not much for free
silver, hut that Is our only hope
They believe that interview was straight
goods even II denied. They believe that
Rcushaw told the truth In his letter
when he stated that Watts told him that
he was n gold Democrat no later than
May: and that the Rlmetallic
League was correct when II
stated that Watts declared for
gold in the department OF Justice In
Washington no later than June. And
everyone knows that Senator Faulkner
only JUMPED the fence at the last hour
thinking he would be on the top OF
the silver tide and be swept back into
a place that he has not filled acceptably
to even the Democratic party. There Is
not n well Informed free silver man in
the state but knows these facts are true
and really knows that the present lead
YRS cannot be fully trusted on the
finance question, or upon any political
matter except the ways and means OF
getting into Office and staying ther-.
Such Is Kanawha politics. Even the
babes catch the epidemic before they do
the measles or the chicken poX.
But there ls one thing which Ia true.
and time viii prove 1t II 1t Is doubted.
that thousands Of Democrats In all parts
Of the state do not know. and that Is. II
General Watts ~ elected governor John
D. Anderson, eX-page. eX-legi9latIvc
clerk, representing attorney, ex-con-
gresham and for only Il short tlme--a
brief space In his llfe-an ex-otilcc
holder. and a Dcmocratlcally bottle
raised adult. will again be supported by
the Democratic party and h tnx-phy.