The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-12


was circulated yesterday, was tho most
directive shell yet thrown Into tho
watts camp by the antI-Wntg forces.
~ crcatcd M much confederation
mmohS the boomers OF tho Btntc house
TlnR Sandidht 10 0u the publication OF tho
lmt%lliEcnccr's story OF tho MacCor;lo-
NLilloh trip to WNshlngtOn did.
loIEnhOrallvo OF the llCnshaw state
nicnt ana lending emphasis to II, 10 q
statement mndc TO tho lntGlllgenCer
last night by Mr.. Il. W. Morrow, editor
4t tho Farmers Advocate, OF Char
ies-Town, one OF the FREQ silver leaders
vi inc slate. Ills talk Is brief, hut In
tcrcating and pointed.
IN Jefferson county" Rald Mr.. Nor
| row. "wG do not regard Mr.. Watts Rs
Tree silver man, and consequently he
| WI! not get n vote from TINT county.
winch Is divided between Smith and
Bcnhett. We have Indlsputnblc Cvi-
dence that until within few weeks
past, Mr.. Watts was q Cleveland aa-
| miniStration sound money man Dur
Ing the spring term OF tho supreme
court In Wheeling Judge Dunlcl Il. Lu-
cas-, and Major Mcdonald. OF Charles
| Town,nnl Marshall MCComOs,uf Clarke
county, Virginia, were here in connaC-
| tion with case they had before the
court. Mr.. Watta was also here and In
conversation with the three gOntlcmcn
| named, on the money question, Watts
told them that he was an admlnIstra-
| tion sound money man
"Attcr Watts became an avOwCd can
didatc for governor. claiming to be a
free silver man, Judge Lucas and Ma
jor Mcdonald detailed this Couvcrsa-
tlon to mo. The whole state knows the
high character OF these gentlemen"
Efforts ARE being made by the state
| house faction 10 cOuntCract the effect
OF this and similar developments that
| are coming out almost hourly, with
| what success remains 10 be seen.
Mr.. Ralphsnyder H. managing his
own campaign. lilo HtIll claims to be
| the logical candidate and the Popu-
| lists who are here say that the Convcn-
ton cannot afford to turn him down.
There Is tnlk, however. OF pacifylng
| the Popullsts with IL minor office or
| perhaps division Of tho electors, but
no plans have yet been formulated.
| The question Is. what VIII Mr.. Ralph
| snyder do II he Is turned down? On this
point the P0pnlist nominee refuses 10
talk until after the convention.
hnti-Watn Victory.
nv oGICShlOll VI lNHhllI hllGS lbl
temporary chairman Is an anti-Wutts
victory. The antI's had clear ma
jority Of three on the state committee
and when the Watts people discovered
It they laid down and let the opposi-
ton carry things their own way. The
| election was therefore unanimous, but
II was none the less black eye for
Mr.. Watts. Mr.. Wiley Is a Smith man.
Mr.. Dennis. the temporary secretary, IS
also antl-WattS. Colonel PeytOn. the
| assistant secretary. Is not Involved in
the fight. He Is here for his friend
Treasurer Rowan. who will probably be
| re-nomiulted without much opposition.
Candidates for other places have al
| most been lost sight OF in the bitter
| ness OF the Gubernatorial contest. It
Is generally conceded that all depends
on how the big fight is settled. Sonmers
| and Boggs are In the fight for auditor
| ship up TO their neCks, each claiming
success and denying stories OF combi-
| nations.
The contest between Armstrong and
| Lewis for superintendent OF schools ia
waxing warm. The opposition to Lew
| Is Is very strong among many school
men who claim that during his admin
IstratIOn he has let contracts to nom
residents Of the state and favored q
Baltimore architect. over West Virgin
Ia talent. Sheriff FranZhelm, OF Wheel
ing, Is credited with telling Mr.. Lewis
10 go 10 Baltimore for his votes.
Hon. John IL. bolt. OF Cabell, seems
to have sure thing for the supreme
court nomination, as the three candi-
dates against him are all from Kama
| wha county.
The convention will have the big
Harvey Marcum contest on itS hands
| 1t the start. These arc the same Cabcll
county factions which have made
| themselves notorious by their rows in
conventions ut home. 1t was only
Monday that their judicial convention
| broke up In row, in which knives and
| pistols were displayed. Both contestlnS
| delegations are here twCnty-nine
strong each and come exciting incl
| dents may be expected.
The convention il called for O'Clock
| this afternoon, at the Wheeling park
casino. Special motors will take the
crowd out at fifteen ccnts for the round
| trip. 1t is not likely there will be II
| nomination to-day, II the anti-Watts
| people are strong enough 20 force an
| IL t,, Oh to fl11