The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-05-12
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6DHclal Dispatcu " thu 4Ht0sFh N'soe'
CHARLESTON. W. Va, May H.
cos,nel Robert s. Carr Is doing lots
4, thinking Just now, Andshas not yet
S..n abe to make up hLa.mind as to
and, where he Is at" One month
'se no would have been willing to
.,,ks all no was worth that he would
n the next Democratic nominee for
.,,ts auditor, but hG IS not 50 certain
~ now. He is beginning to realize
nat the Chiffon crowd have been
making fun OF him all the time they
nave been making believe that they
thought he was . statesman.
=, Il beginning to dawn upon him
,bst ne Il 10 be sacrificed In the inter
sst ~ General Watts, ct al and while
IA tries 70 keep up o stih upper lip, Il
"a very apparent that the political OUT
iook d not pleasing to him.
N he Is knocked out by General
watts IL will not be the frst time he
has had his political hopes ghattered
* the same ruthless hand. Six years
STo. when he thought he had the state
ssoatorship within his grasp II was
S5Stched from him, almost in the hour
N Nd triumph, by General Watts, And
tbs Chiltons were In that deal, too.
-Four years previous to that time,
r,Iopel Carr defeated W. y. Chiffon
IN seat In the state senate. Carr was
ibs Popuilst or dreuhack candidate
,heu. while Chiffon was the Democrat"
h nominee. The district wns Demo-
crafic n that time and when the re-
Turns showed that Carr was elected.
chIltnn was very much aSt0unded. In
fncf, he felt that Colonel Carr had done
him an injury. -.
II seems that the hatchet has not yet
been buried. and that while the Chill
TONS have for years been ostenstoly
friendly to Colonel Carr. they have ~
reality had knives under their blankets
all the time.
Some people are malicious enough TO
advance the idea that the Chtltons. rec
ogrlzlng the fact that thei4zPower y
rapidly waning aud knowing-that thelr
support means political death 20 any
one With whom their name is coupled.
are quietly creating the tmpre ssion tnat
they are favorable to General Watts,
with the idea that the mention Of thelr
names In connection with his VIII ac-
complish his defeat.
thoroughly tIred OF Chiffon domination
as the people OF the state arc OF DEM
Ocratic rule and the suspicion that the
last campaign was conducted with the
view Of landing Colonel ]. p; Chiffon
in the United States senate and that al
other interests were sacrificed 70 tnnt
end, seems to be growing among the
rank and file Of the party. x
in y Silx.
Democratic politics seem to be In
mix. Hon. John D. Al
isrson Is an ardent supporter Of Gener-
al Watts, and. It is understood. viii be
the next secretary OF state in the event
Of that Eentleman,s election. II there u
any love between Mr.. Alderson ana the
Sfessrs. Chiffon II is not visible 70 the
naked eye Mr.. Anderson does not think
hat the Chiitons helped him much N
nIs last campaign for Congress and he
Ioes not feel like helping Colonel Joe
Chiffon In his aspirations 70 MI the
seat now occupied by Hon. Z, H. HUI.
Ing. 49,
However they are all agreed upon the
silver question. II one Of them is OPP
posed to the i6 to idea he is afraid TO
say 70. For more than 4 year there
nas been talk OF organizing free Stl-
yer party, through Chiffon inhueneee.
with the idea Of afterwards having It
swallowed by the Democracy. This
scheme has been abandoned, possibly
for the reason that the Republicans
were onto Il.
Ex-Governor E. W. Wilson hopes to
ride into Congress on the free silver
hobby, which has been q pet Of his for
some time past. However, Colonel ].
W. ST. Clair aud Colonel j. +. Chiffon
understand that little equestrian act
az well as he does. II there is any
thing political that they are not able
to ride they have not yet heard Of It.
They believe In having everything
free, from silver 70 salvation. provided
they are to Be the beneflclarles and they
are able TO preach the free silver doc
trine with 20 much aFdor and ferYor as
to deceive the very elect.
Just now the chances seem to favor
Colonel 81. Clair. as far as KanawhA
county Is concerned. Not because he
is In any way superior TO MeBsrs. VIII
non and Chiffon, but bGcause the people
Of their county do not know him as
well as they 40 the two others.