Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-28


pubicans Predominant All Along
the Line, Particularly for Sheriff.
The local politicians Of both par
ties are beginning to warm up
very decidedly in the preliminary Skin
mtsa for the nominations for next
falls elections. and there IS quite
scramble going on, particularly on the
Republican side Of the fence, for the
various offices ITO be voted for in this
county.
Republican candidates are 50 thick
that one can hardly tess a dead cat
without hitting at least enc Of them,
and if there are not some heartbu-n.ng9
before the matter IS finally decided it
! win be a very strange thing. There are
so many fat offices TO be given out at
the next election, and the Republicans
are so very hungry and thirsty tina,
they have swarmei cut all along me
/ line for whatever is in s.gnt, and some
/ very tail work IS being done. Ihls
/ being the state Of affairs it is but nat
| ur3l that sundry of the contestants
/ should tread upon he toes Of rivals
| for the places to be filed, the friends
| Of one candidate have banged I'D against
/ the friends Of others, and already some
/ reversible compliments have inter
changed, with the prospects very bright
/ that there VII be a good deal more
/ oi the same sOr of thing before the
final result is arrived at
Naturally The fat juicy plum of the
[ Sler.haI-y hes attracted the most a-ten-
/ ion, and no less than eight Repu5l-
/ cans are more or less actively after it.
'Ile majority of The gentlemen are open
/ and avCwej candidates. and are scratch
ing gravel &C a great rate but two or
,hrea are laying low, and are hoping
] that the leaders VII become so tangl j
| Up hat the way VII be opened for
4 dark horse and that when they prance
/ up TO the line they VII find ,hings so
/ disposed that they can Win ~ a walk.
The active Republican candidates for
/ this office are #. c. NofiaJ, at present
| Clerk of she Board of Commissioner
J III. c. Richards. member of The First
/ Branch of Council from the Second
/ ward; G.. I'D. Mendel, who needs no in
/ production TO the local public; w. II.
| Travis the genial and accomplished la
/ Belle mill man. and Charles +. Bach
man, some. ,me custodian of the custom
/ house. The dark horses are His Honor.
/ the Mayo, who IS saving wood indus
/ tr.Ously and saying nothing; Dr. ID. IL
/ Taylor, Second Branch Councilman
| from the Fifth ward. and James p. Max
/ well, who gr3ces the office of President
/ Of the Second Branch of Council. and
| whose native heath is the Garden spot
/ This makes up, 1t VIII be observed,
/ quite an array Of talent, and some hot
! work is being done As 10 the merits
/ Of the several candidates, Mr.. Moffat $
/ easily entitled TO the first honors. be
| cause he faced the enemy when there
! wasn't a ghost of a SHOW for Re2ubu-
| can candidate and made an entirely
/ creditable fight Having gwen his
/ time and spent his money under these
conditions, IL would appear to be Moth
| -ng more than fair and right for the
/ Republicans to- pat him on the sh0ulde-.
I say "wel done, old boy" ana hand
/ him the nomination as a reward eff
I merit. But it hasn't turned ON. thai.
way, by any means, and Doc" finds.
! after leading the forlorD hope in 1892.
/ that he has to get right down in the
/ mud and engage i'm a fst.cuff with
/ folks who took no chances when there
were chances 10 be taken. Meysrs.
| Richards and Travis are Mr. Nofflrs
Z oh. H.f rr..4
/ Baclman good seconds, and the contest
] IS hot one. Mr.. Richards in par.tc-
MAR, has been sitting up nights for
quite time, studying out how to
achieve success. and his friends claim
| that he IS the coming man. They say
/ that Molfa- was good enough man
| Co make run when there was hard
| fighting 10 lee done but now that rs
| they allege, II is dead easy" Richards
IS the right party to achieve success.
| Mr. Travis friends take some eXc6D-
ions to this statement of the case, and
/ have moved to strike oUt the name of
/ Richards and insert Travis. while the
| friends Of Nessrs. Nsndcl and B3chman
/ are disposed to amend the amendment,
/ # hoy can but Get q second
The Democratic candidate who ap-
/ pears to be easily in the lead for this
/ Office is w. w. Irwin, the beautiful and
I accomplished First Branch Council
man from the Sixth ward with N5ssrs.
r.. a. McCabe and John COrcor2n as pos
+ sIbilities Mr. Lewis Steenrod has been
| figuring on the Democratic nomination
I good deal and met with a great deal
4 of encouragement but yesterday he
announced that for good and sufficient
Z reasons he was out of the fight.
The next big Office agitating the
/ swarming Republicans is that Of Clerk
+ of The Circuit Court. and for this we
have trio Of candidates in the per-
. sors of George w. Robinson. member Of
/ the Beard of Commissioners from Mad
ison district Charles IT. Hennig. Clerk
of The Council Committees. and Justice
4 of the Peace w. w. Rodgers. In this
race it looks as though Robinson and
Hennig were running about neck and
/ neck. but the very handsome photo
/ graphs which the party of the second
I part has gotten out will in all pr0ba-
| biIity turn the tide in his favor The
I Democratic candidates are Clerk John
W Mitchell and Deputy Clerk John
. Walton, both good men, and both thor
/ oughly acquainted. by reason of long
service with the duties of the office.
/ Then we come to another good thing.
/ i'm the CleIFship of the County Court.
/ There is quite an array of Republican
/ talent out for this Office or at least
/ mentioned for it by admiring friends.
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