Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-16
A VERY LIVELY WEEK.
Many State Politicians Have Been in
Town,
While Our Local Candidates and
Officials Have Not Been Entirely
Inactive - A Breezy Sketch of
Some Of the Happenings Of the
Past Few Days

There has been quite an array Of po-
litical talent in Wheeling during the
present week, counting together those
politicians who live here and those
from the interior of the State, who just
dropped in TO see few friends ard 70
enquire how matters were going gen.
orally, without regard, as a matter Of
rourse, to coming Conventions, or any
thing like that. Both the great parties
were ably represented, and there have
been conferences, accidental meetings,
introducticns, ETC., almost every hour
of the day and night.
Starting at the beginning, which is
always a good place to start from. Hon.
l. {. Ralphsnider, Of Kingwood, Demo-
cratic candidate for the nomination for
Governor, arrived on Monday. and
spent couple Of days in ascertaining
now things were going to jump in this
corner OF the State OF the gubernator-
ial question. Mr. Ralphsnider met a
great many people. made a number OF
new friends. and left the city in a very
contelted frame Of mind.
Then General c. c. Watts. whose can
cidacy for the DemOcr. = nomination
IS rather a formidable and overshadow-
ing thing, dropped into town. and Is
still here, making friends right and
left and comforting with those OF the
ONO county delegates who are favor
able 10 his cause, and rearranging his
grip preparatory 10 taking the train
Tor Clarksburg, where he is % make
rafting address at the Bryan ratifca-
tion meeting Saturday. General, Watts
has a very proper conception of the
brilliarcy and ability OF Mr.. BRYAN.
with whom he is personally acquainted.
and predicts that he will sweep the
country.
Tuesday night Hon. Henry c. Lock-
ney, OF Calhoun, who is a Republican
candidate for State dSuperintendent of
Schools, registered at one of the hotels.
and was very much in evidence about
town during yesterday. Mr. Lockney
IS not being greatly encouraged. strict
ly speaking, by the Republican man
agement, there being some suspicious
as to his party record and his future
intentions, and it is scarcely possible
that he will have over six or seven hun
dred votes in the Republican State Con-
vention.
The next statesman who entered up
on the LEGAL scene was that silver
tongued and irrepressible Republican
statesman. Hon. p. w. Morris, of
Richie, who has the Attorney General
ship disease badly. Mr.. Morris circu-
lated rather freely yesterday, and
claimed to have made some Roadway
against his chief competitor, Hon.
Frank Cox, OF West Liberty and Nor
gantoWn.
Last evening additional interest was
added to the local situation by the ar
rival of Congressman A. c. Dayton, of
the Second district. Mr. Dayton reg
is,ered at the Mcclure and held levee
last evening, which was attended by
Candidate for Governor Atkinson. Col.
Thomas O'Brien, Jr., and other leading
and was very successful.
Added to the excitement occssioned
by these Out-of-towa gentlemen, the
scene during the week has taken on an
additional charm by the activity of
Hon. G.. W. Atkinson, the Republican
for Governor. There has
becn a horrible rumOr current during
the past week or so that Mr.. Atkinson
was getting just a little bit careless
about his gubernatorial boom, and
there has been an intimation that
he would rather be United States Sen
ator than anything else, bur this car-
tainly is not borne out by the activity
shown about Mr.. Atkinson's office dur
ing the past few days, and the candi-
dates extreme cordially during the
evening hours of relaxation from bust
ness. The rumors referred 10 are prob
ably the work of some malicious per-
sonal enemy, and yet it is difficult TO
conceive that George w. has an enemy
on earth.
Taking the other side again, ex-Con-
gresham Pendleton has been seen here
and there during the past few days,
after shutdown, while Con-
gresham Doverer has been about
little during the cool of the day, dis
playing a complicated and handsome
geld bug on the lapel of his coat.
Other politicians have been in evil
dence a great deal, and taken as a
whole 1t has been a lively week all
around.