The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-11
che rival factions that harmony Ia out
y the question In Democratic circles In
this state In this campaign.
Worked n ,tillufrN u

,nsv,INu' iuStlont tnut harmony IL OUT
y Tue question In Democratic circles In
tnls state In this campaign.
Worked n "iiiuff.n
a part OF ths state house programme
10 boost Watts was to make 1t appear
that there was something akin to u uni
rcrsal demand for him from tho "peo.
PIE and everybody knows how this hnA
occn almost successfully worked. MIR.
watts hna been posing as the peoples
candidate ana some people have been
led 10 suppose thut even the children
were crying for him throughout tho
state. A delegate who cnme In from
jackson county yesterday declared that
when the county convention In his coun-
W met Mr.. Watts waS on hand and
made a speech. There was an adjourn.
ment Tor dinner, and before tho majority
OF the delegates returned the convention
was IN session again ind "a resolution
had been introduced and pissed In
structlng the delegation to the Wheeling
convention to vote solldly for Watts.
Iherc was some kicklng," said the
delegate, hut we let II 80, and | pre-.
sumo we Will carry out Instructions,
with tho exception Of one or two votes,
on the irst ballot. but there IN no secret
thnt there arc several delegates who will
oe Glal enough TO break nway after they
nave discharged their obligation on the
frst ballot. You win find n similar state
OF aTairs In other counties. The policy
OF the Watts people Is TO claim every.
thing and cOnccde nothing, II In n game
OF Dlnu that they nrc working succfgs-
fmlly. You will observe that some OF the
managers are experts ut poker and they
take to blum tactics naturally. Tho
blut iSin order to carry the crowd with
thcm In the hope that Watts can by this
means get enough unpledged delegates
TO win out on the first ballot. They
Know we'll that IL he slips IN on the
first ballot his goose IL cooked md the
anti-Watts people, if they Fan agree on
a man. which they are likely to do, can
beat the kanawha man hands down.
NNho Pays the MI:
This talk about Watts being the
choice OF the people. and his posing as
one who Is making n great sacrifice snr
the sake OF answering a spontaneous
call from the masses, o u little bit
OF the blum style OF politics also" said
another delegate who was standing by.
why there never has been, In the his
tory OF Democratic politics In West VIr-
glnia q more striking instance OF ma
chine work than thiI Watts movement.
Machine methods have been used from
the very start. All the power " the
Charleston ring has been used In every
direction. and expense has been no OBJ
Ject
Who do you suppose. for Instance. Is
paying for the special trains that are
bringing Watts delegates to the cunven-
don? A special train leaves Charleston
TOMORROW CTuesday) morning for
"hnaltnr ENAFN NNnNta 1aNnr.ta "a,
that train will ride free. They huv-
been notified 10 be In readiness at the
stations along the route between Char
lesion q Wheeling. The man In charge
OF the train Will have n list containing
the name OF every Watts delegate. and
every mothers son OF them Is 10 be pass
ed free. All others. OF course, must pay
fare. The gentlemen who come without
money and without price are expected,
OF course, TO convince the convention,
when they get here, that there Is a uuan-
imous hunger among the people for
Watts nomination and the consequent
continuation OF the Charleston ring In
power.
But It won't work" continued the
delegate. ~ do not think the convention
can be bluffcd. \ majority OF 1t will be
opposed. not so much 10 Mr.. Watts per-
sonally. but to the game the Kanarha
bosses are playing. You remember they
started out some weeks ago by declaring
that Watts had $40 votes pledged on the
first ballot. Now they are frank enough
TO admit privately that he has less than
q majority. but, keeping up the bluff. are
claiming aloud the nomination on the
first ballot"
On the other hand. at the Watts head
quarters, all the charges about blutflng
are Indignantly denied. I'VE have more
than enough 10 nominate Watts" they
say. land the combine cannot defeat us
by any hook or crook"
Col. Stuart Walker. of Berkeley. ven
lures the production that Watts Will be
nomination before Ohio county Il
reached in the roll call. This Is n fair
sample OF the confident claims that are
being made by the Watts boomers, and
contrasted with the claims made by the
anti's they are food for speculation. The
opposition to Watts Is giving out no fig
ures.