Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-20
MOI SATISFIED.
Kar' - Leans Objecting to
DOrr.
2 Say He Cannot be Elected.
The Nominee Never Voted a. Re-
publican Ticket Until Four Years
Ago-Not Sound in the Faith.
Has a Vulnerable Record.
Special TO the Register.

Special TO the Register.
Charleston, w. Va, July 19.-The
leading Republicans OF Kanawha VINO
returned to-day from the Montgomery
convention are not well pleased with
Nhe work Of tina, body. They have said
all along that c.. P. Dorr could not be
elected if nominated, and they are not
inclined TO eat their words now after
he has been placed on the ticket. They
say that it was DORIS money that nom
mated him, and they are chagrined at
The action OF the convention in turning
down such men as Edgar p. Rucker and
J. II. Gaines and taking UP such man
as Dorr, who never voted Republican
ticket till four years ago, and had no
claim upon the party. But by getllng
The start of other candidates and work
ing necessarily he got the nomination
against the protest and good Judgment
of all the experienced leaders OF the
party just as your correspondent pre-
dicted a month ago that he would. His
nomination was opposed upon many
good grounds, one of which was that
the Catholics will oppose him to man.
His opposition TO the reelection OF
John +. Kenna TO the L. S. Senate in
1889 alienated the Catholics, and they
will fight him from start 10 finish. An
other ground upon which his nomina-
tion was opposed was his supposed con-
nectiOn with the scheme during the last
session Of the Legislature 10 saddle the
Virginia debt upon our State. Dorr Is
understood to have been the agent OF
the syndicate owning the West Virginia
certificates who did the wire pulling
to secure an acknowledgment from this
State that we owed the debt and are
willing to treat upon the subject. The
fight having been made against the nom
inalion of Dorr on this line, it will be
exceedingly embarrassing now for Re
publicans 10 support him.
Democratic newspapers or Democratic
speakers who want thunder to use
against the Republican candidate for
Congress can find plenty of it by look
ing over the files OF the Charleston Ev-
ening Mail, which has opposed his nom
ination from the beginning, as we'll as
in the resolutions passed by the numer-
Gus Republican clubs and conventions
cOndamning the men engaged in the
Virginia debt scheme.
Another strong ground upon
which Republicans base their
opposition 10 Dorr is that he
is not sound Republican.
because having been expelled from the
Democratic party for bad behavior he
has no where else TO 90.
Your correspondent broke the news of
DORIS nomination to a prominent Re
publican last night, and suggested to
him that he could now take off his coat
and 20 to work for the Republican nom
inae. Not much" said he; I'VE Re
publicans. who have fought the battles
of the party for many years, through
times Of defeat. as well as victory, have
been relegated 10 the rear. and Demo-
cratic renegade and interl0per has been
placed n the lead. We do not feel
called upon under the circumstances to
say q word or life a hand to secure MS
election. He is in no sense represen-
tat.ve Republican. and has no claims for
our support. Besides We cannot support
him without stultifying ourselves. We
have vigorously denounced the many
who tried to saddle the Virginia daOt
upon us. and We cannot now turn
around and support man who IS un-
derstood to be one of the leaders in this
dark and devilish scheme.
The nomination OF Mr. DOrr is very
gratifying to the Democrats. The
Democratic candidate will have a walk
over this time.