The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-14

John II. Holt. ot Cahell county.
After two days OF wranEli1E, b!tter
contests sor supremacy between TWO fac
lions, plotting and contemplating,
and charges and courter-charses. the
Democratic state convention adjourned
sine die al 10 o'clock last night. having
LETT In its wake bursted ambitions, bro
ken states and generally unsavoEy rec
ord.
The work OF the convention. when /:
was permitted by bowling. dIsccderly
mob to 60 any work. was q succession OF
surprises. Readers OF the lu;e!lisencer
are thoroughly posted about the bitter
contest which resulted In the nominal
tloa OF C. C, Watts for governor. and are
aware OF the significance OF the unsuc-
cesstul effort to defeat him. /, was
fight OF the better element OF the Dsmoc-
tacy ot the state against corrupt party
mach!ne-a professional ottice-holdIng
syndicate ;hns has and desires to con-
tlnue In control OF the party machine Tor
It's own personal benefit, and the better
element lost for the reaS1us thai Il was
.,,,,,,.h u. ~. So
$50 "s" IA '"S "S'A S'"u VI
NteaShery IN itS own ranks.
The double deal. however. b. the anti
ring f0UScS, whiSh Involved surrender
oi their active opposition 20 Watts and
their refusal to prcSGnt the names os
Smith aud Beunet; 10 th,. convention. nj
50 Involved combination OF interests
that would, II possible, break she slate
calculation OF the SKATE house machine.
which WAS ~ capture the entire state.
ticket, or, In other words, to hog everv-'
thing In sight. They made an alrnos:
united fight against almost every caudi-
date the machine favored, and so sue
c'Ssful were they that they smashed the
calculations Of the bosses in mere than
u!!e .t, instance
whtIs I, tr,,t., ~, ~ 80, tSt nTu'tS', a.,
person Of SornmcrS, was the ilrs, victory,
TWAS even m"c" Significant, for 1t was
,,-,Iots ,i,, w N'y e1nu.aIIs i whS: a;tsr
sold out his side Ia the Esnawh, SrSy,J
Forest ". Erowa was one OF the anti
watts men in the committee on c0,den-
an ,n,ivw,t,. 49,. cE''S.'tu,G
have given them an advantage. and in
creased their vote at least IS In the con-
,.n nGiit'Sh, ne WATTS people made Ccal
tnr ,nS tSns ,b.,, =" ''A. Im MI w !"E aIIl-
s.r. ,b,t E",,,.h, 80, IN, ~ III; @ .e
ynr Jt,s1n.,' - r,,',i,,,>n ~ IN'.N NV
Vv,.ts ,,1,,r,i. -, -, IL. S'n. tHS' StHS'
Tbc,, ~. ,,,t -, 80. - ~
o,shi,, nv, s,,o,,,I H' - IMI ltSHSu
an ,,'.,,lS,,, ~ ~, ,.' T.uM-
lion an,, i5s1,itinI v,n, ~, ri'.
soIj3iv Sunnnr,.J i,,, :, Ths St.s ts
hurStrd Lnns r.,s ~ r,,,, 80 ,,,,t, 80
Eonar,Gu c,mnt,. ~. ~ "U,.'a''H'e ,
iudsrshIn 'rhs n,,iS n,,,, :" ,L ~ v'Ie
I,nrt az I;,,. aIr,oi, l., III, l.; w. Sut
nssIstano. fron, ,r,n,. yh,, haj ,.,,,I n,'u -
wnths sor r,ornrrHr 49,, NV "'''' '''eu A'F
80,
" '">e "ee"'
Inc ease With which the anti-WattS
people defeated the manoCuysrs of tn,
,,Ln, -.
,, N,' ''''" ,,'|' |'N''''''''''''''S S'"'e'u'E'
shoWeu Clearly now easily they might
have accomplished the other thinG-the
defeat of Watts-hoI they. sol ohnut III,
,,ar,. l., .i,,,o -
"',N '' '''''', '''''e 50 mum! "clcEu'eS
lau given their personal pledges to
Watts, or been handicapped Ly tho ono
r, tyors NJ r,i, rr,c.
Wv,
Tue net result IL tnat wni'e honorS nre
even In some respects. It rrmaius n fact
tina; IL Waits is elected governor III,
ChIltIus viii remain IN .Ls s,J,rI ''
Chnrlrstnu and tho state ma ,,,ri,,,,.,
federal patronage viii he nj ,bs IIsn%a,I
VI thu same Old crowd and III. TarH'
rrc Il, rnrtv nf wrSt vJrripio n'i,i ~,
main hess-riddcn
The proceedings pf rrsicrI,y M,
those OF the fins; day. w.rr rhaInc.,ris,.,i
by disorder. oir,, ar twice borjnrir,r M
riot. and thr hIi,rrnrss cf facIinS. Ii' ,.,'. "''
tween tho factions would No, IHw, ,,.Sr,
when II c,mN n In. sclsr,In, ~Sm W u, ~