The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-27
WEST VIRGINIA

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Have 10 s~Ay-sonis Figures Given.
A stan correspondent of the Pitts
burgh Dispatch telegraphs his paper
from Charleston as follows;
With the remark that he believed in
being conservative, Governor Atkinson
went over the list of counties which he
was positive the Republicans would
carry for the legislature next year. The
list was examined by Secretary Of State
Dawson, who is also the Republican
state chairman, and Inspector Hooton,
OF the p~ostottice department, who was
formerly located In Pittsburgh. They
made very few changes.
Under the new apportionment the
general assembly will consist OF ninety
eight members, seYenty-two In the
house of delegates and twenty-six In
h state senate, In the last legislature
the Republicans had u good working
majority.
According 10 Governor Atkinson the
counties that will surely elect Republic
cans to the house of delegates, which
corresponds to the house of representa-
tiVes in Pennsylvania, are: Berkeley /,
Doddridge l, Fayette 2, Harrison 2,
Jackson 2, Kanawha 4, Marshall 2, Ma
son Q, Mineral |, M%onongalia 4, Morgan
!, Ohio, In which Wheeling II located, 4,
Preston 2, Putnam / Ritchie1 Taylor l,
Upshur l and Wood 3. a total OF 80.
Legislative district tickets, composed
OF more than one county where the pop
ulation is sparse, that the governor
thinks are certainly Republican are:
Hancock and Brooke !, Grant and Har-
dy !, Mcdowell and Wyoming l, which,
oIHnH M the ohANfn yyn,IH s.nI.n 0r a,
2 short of n majority in the house; but
the Republicans are confident that they
will do better than make 1t a tic in the
house with the Democracy, Lincoln Is
pretty certain to so Republican. Cabell
county used to be one OF the worst Dem
ocratic sections in the state. The Hun
tlngton ring did very effective work,
but that machine has been smashed.
Cabells two legislators are marked
doubtful, but Chairman Dawson thinks
that by hard work the county can be
captured. Marion is one OF the hardest
counties TO figure on. Little can be told
about II In advance. II Is as liable to
go Democratic as Republican.
The doubtful legislative districts and
counties are Boone, Cabell, Marion,
Peasants, Writ, Lincoln, Tyler and
Wetzel, Lewis and Webster, a total of
eleven. OF these the Republicans carried
five In the last election and three in 1894.
The Republicans have walked away
with Cabell, Lincoln, Peasants and the
Tyler Wetzel district. Speaking of the
doubtful contests Governor Atkinson
said:
II am satisfied that we will carry
three of them and probably five. If we
get only three, we would have a major
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have eleven hold-over Republican sena-
tors, and II we elect nine, as | think we
will, II would give us twenty in the
senate to six for the Democrats. We
should not have less than twenty-one on
Joint ballot"
The senatorial districts marked surely
Republican, are the First, Hancock,
Brooke and Ohio counties; Second, Mar
shall, Marion and Wetzel; Third, Tyler,
Harrison, Doddridge and Richie; Fifth,
Mason, Jackson and Roane; Seventh,
Logan, Mingo, Wyoming, Mcdowell,
Mercer and Raleigh; Eighth, Fayette,
Summers, Monroe, Greenbrier and Po-
cahontas: Ninth, Nicholas, Boone, Ka-
nawha, Clay and Braxton; Tenth, Web
ster, Lewis, Upshur, Randolph and
Tucker: Eleventh, Taylor, Preston and
Monongalla,
State Chairman Dawson thinks the
Eighth district is very doubtful, though
the Republicans have carried 1t twice.
Representative Hunt. In chatting about
the legislature, said: THE Republicans
will have to be very careful not to mako
mistakes. Atkinson Is the first Repub-
lican governor for twenty-five years,
and naturally the boys were hungry for
office. 1t was a hard thing to distrib-
ute the patronage to satisfy all the 0p-
p%licants, and some of them were disap-
pointed and are very sore. My expert
ence with this class IS that they q be
placated, but they can cause q great
deal Of annoyance"
From this cursory review Of West Vlr-
| ginia the conclusion is reached that the
Republicans stand n good chance Of
holding their advantage and electing
the next legislature. At least their
prospects are brighter than for the
hopelessly divided Bourbons. Another
Republican senator from West Virginia
would relieve the party from the thral-
dom of the Popullst minority in the
American house Of lords.