Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-11


Sometimes He Forgets Himself
and Tries Intimidation Demo
cratic Leaders of tho State Pre-
dict Victory for Entire Ticket
Colored People Angry at Bushnell
and Will Support Their Own Men
Columbus, Ohio, October 10.-With
eight estimable gentlemen running fol
Governor and two millionaires strug-
Cling for Senatorship, the political
pot in this State ought to be at the
boiling point, but it isn't. The cam
paign has not yet passed the listless
stage.
The fact that the dog days come
in September this year had the effect
: of delaying matters, and now the man.
Hgers do not care to begin active oper-
atoms until the farmers have harvested
their crops. All the heavy work will
be done between October Is and cleo
ton day.
The State officers to be chosen are
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treas
urer, Attorney General, Judge of the
Supreme Court, member of the Board
of Public Works and School Commits
sioner. A Legislature will be elected
which will choose successor to Mark
Hanna in the United States Senate. The
Republican State Convention Endorsed
Hanna as his own successor, and he is
making an aggressive personal cam
paign.
HANNA Is APPRENTICESHIP.
Of all the candidates whose fate will
be determined by the balloting on the
I'd Of next month Hanna alone appears
to be arprebensive as to the outcome.
The others are either hopeful or indif-
ferent, but Hanna is anxious and wor-
ried.
| saw the Cleveland boss Tuesday
night at the Southern hotel and was
greatly impressed with the remarkable
change in his manner and appearance,
as compared with year ago. Then he
was playing the role of president
maker, and he issued orders to his as
sistants after the fashion of Southern
slave driver giving commands to the
plantation hands of half a century
ago.
Now he is making desperate fight
for political existence, and is ready to
go down on his knees If necessary to
secure the votes which will make it
possible for him to retain his place in
the Senate. He looks like a defeated
man, but he may be elected in spite of
appearances. 1t is safe to say, however,
that il the question of his election
could be submitted to popular vote
be would be rejected by an overwhelm
z Ing majority.
OCCASIONALLY FORGETS HIMSELF
While Hanna maintains an outward
appearance of meekness most of the
time, there are occasions when he for
gets himself and on such occasions the
brutal, vindictive nature of the man
quickly manifests itself.
AS he was getting into his carriage
In front of the Southern hotel Tuesday
night to go to a Republican meeting
colored man who stood near remarked
to a friend:
''Tm going to vote the Democratic
ticket this year."
Hanna overheard the remark and
knew that it came from the colored
man. He became furiously angry at
Dnce. Standing UP in the carriage and
shaking his fist at the negro, he said:
$50 you intend to vote the Demo.
cratic ticket, do your"
The darby was slightly ratified at
first, as he had not intended that Hanna
should hear the remark. But he would
not be bullied by the great Republican
boss and he defiantly replied:
Eyes, that's just what l intend to
do
ATTEMPT AT INTIMIDATION.
Then" returned Hanna, savagely,
you ought to be taken down and
thrown into the river
This attempt to intimidate a colored
voter will hurt the Hanna legislative
ticket in this county and may have
similar effect elsewhere. 1t is not the
first break" made by Hanna during
the campaign.
His nervousness seems to grow worse
as election day draws near and his
friends will be glad when it is all over.
They live in constant dread of the pos
sibility that he will do or say some
thing before the campaign closes which
will effectually destroy his chances of
election.
At the time of holding their State
convention it was the idea of the Dem
Dcratic managers to make the campaign
this year on single issue. They
thought the money question overshad-
owed everything else and they accord
lngly put into their platform but one
plank-a declaration favoring the free
and unlimited coinage of silver at
ratio of 16 to l with gold.
HANNAISM AN ISSUE.