Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-09-01

CtuSIS, WuO nave COluc W dClchu Inc
Third district Democratic convention
tomorrow. Already nearly all the
delegates are here. and there will be
the biggest crowd ever seen at such
an out-of-the-way place on a similar
occasion.
Trains have been running on the
Ravenswocd, Sutton & Chenille all
day to accommodate the crowd.
All of the candidates are on the
ground. The whole of the Grand
Hotel, the only first class hosiery in
town, is in the custody of George |.
Neal, and it is the headquarters Of
the gentleman. from Cabell.
Ben H. Butcher AMI Holly Il. Arm
strong each have two rooms at the
Mcconnell House.
The Spencer House, the only ether
hotel of the town, is filled up vita an
other wing of Neal supporters.
Neither Capehart nor Wilson has as
yet any headquarters other than rooms
at private residences.
The people of Spencer, both Repub-
licans and Democrats, are doing all in
their power to properly entertain the
crowd, nearly all of the citizens in
the town are giving up spare rooms
in their homes, and it is safe to say
that every delegate will be quartered
comfortably.
A special train arrived tonight at
ten o'clock carrying the delegates from
Wayne, Lincoln, Putnam and Cabell
In this crowd Neal badges were
quite conspicuous. About one hun
dred people are here from Cabell and
are, of course, making considerable
noise for their candidate.
The crowd from Mason county is
rather small owing to the county fair
and races now going on there.
Wood county sends the next largest
delegation, which is divided among
Henderson, Butcher and Wilson.
Until this evening, it was the gen.
sral belief that the contest would fin
ally narrow down to Capehart and
Neal but that was all knocked into
smithereens 10Y the arrival of the an
nCuncement of
CAPEHART'S WITHDRAWAL.
This came as a surprise to every
one and it was evident that Capehart
had reached his conclusion not earl
Ter than to-day. The official an
VI SdpSudl . hilHUi " al
came in printed form and was as fol-
lows:
To the Mason County Delegation to
the Congressional Convention:
Having received at the hands of
the Mason county Democratic conven-
ton instructions to cast the vote of
this county for me at the Spencer con-
vention. it is your right to know (such
being the case) that my name Will
not be presented to said convention.
My reason for retiring from the CON
test now is that after a careful Sdr-
yey Of the situation. and after visiting
most of the counties in the district,
/ am convinced that | cannot be nom
mated. To those who have so stead
lily supported me in this and other
counties of the district l want to say
that l thank them one and all most
sincerely. Respectfully,
]. OAPEHART.
This was printed this evening in the
Point Pleasant Register, and was cir
culated among the Mason county dele
rates before they left home.
The leaders are now all at sea as to
whom will get the delegates pledged or
favorable to Capehart and the outcome
is more than ever in the dark. 1t is
conceded that no candidate will at first
receive more than enough votes TO
nominate, and a long tie is anticl-
pated. Each candidate. Of course. eX-
meets a general "br5a ak up to be bene-
fit to him.
There are no saloons in Spencer, but
there seems to be
NO DEARTH OF DRINKS.
All those mean things which have been
said about Spencer's inability to &C
commodate the crowd with wet
goods have not been justified, for a
man can get drinks until his soul is
content, and there were no reasons at
all why the Parkersburg editors should
have refrained from attending the con-
vention.
Among some of the prominent peo-
nile present are Col. Joseph E. Chiffon,
Of Charleston: Judge J. H. Holt, C. w.
Campbell. T. s. Scanlon. f. A. Bennett,
of Huntington; Hon. John NJ. Hamil-
ton. OF Calhoun county; DR.. W. D.
Row, of Parkersburg. all of whom are
nuartered at the Grand: Col. Griff T.
Smith of Mason: Gen. James A. Hol-
lev. of Charleston; Hon. James Tucker,
of Writ; Hon. E. NJ. Gilkeson. ]. NJ.
Jackson. Jr., and C. H. Turner, OF
Parkersburg: Van Zevely and L. R.
Sweetland. of Lincoln: Andy Edmiston
and j. H. Edwards, of Weston.
Quite number Of prominent Repub-
licans are also on the ground, among
whom are Judge Freer. the Republican
nominee for Congress: Hon. E. NJ.
Campbell, chairman of the Congress
sional Committee: Elliott Northcott,
assistant United States district attor-
ney; S. " Matthews, ex-police judge.
and F. H. Tyree. present chef of po-
lice, of Huntington.
Many newspaper men are here and
all the leading papers Of the State are
represented.
THE LATEST INFORMATION.
A telegram received from Spencer
late last night says the withdrawal Of
II .