Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-07-07

Politics III Wood County ars Nearlng
tho Boiling Point--Some Timely
Suggestions and Comments.

Parkersburg, w. Va, July 5.-Poli-
tics in Wood county is beginning to
get interesting. The Republicans tried
10 nominate county officers by primary
convention. and the result Is sQuab-
Bile over the county commissionerShip,
w. j. Cook and Perry Nicely both
claiming the nomination. How they
can settle the matter amicably now Is
hard to see. On the Democratic SIDE
there are numerous candidates for the
same Office, one district alone, Tygret,
having five, with other good men to
hear from.
The Republican convention for Con-
gressional delegates will be held Satur-
day next, and promises to be inter-
esting.
The Elkins ''inf1ooence' is for War
rem Miller. This includes, Of course, the
State journal, the collectors office,
United States marshals outfit and the
postmaster. :,
Billy Heaton's News is for Skip"
Rathbone, and the other ants are d.
yided between him and Freer.
Gordon B. Gibbons has his war paint
on with consuming desire TO llIt the
scalpnof the Little Giant.
Rathbone, Freer or anybody else Will
suit him, even G. B. G. will do, so ne
gets Miller's scalp. The Congressional
!. situation in the Fourth district VIII be
interesting on both sides. :.
AThe Democrats can win this Time, II
ey only nominate the proper man.
whose record on the money ques-
is straight and who stands with
question for every plank OF the
cago platform.
he candidates on our side, so far
heard from, are your uncle "Jeems'
behart, Rankin Wiley and Jim Men
er, of Mason county; Holly Arm
ong and George Romine, of jack
George l. Neal and George Nc
mas, of Cabell H. S. Wilson, H. c..
nderson and Ben H. Butcher, Of
bod.
Eapehart and Wiley are into bitter
[ght in the lower end, and SO are Neal
and McComas. Both the latter are
bright young men and used to be law
partners. Neal is said to be running
in the interests Of Capehart and NC
Comas in the interests of Wiley. The
nomination of either OF the Cabell
county men would open the old poll
tical sores in that end CT the district.
So with the two Mason county men.
There would be too much knlflng OF
either Capehart Or Wiley, and Menager
is too recent convert to Democracy
to be seriously considered, though he
!. an able man.
Holly Armstrong is a good fellow
sid a good politician, but he has been
too much one, and before too many
conventions. Yet he may possibly
land.
George Romine is not much known
to the party throughout the district.
He is a good Democrat, but nothing OF
a speaker or campaigner.
Henderson, of this county, is pleas
ant gentleman, but is unpopular at
home and has no following in the Lit
tie Kanawha valley. Many OF MS
friends think he should have kept out
of the race at this time.
M. Wilson, of this county, is man
of means, has been mayor OF Parkers-
burg, has a following in this city, and
much opposition. His connection with
.1anks and corporations are such that
Ne is not considered available at this
me. He was delegate to the Chi
no convention from this district, and
s charged against him that in the
vass of the West Virginia delega-
he voted for Dave Hill for tenn
nv chairman of that convention
asst the silver forces, and that ne
ed to vote for Bryan upon any
all these men, Mr.. Butcher is the
yst available and would unQuestlon-
)ly be the strongest man before the
IL a n
country, and is a thorough representa-
tive of the people, and was one OF the
earliest and most aggressive free silver
fighters in the district. He is an elo-
uuent speaker and splendid cam
paigner, and would put up the hardest
kind of fight. He is agreeable and
friendly with everybody, and a great
mixer With the possible exception OF
Capehart, he has the largest personal
acquaintance in the district, particularly
in the upper end, where he would have
a very strong and warm personal fol
lowing, even outside of party While
he is a hard fighter-always goes to
the front and stays to the finish, he is
never abusive or indicative.
On account of the factions in the
lower end of the district, it is the part
of political wisdom to nominate a man
free from them and away from them
This will unite the party and we can
win, as the district Is nominally Demo
cratic.
There is no factional fight amongst
the three gentlemen from this county
only a friendly rivalry so far, and
think that when the convention meets
Wood county will be united. If Mr.
Butcher carries the county, which il
now seems he will readily do, if his
friends are vigilant he will be the
next Congressman from the Fourth.
He already has a strong following in
all the surrounding counties, and the
lower counties will come to him more
readily than to any other upper end
man. All the forces in the district op-
posed to government by trusts and by
political bosses would unite upon hin
to man. WOOD.