The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-18

Since the Republican county commit
tee met the other day and fixed the.
dates for the suggestion meetings. pi-
mary and county convention,interest In
things political. especially on the Re-
publican side of the fence, has been ac-
%centuated, and the campaign OF 1898. for
the nominations at ,east, may be said
TO have started.
Al the district suggestion meetings,
which are set for June II,
suggestions will be made for
delegates to the county convention
and congressional convention, names
for county commissioner. vacancies IN
the Offices of justice OF the peace and
constable, also for the districts repre-
sentative on the county committee. In
the country districts suggestions will be
made for nominations for president of
district school board and for one mem
Der ot the board.
The county primary will take place
June Is, at which the names brought out
at the suggestion meetings will be voted
on, choosing delegates to the county and
congressional conventions. nominating
one member Of the board OF education in
each district, justices Of the peace, con
stables, county committeeman, and in
each country district nominate president
of board Of education and one member Of
that body.
AT the county convention to be held in
Wheeling four candidates for house OF
delegates ore to be named, and the
senatorial conferees will be chosen.
Although the political pot is not yet
at the boiling stage, there are indica-
lions that the war will not have an eff
feet that 1t has been predicted It would
produce-loss of interest IN the coming
campaign. In the Republican camp In
this county, there Is already consider
able Interest in approaching events, and
each passing day brings an Increased
interest. Many candidates have already
announced themselves and others are
en- route and will no douot arrive al the
station of Publicity" on schedule time.
Captain Dovener's friends are conf
dent that he will succeed In his effort for
the congressional denomination In this
district, but three otner active candi-
dates are in the field against him. each
OF whom Is certain of home support and
all express confidence that their dele
gates Will come from other than their
own counties. Judge John A. Campbell,
OF New Cumberland, whom Judge Her
yvey succeeded on the First judicial die
trlct bench, and ex-SheriF o. W. A.
Hartman, OF Tyler county, announced
th ar,,ea1trao %nr Tn,~ra-1 e.or,n tIn.a -,
and recently the fourth candidate has
appeared in the person, OF Mr.. Benjamin
T. Meighen, Of Marshall county. 1t will
be seen that three Of the four Pan Han
die counties have congressional candf-
dates. The congressional committee has
not yet fixed the time and place of the
convention.
In the first senatorial district, there Is
but one candidate for the nomination
this year, Hon. n. f. Whitaker. Of this
city, who has been in the senate for sew
erai years, and served as its president
ut the last session OF the legislature. He
has not yet announced himself for the
denomination, but his friends say he will
be in the field. and this probably means
that there will be no opposition in the
district
Ten gentlemen are already suggested
for places on the Ohio county house OF
delegates ticket. As there are but four
nominations In the gift of the county
convention, at least six aspirants are
doomed to defeat. The candidates so
far mentioned include H. +. Behrens,
w. H. c. Curtis, W. II. Blon and T.. NJ.
Glryin, the present delegation, and L,
w. Nesbitt, now city solicitor OF Wheel
Ing; Judge Thayer Melvin, formerly OF
the circuit bench; J.. C. Brady, who
served in the house OF delegates four
years ago: NJ. A. Chew, president OF the
second branch Of the city council; L.
Buchanan, now a member Of the city
water board; B. F. Connolly, one OF the
First wards representatives in the Sec
ond branch Of council, and Ralph Nc
Coy.
And there are others, perhaps.
For county commissioner and the
minor offices there are a host Of eSpir-