The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-09
THE BOXERS
OF DEMOCRACY
in CONTROL.
The Party Of Negation and Hesita-
tadon Ruled by Revolutionary
Eloment Of Byrauism.
THE "PURPLE PENCIL KNIGHT"
Who Debauched the Ballot Box
Again In the saddle-old Lead
ers Are RelegRtsd.
,eclal Dispatch to the Intolllrencor.


,
n ,eeial Dispatch to the lntelllEeneer'
PARKERsBuRG' w. Va June S-
Democratic state eonVentio" ~
but It . monstrated neyona al
that e! ung Democracy Is IN
mt II =" ,>--.ty and that ths power
( d ,sel-horses'" such as ex-seha-
~" 9. Davis Johnson N cam
s. Watts.l. " . CAR anu !,
Ss' othI - hngly called is a
= asst.
.vlouS ~ convention Mr.. Can
en-, mi yto visual custom spsn'
several days in the {, and most OF hl'.
tlma was occupied In eircula'lhg aInons
sn' su'Ie''"s S'S's''i.su .IiS ~ n,t,S ,,,a
~ was Ee'Nsu. aprA. 's s" !, ,s .aiS
sei'' .,1'ae' at.o" . '.,,n. a"S, . ,ar.s,
was 1ufl'''eu " 'le ,I',s' '''S', ~ 49, ,,,s
Oh the eject nes"'p.ssS -. ~ ',,s .Ia ~
name was not ihsn'loneu ~ ~. ut."S 50, '"e -
.He oO'Neii,'oI Nv ,'o' -. w., ~ .saas.,,,,,,
teht'on pau 10 MS Op''''o"' ~ e"' N''e
tne P'u''ofii ,,
hN-ssna'oF ne'liy VI D% nan
from ms ho'''e III '''e 'i'oun,'''''9 u -
uo'p" county - " t''''5 '''',s~' - -
car acco'hpai''eu W :" i't'se "ul''Ds' ~
irlehas ana a''enuanls anu NV aSp' 'i,s ~,
tor the superna'or'1l noti''%.lo" , -
whose interest," ne lhaue '"e i"ts anu
tlresome TRIP was Uu'e''s's'' '',.., I'Ns a., "
steer while seemingly as an 'Oo'osy ~.
the act the asea man was il1l''eu -
temporary G"a'Fll''N' VI. oa,' 49,
ch''u wou'u De given y new 10y, az '.., W.
same tltne' howeEeI' ms eouasn' ,'s,, 'ss%, e..
ihS P'@'tosw Eees'Ssu sN. ee ~ "et'- "''e''
lioh' as u'd '''a' oi Air' = i'''>''''
Received Scant Courtesy
General C. C. Watts, who ran for gov
ernor against Mr.. Atkinson in lS96,was
listened to with but scant courtesy
when he made cpeech placing a can
dldata In nomlnation,and when he had
named his man and halted for the APP
plausa which usually greets the name
Of i candidate. but which did not coma
in this instance. he was invited 10 'trow
I'm. out by small boy lying on the
roof OF the wlgwam, with his head pro-
trudIng through one of the ventIlators,
OLD timers chuckled smilIngly at the
remark as they remembered that Flour
noy, the candidate named by the speak
er, had once bnltea the candidate OF his
party for the United States seaatorship.
Genera. J. w. st. Clair, in miserable
health came hundreds OF miles win tne
oa ,Sn n,a,tnr,n IN srch n way tbat It
,ro,,iJ 40 nr,,,nr, ,ho hol,ers NJ .Os from
ro,urn,nc n Tho Tola and prevIous to
,,,o onor,rg NJ ,bc corvontlnn. he nada
hono, -, ,rch on ,r,,ntIon
No,bIng that hn could do, however,
bn1 nar,IcIo ~ weight with the new
Io,dors ,nd ,bc nlatyorrn when pre-
son,od ,,os ro,,rd 10 be ne atronr in
pry,ntsrs os was trn onp adopud four
ansr. non
nh, So,,vr, ., ,~-cnv,rn,r NTacCor-
b,o - soovr, tho ch,,rronsh,n Of the
ooryort,or vbre # nrobablv retired
Androw TSdmIs,Gr chairman Of the
st0tn ov,ou,Ivo co,n,n,,,re from poIltical
Ion5,rsbIn s,vo hin, an oppor,unitv to
,ovnnsa b,mssI, for n fancIel injury
doro SIr, nv MocC,r,,la during the lat
,or,s torn, ne governor and also caused
n sm,ro 10 mas. over tbr face Of Colonel
N,crsrow who owes tho auburn haired
ov.govornnr n,rv nm o,1 rr,dre
nj, o-,.p..,n nt,,,,.
lug 0HiS t''N
AS whole the convention proved that
MeGraw is the only real thing as a
leader. and that he will for a while at
least, dictate the plans OF his party In
West Virginia. He Is known as, and
is, the personal representative Of Will
havn hnep nj hIa command that the