The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-29
CENTRAL COUNTIES

OF Braxton, Nicholas and Webster
Teeming With Untold Wealth Of
Minerals and Forests-Repubiloans
Are Rapidly Gaining Ground.
About tho Candidates.
Special Correspondence OF Intelllgoncer.
WEBSTER COUNTY. w. Va. june
GA sojourn of many days in the
counties OF Braxton, Nicholas and
webster, has enabled me to see the
drlst Of political sentiment in the COM
munity. and fairly judge to what ex-
tent the variougly mentioned and pros
posed candidates for different state Of
fees can rely upon the people for sup
port at the November election.
The Republicans in the counties
named, almost to a man, favor the
nomination Of the Hon. A. B. White,
OF Parkersburg, for governor, and 1t is
not likely that any probable or possi-
Bile addition or change of candidates
will materially effect the vote of these
people, Even the two contesttng fac
lions In Braxton county harmonize on
White. while on local and county rep-
rssentatives they will waste their
strength and destroy their usefulness
in petty fractional feuds'
/ Hall Ear In the Lead.
For auditor OF state, James n. Hail,
! OF Wheeling. is far in the lead, and will
fen.tia there SO FAR at least as the
efforts Of the other candidates are
concerned or effect the situation.
This is the nativity and the home OF
the Hon. Jacob S. Hyer, and naturally
he has u faithful and strong following.
at least, locally. That his friends Will
be able to sprlng late boom in his
favor for auditor is not probable, ow-
Ing. chiefly, to the fact, established by
custom, that two prominent state OFF,
clals cannot be taken from the same
congressional district or county, and
as Alexander Dullng. esq., OF Sutton,
is n full-hedged, popular and promis-
Ing candidate for attorney general ot
the state. Hyer could not go before the
state convention as a candidate for au-
ditor and leave any standing room for
his equally popular fellow townsman.
DulIng is IN able, active and inhueh-
,iql attorney, while no better party
worker can be found in the Republican
ranks throughout the state.
Duling Entitled to Recognition.
Colonel Dullng is fully entitled to
substantial recognition by the Repub-
lican party OF West Virginia, as he
withdrew from the Democratic ranks
solely In principle. when the party
controlled the offices Of Braxton coun-
" by majority OF 500 votes, and could
and would have been given any posi-
tion within the scope of It's influence
and power A few more such changes
Of party utilization would eifectually
and permanently revolutionize the po-
l!tical power In Broxton, county, as the
fusion Democracy can only depend up
on an uncertain ana calculating plur-
atty Of some 500 or 400 votes at this
time.
Telling on the Democracy.
The vast lumber interests OF Webs
ter aud Nicholas counties are attract
! Ing men from the north ana east many
of whom acquire citizenship, and this
is telling upon long-standlng Democ-
racy. And in few years this influx
/ Of immigration will have wiped out
Democratic majorIties in these and
other similarly situated counties
stocked with great natural wealth.
] Prosperity can be recognized when
seen and felt as a tangible verify. Con-
sequently, when all applicants md
ready employment at good wages
which is the case at the extensive lum-
bar plants, there is u general DISPOSE
ton manifested by the employees to
'let well enough alone" This the la
boring class viii do, ana to further ia
cllitate matters 1t will be found that
about nlne-tcnths Of the laborers and
all OF the capitalists and operators Will
vote the straight Republican, ticket,
thus taking no chances as TO the tu-
1 ture. G. F. 7.