Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-21

His Little Speech Tonight, and
What He Says VIII Probably
Make "Mighty ~Intsrestin' Read
imp
The Republicans will have "doinsS
hero to-day.
The big and little bosses. ofice-hold-
ers and ofice-hunters. arrived on
various trains yesterday. An accident
prevented Steve" from coming. but
1t is presumed that Scott and White
have been duly and properly coached
on methods for running the machine.
When the last train was in, the crowd
lined up something like this:
n. B. Scott. minority Senator from
West Virginia, and acting chief.
A. B. White, Revenue Collector and
Gubernatorial candidate Of he ma
chine.
Charlie T. Caldwell, of Parkersburg.
jester at the court Of the bosses. the
warmest baby in the bunch.
Warren n. Miller, OF Parkersburg.
ex-Congressman and still "willin'."
Elliott Northcott, OF Huntington,
Assistant District Attorney, erstwhtle
candidate for Auditor, and now BOOM
ing White and Jim Hughes.
Emmett Showalter, Of Fairmont, AS
sistant District Attorney, with q COW
etous eye on the Attorney General
ship.
Charlie Swisher, of Fairmont. q very
serious Joke" in the race for Auditor.
Stark L. Baker, of Beverly, who was
"some pumpkins" until he became en-
tangled in a county seat fight.
c. D. Elliott, of Parkersburg, who
registers from West Virginia" when
he is abroad.
V. l.. Highland, of Clarksburg, clerk
of Harrison County Court, looking for
something better.
S. C. Denham, Sheriff of Harrison.
also possessed of an ambition.
Edward McCreary, postmaster of
Parkersburg, who has accepted a COM
mission in the White boom brigade.
J.. l.. Buckley, of Parkersburg, an
other White booster.
Thos. F. Barrett, of Parkersburg,
who looks upon the Craftsmanship OF
the Fourth district as a stepping stone.
w. w. Monroe, of P%arkersburg, vest
pocket custodian of a bunch of Wood
county votes.
Frank S. Smith, member of Wood
county's executive committee, with a
large and influential pull.
A. N. Harnish, OF Parkersburg. ex-
Legislator, with eyes and ears wide
open for anything that turns up.
And there are others.
Congressman Romeo H. Freer also
arrived last night, but Romeo Is not
in this push. And thereby hangs .
tale. The time was when Romeo was
a good Republican, as good as any
posey in the above bouquet. But
Romeo got gay. He broke the
eleventh commandment-thou shalt
| not disobey the bosses. He went into
the slate fracturing business, and q
marked GOODNESS has been noticeable
between him and the ring ever since.
A great number of the Juliets Of West
Virginia Republicanism have been
smiling upon Romeo-so many, In fact,
as to cause widespread alarm within
the ring.
The machine followers plotted the
destruction of Freer. A few days ago
they started in circulation a story re-
flecting upon his character, and but a
| short time before rehashed a tale of
his domestic affairs dating back a
quarter OF a century.
The new story was circulated in
Wheeling, and ONE of those who had
| proclaimed themselves Freer follow
ers deserted his standard. This de-
sertion occurred after Senator Scott
had returned home. Some of his
friends must have remained steadfast,
however, for the story reached Freer's
| ears.
To a prominent Republican who
talked to him on the train yesterday,
Freer expressed himself rather freely.
taking occasion to remark that he had
| received much better treatment at the
hands Of the Democrats than from an
an~tagonistic faction In his own party.
He limited broadly that IL personalities
are to be injected into the campaign,
he will demonstrate that the game Is
one at which two al play.
Freer has announced that he has not
withdrawn, and will not do 80. not
withstanding the evidently boss-in-
spired article in the Intelligencer yes
terday. He has advertised a meeting
at Pythian Castle tonight, at which he
will make a speech. Freer will prob
ably say things in that speech that will
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