The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-21
BLOW TO M'GRAW
pssa the Chiffon Victory In the
southern Part Of the State.
WHITE MAKES IMPRESSION.
r., CAPITAL to be Permanently 1o-
'- ..,o9 at churlestOn-May be Fall
~, "g on Of Democratic Vote in
cgesabrier and Monroe.


.,, u.zoa,ch TO the 1ntelllgencer.
s-T,pr .EsToN, w. Va, May 2O.-
W., g'' ,.r,ory OF the Chiffon boys in the
, .. held district conventions to select
,,,,rai convention delegates, has been
l' .,l h.ow to the ambitious Grafton
s., , d. Col. John 7. McGraw.
rs now conceded on all hands that
-, W F.. Chiffon can be elected a
,, ,,,b-r Of the national committee II he
,.', n or he can name the man who
. g@ succeed McGrsw. The chlltons
',s lac delegations to the national
,n,.a,.9n from the Third and Fourth
|,,,,, absolutely. They also have at
. -,S three of the six from the other
,ao districts, making their power to
.,r,rol the delegation absolutely Sc
.rr. II has not yet been decided, how
,a whether VIII Chiffon wants the
s,,oral committeeman plum or not.
Tbs chntons think and know that
Mckinley is bound to DO elected again,
and 8, does Ex-Governor Maccorkle,
and they don't want to celebrate their
rp.,rtrance into West Virginia politics
bc assisting in Democratic funeral.
Il Is quite likely that the Chlltons will
bss,ow tn, honor upon one of their
friends who could not be injured per-
raren,ly In any event of the election.
The local political situation ksce in
,ba Democratic ranks here is likely to
,aEe on a decidedly lurid hue before
ling The Chiltous and MacCorkle are
being ggqiad by their enemies about
their late activity for representation in
the good things of the party and charge
tba, thu, is about the only thing that
,tsy ever stood for. and hint that they
always depend on some one else to do
the heavy work. They even go so far
as to insinuate that II MacCorkle and
the ChItous are so devoted to the
par,y that MacCorkle ought to permit
himself to be thrown into the breach
this year as a candidate for the lower
branch Of the legislature from Kama
VIVA county. Governor MacCorkle isn't
saying word in response to this hint,
bu, there IS no doubt about what he in
tends to do in the premises. The COM
ni.iea that waits on him to ask him to
accept such a nomination had better
have some thick boards sewed in the
seats Of their trousers. This suggestion
snanltes from the McGraw fellows and
the governor is onto their game.
Albert Sidney johnson threw lyddite
into the crowd that defeated him for
national delegate by refusing to accept
the profrered place of alternate-at-
lsrse to Delegate st. Clair. He declar-
I'd that he would not take 1t under any
drumstances, but would go back to
Noaroe county and continue to drudge
q; the Democracy, while st. Clair and
tie other lawyers might go to Kansas
City and enjoy the fruits OF their vic
tory.
Johnson ana Dennis, OF the Green
brier Independent, We're awfully sore,
and they suggested that the Democrat
&c majority might possibly be lacking
somewhat in Monroe and GreenbrIer by
rason Of the hogglshness displayed by
the representatives. from the Republic
can counties OF Kanawha and Fayette.
Mr, White, the Republican candidate
for governor made most excellent
Impression here on last Thursday night
There had been some opposition here to
bis candidacy on account of a supposed
action he had taken on the capitol re-
moraI agitation by the last session of
,he legislature and proved conclusIvely
,Aa' he had not had ard could not have
bnd. anythlg to do With 1t.
lie further declared that the question
OF the removal OF any OF the Institu-
tons could not be made an issue In
this campaign, and said that he would
be willing that both parties should
adopt a resolution in their respective
platforms that all institutions should
remain located as at present! His re-
marks eIactually puts a stop, 10 the
chatter about Mr.. White being behind
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