The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-28
BRAXTON DISSENIIENTS.

They G1srepresenL Tie o4tuALASA 80
That County-The Rump cOnven-
tion Composed of Thirteen" Kick
ers-Havc no Cause for Complaint.
To the Editor OF the Inteiiigeneer.
sIR:-In your paper of the 2ith in
slant. appears from Sutton commune
cation purporting TO give the proceed
ings OF q Republican convention. only
for Its glarlng Misrepresentation and
perversion Of the facts, no attention
would have been paid to 1t. 1t Is in
tended to mlslead. and for the purpose
OF influencing, II possible. the action of
Republican conventions yet to be held
In this congressional districts.
The regularly called Republican con-
yenuon for Braxton county was held
on the 2sth day of April and appointed
delegates to the congressional conven-
ton. Judge Campbell and his friends
mustered all their forces and particle
pated in the convention up to the time
Il resolution was offered instructing the
delegates TO vote FOR Captain Dovererr.
AT this juncture Judge Campbell's lead
ers announced that If the In
structIon resolution was passed they
would bolt the convention. The resolu-
ton was passed almost unanimously,
and few of Judge campbell's follow
ers boIted.
They went to the court house, where
they were Joined by Judge Campbell
who made an address. sanciioning anu
encouraging the boilers in their action,
but very few, even of Campbells sup
porters, up to that time, participated in
their rump convention. They assumed
to appoint delegates to the congression-
al convention. On Saturday. May 10.
after advertising in both county pa
pers. and personally drumming Up their
followers, they got together just thir-
teen persons. who participated In their
proceedings, who, with two or three ex-
ceptlons, were parties disappointed in
their aspirations. Your correspondent
present says: THE court house was
crowded to its utmost capacity with not
less than ESQ Of Mr.. Campbelrs support
ers and sympathizers," and that fully
800 people were in town to witness the
proceedings"
Now. as 1 said before, there were Just
thirteen" persons who participated in
their so-called convention. The wri-
ter admits that there WIS quite con-
siderable crowd Of people in town on
that OCCASION, perhaps as many as $50,
not more, and quite \ large percentage
OF them were in hearty sympathy with
the rump movement, and great per-
centage Of these present professsd
great sympathy with Judge Campbell,
bur except the lone "thlrtean' all were
Democrats. But the affair was such
complete farce that the Democrats,
many Of them admitted, were dIsap-
pointed, and even ashamed OF ths thing.
Your correspondent further says that
THE meeting was virtually an adj
journed sesslon OF the convention OF
Saturday, the 2Sth of April, and was in
all respects q success" Nothing could
be more false and misleading, and no
one knew this better than your CORES
pendent. He well knew that the con-
ventIon OF April rs adjourned without
delay. and he also well knew that their
farcical proceedings Of the 10th instant
was the elimination OF the efforts OF
hlmsel. and his few advisers to get up
an apparent split In the Republican
party for an imaginary effect 1t might
have on the preliminary canvass in this
congressional district, and with a hops
OF advancing his own Interests.
All their paiRVer about the irregular
lty OF the county committee and the
call for the convention is stun and
nonsense. He speaks of ESQ Campbell
followers. AS before say this is pure
ly a fabrication. At our convention on
April IS, the greatest number the Camp
bell followers could muster was IS or
80. when from 600 to 800 Republicans
were in convention. All except the
thirteen" accepted the result Of the
convention, and are thoroughly disgust
ed with the action OF these few kiclssrs.
ana not u lew OI lneln Win jugs
Campbelrs action in the matter. 1t
would have been amusing IL It had not
been SO ridiculous. The resolutions
passed by these klckers Of their support
for A. b. White for governor are sur
prising, when in fact almost every one
of them is opposed to Whites nominal
tlon, and sons of them have said they
would not vote for him II nominated.
1t is plain enough why these resolutions
were passed. They think they will give
them standing before the public. Their
actions are absurd and foolish In the ex-
treme. They have no foundation in fact
for their course. Their claim of irreg- !
ularity, etc, is only a pretext to vent !
a little spleen toward some person or
persons against whom they Imagine |
they have q personal grievance.
BRAXToN.
May &c.