Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-28


Concerning Big Appropriations
Secured by Himself Which He
Has Been Doing Out to the
Farmers in the Back Counties,
Also Touched Upon-A Statement
Concerning the "ImmortaI Thir-
teen"-Other Political Matters.
Judge CampDen, of New Cumberland,
who is making the race for the Repuu
lican nomination of Congressman in
the First district, against the present
incumbent, B. B. Dovener, arrived in
the city late Saturday night. To
Register reporter ne stated that he
was just in from Tyler county, where
he stated that, according to private
advices, he had received three-fourths
Of the county delegation.
In Doddridge county" continued
the Judge, 81 made two speeches on
Thursday last One at West Union in
the afternoon, and the other at Centre
Point in the evening.
Il felt compelled to make those
speeches owing to the fact that I was
not permitted to answer Mr. Doyener's
concluding speech at West Union, in
which he left the impression with his
auditors that he had secured the pas
sage of an appropriation of $4,000, 900
for the Ohio river improvements.
"The meeting Thursday at West
Union was a large and attentive one.
The Opera House, where it was con-
Quoted, was packed. 1t was an orderly
and considerate crowd, composed large
ly of the representative citizens of the
county.
During my absence I noticed for
the first time yesterday that the editor
of the Intelligencer, in an editorial
Thursday last, comes to the attempted
rescue of Mr.. Dovener, as to his ap
preparations for the improvement Of
the Ohio river. The impression sought
to be made by the editorial is as to the
item of $470,0 900, that the bill has passed
or is about to pass, the Senate, which
as l am advised, is not the fact. Ex-
Guided as | have been from the Repub
lican papers in the southern end of the
district, whose editors have been sing
ing the praises of Mr. Dovener, by rea-
son of the vast appropriation he is al
legged to have procured for the Ohio
river, nearly a month ago challenged
him to go upon the platform in support
or his record in that regard. Instead
of complying with my request, just on
the eve of the convention in Marshall
and Tyler counties, he pfocures to be
opened upon me, the editorial artillery
of the Intelligencer, and l had no OPP
portunity to reply. A sense of polit-
zeal fairness, it seems to me, would
suggest that the Intelligencer should al
low Mr.. Dovener to fight his own bat
ties, with a competitor who has always
treated him with fairness and consid-
Grafton"
..As to the Braxton county editor
ldl. ItHu the Deeh COEEcctAy
informed, he would have said it
was meeting of two hundred and
fifty representative Republicans of
Braxton (not IL meeting to appoint
delegates to the Congressional con-
vention, 'rump' cOnventiOn) to
protest against methods that were
an outrage on popular representa-
ton and destructive to Republican
organization and unity in the cOun-
ty.
'There isn't IL man ia Braxton. or
in the district, that can say that
the notice calling their county con-
ventiOn of April 2Sth, had the slight
est reference to convention to
elect Congressional delegates. That
after the districts. in pursuance of
the resolution to that effect agreed
to by the convention, had appointed
Congressional delegates, u majority
for Mr.. Dovener and "a minority for
myself, and such appointments had
been ratified by the convention
afterward. pending "A motion for ad-
tournament, an improper and unpar-
liamentary motion to instruct the
delegates for SIr. Dovener was then
made. This was clear violation
of the order heretofore passed. and
the attempt to force it through
split the convention.
"Of course. no reference need be
made to the positive refusal of the
chair to entertain motion that L
might be permitted to address the
meeting, after having, in response
to q number of telegrams, gone two
hundred and fifty mics for that ex-
press purpose"
The Judge left the city last night.