Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-22

cFs are lnvOlVed IN the 11ud0le,
/ and the End is Not Yet.
There Is a beautiful row in the Re-
| publican camp in this county at pres
(, ent, arising out of the selection of del
egates at the recent suggestion meet
ings, the choice Of a candidate for
! Criminal Judge, the nomination OF
! candidates for the House of Delegates.
the selection of a Senatorial candidate,
/ and desire on the part of the young
and independent element or the party
to throw down" the county ring, now
shrunk to very small proportions, and
consisting mainly of Sheriff Richards,
s. G.. Smith, Charley Henning and
two or three other political magnates.
There are, as will be seen, several
sides to the complication. The ring
candidate for Criminal Judge is the
present Judge T. ]. Hugus. The ring
candidates for House of Delegates are
S. G. Smith, George Uaughlin, Ralph
Mccoy and Mr.. Westwood, of the South
Side. The opposition candidate for
Criminal Judge is R. M. Addleman, and
for House of Delegates Messrs. Peter
Bachmann, B. S. Allison, Charles E.
Vankeuren, William Latousch, D. w.
Martin, w. H. Blon and Ralph Nc
Coy. S. George, the Wellsburg bank
er, is a prominent candidate for Sem
| ator, and the Ohio county ring is dead
against him. Henning, Kindelberger,
Smith and Richards are against George
against Addleman, and against the
anti-ring Legislative crowd, which is
composed of the young and progress
sive members of the party, DESTROYS of
breaking the power of the combine and
infusing some fresh blood into the local
end of the party.
The row was started, practically, in
the late Clay district suggestion
meeting, where the anti-ringsters, af-
| ter some pretty slick work, got con-
troll of affairs, named their delegates
firsw and came near shutting the ring
people out, Frank Milligan being
placed in the chair, and the pins be-
ing set up pretty well. The meeting
was lively one, swords being crossed
and political blood shed, and as re-
suit the battle is on all over the coun-
ty. 1t was asserted last night that the
ring Legislative candidates were beat
en- men, and that in his despair Rich
ards had appealed to Chief Clemans
to pull Officer Sam Wells and Bill
Turner out of the anti-ring combine,
and that both had declined to get
down, Offering to resign their positions
first. 1t is also alleged that Chief
Clemans was given pointer to get
mated to him that he would have
trouble of his own later on unless he
kept entirely out of the existing
trouble
A large number of Republicans are
mixed up in the trouble, as a matter
of course, including Assistant Post
master ALT Davis, who has already
made a bet that S. G. Smith will be
nominated, Jack Wright, Charles
Helmbright, Sam Johnson, Richards
Milligan, Henning, the Bachmanns
Clemans, Smith, viii Hornish, Kindel-
berger, and whole lot more, and it
looks like merry war, with the rem
nants of the ring standing to loose.
The friends of Addleman say he is
sure of the country districts and Wash
ington and Clay besides, and that he
will have strength in various other por-
tons of the county sufficient 10 nom
mate him. A whole lot of people are
apparently out cunning Cor Mr. Smith
and some of them say they will bring
him down. 1t is also openly charged
that Sheriff Richards is against Sena-
tor Scott and will throw him if he
can, presumably on James X. Halls
account.
! aKlnS one lHlnS WlUH dhVth0I IL
is rather an interesting state OF af-
fairs, and promises to grow more in
teresting as time progresses. Numer-
GUS details of the fight up to date are
at hand, but are withheld for the pres
ent, but later on these incidentals will
be given to the public and the situa-
ton lined out. Old General Harmony
appears to be conspicuous by his abb
sence in the Republican ranks in this
county, and the outlook for the big
combine which used to rule things
with a high hand is anything but re-
assuring.
Chevy % V, Scra Tobacco