Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-09

Special to the Register.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, July s.
A. B. White, who will be nominated for
Governor by the West Virginia Ropub-
licans next Wednesday, left here yes
terday for Charleston, where he will
open up headquarters tomorrow. He
has secured a suite of rooms at the
Hotel Ruffner and will keep open house
throughout the week. He has pro-
vided lavishly for the physical wants
of his constituents, and while he has
no opposition for the nomination he
will conduct affairs at his headquarters
on the same scale of magnificence as
though he had strong opposition.
While there is no opposition to Mr..
Whites nomination, all efforts to bring
out another candidate in opposition to
him having been defeated by the die
tates of the party bosses, he evidently
thinks it advisable TO be
Early on the Ground
and to acquaint the delegates as they
arrive with the wishes of the bosses,
that there may be no misunderstanding
as to what they are to do.
Romeo Freer, the idol toward which
the eyes of the party were once turned,
the Moses whom they expected to lead
them out of the wilderness OF bossism,
the fallen idol who has been shorn OF
H.; I1vC fonhnn p E1EinS and
his political pirate crew, left here to-
day to attend the Charleston conven-
ton on Wednesday. Like the dog
which ticks the hand that smites him,
he will take part in the party conven-
ton, just as though he had not been
Deliberately Trapped
by the ring into a. situation which
necessitated his withdrawal from the
gubernatorial race; Just as though he
had not been thrown down, trampled
on and pitched out the window OF the
Congressional convention and robbed
of a nomination which was his by
right and by count of the votes in
order to show the futility of kicking
against the orders of the bosses.
Freer was a tower of strength at one
time in Kanawha. And he is popular
there now, but he will be an insignia
cant figure in the State convention.
He will be exhibited from the platform
as a horrible example OF one who fell
from his lofty height, because he refus-
ed to bow at the shrine OF the self
constituted bosses of the Republican
party.
There is every indication that the
Charleston convention will be
Tremendous in size.
A thousand and tifty-four delegates
will be entitled to seats in the body, and
the fight over the minor offices has
reached such a stage that every candi-
date will have hundreds of his rooters
there to work and shout and pull the
wires for him. The big wigwam is
said to hold four thousand persons, but
even if that many can crowd in, it will
still not be big enough for the hungry
hordes who will seek to show their
preference OF candidates with hope of
future recognition and reward.
In anticipation of tremendous crowds
committees have been at work for
weeks trying to secure rooms for them
in private houses and committees have
been appointed to meet each train that
comes from Monday until Wednesday.
Being a Republican convention special
reception committees of colored men
have been appointed to meet the col
ored delegates and provide them with
board and lodging.
Governor Atkinson
is the chairman of the main reception
committee, from which the sub-com-
mittees have been selected.
Some OF the candidates have already
reached Charleston and have opened
up headquarters, believing that much
is to be gained by being on the ground
early. Others will be ON hand early
Monday morning, and from that time
on the crowds will continue to gather.
The programme has all been arranged,
and for that matter the ticket has been
selected, too so that the whole thing
will be a cut and dried affair The
Authorship fight will provoke some in
terest, but when the time comes the
bosses will dictate the nomination.
State Chairman w. NJ. o. Dawson will
call the convention to order on Wed
nesday, and will introduce Senator FL
make a speech, which has probably
been written already, and after the ap-
polntment of committees ire conyen-
ton will adjourn. The committee on
resolutions, the only important one in
a convention, will have no work to do,
the preparation of the platform having
already been completed, at least as TO
substance if not as to words.
The nomination of A. 3. White for
Governor will be accomplished the first
day and an adjournment will be had
till Thursday, when the fights over the
other nominations Mil be begun. The
candidates will be jockeyed so that
the uninitiated may think the race is
genuine, but a straight can be given
and the winner picked beforehand in
each of the heats.
The Authorship Race
is exciting the greatest interest. 1t is
interesting because the bosses have
kept every one guessing as to whether
they will favor ]. K Hall or Arnold
Scherr 1t will be one of the two and
the first intimation as to which one
will receive the bosses support will tell
absolutely which one will receive the
nomination. Auditor La Toilette. who
is entitled to denomination, will not
get it. He has been marked for the
slaughter. He is not in the mutual
benefit association and does not wor-
ship the king boss of the bosses and This
vote will he eraalJ Charlie c,r;eb,.,A -