The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-08
THE BOSSES
MAINTAINED
THEIR HOLD
On the subservient Delegates Of the
Democratic Convention and Die
tatsd Remainder Of Ticket.
REPUBLICAN WALKOyFR
Admitted by Democrats Who Are
Disgusted With the Domino
tons of Mcaraw and Others.

s,ccy7, Dispatch to the IntellIgeneer.
PAREERsBURG, W. Va, June a.
The Democratic convention of 1900 has
na,s,d into history. Adjournment came
ms ar,ernoon after the completion Of
tbe naming Of the ticket In accordance
with pre-arrunged programme, by
the nomination OF j. II. Miller, OF Sum-
mcrs for auditor; Robert A. Arm
strong. Of the University, for superln-
tendent Of schools; George Mccoy, Of
Tyler, for attorney general, and j. G,
Hurst. of Jefferson, for treasurer. For
supreme court. Judge English was re-
nominated, and W. G. Bennett, of Lew
is was the other nominee. Electors-at-
large, John w. Davis and 2. NJ. Gttke-
son.
To.dny's proceedings were tame COM
pared with those Of yesterday. the only
contest worthy OF the name being that
between Handlan and Miller for the
authorship, but even It was scarcely
worthy to be considered in the category
Of contests, as 1t was plainly evident in
the balloting that the mailed hand of
the masters controlled everything.
Handlan made a very pretty GRAFTON,
dIsclaimlng all pretenslons OF ambition
TO assist In leading the Democratic
hosts to defeat this fall, and leaving a
clear field to his opponent. In fact af-
ter the nomination Of Judge Holt for
governor, there seemed to be very lit
tie disposition upon the part of the
erstwhile aspirants for political pre-
ie-ment to immediate themselves upon
the Democratic pyre.
Republicans Satisfied.
A careful review OF the situation as
1t appears to-day develops the fact that
the product Of the two days labor Of
the Democracy Is eminently satlsfac-
tory-to the Republicans. Not so much
can be said for the Democrats. Muir
murs both loud and deep and evidently
In dead earnest are heard on every side
from old tried and true adherents of
Democracy against the anomalous posi-
tIon into which they have beer forced
by the bosses, who have deliberately
and premidltatedly sacrificed the can
didates of the rank and file in order
that their power might be shown in
the nomination Of candidates whose ev-
cry principle is in direct opposition to
the demands OF the plain people, whose
votes are expected to deliver the
goods.
Was ever a greater travesty perpetra-
ted upon an Intelligent commonwealth
than the nomination for governor of
John H. Holt, at the mandate of the
railroad corporations, which he repre-
seuts in his legal capacity, upon plat
form denouncing in as unmeasured
terms as the committee could safely
employ, trusts. corporations and combi-
nations calculated to enrich the
wealthy and despoll the toIlers?
Many Democrats Sore.
There are not lacking Democrats, not
only in Wood, but in other equally I'M
portant counties in the state. who are
ou,spoken in their condemnation Of the
methods employed to secure the noml-
nation OF Holt and his associates on the
ticket, some even going so far as to as
sert their determination tG vote for the
Republican ticket in November as the
most effective means of rebukiug the
selt-appolnted leaders who have thrust
these unpalGtable nominations upon
them.
Many Of the delegates left early this
morning and they have been departing
in squads, companies and battalions all
day, until the streets are practically
deserted tonight, and the corridors OF
the hotels echo to the footballs Of the
casual wayfarer who happens to stray
therein, a striking contrast to the con-
dillon which obtained few short hours
siace.
Absence Of Enthusiasm.
A notable feature of the convention
has been the almost entire absence OF
spontancous enthusiasm for any candi-
date with the single exception Of Judge
Tayanner. and that subsidized as soon as
The result OF the vote for gubernatorlal
nomination was announced, After
iha, It was case OF mot drum was
hard, not a funeraI note, us the corpse
Of our hero we buried" And even the
most 7angulne OF the rank and file of
tho followers Of the ragged remnant Of
Tho ancient Democracy admit regret
fully but none the less sincerely that
iha prospects for a Republican walk
over are the very hest. There have
been cases in hTutory where weak
man on the head Of ticket was pulled
through by an occasional strong man
h'rn and there to bolster up the edi-
hre, but this political abortion just
produced by the West Virginia Democ-
rary seems to run the regular gamut,
weak, weaker. weakest and you can
commence at either top or bottom, with
The Fame result. j, II. s,
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