Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-07
Politics At FEVER
HEAT N Old BELMONT.
MANY CANDIDATES BEFORE THE
COMING REPUBLICAN COUNTY
CONVENTION
To BE Held in BarnesvilIe on the
16the intersections and Factions
Figure in the Can~.oacies for
Some of the Plums.

The local Republican political situa-
ton over in Belmont county is grow
ing interesting.
The county convention will be held
April 18th at GAINESVILLE, and as the
time draws nearer, candidates have be-
come more numerous and noisy. There
are several offices to he filled, Com
mon Pleas Judge, Representative, Aud
itor, Clerk of the Courts, Treasurer
Commissioner, Infirmary Diector and
Coroner.
Fo Judge, Auditor and Treasurer
the nominations will be conceded to A,
w. Beatty, John Hays and Judge j. w
Hollingsworth, respectively.
The greatest interest centers in the
fight for Representative and Clerk OF
the Courts. For Representative, Major
E. T. Petty and Paul Worthington, OF
GAINESVILLE, T. M. Holt, of Bellaire, and
A. H. M4uchell of st. Clairsville, are
leading candidates, with a few not yet
out of the shell.
For Clerk OF Courts, w. ]. Kirk
patrick, of Bellaire, l.. l.. Scheehle and
J. s. Cochran, of Martins Ferry, and
Thee. Ayers, of st. Clairsville, are the
avowed candidates, with one or two
possibilities in the woods.
Ayers is the newest addition to the
ranks of the candidates, and is an old
campaigner. He will doubtless give
the boys hustle for the prize.
In Bellaire the contest is largely
factional, one element espousing the
cause OF Holt and another of Kirkpat-
rick. The prospects of hard fight and
a divided delegation may unite Bellaire
on one or the other, as it has always
been the winning policy of Bellaire to
go into convention solid for one can
didate.
In Martins Ferry the fight between
Scheehle and Cochran is nearing the
point in which bitter personalities en-
ter and factionalism is drawn in. FOL
instance, the supporters of Cochran
insist that Scheehle has held Office and
is the candidate of one element, while
the friends of Scheehle assert that
Cochran is a chronic Office seeker and
is being pushed by another element
The hard-headed Republican leaders
are insisting on some means being
adopted whereby the candidates secur-
ing major.ty of the delegates shall
have all. They argue that with Pease
township solid for either of the candi-
dates, the nomination can be secur-
ed, but a divided delegation will lose
the nomination.
1t is said that one candidate is entire
W n q
ment, but the other objects. 1t may
be possible some such arrangement may
be made. the candidates for com
missioner are numerous and still
sprOuting. They are too numerous to
mention, with little interest as to who
may be named. For infirmary Direc-
tor, j. C. Brown, the present incum-
bent will be accorded a second term
without a contest.
Coroner A. c. Beetham will be a can
didate for reelection and will be op-
posed by Dr.. C. c. Cole, of Bridgeport
and DR.. J. L. Hervey, of Martins Fer
ry, with much pressure being brought
to bear on DR.. R. III. Wilson, of the
latter city to become a candidate.
The county convention will be the
biggest in the history of the party and
will be hot one from sart to finish
The delegates to the State convention
will be instructed to vote for Gov
Nash, Senator Foraker and Lawson
Emerson for Clerk of the Supreme
Court
Belmont County will soon become q
political cauldron we'll worth observ.
ing.