Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-10-19
REPUBLICAN SCHEME
IN BELMONT COUNTY
How il is Proposed TO Defeat Gill for
Renomination-Acti of POST
masters-Voters Are Becoming Dis
nnsfeH.

| How il is Proposed 10 Defeat Gill for
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of POST
, masters-Voters Are Becoming Dis
austed.
If stranger were to drop into Bel
mont county and mingle with the Re-
publicans, he would find that they have
forgotten the word harmony. But the
fire has been started and although APP
parently smouldeT1ng, the smoke Of dis
satisfaction almost strangles some OF
the leaders at times. The embers are
/ the eharred remains of the Weems-
| Gill fight, which glow and glisten with
heat that permeates every follower
of Weems, and his henchmen have re-
Gently struck a new scheme. They are
great people to fiirt. and they have
recently been flirting with Harrison
county and offered 1t the next Congress
| man. with a promise to land the Bel
mont county delegation and give a
jolly to the Carroll county people.
They say they must beat Gill for third
nomination.
This action is in the hands of those
who have been trying to make Gill be-
: lieve they are his friends. In fact they
are mostly one family who think they
own the Republican party, and only by
a hairs breath, saved themselves from
an ignominous death by nominating a
certain county official to show their
strength, and after buying several
votes they won. For winning this vic
tory they are TO name his deputies
i They assumed control of his campaign.
They have even gone SO far as to try
to bride officials of organized union
labor. Their motto is: I'VE must
have some prestige, and the devil care
how we get it.
These same parties have concluded
to work Harrison county, to overthrow
Gill, their object being to vote for a
Harrison county man. whom they know
Will not be nominated, and then bring
forth Weems, and stampede the con-
vention, but some of their men gave
their scheme away. This is the truth,
backed by men whom Mr.. Gill knows,
and his friends are now frustrating the
scheme and showing this deal up in
its true color. Mr.. Gill is no fool. He
is on to the scheme, and under his ak
some postmaster heads may be laid on
the block.
This fight has been going on for
some time and the Gill people know the
faction after them. An injustice IS
being done TO Hon. c. L. Weems, of
whom his supposed friends wish to
make a tool, only TO leave him In
the lurch as they did in the past 1t
is a shame to sacrifice such man for
selfish greed.
During Cleveland administration a
postmaster dared not touch politics.
To-day the postmasters are at the head
of the Belmont county campaign, and
one told a Democratic candidate that
every effort he could put forth to de-
feat the Democratic ticket would be
made. The majority OF these men are
to be reappointed and Mark Hanna has
no longer the say. The death kneil of
the Republican party in Belmont
county has been sounded, and their
method of corruption will soon be at
an end. The citizens want to know
how their money is being expended,
and. if no debts of the county are being
paid off, why they are increasing the
tax levy.
The Republican leaders have yet to
talk on the issues of the campaign,
but all are making good use of their
railroad passes, and the railroads are
fully enjoying the low assessment on
their property AS Tom Johnson says:
The pass puts them under obligations,
but where does the poor taxpayer
come in for his relief"