Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-04-20
PROSPECTS, OF TIE SPRING ELEc1Ioss.
TO TIE EDITORS OF the Evecyaea.

PROSPECTS, OF THE SPRING ELECTIONS.
TO TIE EDITORS OF THE Enquirer.
HARRiseN County. April 4, 1914.
Dear siIs We have fully pa',ic pat.d in the con-
Germ Lett 10y you At The DIVISION ia party and we
haa 'e'sFnihed to leave nniried 10 heal It,.
! fo''n"af!F, the danger hes been removed, (as We
,hhhr by the vo'nn ary Gitfd:a wal of Col. William
.hAs"h ron th3 cnnsass-who, By his course on tins
oGcesoa IS entitled 10 The Ifs and the gratitude Of
The whole Republican party He has proven it1t he
is moi cnc OF these who love Themselves better than
Their couny but tha, he is prepared L. sacrifice hs
"Si p'soha aspirations upon the at,r of his country.
WIN Johnson and assell both on the track, defeat
tm'vl, WIN either, sngly, certain
tnls Col Johnson saw, aud he accordingly appeared at
the last meeting OF The Committee, convened for the
purpose OF adopting some decisive means 10 unlie the
piryO and in brief and patriotic address, declared
h,5 dete rmna'lon TO remnvs all caus. Of difficulty on
ms account, by withdra wing from thu canvass.
| The COMMITTEE for this county, have had repeated
ngs md have enlarged their numbers by the ad-
ton o the names OF persons in all parts of The
". We have jealous and enthusiastic Democ raj &C
Association at th's piice and measures have been
ken 10 procure and distribute ID mocratc docume nj :
and sprece, among the people The Wings are sire "
ing documents, tracts Nc, over the county,
Thick au:amnai leaves In Valamhrost;''
and determined that the anldote shall pa
ny tic bane We have determined to meet hem at all
points, and blow them cut Of the waller lndee d, the
pail IS already in motion, and political discussion oc-
ours every public day, and you know, ihdi we have
nothing to lose at that Some of our Wing siumpers
hereabout dreadful quandary In 1870 they
proclaimed, that the Bank question had nothing 10 do
with the issues between The parties, and that The Ia
Ri had beer finally settled 10y the Compromise Act.
Nov, they arc comp l.,d !, PfociaG Dank and Pro-
t. tivc Tariff njisp nsab!e aud that they are also
pure Democratic measures Tney are also rubbing
up the 3D. exploded hunbugs OF the ist campa,c n,
but they fail dead upon tn OF the people Indeed,
Wniggery has, - Lord Broughains language
leg to stand on and its lettering condition
apparent t. all.
From Lewis and Braxton, Taylor and Marion
counties, The news 10 cheering. We expect TO make
clean sweep, there BIZ DOUBT That there are
decided Democratic mojoriies in oil of them.
truly reoiced at the decided stand GU have
taken on ,iis "Aunrxation" Strange that one Sonth
ern man be found TO faer The time wi; be
when the contest will be- who tie earliest, inoet
Jealous and arden, supporters of the measure Has
the Dictator yet signad To his obsd followers
what they take III the premses' Have
they not had iiac to consider the measure:
TO TIE EDITORS or TIE ENQUIRER
Tie 18th District Erect!
Gentlemen: have heard from every couaty in the
10 h Congressional District, and am gfatli-d 10 be
are to ni"rm you, that sails we'll" Ia NJ rion Dr.
Kldwell will beat Colonel Haymnnd from three
hundred On Monday, the Is. INST, County
Court day, e.c candidate addressed the people at con-
siderable length Col Hsymand attacked Dr. X. for
his support of The Tax bill Of 1912 ~ Before the
DISCUSSION cl 'sed. however the Doctor mis- np-
poncnt ceo His tobacco faster than he had done
oefnre h. Tho wed FROM the Journals Of the Legis azure
Of $3.50 that Colonel Raymond had vol d 10 ere.
ate than half OF thu present Site debt,
which produced the necessity Of higher taxes to pre-.
serve The honor of the Old Doninion whose bonds
have advanced, since the whass,me effects of Demo
cratic Legislation from $75 10 sos, t!efeabouts.
In old M"nongala, the county Convention will be-
held to-day all the Democratic candidates stand pledged
IN ABIDE lis decisInn aud you may rest assured that oil
sale in that quarter
Preston county will be represented in The next Le-
gislaure by Colonel w liam Hamilton, who will be
elected Hurry (Wh'g) b. from 100 10 $50 votes,
certain.
n, rshail, "Democra,ic Marshall" is entirely safe;
nothing bot turn out of the Democracy necessary
to give Wbggery The last Kick there Scot,'s sorl-
~ viii be from 80 10 100. urd-rs that the Wing
candidate, PARROT, has LOST nearly all hopes Of his
own cl ciion: bad show for hs friends, truly
am not conversant with hat the result will be
in Brooke, Tier, Randolph and Barbour hut under
stand that friends very active and sdngnine of
success
You may depend upon this District giving Van Bu-
rem and Johnson majority Of $40 MORE than they re-
ceived in 1870 Whggery will no doubt be d,spos,
the resu, will sustain me; for there truly spirit
met Of hard CIDER but Of enquiry n WORK among the
people, which will "rend-r unto Cesar the things tina,
are CTsars Yours truly, G.
WHEELING, April ), 1914.