Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-07-11
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BROOKE COY July IN, 1919

BROOKE County. July Ith, 1919.
As other sections OF The State have called You
attention TO their favoriles for the high anu ''Po'-
taot Offices of Governor and United Sla'eS
Senator, permit citizen Of BrooSe-o'' -
she is sometimes termed from her seos.a-
phical position, the "pan-handle OF De,no 's;.ao
cy"-io present the name OF one VI 'he ";
ri The Democracy Of North w eslern V"S'.
n;."one who is fully competent 10 fill either Of
these distinguished posts with honor 10 hiihsei',
his pariy and his country; and il any secli"h %
Virginia has stronger claims than another 70 taose
;mn,rtant Offices il is the Northwest Tor no POI,
lion Of the State has been more nesieciea-dhu
no porton of the Stale has been more true IN sup
port OF Democratic principles and Deihocld.'e
men, than The Northwest. Vel, though We ma '
have cause 10 complain, we are DEMOCRATS! anu
do not threaten 10 leave the party, II you Vi me
East cannot and will not give us NoT'h-"es'eIh
men. | speak in behalf OF the true De'hocraef,
and not the Mlc cliques that are sprihSihs r.
amongst US, urged on in their mad career py ~
mocrats OF but yesterday. We have our sec.loi,.
al feelings and our own favori,es; but IL we can
get them, we won't fight and parl, you only give
us good and t,He men; men who have been weisn-
ed in the scale Of Democracy and found true 70
The notch; and it matters but little II they are from
the North west The Eas' the South, the SCUM
west But stop. am little loo last: THINK me
Souih.w west ought 10 hold on for While. lhey
have had their share OF Governors and Jhdets,
and ii they could not find places for them IN lneif
own jurisdiction, they have been i'll The haoi Vi
exporting. That game is rather strong ana cal
culaied 10 rullie our Democracy. But, as ! De,
fore said the principal object is 10 get good ana
true men-men who have never fallered, VINO
have neither turned 10 the right nor the tct, but
49,, IN pF Democratic
principles: Such men as RUTHERFORD Tor 20
vernon; Extra" BILLY SMITH, for tell you ne IS
something extra, DRoMGooLE, JONES, STEVENSON,
Senator ScoTT, and host OF Others, Tor Onitea
States Ssnator; whether from Richmond, Peters,
burg. Norfolk, Lynchburg, or any where else ana
we will be content. These half way, milk ana
waller "sorfcr so, and s0rier mol So, Democrats, we
can't swallow. :,
BIT, testing aside, if these offices are to be lled
from local considerations, we claim Inc question
as settled in our favor. They should be given TO
III, n, H.WEST-not the Valley or the
South pca-tor, North western Virginia, with all
her devotion 10 Democratic principles, has never
ye, been favored with Governor. II sectional
feeling is 10 be stirred up, we don't want men
from the halfway house. It's very convenient
10 represent the names Of distinguished men from
The Valley as Western men. admit they are
,piahkb good Democrats: but when Western nte-
rest is stake they are sometimes like the IRISH
mans flea: put your finger upon them aud they
are not there" Still, We won't quarrel, il you
give us good men from the Valley. We are on
| IL con,ending Tor our own section and our owr
iavorites; and you must acknowledge, II is time
that We had received some favor. Give us, Then
| GEORGE w. THOMPSON, of The city o
Wheeling, for Governor or United States Sc.
naor. either of which Offices he is worthy ant
competent TO fill You know something abon
his political career and as he visited Rich
mond during the two last winters, | presume
YOU became acquainted with him, and q
better man YOU never knew. Rich i'll all The
/ hieh and ennobling qualities that cSalt man-rlcf
/ in virtue-rich in literary attannenls, and /;
mind capable Of any reSeaTch-and, nursed il
| The cradle OF Democracy with The rrecerls o.
Jefferson and Of Jackson as his guide, he can bt
ranked with any Democrat in the State, in pon
OF intellectual powers. As man, his high mo-
raj character is ir.epIoachabe-' lis but 10 know
him 20 love him. unless 'iwere some aspiring
,iee,nrocuc whose envious soul could never imi
tate his virtues or whose lilleness OF mind comrre
henl his worth As writer he has acquired some
fame: AS deha,er he has but few superiors, anc
a. a poi,ician is second 10 no man in Virginia
His was the task 10 meet the Little Exnunger,
William Z. Rives, in .hc Northwest in 1910
and his was tho honor Of having demolished hin
in Old MononSaia upon Two occasions. Final
Is he is The man who has done as much Ia sus
tain the cause Of Democracy in Northwestern
/ Virginia az any man in y. fle is The mar
whom the Northwest would delight 10 honor
and he is the man who, | trust, will be Sc
lecled 10 iii one of Inc Offices named. Lei West
ern Democrats attend 10 this. JUSTICE.