Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-01-16
Board of PnbIic works.


| We are authorized to announce E. j: Ann
STRONG as candidate for reelection as Com
missioner of the Board of Public Works-sub-
ject to tho action of Democratic Convention
should one be held, for the districta;i .gy.a9 u
| ES- Districtpapers requested tocopy.r . %.
BY the above, which we copy frouthe
Fairmont Virginian, it will be seen that
Mr.. Armstrong has consented to be a can
didate for reelection to che office he now
Glls SO satisfactorily to his constituents.
We have always deemed it proper, as
the conductor of pablo journal, to re-
frain from expressions Of preference be-
tween candidates for nomination, except
under peculiar circumstances. The duty
which. we conceiEe to be ours, in the pre-
sent instance, to sustain tried and faith
full public officer that has been misrepre-
scented and maligned without stint, by an
unscrupulous opposition, induces us to
contribute our own mite of justice to Mr..
Armstrong, by the expression Of our pre-
ference for him over any other man in the
district. He is man of unbendiug in
tegrity, watchful of the interests of the
State. and four years experience has well
qualified him for the position. There are,
of course, some who desire another man,
but SO far as we are informed, he is the
first choice of the people of this district.
The following extracts from the Fairmont
Virginian and Morgantown Star show the
estimation in which he is held in those
sections. # he should receive the nomi-
nation, there can be no doubt of his tri-
umphant election. .:'...
owe publish this week the authorita-
| tive announcement Of Mr.. Armstrong rs a
candidate for reelection TO the Office
which he has so we'll filed during the
last three or four years. It is not for us
to say upon whom the choice of the peo.
pie will fall, but we may predict that if a
convention be held, Mr.. Armstrong will
receive the vote Of nearly, if no: quite, all
the counties in this part Of the district
Such, too, seems to be the opinion of
others. The last Morgantown Star says
I'VE do not know whether the pro-
sent occupant of the Office for this district
Col. Edward J. Armstrong of the adj
joining county Of Taylor-Wi!l consent
to be a candidate for reelection or not
If he will, all we have to say, is that in
our humble judgment no better and more
worthy man for the position lives in the
district. He is one Of the most through
~ consistent and orthodox democrats in
Virginia or the South. He represented
this district in the reform Convention OF
195O-5l with great credit and dignity.
And in bis present Iffice, we can speak
from what we have learned from the most
authentic sources. when we say that Col.
Armstrong has discharged his duty in q
manner which has challenged the Gdmi-
ration and respect of both parties. One
thing is certain. he has impressed all who
have come in contact with him, with a
Profund conviction of his unbendiug integ.
rity. and his devotion to the great inter
ests and honor of the commonwealth
Col. A.--naturally man of strong, prac,
teal mind and good executive faculties
has now the additional advantages of four
years experience in the Office"