The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-11-05

heat of the campaign. 1t calls Hon.
JOHN j. DAVIS "a rabid; ultra black
guard Democrat, and still styles HERE
FORD "a carpet-bagger," and by its bit
terness now shows that, in so far as it's
concerned, the rebuke its party has re-
ceiyed at the hands of the people Is
both timely and just.
The Parkersburg Gazette, Democratic
is, of course, highly delighted by the
complete victory that has been won,
but in its leading article upon the sub
iect counsels the Democratic party to
exercise moderation. After speaking OF
the lust and well sustained charges OF
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. which were brought
against the Radical party during the
campaign, it adds:
"If the Democratic party cannot
show more intelligence and honesty, and
less vindictiveuess in the administration
of the offices of the Government, II Will
fail to show any superiority over 1t, and
will be speedily defeated again.
Let US learn something from history, and
work the machine slow-we believe
what used to be dignified with the
name of Government has now got
down to be called q machine and
fry TO eleyateits tone. Let wisdom JUS
tice and patriotism govern the action OF
the Democrats Of West Virginia, that
their rule may be long in the land that
God hath given them.
A melancholy rooster Of the speckied
variety, belonging to the State Journal
office, appears in the columns OF the
Gazette with letter from ScoFiELD who
had no use Tor the bird. He calls him
Cochin Chiua," but he looks as
though he had been cotchin' the deuce
on the 27th.
The Martinshnrg Ntr Era brings out
all the pictures it had in the office an
eagle, q rooster, flag, blacksmiths
arm and hammer, and fills nearly col
umn with jubilation in big letters. In
view of the peculiar hardships to which
the people of Berkeley have been sub
| iected through the operations OF a cor
rupt Board of Registration, this exuber'
ant rejoicing is not to be wondered at.
The kind of work done in Berkeley is
shown by the following statement OF
facts, and, in view Of all the circum'
stances, the Democracy of that county
certainly merit the commentator and
congratulation of their brethren all over
the Stale
after the Board of Registration had
adjourned and the books closed, we
made our calculation, and found that
as the registration then stood we could
elect our whole county ticket by MAORI
ties ranging from one to two hundred
We were not mistaken. But the Clerk
of the Board of Registration, himself a
candidate. determined not TO be beaten
and over one hundred and .GJty names
mostly negroes, were put on the regis
try books the ,occk before the election, and
the names of at least fifty Conservative
voters lett of, without having received
any notice whatever. Instead Of hav,
ing to contend against properly regis,
tered negro vote of two hundred and
fifty, it is now evident that we had 10
fight negro vote of nearly four hun
drcd. The names ofthesc negroes were
gathered up all over the county and
sent in to the Clerk Of the Board, who
put them on the registry books in VIC
lation of the law and his sworn duty.
We make the charge boldly, and are
prepared to sustain it with indispu;ahle
facts and testimony
Taking into consideration the fact
that the negro vote was cast almost
solid against us, Berkeley has done
equally as well as any comfy in the
State. We have made a gain of
THREE HUNDRED AND SEVEN
TY-SEVEN for Governor, over the
vote Of 1868; have elected our Sheriff
by one hundred and twenty-siX major
ity, one member of the Legislature, and
majority of the Board Of Supervisors
This is glory enough for one day
Returning from the Eastern Pan
handle" to that Of the North, we find
the Wellsburg Nt,cs brirA-full of glory,
But one of the gayest pictorial sheets,
we have seen is the Morgantown C9n-
Sitation. 1t devotes a double column
on each inside page to the loudest kind
Of Growing, and prints several home
made caricQtures Of the defeated candi-
dates, and presents programme Of the
Salt River voyage, upon which the
prominent Radicals of Monongalia are
about to start. The Weston Democrat
100, presents a double column Of
large type g'orifcation, and the paper
singers right out all over the second
and third pages. 1t administers, how
ever, severe and well deserved rebuke
10 the disconnected individuals through
whose efforts the Democratic majority
in Lewis county was not only kept far
below what the State expected, but even
below that Of two years ago Lewis is
one Of the two or three counties in the
State that showed 4 Radical gain. The
Democrat is not responsible for this, for
it did its duty molly, and the parties
who are responsible are now probably
as much ashamed OF THE matter as thew
we'll can be. Let it pass for the pres
ent.
The Parkersburg State Journal, Rsdi-