The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-07-27


,enth are not those whom q major
~ Of thspszsy would prefer % support
but party drill and discipline carries
them through The election successfully.
The plan proposedSo for the nomination
of a Sheriff will, Of course, give us
only plurality candidate, but the Con-
vention could have done no better. In
nearly all of the townships three or four
separate tickets were voted for, repre-
senting three or four several candidates
for the Sheriffalty. The delegation that
received the highest number of votes
notwithstanding that might be less than
one-third of the entire vote cast in the
primary meeting, came into the Con
veutien and cast for it's candidate the
entire vote of the township. Minori-
ties stood no show whatever. By the
system now proposed, however, the
voice of each Democratic voter in the
county will be heard in determining
who shall be Sheriff, and whoever re-
ceives the largest number Of popular
votes in the whole county is declared
the nominee. 1t tests the popularity OF
the various candidates and leaves the
people themselves to decide between
the conflicting claims Of rival favorites.
1t invests neither one nor three men
with power to declare who is the choice
of any particular township and it takes
away from the Convention and restores
to the people, to whom it originally be.
longed, the right to say who shall be
entrusted with Office and the power it
contains. In this respect it is essen
TALLY democratic. The people are re
cognized as the rightful source of all
power and their will is acknowledged
to be supreme. .
We may add that this plan of nomi-
nation has been long tried in our neigh
boring States, Ohio and Pennsylvania,
and has been found to work well and
give complete satisfaction to the party
adopting it. In those States, the domi-
nant party in any county usually makes
all of its nominations in this way;
sometimes by a viva voce vote of instruc-
ton to delegates, and sometimes by
ballot in the manner proposed in this
county in the present case.
We presume that our friends who are
candidates for the Office of Sheriff will
now 90 actively to work once more in
canvassing the county and bringing
out full vote at the primary elections
on the 9th of August Let each aspi-
rant for the Office rally his friends and
secure the suffrage of all who consider
him the best and most fitting man for
the desired position, and we will then
see who has the irmest hold
upon the popular will. And when
the Democratic candidate is thus
designated, no matter who he may
be. no matter what our personal feelings
and prejudices may have been, let him
receive the solid vote of the party and
enjoy the position in which the will OF
the majority has placed him. We
sincerely trust that this fall, there may
be no disorganizers or malcontents.
The plan proposed for the nomination
OF candidate for Sheriff is expressly
intended to do away with that sort Of
thing, by removing all just cause for
complaint on the part Of the defeated
candidates and their friends. We ear
nestly hope and sincerely believe that
it will have its intended effect and that
whoever the people may designate as
their candidate for the Office of Sheriff
will receive popular majority next
October unprecedented in the history of
Ob;o county