Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-09-12
CONVENTION QUESTION SEITL'D'
County o,ydat.aaon iolPoan''s.

Though the Conservative element oi the
State had the united Radical and negro vote,
with the ciEce,,ccLinr aal t.mc'scryiuS Por'
ton Of the Democrats, in solid Ihalaox
against them. the Convention question has
been carried BY . majority aPproSima'us
5000 The Charleston Courier, in giving
is table Of rc;a,a. agsrega,ing au'jori'y Tor
Convention Of s,Sj9, ,sys;
"In hry,se,cD counties the full vote is
giyin. Orthesc, the returns ior ioyy.l'e
arc Official, having been received at the State
House from the Commissioner. Ihcrmaln
inc tLree, Ohio, Clay aud Webster We regard
As perfectly accurate. We give reported ma
iori,ies in seven counties, llaucocs, Mercer,
Mcdowell Eitchic, SUMMER Tucker a1i
Wyoming Hancock, Richie aud Tucker
We believe to be oiHeial Mercer sai Sum
mer, will probably do better thanrcportsl -
Mcdowell aud Wyoming may be ,2ueNtat
oyers,a,gi, yeta Ihc rchnu' iFln those e91a'
ties have been furnished % reliable, aud as
the Official figure, gi.l rot be likely 10 reach
Charleston in advance OF the Governor proc
lamaliou Of the result, We give them with tbs
sia.eucn, OF cur Inability TO 'ouch !or ihe.r
accuracy Excluding these counties from
,he count, we have > $50 as the majority i9r
the Convention in the State. with the pn''i'
biiiy tia, full returns from Mercer aol sum
mers msy bio: il to 200, The total vote
ca, will probably be something over 5S ,oVl
or about igv,tb.ris Of The vote Of the state ~
Couaiy organization, nov, throughout tie
State, on the part o! its Conservative element,
become. imperative. Iii. to be hoped The
fruits Of this harl.earned victory will not be
turned to ashes on our lips The Radicals,
though carrying only Is cut Of the . coun'
ties, have yc, the bold suiici'y to proclaim
tia, they will hold tic controlling influence
Of the Convention. Tbs caanot be, unless
the Conservative element Ike tie Radical, is
stupidity blind AMI Vi.luIly eouaP;
The election for members Of the Coaveu'
ton, Legislature, aud mos, Of the Township
Ofice., (l,h Thursday in O,,obcr) will be
soon at hand. Our neighborins counties arc
moving in the natter aud it tehOoycs J.t.
E,r,oa to be up and doing Ia Berkeley We
notice the following call through the Ni,'ias
burg Era:
The Democratic aud Conservative voters Of
Berkeley eouu,y will meet ia Convention at
the Cont Hons, in NaTliu,burg on Tuesday,
September 9j,h. ISL a, . O'Clock, 7. NJ, to
nominate cat lila'ss Tor the following Offices,
io.Wit:
Two Representative. 10 Legislature,
Two Delegates to Constitutional Coycniiln,
and to uppoia, delegates to nee, 10 conference
with delegates from jefferson tat such time
snd place as may hereafter be agreed upon
to nominate one candidate for the State SEN
ste, aud two Senatorial delegates 10 the Con-
siiiuiioual Convection.
In tue Frec Re" Of Saturday we have
the following suggestion as to mode Of or
gauization for this county in which We heart.
lily concur:
Cour,.day, Tuesday, Och inst, will be a
favorable time taking steps toward thorough
organization Of the Conservatives o! tie COnn'
~, aud to initiate some plan Of bringing be-
fore the Voters Of the County good aGl tue
and available men for the responsible positions
10 be filed at the October elections. Mature,
10 time, some means Of bringing GU, the en-
tire vote aud let the Conservatives be a unit,
that Victory may perch upon cur Banncrs.-
Do not underestimate the strength Of tue o.
position.
10 aecOrdarce, therefore, with the above
Suggestions and at the request Ct several
friends, we are desired to give notice that a
Mass Meeting Of the Conservatives Of The
County will be held at I.ee Hail. on to Day,
3P. ~, for the purpose Of making .ueh Pr.
liminsry arrangements as vii! insure Coun,
ty Convention =; the earlies, dny practicable.
Ea- The Civil Service Of tbs country, at
the presen. time, says the Wheeling Register
coats fifty. four millions, which is about what
the whole expense, Of the government were
before the var 1t is more than it c-st to
dsfny the entire expenses q The Federal ad.
nini,iIa,ion, including army, navy and al
during Pierep's tenn Some idea Of where
oil the money goes may be had, when We
state tba, the Treasury records for 1879 sLoE
a co... Of s.E per cent to collect the customs,
Of seven PER cent to collect the internal rev.
enuO, Of dfy'ibreo per cent to collect the
revenues from tie public lands, and Vt one
hundred and ity.d,e Tcr cclt to handle the
postal revenues
IGy- Grant hss HFcaiy appointed Thirty.
nino Of bis own and bis w,!esFeh,iyes to Ia.
era,ire Offices. The only reason why tic nun.
Der is not greater is because be has not tccn
able to ind any more, lfsnyboiy should hear
tell Of relative Of Ulysses s Grant who i.not
Federal Office holder, be will confer favor
Cd the President BY notifying him Oithe fact
At tie earliest possible convenience.
bG- It IA auuaouccd tha, the Rev. Dr..
DuNcAS will lecture 10 the Methodist Church
on next Thunday night The celebrity Of
this gentleman As an Orator ind flushed
Speaker, ensures to our citizens rich intel.
leclual treat. We bctPcak ior him full