The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-08-10
THE oATsPAw OF THE RING.
How the Democratic Papers Boos,
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Rrom Thursdsy,s Repister1

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From Thursdays Register.) s.
We were shown yesterday evening q
card, which We were told would appear In
the INTE1L1aKNcRR this morning, an.
nounclng that Hanson Criswell, Esq, Of
Marshall county, ID q Republican candi.
date for Congress in the First District.
He declares as his platform In the present
contest the advocacy OF "Grant and vii.
son, Governor Jacob and the Constitution
as It iS" The association Of Governor
Jacob name with those Of Grant and VIII
son and with opposition TO the new Con-
stitution, shows Nh. Criswell's opinion as
to the position Of the boiling Governor.
He Is sandwiched between the Radical
Presidential nominees and the present
Constitution, with all It's imperfections
and all its opportunities for test oaths and
prescription.
Mr.. Criswell has acted shrewdly. He
thinks he sees an opportunity Of consoli.
dating the Radical vote, while the Demo.
crats may be divided between John ].
Davis and Colonel Wilson, the regular
nominee, and thus securing q majority
which would be impossible without such
q division. He Is q Republican who has
deserved well Of his party 0nd has always
labored for its success, and there can be
little doubt that he will receive the solid
vote Of the Republicans Of the district.
He Is as formidable an antagonist as the
Democracy will care to meet, and It Is
only by the consolidation OF our forces
that he can be beaten.
No Republican will vote for Mr.. Davis.
If he thinks they will or have ever se-
riously thought Of doing 50, he is simply
mistaken. Ills quarrel with the Demo.
cratic party is one which no Republican
can espouse. He claims TO be farther
from and more bitterly hostile to the doc.
trines Of the Republican party than the
Democrats are, and this Is the substance
Of his complaint. BE ignores the events
Of history and the changes that have
taken place in the condition Of the coun.
try and in the minds OF the people during
the past twenty years, and plants himself
upon "the resolutions Of '98 and '99, and
denies that any 18th, 14th or 18th amend.
ments have been added to the Federal
Constitution. The Republican who would
vote for him would have TO be possessed
Of most uneXampled appetite for "crow"
without spice or any other DISBURSEMENT.
It Is idle to think that any considerable
portion Of those who opposed Mr.. Davis
two years ago, and denounced so bitterly
then the opinions that he still holds and
now glories in more than ever before, will
support him in the present contest.
There can, therefore, be no doubt that,
no matter what bargain the Radical man.
ayers may have made with the Jacob men,
the bulk Of the Republican vote will be
cast for Mr.. Criswell. There Is thus
forced upon the Democracy Of the dis.
trict Il choice between support Of Mr..
Wilson, the regular Democratic nominee,
or the election Of Mr.. Criswell, q Grant
Republican. These are the two sides TO
the question-there Is no third. What
will the Jacob men who have made Mr.
Davis their candidate now dor
The Panhandle Me,SS, whose editor was
secretary Of the BEN. WILSON Conven.
ton at Clarksburg, last Tuesday, prints
Mr.. CRIswELL's announcement in its edi.
torial column and says:
The announcement Of Hanson Criswell
as a Republican candidate for Congress,
will undoubtedly be endorsed by the great
mass OF Republican voters in this dis.
trict. The promises then, Of Republican
support to John ]. Davis.were not made
in good faith. What do the Jacob men
think about II?