The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-08-08
from the Daily Courier !
CAMPAIGN NOTES--pRoGRESs OF
THE CANVASS.

question has been in progress in the Firs
and Second Districts for over two weeks =
In a few days tho candidates for tho Office
Of Governor will, as We are informed, bo'
gin to GIL appointments In tho Third Dis
trict A number ofappoiutments for Mr.
Camden appear in this issue Of the C0w
Ter.
The result so far shows q total failure o
Governor Jacobs effort to divide the Dem
Ocratic Party. There is positively no Dis
affection at all among the Democrats Of th'
upper part Of the State, exceptiu the couu
tics Of Ohio, Harrison, Lewis. Hampshire
and Hardy, md in these counties it il
rapidly disappearing, In the Third Dis
trict, Governor Jacobs friends expect t
effect some division in the counties Of IA
nawha, Boone aud Nicholas. Beyond thl
they seem to have no purpose or expeola
tion unless il be to induce Democrats L
stay away from the polls. As for Boone
and Nicholas, wo have tho most reliable
information that Camden will receive The
usual Democratic majoriIcs. lu Kama
wha, there wns at one time, disafectior
sufficiently great to have given Governor
Jacob the county by large majority
This has rapidly disappeared, until it il
now confined almost entirely to tho town.
ships of Charleston, Elk and Big Sandy,
In these the friends Of Governor Jacob ure
rapidly concluding that it isuseless to make
a local fight against the entire Democratic
party ofthe State.
From a careful survey Of the situation,
It is certain that Governor Jacob has just
about as much chance Of election rs he has
Of being struck by lightning He will be
beaten by very large majority, and bis
fate will guarantee the Democratic party
against danger from boiling malcon'ents
fur some time to come.
The new Constitution prohibits the eu.
nclment of'registration laws and creation Of
LoalIsSf registration Tbisis exceeding
~ dixdsteful q Tho friends oflha test oath
Epp0liiSsy'. fSsy oSs SSd al united uddeii
'the'"liqpited partnership 'qr 'be aase.t q
the new Constitution, even calling 10 The
colorel troops to'help them 'Rab for JaI
cob and Giu'rul Grant" !,
The nsv Constitution prohibits all spo-
cial Legislation and will thereby save thods.
auds to the tax payers every yspr, The
: limited partnership between Jacob and
the Republicans is expected to defeat this
Constitution. The Radicals accept the
"partnership", with alacrity. aud all The
negroes arc shouting. "Rah for Jacob
and Giu'rul Grant"
A leading Republican Of Union town.
ship was in tho city yesterday, OF, oa, the hunt
for Governor Jacob. .Hs ssys the Repub.
lcaus Of that townshipsrc willing to enter
the ''limitcd partnership" for the defeat Of
the new Constitution, but the Democrats
are holding back, and tho Executive 10.
aueme is needed to "train'em 1h.P
! 1u Ills speech to colored folks at the
Opera House last Saturday, Col, T. B.
Swnnn advised his hearers tesupport Grant
and Jacob as against Greeley aud Cam
den. Said be, Grant and Jacob are for
the black man. Support them, for they
are both your friends" And bis hearera
applauded loudly.
The new Constit.. utiou forbids mixed
schools. White and colored children are
to be taught separately The "limited
partnership" between the Jacobins and the
Republicans oppose this arrangement
The negroes join tho movement with
rush, shouting "Rah for Jacob and Gin.
rul Grant. 'at
The new Constitution gives the actual
settler preference over the speculator in
disputed land titles. Foreign land grab.
bers are joining the limited partnership"
for the defeat of the new Constitution.
Said Colonel Swami at the Opera House
last Saturday, "the Radicals Of this State
have swallowed Jacob, and he's q healthy
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