The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-06

t trne because the radical senator poor
hand At .sputting up q job.n or the weak men OF
be f
likely only TO be remembered through the medium
Of Of a re suRpGIs
10 support him to defeat the new constitution and
nS no Ss ss ST gSyer 'ney WIN
At first sight tic constitution prepared by the
Convention at Charleston last winter Is very
some very good features especially those which
provide Tor political equality In the State. Unfor-
as stated Is former eisr contains Se nro
vision to be voted on separately, which prevents
negroes from holding ONCE Why 1t was submitted,
derstand, and yet one never hears 1t discussed In
any part OF the state II the constitution fails, this
arocous proposition must fail also, but there may
be trick behind which will yet give trouble In the
State. The other Objectionable features are in In
creasing the terms OF office of the State officials
county court system OF old Virginia. by which people
who know no law are chosen to administer Justice
according to law In these respects the new con
quated features OF the organic law OF the other
Virginia. These things, in themselves, provoke
by the fact which is pretty generally admitted,
that the old constitution fs good enough as it
Sodv wh cou EG h SEQ y
tecnth amendment, and neither abridged the
rights OF negroes nor Of rebels Everybody was
persons who were led by blind hostility to negro
Suffrage, and the lawyers who manufactured the
neW STR ne Anss the LATTER Il is aesea
difference OF 5000 year to the favor OF the
lawyers OF the State. But so far as can see
now that many of the Camden men, seeing its de.
feat to be inevitable, are going In quietly to
help in voting It down. This viii render the August
election nugat0ry and give everybody fresh
chance in October Jacobs friends are confident
Of beating Camden in August, ana Camden's
October. West Virginia Win thus have three dis
fall, and some very curious questions may grow out
Of this very peculiar method Of voting. 1t is not
impossible that there may be
TWO SETS OF CoNGREssMEN,
and it wonld to some extent at least, depend upon
the political complexion, . Of the next House Of
seats. II Congressman John J. Davis. the indie
pendent democratic candidate in the First district,
the Independent republican candidate, be
chosen in the Second district, their ad-
mission TO- republican Ss, h house, IN the event We
are successful both in August and october, Davis
tthe democratl being opposed to and Lamon the
trict there may be even more puzzling question.
This s the district in which Frank Hereford Is the
candidate for reelection his radical opponent be-
ing Mr.. j. Brisbin Walker, son-in-law Of General
a very rich and active young man. Walker Is
confident Of success but the district is believed to
be so close that one Of them may succeed in August
and the other in October. In the First and Second
districts. also, different persons may be chosen at
the different elections. The question will then be
on tile validity Of the August election. SO loosely
that this question may be raised, whether the new
constitution Is or is not adopted. unless each can
didate should be fortunate enough to go through
the trying ordeal Of an election successfully on
both occasions. more mixed Congressional cleo
ton was never seen, and the State canvass Is quite
as badly mixed, there being not fewer than four
tickets In the field all claiming to be democratic
They all have family likeness, and can only pc
known by their ear-marks. The ticket headed'by
conservative ticket, and that headed by Governor
Jacob, which is printed by his personal and poll
It win Be observed that these tickets diner only
In the names OF the leading candidates. But when
disorganization begins 1t Is not likely to stop so
short as this, and we have, accordingly, two other
also. have divided them as follows:-
For GoresTor-Johnson N. Camden, Of Wood.
For Acknowledgment A Bennett of Marion.
For 7seasuler-John s. Burdett, OF Kanawha.
For Attorney Genefdt-Henry NJ. Mathews OF
Greenbrier.
For Superintendent OF Free schools Benjamin W.
For Supreme court Of Appeals-A. F. Raymond,
Of Marion; James PAUL, OF Ohio; J. s. HOFFMAN, Of
Harrison, and 9. P. T. Moore, Of Mason.
TRUE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For Goue,7aor-John J. Jacob OF Hampshire.
For Audit0r-Edward A. Bennett, OF Marion.
For Tfeasurer-JOhn s. Burdett, 0 Kanawha.
Greenbrier.
Marion; James Paul., Of 0hio;J. 8. Holman, Of
Harrison, and @. p. 7. Moore Of Mason.
INDEPENDENT TICKET NO. l.
For Gopeynor-John J. Jacob Of Hampshire.
For Adtditor-A. M. Jacob, OF Ohio
For Tsedsurer-R s. Gardner, of Harrison.
For attorney GeneraI-W. II. II. Flick, Of Pendle-
For Superintendent or Free Schools-J B. Hard
wicke, OF Kanawha.
For Supreme court of Appeals-C. P. T. Moore, OF
Mason; Matthew EdmistOn, OF Lewis; Edwin A.
Maxwell, of Doddridge; Ralph L. Berkshire, Of
MOnongalia.
INDEPENDENT TICKET NO. g.
For GOUerROr-JOhn J. Jacob OF Hampshire.
For AuditOr-A. M. Jacob, of Ohio
For T1easue7'-W. p. RathbOne, Of Wood.
For Attorney 0enelut-Gustave Cresap, of Pres.
For Superintendent Of Free Schools. B. Hard
wicke, Of Kanawha.
ton, of Lewis II. l.. Berkshire OF Monongalia; Ed
win Maxwell, OF Doddridge; y. P. I. Moore, of Ma
son.
These tickets have been framed to meet the
wants Of both democrats and republicans Some
of Jacobs democratic supporters are so thoroughly
persuaded that the Parkersburg Convention which
nominated Camden, was packed body, controlled
by fraud, that they VIII not support anybody put
willing to vote for Jacob, but they would not vote
any merely democratic ticket on which Jacobs
name appears. TO meet these difficulties the inde-
pendent ticket NO. l was made for the rad
Gals and the independent ticket No. 2 for
the discontinued democrats. The candidate for At
torney General w. II. II. Flick, is republican and
the author OF the famous Flick amendment Be.
sides him the only republicans ticket intended
for republicans are Edwin A. MAXWELL of Doddridge
county, and Ralph l.. Berkshire, OF M0nongaia
county. candidates for the bench of the Supreme
Court Of Appeals. All this seems funny enough,
but nothing Is surprising, just now, in West Vir-
ginia.
NO END TO THE MIDDLE.
But the middle does not even end with these
mixed tickets and the uncertainties which attend
the mixed condition OF the democratic party are
aggravated by misunderstanding about the Gree
ley coalition. They are unable to agree
on an electoral ticket The liberal re-
pubcans are nearly all for Jacob, and
the Camdenites, willingly or unwlngy, are all for
Greeley. Governor Jacobs democratic organ in
wheeling does not hoist the banner Of Greeley and
Brown, and avors the reelection OF John j. Davis,
the anti-Greeley democrat, to Congress. General