The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-08-30


slider the West Virginia election with
out national political sign fcance, part
" for the reason that the Republicans
did not put q straight ticket into the
field, and, partly because both OF the
candidates tor Governor were Demo-
Gratis. This ia true, but it is not true, as
has been claimed, that Jacob, the sue
cessiul candidate, is q Greeley support
er. On the contrary, he is, together
with Representative Davis, an avowed
antiGreeley Democrat; a fact which
has been well known ever since the
Baltimore Convention, Davis being
one of the committee that called
the Louisville Convention. 1t is also
to be borne in mind that the PROPOSE
ton to insert the word white" in the
constitution as a qualification for hold
ing office was generally favored by the
supporters of Camden, the defeated
Greeley Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor, and that in number OF counties
this proposition received the full
strength Of the vote cast fer him.
There 10 no doubt that. had Camden
been elected, it would have been
claimed distinctive Greeley triumph.
The beariug of the election on the
Presidential contest may be somewhat
remote, but it certainly il not OF kind
calculated to give com 'ort to the Con-
iederates,
The above, from the Pittsburgh
Commercial, contains more errors OF fact
than were to have been expected from
20 near neighbor. During the recent
canvass, Governor JACOB was entirely
non-committal as to whether he favored
GREELEY, GRANT or B. DUNCAN for the
Presidency. He was running for Cow
ernor and wanted all the votes he could
get and so, most carefully and industri-
ously, he kepthimself from any express
zion Of opinion on one side or the other
of the National question.
The assertion that "tbe proposition
to insert the word white in the Con-
stitution a. a qualification for holding
Office was generally favored by the sup
porters OF CAMDEN" is another and most
egregious mistake. There was no can
vass made in West Virginia in relation
to that proposition and not one voter in
fifty cared anything about it. There
was much more newspaper talk upon
the subject in other States than here
No one concerned himself in any way
about it, and, as q failure to vote for it
was equivalent to vote against it, it
dropped entirely out of sight and has
not received more than one.twentieth
Of the total vote cost.
The suggestion for the insertion OF
the word "Shite" in the new CoBstitu-
ton among the qualifications for hold
ing office has been generally attributed
10 Hon. JOIN J. DAVIS. who, although
not q mem Der of the Constitutional
Convention. was in correspondence with
several members and very warmly
urged the adoption Of the color
qualification. One Of his reasons
urged during the recent can
vass, for opposing the ratification
Of the new Constitution was the fact
that It, did not render colored persons
Ineligible to office. The Pittsburgh
Commereialmay thing it strange. but it
is fact t,at while urging this objec-
ton. against ratification Nj. Days vas
being supported by the Republican
party asa candidate for Congress, ana
was voted far as such BY the Rcpubli.
sans Of the First Congressional District
last Thursday, d, ,..,....,,,. ~,