The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-06-03
The Next Governor--Can Nothing
Save Us From Camden?

save Ub EEOm CamQeu
The Gubernatorial nomination at Par
kcrsburg is by no means satisfactory to
the Democracy of the State. The Con.
vention had been thoroughly packed by
Mr.. CAMDEN and his friends. He was as.
sisted in filling the Convention with his
partisans by those who, within few
monthspast have found Gov. JACOB stand.
ing between them and tho treasury, and
by the Railroad Company, whose cham.
pion he is known to be. Senator DAVIS
took the pains to come all the way from
Washington to make the way smooth
for his coming colleague. For Mr.. CAM.
DEN is Ginning at the Senate, and only
wants to be Governor because the
Executive chair is the stepping stone
to the higher place. Some Of the Dem.
ocratic papers denounced in advance
the movement to ioist Mr.. CAM
DEN on the party as their. candidate /;
they may support him now, but not cor
daily. Perhaps if they had chance to
support so pure man and good a Demo-
crat as Gov. JACOB they would prefer it.
To large portion Of the party in this city,
Mr.. CAMDEN's nomination Is intensely
distasteIul; and We hear they will send to
Gov. JAcoBapo appeal to announce
himself aS an Independent candidate.
That the same feeling exists to a power.
full degree in all parts Of the Stste, with q
large portion Of the party, we have evHry
reason to believe. Gov. JAcoD's admins
tration, so far as he is responsible, has
been such that even his political
enemies cannot attack it. All parties
believe him pure man and an honest
and capable executive Why he should
be summarily kicked overheard at the
end of his first term, when the e.practice in
this State has been to re.elect, and when
we consider that having sacrificed his
business as lawyer to take the place, he
might very justly expect a second term,
Is something that our side Of the house do
not sec. Mr.. JACOB, as a poor man,
could not compete in the game Of packing
a convention with so wealthy an antagon-
ist as CAMDEN; and, as an honest man,
he would not have done so, II he had been
ever so able pecuniarily. The question
for the Democracy Is whether they pro.
pose to start off with that kind OF
q beginning-by turning out a man
because he is poor, honest and
able and by putting one in his
place simply and solely because
he IS rich. We think Governor
JACOB in this matter deserves the sympa-
thies of honest men Of both parties. But
the question is not alone one Of sympathy.
To elect such man as CAAtDRN, by such
agencies and for such reasons as he will
be elected, itttall, would be real injury
to the State He would inevitably be
surrounded by "rings'a and things and fine
array" The public service Of the State
would become demoralized and corrupt
Where the chief set the example, o.
making money the chief instrument O
his success, the subordlnates would moi
be slow to follow his example. II there
is any way whereby such a man cMa bt
kept out Of the gubernatorial chair, AND
an honest man kept in the place, though
both might be Democrats, Republicans
could not hesitate either from sympathy
or from considerations Of public duty
how to choose between them.