The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-08-29
FoR CosGnEss,
FRANK HER EFORD.
The Election in this County.

The election 9f Thursday for State aud
County officers aud for Ratification or Re-
lection, passed off quietly in this county,
Nearly three thousand votes were polled
The result is that the boilers and injepen-
dents were generally successful. Colum.
bus Scbon, Democratic candidate for Sher.
il, Il. Kimbcrlug regular Democratic
nominee for Coanty Clerk, G B Wag.
geuer, for Circuit Clerk, G W PuIlm,
for Surveyor, aud Jacob Roush, for AS
SCISSOR, are the only ones elected on the
Democratic ticket Nlessrs Eastman and
Walker regular Democrats, are uudoubt.
edly elected to the Senate from this Dis
tricl. james W Hoge is beaten by DO
scph Smith, for the Judscship of this Cir
cult.
The result in this county, on tie Dem
ocratic side, truth compels US to say, has
not been looked for. The campaign was
lively one, and the Democrats attended
the meetings in large numbers and eShlbl'
ted an enthusiasm that led all to believe
thai Democrats we're determined in doing
their whole duty, and in assuring the Dem.
ocralic party complete triumph in every
particular. But some men openly talked
Que " ay, aud secretly worked for and vo-
ted with the enemy. AS q necessary con.
sequence the Democrats have suffered a
temporary reverse, by the base and inen-
tioual treachery Of members Of its own or.
gauizr.ion.
The Constitution being submitted for
ratification on the sane day with the elect.
lon Of officers, made hobby" and the
independent candidates mounted the horse
and backed By the negroes and the Radi.
cal party, they began yelling "down with
the Constitution aud with Rings" Had
rot the Constitution afforded these gentle
men such an opportunity, there would
have been no independent candidates fol
none would have had the hardihool It
venture out These "ring-busters" as
they style themselves, would uot,hen have
denounced democratic conventions as'rlnss
they were never known to do 50 before
Some Of them, we know, would glad
ly have accepted nominations from tho
late Rings which assembled at Parkers
burg aud in this county. They we're dis
appointed Office seekers, and hence the'
iidependency aud their sudden discover,
that the Democratic Conventions wcr
"Rings." With these men, who hay
played into the hands Of the Radical part.
rests whatever responsibility there is
this State is again placed under Radic'
control, They alone Wi. be responsible
for all the iniquities that Radical Legs
!ature may visit upon the people Of Yves
Virginia, if the new constitution is defeat
ed 1t is fair to presume that il Demo
cratic independent candidates affiliate
and voted with the Radical party IN 'h
election just over, they will also aliliat
with, aud vote with them On the passage Q
any obnoxious or proscriptlve law-eve
the re-enactmeBt of the damnable registra
ton law, which is now so earnestly dc
mauded by the Wheeling l0tc0'gencer Q
Friday, and alike demanded by many
the Radical leaders of tbisccunty
Ia October, whether the Constitution
adopted or not, We will undoubtedly haV
to vote for Congressman and in Novem
Der we also vote for President Then l.
usas party re.organize and prepare 70
the battle anew. The amount Of disai'ec
tor in our ranks is now known, whethe