The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-08-26

the Democracy have been sifted down b,
Gov. Stevenson, and found to be as FOL
lows ......... ...
I II. To reform the judiciary.
I. To abolish the county court system
3. The restoration of the township
system, substantially as we had it unde1
the old constitution. These three point
cover about the ground recommended il
the address Of the committee, .r.
Let us examine the address for mo-
ment. 1t occupies two or three columns
of the Journal, and says but little. MOI
a single specific charge is made, but it in
dulges in kind of rambling talk about
the new constitution, the judiciary
county courts and townships. 1t does
say that the number of ce-holders in
the State has beeu increased under Dem
ocratic rule, but you all know this to be
an error. Why can recollect, and SC
doubtless can you, when, under Rcpub-
lican rule, there were more offices IN
some townships than voters, and some
men held four or five offices. 1t required
then thirty-seven otfice-holders to run Il
township. 1t now requires less than
one-third Of that number.
The address advises Republicans i'll
counties where they have majOritics, to
'put none but Republicans on guard" but
where the Democrats have majOrities,
they unite with Jacob Democrats, or
anybody else. The address compliments
Gov. Jacob, and indirectly invites his
friends to unite with them and they will
divide the spoils of office.
| have examined the address right
carefully, and would advise you all to
read it, for am confident you must
come to the same conclusion that | did,
namely: That the Democratic party must
be about right, or else the Republicans,
in a campaign address, could have made
out better case against it. think the
true opposition of the Republican party
to the new Constitution is that they are
forever debsrred by its provisions from
the enactment of voters, suitOrs teach
crs' and lawyers test oaths.
THE RESOURCES OF WEST VIRGINIA.
When you consider the extent Of terri
tory of West Virginia, she has no equal
in this country, or in any other, in point
of mineral wealth. We have about
$4,000 square miles of good No. l coal,
her citizens, should be paid their just
claims for articles taken and destroyed,
and reimbursed for the destruction Of
churches, school-houscs, rourt-houscS,
bridges, &c, by the Federal troops, dur
ing the late war. During the session |
made talk in the Senate in advocacy of
this bill, which was published and to
which refer you, for details This bill
is still pending, and the people will send
in their Just claims, with proof of their
authenticity, so that some idea can be
formed of the amount of damages srl>-
tanned by them. | think we can get the
United States to pay them.
JAMES RIVER AND KANAWIIA CANAL.
HARPERS FERRY &c.
Iu addition to this your democratic
representatives have secured favorable
report from the Senate Transportation
Committee on the James River and Kat
nawha Canal and there are now in the field
a large ofparty ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
making surveys to find the most direct,
practical and economical route from the
Ohio orKanawha river to the Potomac
river. This route must go through our
State from East to West and will be of
incalculable value to us.
We are in fair way to have govern
mcntaid in some form, extended 10
this enterprise, and with good working
members from this State, we may not
only secure this Improvement, but also
hayes freight railway buitacross the state
by the National Government. We are
promised, also Il post-otticc and custom
house ut Charleston, the Capitol of our
State, which we hope Soon to obtain.
we are also in fair way to get the
Harpcr's Ferry middle Strengthened.
The Government will probably take the
property back, and erect thereon Gov
crnmcnt paper mill, to manufacture all
the paper used by the government. This
would give employment to a large num-
Der of hands, many more than used 10 be
employed at the arscnals.
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