The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-16

devise and. invent was resorted to by
them. Every prejudice was appealed to.
They represented that McEldowney was
the Kid gtope candidate; that his interests
were not identified with those of the
laboring community; that he was opposed
to a removal Of the county seat; and their
most serious objection was that he was a
laacyer! They claimed that the lawyers
were controlling the affairs of the county,
and some ignoramus even tried to make
themselves believe that all our county
offices were filled by lawyers, etc, etc.
True Mr.. McEldOwney was opposed to
a removal of the county seat and the
vote polled yesterday proves that the
people endorse him, inasmuch as there
was not sufficient number ofVotes cast to
secure the removal. As to the trivial OBJ
lection that he was not identified Within
farming community, it is sufficient to
state that Mr.. McEldowney is the son of
a farmer, was himself farmer in his
earlier wears, and understands thousand
times better than A. g. Calvert the in
terests of the farmer. The truth is, Mr..
McEldowney is dignifled man, a gen.
tleman who can maintain proper dig
nity without putting on airs He is not
one of those men who, when they arc
candidates, lay aside all of dignity, man
hood and decency they may possess, and
20 out into the ditch and pick up
every drunken lOafter they can find, and
take him by the arm and lead him to
saloon and drink and carouSe with him
for the purpose of obtaining his vote.
He kept alOof from all such and he al
WAYS does so. 1t is not congenial to his
nature to stoop to such vulgar practices.
BY artfully appealing to the prejudices
of those men, and the disconnected
clique in the eastern part of the county,
they hoped to so cttectually divide our
forces aS to secure not the election Of
Calvert, but the defeat Of Mr..
McEldowney and the election of S. NJ.
Peterson, the Republican candidate. Had
their neat little programme been sue
cess, a Democrat who may have support
ed the regular nominee, would not have
dared to show his head in Wetzel county
for six months. Had Peterson been elect
ed, what howl of triumph would have
gone up from the banks of the Ohio river
to the other end of our county! Their
rejoicing would have known no end,
and the Republicans would have retired
to their beds dreaming every night, for
the next six months, of the favorable leg
islation for Wctzel by her Republican
representative.
Rat the day at length came, they mar
shaded their forces out--and met a most
ingloriouS defeat Their boast that Mr..
McEldowncy would not carry their own
District, was a vain one-his majority
in that District being 81 votes. The
vote of the county was: Robert Nell
downcv, G7S votes; 5. NJ. Peterson, 4l9;
and 4. G.. Calvert, 342! McEldowncy's
majority over Peterson, 2GS; over CAL
vert, 1876? Notwithstanding our split, it
will be seen that McEldowncy necCied
J,h So rotcS more 10 mute his rote eq"al
to tie Combined r0te Of Peterson a1d Cut
rcrt 1t is to be hoped
the party has been taught lesson
by the move of those parties.
Personal differences must be sacrificed i'll
order to preserve political unity. But
for the untiring vigilance of Mr.. Nc
Eldowney and his friends, the Republic
cans would have elected 5. NJ. Peterson.
Let me not be understood rs rejecting
upon that gentlemen personally. He is
an excellent citizen and an honest man,
and | have been speaking of HIM only Us
the representative of political principles
rejected by nearly threc-fourths of the
people Of our county.
Glory enough for one day. Let the
bells ring out their merricst, and, above
all, let our friends do II, well throughout
the district, and Ben Wilson will be our
next representative in Congress.
OBSERVER.