The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-01-03

IA Significant Articie-T6s Third
District OF West Virginia VoEsus
the Other Two, Especially the
First.
tProm the Charleston Courier-BosS Walkers
paper.l
Some newspapers published In the up.
per part Of the State are talking rather
hercely about the ThirdD District, her doings
and her deserts. II seems that she has
lately taken care Of herself In the way Of
preventing the Acknowledgement Of her
territory, and In defeating The removal Of
the seat Of Government. For this abe Il
to be punished with the utmost severity.
all this talk Is gasconade. The Third
District ought to have commenced some
three years ago, 70 take cart, Of her own
interests. She would then have been
more highly respected. Her people have
been constantly called upon.to vote favor.
able to other sections, while demanding
nothing Tor themselye6.i They have done
the voting for the Democracy In all
the straits Of tic. party, and
have supported several Iieasures
and candidates, not exactly to their like
ing, simply to oblige their bretheTen In the
other parts Of the State But there has
been no reciprocity, and our people are
beginning TO act independently. Hereat-
ter their votes for appropriations, for
measures Of legislation and for candidates
will be given 70 those twho, can honestly
appreciate and faithfully feciprocate their
good wishes and kind deeds. They are
no longer to be gulled. They rate at lis
proper value, the proposition made them
the other day, after the capital movers
had failed, that the First District would
allow the Capital 10 remain here, II the
Third District would give up Braxton
county. The bargain was all on our side.
Our folks had defeated the removal, and
didn't propose 10 pay the First District for
leaving what she couldn't take away.
It Is said the First District Delegates
and Senators will be exasperated by q re.
iusal on the part Of this District to give |
them anything and everything they want. |
We understand their evaporation We
carried for them the contest out Of |
which came the right Of some oil
them to cit in our public halls,
and their first act was 10 try 10 cut
our thrpats, in a. political way. Wei
expect them to do all that can be done, tol
keep the people Of this section Of the State
harnessed to the Democratic car, we to |
pull and they to ride and drive. That sort
Of thing will not be submitted 10, and |
while we are about II we may as |
well say that II the portion Of the |
State which has taken upon itself |
to send rs all our great statesmen, con-
tinues to put men In the Legislature, who |
have no more idea Of making than |
a yoke ofsteers, and no better dndefsta
ing than John Robinson's Rhinoceros, the |
people not only OF this but oil oil sections
of tho STATE, will feel safer and happier In |
seeing tho Government managerie placed
under different management WhenSwe |
ask for leaders don't gives US logs. We
have nov In our possession number Of
bills upon subjects Of great general im.f
portance, and involving vast public in.
teresls, out Of which 1t would be as diff. |
cult 10 extract an intelligent meaning
as 1t would be to charge Q. galVanic |
battery from the tail Of lightning
bug. And these WoeluI mutilators Of thel
language are. made to represent, in the |
public estimation, the brains and research |
OF the Democratic party. II our friends
in the upper end would do themselves
and the Slate q service, let them send to |
the rear their eminent statesmen" and
choose for their legislators men whose
genius does not exalt them beyond the |
realm oil common sense. Less preten.
sion : more merit. Less bosh 2 more
BRAIN Less demagoguery; more back
bone.
{ II that section of the State which has