The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-09-22
HUNTERsyILLE, Sept. 10, 1874.
Editors of the Register.

Editors of the Register.
Your Grafton correspondent "Fair
PLAY" very Justly CritiCiSes the action OF
Mr.. Faulkners friends at the Piedmont
Convention in making merchandise OF
the Democracy of PocahontaS and Web
ster counties. The Democrats of Poca-
hontas in open Convention by an over
whelminp vote instructed their delegates
for Hon. b. L. Martin, and for fear that
the regularly appointed delegates might
not be able to attend the convention
from the fact that it would be held IN tn"
eastern part of the District altcrnates
we're appointed who were instructed to
cast the vote of the county for Mr.. Mar
tin. In the election Of the alternates II
was not known whether any ofthem were
personally favorable to Mr.. Martin
nomination, but gentlemen were select
ed who il was believed would cast the
vote of the county as instructed, without
regard to their personal prcdeIctionS'
In instructing for Mr.. Martin 1t was not
the intention of the PocahontaS Demo-
crat, to disregard the claims OF other
gentlemen, but they felt it duty that
the Democratic party of the Second DIS
,rjct owed NOT so much to Mr. Martin, as
II did to itself
Martin had made one contest, had been
successful ut the polls, and in defiance OF
the popular will the Radical leaders IN
Congress had ousted him, and had given
hi, seat to gentleman who was not even
known to be 4 candidate in this part OF
the District. In view Of these facts 1t
did seem that the Democratic par
~ in order to maintain its consistency
had hut one duty to perform and that
was to re-clect Wilson and Martin, and
they administer rebuke to Congress 1or
setting aside the public Will IN 50 gross
a manner. The First District mas toeu
.. the mark beautifully, but unfortunately,
: the Second District has missed 1t. W ME
a NJ Martin was personally unknown to
large majority of the people "t foca,
hontas county, his earnest iaoorS ana
brilliant canvass on behalf OF the new
Con>tltutionandt the party nominations OF
io'-' had given him q warm place III 'lIe
heaFtN Of our mountain Democrats. IL
seems to have been assumed lh"I 'he
democracy Of Webster county was an
unit tor Nj. Faulkner. Our information
from the Independent State is quite the
. reverse. Mr.. F. many sided letter had
Q awakened suspicion in the minds OF the
. minds OF the Free States" that he was
. not altogether sound on politics, und MI
Martins previous course had made MIN
Q warm friends. If the fair thing has been
0 done focahontas would have been gwen
9 for Martin without any ba-tering OF the
' Webster county vote, which, ifthat coNh-
0 ~ hsd oeen represented. would nave
!; been as haoLe to have been cast for Mar
}. TIN ms Tor Faulkner. But it is all over
now. The nomination has been made
. and Mr.. Faulkney being the regular
e standard bearer of the party in the Sec
ond Congressional District, the Demo
Gratis have but one duty to perform and
that iS-vote the ticket. While all ad-
init the brilliant talent of Mr.. Faulkner,
his energy and many superior qualiica-
tlons, yet 1t must be admitted that he is
little inconsistent. He is not man to
awaken much enthusiasm. He belongs
t. class Of politicians