The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-09-04

creates; go6d Of The State. This i not .
partisan Convention In the proper Eense
u thSt Eo1d. II Il & ConTe0tion con-
posed Of saeh ~ have the good Of The
State 81 heart
The Judse went On TO say that ii was
3 serious thing 70 make charges Unless
there VAS good ground 70 DO 50. Was
IL tue ihsl there EGs such q thing 10 the
Safe - Ring DsnocrAcy? he charged
that there Vas. BE would introduce lev
lscu By Esy o. evidence 10 1870, 1871
And 1874, ana those who hsd bseu other.
wise engaged .or ZONE years h4d returned
to the StEie and resumed their ioTmer re.
l1tions with theIr 0W-eiIiLsns, Alter I'll
the o5noIio0S legiSlGtion Of which CON-
plant bad been made EES removed and
they were restored 70 their franchises and
privileges, they became disseminated and
desired to sbolish The (theDl existing Con
StItulion and substitute Few one. This
VA done, and al that u prAiSeEoTthy
| il The present Constitution IL thSt
thst was taken out Of the old rGpplaust
/ TIE Old Constitution EGS made By men u
honesty, Of integrity Of paTposs Of e1pe.
neoce-trAmAd By such men As Daniel
Lamb spplGusel, Van Winkle, and &
score OF oIheTs might mention. Now,
who were the Arst cADdidsia Tor Office
under this new Constitution 10 be To;Gd
ior o. the same time It was TO be either
ADOPTED OF rejected! ! do no; speak oI
these gennenen TO ind any fault With
them personally. They are all "honorI-
be" gentlemen % lar Is know. But
let rs recAllto mind 8 few facts within the
recollection Of al Of you Ny frisnd ].
n. Camden was candidate for Governor
A relstiTe Of his. the hon. John s. Hot
man, WAI & candidate iOr one Of the
judges OF the Supreme Court His uncle
Gideon d. Camden, was 3 candidate for
the StSte SepSte.I The new Constitution
Allowed the Secretary d 6EAte 70 be up
pointed By the GoYefnoI. Il WAS very
wei known thSi William P. Thompson
"brother,in.lSE" Of the supposed
Governor, was 10 be appointed 70 ths,
position; and | believe the state slpern-
tendent Of Free Schools WAS another relA.
tive Of this gentleman. These were u
worthy pErsocs-YeTY s1iiabie no dolbI
for the place 10 Whieh they had been a.
signed. Bat il il not Just little IenArks.
bic thAt AL these Offices representing each
department Of the government, legislative
Judicial and executive, are represented b
member Of one fAnilyi This nigh
have been the o. mere chance, bal
sons suspect design. One old gentleman
l remember illusIsied Il in this way
when look St my EA.ch 70 zee The
time Of day, / notice the hands, constant
u revolving hour alter hour, dsy Alta
daY, week A,ter week. While l cannot see
il with my Own eyes, ] know list uudel
this face their i combination that bring
about this result iAgplGuse l. Is &C
with this political arrangement There
Was political conspiracy that broughi
this result, snd plain unsophtticated mer
thought they saw in is eomsthing resembl
ing ring, and pretty huge ring q
that But lest their suspicious might no
be well founded, smother circumstance
vas sppealed 10. AT the same time TIL
Judge Of the Federal Court in this Ststl
was one John J. Jackson, Jf., . verJ
worthy gentleman. have not wore
10 ssy sg Iinsi him. Well, while he We!
Judge ct the Federal Court his brother
jacob B Jackson, Wa the CLERK OF thA
court his brother, James II J4cksu
was candidate for Judge 81 the SIN Cir,
cult. ]. B. Jackson was Prosecuting At
torney before thst court and =
Neal, 8 bfoiher-in.lAw by msrrisge, va!
clerk Of thst court; his son 8
deputy clerk Of hatcourt, and George "
Neal, fGmilIArly. known as "the Litu,
Giant" was the "Chiei Justice" Of Par
keHburg. Lsughter We'll, the uDso-
phisucAted Of our community sSid thai
looked Ike another ring, and = pretty
huge ring az thAt. Lsu9hter. They
might have been mistaken. All these
things might have been the result of scci
dent But II 90 happens that all these
Offices iaIl within the grasp Of one family.
Bot smother Circumstance wss brough,
70 public attention, and that il that the
family Of the Jscksons on one side
all Of whom are respectable and reputable
Fpersons,-And the family Of the Camden,
on the other, their sons and daughters
were irtermsIried with each other; 50 ths,
there was not only big ring on the right
and q big ring on the Lett, but these ring.
were linked together. Applsuse Nov
while these persons msy possess all the
honesty, capacity, intelligence and caps,
bility TO discharge the duties Of these re-
specdVe ofiots, 10 many persons it D
peared to not look well thst every depart
ment Of the government both State and
I Federal, so Tar IS the Federal Govern
ment Is represented n this State, should
belong to some one Of the members o.
these Two families. TEa s.s
Suppose another peTson, 9 member oI
the family, a member Of the "Rlng," were
70 present himself candidate for public
honor, don't you think II would be juss q
little TOO much 10 coDeede II 10 them ,
\ Now We hXvs been informed today thai
the E.lenboro Convention nominated Col
Ben. Wilson Tor seat IN Congress, and
he is relation Of these same families
\ Laughter and applause. Out Of the greG,
respect entertain for Lnem all, oesirs
that this thing shall not be consummated
because it will place them in an unhappy
position. twill present difficulties they
VII! be unable 10 encounter; and the DIFF
fculdes are tAese first there are mol
JSckSons and Gamblers enough 10 fill the
Offices or there are not offices enough u
go around the whole family. Boisterou.
cheers
Judge LOOMS concluded by copgrstu.
lAting the Convention on the harmonious
and pleasant manner in which the pro-
ceedIngs hsd been conducted and
also on the nomination made
he believed success would settle on
the flag Of the standard bearer
chosen. For one he promised to do eve
~ thing in his power 70 make the nonina.
tlon successful one Applause Just
a. much 90 IS II he had received the
nomination himself. While they had
this confidence, if they would hsve the
work cnmmenced and cnndncted ,r