The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-10
GhaG1teLLi4s1teer.
The Senatorial Contest at
Charleston.

Charleston.
Mr.. Henry s. Walker is evidently deter
mined to die game in the present desper'
ate struggle for Senatorial hOnors He
has staked everything upon success at
this time. Should he fail now, 1t is not
likely that he will come so near the prize
again, This probability he perfectly un-
derstauds, for he Is shrCwd schemer and
IA aware Of the difficulties in the way Of
working up another campaign. In order
To net the votes he has received in caucus
he had to stump the State last summer
and fall, and devote months to setting up
primary meetings and cultivating candi-
dates in the different counties. He has
already paid large price for success in
the present contest, even suppOslng that
he has been at no other expense than that
Of time and trouble, Should he fail this
timo, and should some one else be chosen
from the Third District, he will have no
chance open for six years, and six years
means in all probability "neveF more"
for Mr.. Walker,
So far as mere partisan advantages arc
concerned We would not regret to sec Mr.
Walker elected Senator, Ills election
will be A decided advantage TO the Re-
publican party, IIisSucCcss will cost the
Democracy many votes In the future, 1t
is not impossible that it will materially
assist to bring OH a political reyulsion
next fall. Walkerism in West Virginia
Ia not unlike Butlerism In Massachusetts,.
Itis an element in politics that the people
would DO glad to eliminate. They did
try to eliminate It in the great contest oil
1872, at the time tho Walker nominee for
Governor, (Mr. J, N. Camdcn), was SO
signally defeated for the govGrnorShip.
Could tho people Of West Virginia, and
especially the people Of the First and
Second Congressional districts, be CON
suited MS to tho choice Of u United States
Senator in the present contest at Charles
ton, Mr., Walker would not have the
ghost Of chance. They would repudi'
ato him with oil the warmth and prccip-
itancy that characterized Mr.. Goods case
last fall when, MS q candidate for the
Legislature, he was questioned aS to his
intentions towards Walker.
De Tocqucyille says in his great work
on tho American political system, that In
form Of government like ours ut Is far
less prejudiciOl to bea witness to the I'M
morality Of the great than to the immor'
ality which leads TO greatness" The spec
tacle Of man rising into successful
eminence purely through INSCRIPTIONS
trlckory 10 one that tends 10 demoraIizo
the minds Of all who aspire to the honors
Of public life, and Is therefore a blow to
the public veal. Hence We feel that
the election Of u man like Mr.. Walker
to such a position MS that Of United
States Senator ia an event to be greatly
doplore,l. We have no desire to sec the
Republican party reap u temporary ad-
vantage at such IN expense to the lasting
interosts Of the State. Tho fact that he
has already received 80 voteS for Senator
isa weighty mill.stone around the neck
Of the Democratic party. The people
will feel That they have had u narrow
escape from great injury and humiliation
at the hands Of that party, and will re-
member the fact against 1t when the time
comes round TO bring in verdict at The