The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-12-14
acknowledgement
orr BRAXTON LETTER.
BRAxroN COUNTY, W. Va, |
December s, 1875. !

glnrot,hc IncllIscncCr'
The great murder trial in this county
A,, bcen DELAYED until tu.day on account
n ,one Of tho witnesses failing to attend,
scpar,ies, Wine and the two Perkins,
rSte brought into Court yesterday and
headed not guilty, and Court adjourned
gS,il to-day. There seems to be COnsid.
s,,be nnra,iness among the friends Of
III. accused. The lawyers are rs busy Us
5se, preparing for the fight, We will not
s,,cmpl 10 give you daily report, but
vii furnish YOU synopsis Of the sum.
ming up and the result NJ soon "a an.
RolncGl
POLITICS IN THE WIND.
# /, apparcnt TO all that there Is q
kinl Of political breeze passing over
,bs country, but from whence 1t came or
w6nhcr il goeth" is hard to tell, But it
/, .Nrnised that Wheeling is the head.
oplrlers, from the fact that all the wire.
working political leaders have Congrega.
ted there for the purpose Of organizing
iof the campaign in 1916. Weinler from
what little we can learn that both parties
are engaged in making preparations for
the fght This work, so far as we can
learn, /. going on among the office seek.
ep and politicians only. The farmers
and the working class Of people generally
seem to be entirely ignorant as 10 what Ia
nccn,rin, in uOlitical circles, We aug.
geu to both parties that II halt
hal better be called until those
who do the voting can be consulted. The
atge liberal element in the Republican
pirty and the same element in the Demo.
cratic party are not likely to surrender
atlhc crack Of the party whip. The late
elections teach us that the independent
army is strong and not to be trilled with.
The reform movement in Maryland, got.
ten Up On short notice, proved to DO q
great power in that State, and the result
il anything clsc but discOuraging TO the
reiormers throughout the country. The
reiofmcrs in that great State have not
ablnloncl all hope Of bringing about n
reform in the public service, as will be
seen by the proceedings Of large meet
log held in the city Of Baltimore u few
days ago. We need the same reform in
our State and the people will likely bring
it about sooner or later. Tho people
want reform and rctrcnChmCnt more than
they the success Of any party. Party
success will do when you have the right
kind Of men on the ticket, and not other.
vie, Men brought forward by small
caucuIel are not generally representative
men Of the mass Of the people. We be.
lleyC that the time has come when the
people desire to he heard regardless OF
pstiy leaders. In view Of these facts we
advise the party leaders that they had
better consider well what they are doing,
and more cautiously in political matters.
THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.
We observe that the delegate from this
county recorded his vote in favor Of in
definitely postpOning the articles Of i'm.
parchment, reported by the committee.
With all due respect to our delegate, we
are satisfied that large portion Of the
people Of this county do not believe from
the evidence that these cases shonld have
been disposed Of in that way. We hope
our delegate will avail himself Of the
dr't opportunity when he returns home
toexpIain to the people wherein his vote
i' in accordance with the sworn teStimo.
ny reported to the House. With all the
light We have on the subject, we are un.
able to agree with our delegate that the
parties charged with high crimes and
ml'dcmeanor' should 60 free without n
trial.
THE CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE
heIl meeting and organized by elccling
I'D. Camden President and Capt. q. +.
Taylor Secretary. District committees
will be appointed in few days, and work
commenced to aid our State committee In
having lIaSton county represented at the
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