The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-07-06

sing NATIONAL issues, and will seek 70
direct the public mind from cor
ruptlo1s ii washingten by dwell
ing on the delinquencies Of Democrstic
State ofacials xho> have been punished
by their own party. In this we predict
they will utterly break down, for the
people of West Virginia are too intelli-
gent not TO see the real issue involved IN
the campaign.
The appointment of Judge JOHNSTON
to fiji the vacancy on the Supreme bench
was very we'll received here. TheJudge
is known to be an able lawyer and an up
right man.
1t is the prevailing opinion here that
Col. BEN WILSON will be reelected TO
Congress by.a larger majority than DO
fore.
THE CENTENNIAL FOURTH.
Tomorrow is the Nations birthday,
and extraordinary preparations are be-
ing made to celebrate it in becoming
manner. Hon. JOHN A. HUTCHINSON
has been selected as orator Of the occs'
SION. and will doubtless make fine
speech, as he is capable of doing.
JITTIEJAR.
There was a little trouble about ar
ranging the order of procession. The
difficulty was this: The negroes-(we
desire to call the attention Of our friends
of the htetligencer to the TACT that we
spelt it with one "g" this time)-well, as
we were about TO say, the niggers-(oeg
pardon! we have got two "g's
| into it in spite of our determination not
to do so-force Of habit we SUPPOSE
we'll, in order TO avoid trouble in the
future, we will proceed by saying that
the colored folks, who have brass band
| -DeLlef tudH Vic oue III h0oiihSi IA
this respect, they have fewer lnstru'
ments and consequently make less noise
desired to join in the procession.
This proposition did not meet the
appreciation Of the Society of st. Patrick
and several olher associations that had
arranged to march in the procession rs
they did not seem to think that this
was the darkies centennial. This o.
course caused - demutiny" in the camp
and taxed the efforts of Gov. STEVEN
SON, to an unusual degree to harmonic
the element. The Ex-Governor had ,
harder time thsn when he invented
HAYES. Prof SIMMONS, of whom TIT
MteiLigencer has, perhaps, some shadow
recollection, insisted that the Declaration
of Independence declared all men to b'
born free and equal, and therefore tn
colyred folks had right to participate il
the centennial festivities. On the othe
hand the Governor thought that tn
colored man MS an American either
was purely the invention OF the Republl
can party, he (the Govcrnor) having hat
hand in the job, WAS to be regarded n
authority, and therefore the colored cen
tennial couldn't come off for eighty sever
years yet. ayes, but you see | was borr
cullud," emphstically declares the Pre-
fessor, "and of course have a clearer appre
haos;or nf tvs -;~-ht --~f IL" >.'u',f 49,.
fession." This knock-down argumen
slipped the heels from the Ex-Governor
and he had TO go under. The result WA
II compromise by letting the colored folk
have procession of their own-a sor
of side-show 10 the big aflair-and the,
could march into the Fair Grounds
where the speeches are TO be made, b,
II side gate, with the understandln,
that eighty seven years from now, wheI
the Darkey Centennial comes off, thu
white people arc to be allowed the same
privilege of coming in at the side gate.
HOW Is 1T?
Tomorrow, the beginning of thu
nations second century, will be usheret
in with the sound Of music, the roaring
of artillery, the shout of the multitude
and yet what is it for? Everything il
swallowed upin pstriotism-the full hear
must give vent. But after the excite
ment is over comes the cooler moment:
for reflection. From handful we have
grown to be n mighty people. We have
become rich, Crea. and powerful. On,
hundred years have come and gone! Yet
the question TO be decided by the people
at the ides OF November is, Are we csps.
BILE of self government?
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