Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-04-22
GRANGER'S DEPARTMENT.

Mr. Xittle-HleaSe lneei'
lister the following article from the baiti-
,,Snro Cszptte 1t is good advice to both
.' 'J ,arties. The demand now is
tnr honest, capable men. Those whose
an,ancdents are guarantee that they
can be trusted to discharge the duties
IF the offices to which they are called,
not the positions Qegislative) which
they get by servile seeking, but which
,re Offered to them on account of their
obvious ftucss "rhe office should seek
the man and not the man the office"
1t is presumption in any man to say to
the people, Il wish to go to the Legis-
lature, or Congress. l am highly quail
fled, eminently fit, mentally and moral
~, to make laws, and | wish you to
nominate and elect me. | will enact
good laws by my great mental powers,
aud sway the legislature Estate or Ma
tionaD by my overwhelming influence,
and if live / will yet be Governor or
President" This is the way the ambi-
,ious, pushing men Of both parties talk;
if they hav'nt brass enough to say 1t, 1t
is a fair inference from their conduct,
The imperative demand by nlne-tenths
of the people now is for lower rates OF
interest for money, lower railroad charges
lower taxes, and economy IN the adj
minis,ra,;on of the county, State and
National affairs. Seek men who can be
trusted TO carry out these measures.
Can 4 bank officer or a man who habit
ually loans money at 10 to ID per cent
he trusted to vote for uSury law =!
Such men will promise you to do so,
but will deceive youon some tlimsy pre-
text, or work hard against the law, and
vote for it, simply because he promised,
and against his own wishes and inter
cs;s. Select man TO advocate this
law, who borrows money, and he will
work and vote for it because he has
dollars and cents at stake.
We want railroad charges reduced.
You can't trust lawyer who is Attor-
ney for the railroad or any man who
has free pass, to advocate and vote
for law to accomplish this result. He
is to some extent bought by the railroad.
The more money the company makes,
the larger salary he will likely get; his
free pass depends on the prosperity OF
The road Tie hard times forced a
Boston railroad to discontinue the free
pass system, it cost S4O,O00 annually.
We want lower taxes. The majority
of lawyers pay comparatively little
taxes. Therefore in this respect they
have but little at stake. They favor
litigation and legislation to promote
their interests, They have been max
ing our constitutions and laws; of l76
new members elected to the present
Congress l22 are lawyers. OF the -
Senators in this State holding over s
are lawyers If We need a lawyer, Sc
lcct one advanced in years and who
pays heavy taxes. You may possibly
keep him straight by close watching, as
his tax Jill is large We want econo-
my Men will battle hard and long for
reduction of salaries, fees of officers,
public printers bills, &c, if they are
forced TO contribute largely to pay these
expenses. Men will follow and protect
their OWN interests, therefore the only
safe course is to select men whose in
tcrests are III common with the people.
Dent regard promises and loud pro-
fcss.ons-they are cheap and always
made 10y pushing, brazen office seekers.
Look at how a man has liyed-what
his present interests are. BE sure to
elect men, wheE they take care of them
selves (Which they are sure to do) must
at the same time and 10y the same laws,
protect you. O.
TIE INDEPENDENT VOTE.
The Presidential battle will virtually
he decided within the next ninety days
Months and months before the far No
MEMBER the victory will have been given
to the ore party or the other, and if i'll
this year Of political doubt anything is
certain it is that the party which makes
the best nominations and meets the de-
mands of the day and hour III the most
acceptable manner will be the conqucror.
In all our history there has not, perhaps,
been time when the bonds of party
were worn more lightly; when the claims
of country were stronger,and when mere
partisan appeals and machine politics
were weaker and more Intellectual. We
are living in an era of political revolt
and revolution. Caucuses, which were
once so powerful for good as well as for
evil, have lost their influence; the tyran-
nical rule Of conventions has practically
come to an end men have learned to
think and act for themselves, and the in
dependent voter has become the con-
trolling power in our political system.
The party that carries that vote carries
the country, and the party that fails TO
win it to its side might as well give up
the tormality of a contest. What is it
and what is its strength? In 1874 it
elected democratic governor in Mas
SachusettS, and sweeping out of existence
the republican majority of 10000 of two
years before, and defeated six out of the
eleven candidates for Congress. Among
the statesmen who then persisted by the
wayside was the renowned Benjamin f.
Butler, and there is very little probable
itv that he will ever know resurrection
from the grave in which he was then
laid. In the state of Illinois the same
year the republican majority of $1,000
which was rolled mp in 1872, was over
come, and FIVE candidates in Congress
districts previously republican were de