Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-04-08
The Third District To Have Her
ESD. -.. Choice.

ehiS Souuty duu TIE lnlru Dlstrlct, ana
the following letter taken from the
Wheeling Register will be read with
interest.
If it be true the balance Of the State
comedies the Governor to that section,
it we'll beheoves her people to settle and
adjust their differences aud to unite up
on some candidate before the conven-
ton meets
DISSATISFACTION IN THE THIRD DIS
rRICr-THE IMPORTANCE OF HER VOTE
The WAY TO HARMONY.
There is a great deal of dissatisfaction
in the Third District Her people think
they have been treated badly by the bal
ance of the State. Prehaps there is no
foundation for this ill-feeling, but it ex-
lists nevertheless, and those who have
the welfare of the Democratic party at
heart, regonize its existance, and are dis
posed to conciliate that section.
At this crisis we cannot afford to have
any split in our ranks. We must rally
to the flag every voter. The present
suffering of the people proclaim the
magnitude of Radical misruie.
In the next canvass that party will
fight with desperation; it will fight for
its lite, and use all the influence and all
the appliances of apowerfnl and corrupt
government. Money and patronage
will battle with poverty and distress. In
such contest the odds are largely
against the suffering masses. The vote
between Radical mismanagement and
Democratic reform will be close, and
the voice of West Virginia may turn
the scale
The idea of four years more of mis-
rule and suffering and distress, makes
the blood run cold in the veins ofevery
man who has wife and children de-
pendent upon the sweat of his brow.
We must not be defeated. Our present
suffering is too great, we cannot endure
it much longer.
If the Radicals carry the State in
October, they will carry it in the Presi-
Dental election in November, and we
cannot spare the Third district at this
crisis. II that vote goes against us we
are beaten and beaten badly. When a
Democrat votes the radical ticket his
vote counts tUics, once against our
party and once for the Republicans.
When he refuses to vote, his not vot-
ing counts once against us. Now our
fear is, the Third district will abstain
from voting, and the threat of Rey-
nolds, of Mercer, rings like a knell in
my ear.
During the debate OIL the bill to re-
move the capital, Mr.. Reynolds predict
ed that removal would injure the party,
and a gentleman who advocated the
measure said: 'Does the delegate from
Mercer mean to say that he will turn
Republican because we move the capt.
tai! | tell him that Democrats in my
county will stand firm, no matter what
becomes of this bill.
MI. Reynolds-'I do not say that we
will vote the Republican ticket, but l
predict that if removal is forced upon us
many of my people may rJuse to vote,
and if the Convention dominates Tor a
state office man who has voted for
this measure, we will scratch his name
off the ticket. But the point / make is
this, that if you remove the capital, the
nartv will lose the benefit of our large
majority because our people will not
turn out to vote at the next election.
That speech did more to shake the re-
moval than any arguments delivered IN
the House, and those prophetic words
are still sounding in my ears with ter
rible threatening.
The convention will he able to throt-
tie the Third District, But after the
nominution comes the election and in
the last heat, the Third District is mas
ter of the situation. The convention
may dictate, but dictation is defeat.
Then how can we conciliate that Sec
ton! There is but one way to DO It,
Let a spirit of concession govern the
convention. Let the balance of the State
show to that section, that there is not
and will not be any combination against
her. This may be done by giving to
the Third District large share OF the
offices. Let us honor her sons until the
capital question is decided by the vo-
tiers of the State. The people at large
do not care who is Governor and Aud
itor, provided they are good and proper
men. Locality is of little Importance.
Every village cannot have a nominee.
Individual aspiran,s and few personal
friends may be disappointed, but the
great mass of the people care little or
nothing. Then let the convention, by
reclamation give the Third District her
choice of officers; she will then see that
her Importance is appreciated and reg
onized in thu State, and depend upon it
once again her Democratic phalanx will
come to the rescue aud give us the vic
tory.
She has an abundance of firstclass
material for the public service. Thus,
for example, the indications are that she
will concentrate upon Mathews for Gov
ernor, and he is eminently fit tor the
place.
He is widely and favorably known in
the State-no man better. He has I'M
bounded personal popularity. He is a
gentleman of unblemisheG reputation,
and character. He has ability of a high
order, and thorough education. The
Radicals may search his personal histo-
nv back to the cradle and they will not