The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-05-31
GheqnteILiaet1eer.
, Few words TO the Democracy. t:I.

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il possible, tle 'differenceS that ezi
Letween the two wings Of the party, bu
Ia let things stand as they were left D
the Court House meeting Of the "OL'
This is apparently victory Ior III
Young lawyers ofthe party, and Is 30 con
s.rued by them, and their friends. :, 4.
There Is a phase Of This quarrel II
which the public, outside oithc Democrat
ic party, have more than a passing inter
cal The nrosscl now il, as we under
stand tLc situation, that the two wings o
the party will Ike represented at Charles
Ton, Two boats are already chartered
the Expires, mud the COurieFr-the former
under The auspices of the ttipmphan
wing, and the latter under those o
the discomfted wing-and they viii
carry rival delegations TO the Con
ycntion. Those going on the Cou-
rier will .apply for admission 'Or
the ground assumed by Mr. Lewis Baker
IN his recent card in the Register, viz
that the resolution offered by Col
OI'riclL to the !ellect that all Democrat,
Of Ohio county present al the State Of
Congressional Conventions shall be ad
milted 10 participation, was really adopt
ed by fair and square majority vote O
the Court House, meeting, but was rules
oat byJohn Boring, the machine Presi-
dent, in accordance witHa SCI up job or
,angcment to that effect.
Tie Courier delegates will appeal e
the State Convention to vindicate theiI
rights under the resolution fairly adopt
cd by the meeting and unfairly defeated
hy the chairman. 1t il possible that o
Lig fight will at once ensue over the issue
thus presented by the rival delegations
rom this county. No one knows, or CAL
know now, the interest that will be
aroused among the friends OF Price
and Mathews, as candidates for
tiayernor, and among other rival
candidates for the various Offices
over the admission OF one or both
oi these delegations. The first impulse oi
candidates and their friends will be L
trade for the votes Of these contestants
Candidates ior office will vote to admit
anybody, or exclude anybody, il in :" do
ing they eau secure nomination. The
right or wrong Of the issue il matter oi
comparatively little interest under such
circumstances. As Madame De Stael
once said, "the plague would have friends
il the plague had Offices to give" We
may therefore reasonably expect TO see
the local issue now existing here, speed.
ily take OH more general dimensions Us
Aoon rs the two steamers, bearing theiI
hostile delegates, reach Charleston.
As mere quarrel between two faction:
Of the Ohio county Democracy, the public
hcrcabouts feel rather amused than 9th
crwise at what is going on, but as quar-
rel that may involve the Capital qu estion
before il is done with, they do not feel il
the slightest degree amused with it. The
resolution adopted at Charleston the
other day by the Democracy .. q
Kanawha county, in favor Of bring
ing the question Of permanent Location
before the Democratic State Convention
has been read here, and, as matter o.
course, it's possible fate has excited NJ
little interest. And now that lis fate
may 10 some extent become identified
with, and be made a part and parcel o
the local quarrel Of our Democracy, th'
citizens Of all parties naturally deeh con
cerned'as to the possible mischief that may
ensne. There is possibility that serion,
consequences may grow out Of this quar-
rel. Who can tcll2 The spectacle Of thii
county wasting her strength, 2arons
ing animosities, and entering intt
cntangling alliances, all FOR the sake o
"whcther Mossup shall kick Barry OF
Barry shall kick Mossup," is not one tina
our people can contemplate with an,
relish whateysr.i 2t@ Gli!iaHii
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