The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-03
for the government Of the primary cleo
lions mex. Saturday, one OF which reads

svy ~ SIsrtiot1 unIesI he shall pIedgS htnSsd
PA tbs taiI democratic ticket at inc ' e'sG'i'u'
II The wording Of this rule seem' to have
.,;rrod nm A hornets nest in the party,
mat a. The back Office nomination OF the
committee for Senator last year stirred
nm a hornets nest-So much so that the
hot.lsr has felt called on to come out
and explain the true inwardness OF the
rule. The chairman, however, says moth
ing. He endorses the rule as 1t stands
over his own signature in the advertising
columns Of the Regiatr. The Register
land not the Chairmau,) explains that
as originally reported to the committee
the rule read as follows:
"No person shall be permitted to vote
at said primary election unless he be a
recognized Democrat"
The reason why the rule was not lelt
to stand as originally reported was (as
explained by the RegSter-not by the
Chairman) because a great rush OF Ne
rublicans is expected this fall to the
Democratic ticket, and the idea is to bag
this expected heavy reinforcement Tor
the entire ticket. The new comers, be-
ing fresh and green, are to be sworn in
with an extra iron-clad oath, such as the
rtruly loyal" will not be required to take
AL raw recruits, says the Register, are TO
pledge themselves not to scratch the
ticket in single particular. Here is is
own language on this point. Speaking OF
the rule, as adopted, it says that it is to
be read not as it actuslly reads over the
signature OF the Chairman, but thusly:
"No person, other than a recognized Dem:
oerat, shall be permitted to vote OF said
primary election, unless he shall pledge
himself to vote tie full Democratic ticket
at the fall election"
The English OF this is simply
this, that II some Republican shall
wish to vote for Tilden and Hendricks
and the whole Democratic State ticket
this fall, and shall only intend perhaps
to scratch one single name, say the
sherifrs for example, he is to be ruled
out, while Democrat who may intend to
scratch half a dozen names shall pass
muster without question.
This, to say the least Of it, is a pretty
rough way ofinitiating new recruits into
the Democratic party. We had supposed
that the babes and sucklingd would be al
lowed to take their milk with litti,
warm water or soothing syrup in ii, bu
1t seems that they will be required to eai
at the second table and to feed on sucl
hard tack as may be left by the regular
unwashed.
II occurs to I'D that the writer OF thii
explanation in the Register may be soften
| ing down matters foi the old liners at tht
expense Of the expected new comers ii
order to save his own bacon. It is al
open question with some Of the faithful
whether he himself is a Democrat in gooe
standing. After his dynamite attempt
to explode the election OF the regular
Democratic nominee for Senator two
years ago, it is not certain that his vote
| Is not open to challenge at these primar!
meetings on Saturday. AT all events, il
does not look well on his part after tha
memorable occurrence 10 come to thu
front now and dictate who shall vote ant
who shall not vote. Why not allow al
thepoor Republicans who are cropping
for light, and seeking rest and happines
within the Democratic fold, TO come ii
with the right to scratch such names a
the honorable gentleman himself may in
tend to scratch this fall To require Of
new convert more party fidelity than i
required Of one Of the old saints ia op
pressiye and unprecedented. twill hay,
the tendency to check the Republican
aow into the Denioc ratio party this fall
nview Of this editorial in the Register
it might be policy for the chairman o
the Star Chamber Committee to com
out and say whether himself or the Reg
later runs the committee. The chair
mans name stands over rule tha
reads as plainly as words can make il
that "No person shall be permitte
ITO vote at said primary elections unles
"he shall pledge himself to vote the ful
Democratic ticket at the fall election.
The Register comes out and takes upon il
self solitary, and alone, to say that thes
words do not mean what they say; that tn
Committee was too stupid to know
how to say what it wanted to say
that but for this stupidity Of tn
committee the rule would have read so a
only to require recruits from the Repub
lican party to swallow every nominee OIL
the ticket, Sheriff and ally and woult
| have granted dispeusation to the oil
: liners to explode little dynamite uude
such nominees a. might be Objectionable
!, to them.
As regards Republican recruits,
makes no difference whether the rule a
1t stands is correct or not, They are
bound to be squeezed in either case. Bu
as regards very many Democrats it doe
make great deal OF difference. It Ii
as little therefore As the Chair
) man can do. to come out and say
fair and square before the world, whether
the rule that he attests by his signatur
, Ia the one that is to govern next Saturday
or whether his committee simply meal
to make their Republican recruits alon
swallow the whole ticket, Sheriff and all
,, As the case now stands, the Chairma,
says one thing and the Regiater says an
other.
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