Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-02-26
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ANNOUNCEMENT.
To the Voters Of berkeley
County, West Virginia.

Friends and Fellew Citizens
Not being able as yet to see each
of you at your homes, | do hope
by permission of the Great Ruler
of the Universe during this COM
ing summer to visit you at or as
near your homes as | can;I expect
then and there to have an inter-
view with you as candidate for
the Sheriffalty for the next term in
said county and as / hear there
are several of our friends spoken
Of as candidates, and some already
electioneering for said Office. as /
hear now at this early day in adj
vance of the election. The time
for it as / read i'm the Acts Of
West Virginia of 1879 and 1873,
will take place on the secondTues-
day in October, being the 10th day
of said month. Thus reads the
first section and second clause of
Chapter CXVIII of said Acts.
| Having verbally announced
myself to a number of my fellow
citizens as a candidate for said of
hce,I now deem no more than just
to take the privilege to make the
fact known to all, and also the
principles upon which, solicit your
suffrage should there beany voters
who have not heard me explain
myself.
First: Treat all men polite, hon.
est and just.
Second /: Not to try to build up
my reputation by insinuations on
and slandering my opponents, or
trying to pull down the character
or reputation of others.
Third: Let my past life, conduct
and behavior, either recommend
or reject me as a candidate for
your suffrages OF said office /; as l
believe the large majority of the
voters of Berkeley county know
me; my merits and dement's.
They also know the same about
all the candidates that may oppose
me for said Office. Judge We for
yourselves.
Fourth i am a one term man
for every office, from President
down to surveyor of roads. Give
other honest men a show.
Fifth l am in favor ofretrench-
ment and reform, by regulating
the taxation upon money, bonds,
banks, railroads, joint stock COM
panies, merchandise, lands, goods
and chattels, mortgages, leins,
deeds of trust, in short property of
whatsoever nature to be equally
assessed and taxed, and regulate
all interest at 6 per cent and no
more, or if you choose, less.
Sixth Cut down the salaries of
all Office holders from the Chief
Executive of the United States to
surveyors of roads, until their SAL
aries correspond with the profits
of the laboring mar, So as to "live
and let live"
Seventh: / offer myself to you
for said office, or for the democrat
ic nomination of the same if that
party makes any, on the ground
that / worked in the field as long
as / am able to stand it, and have
voted for and supported the cam
didates OF the democratic party
for forty years, sometimes voting
for u whig, when knew he was
an honest and proper man. / have
voted for Hon. G. j. Faulkner
nearly every time he has been a
candidate in our county. | voted
for him the last time in opposition
to the wishes of some of our Gran
ger bretheren, believing as / did
that Mr. Faulkner was the fright
man in the right place. and if /
live and can go to the polls if he is
ever brought out for governor OF
eur State, or president Of the
United States, | will vote for him
and use all the influence / may
have in his favor: believing him
not only the abest man in the
State, but the most proper and fit
man in the United States, at this
age Of the world, for either of the
above offices, and | will stand by
him as long as he stands by our
country and people.
Eighth And last but not least,
l am in favor of bringing every
dishonest man who now holds Of
flee in this State or in the United
States, to justice, and to put down
oppression wherever we find it,by
honest legislation ard raise up the
oppressed to an honest and just
level, by repeating all unwhole-
some laws now existing, so that
our government may prove a
blessing alike to all, the high, the
low, the rich and the poor.
Now, fellow citizens, these are
my principles, grown in me from
my childhood to the present day.
My apology for offering you my
services as a candidate, once in a
life time, among Others, is this:
I