Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-07-27
COMMUNICATED.

To the Registrars the hot summer
drags its slow length along, there is but
little, in the way of excitement, to re-
lieve monotony. Fortunately tor those
of us who crave agitation and commo-
ton, the political horizon is beginning
to light up. Stars and consultations OF
various degrees of brillancy and mag
ni,ude are beginning to loom up and
shine forth. That phenomenon known
as the political "grindstons" will be run
at lively rate between this aid the fall
elections. AS some Of us have no axes
to grind, we may, at our leisure, inquire
into the claims which the various can
didates talked about have upon our suf-
frages. In regard TO the Congressional
nominee, there is much to be said i'll IA
vor of many aspirants. The present
incumbent, Mr.. Martin, is clever man;
no one can deny that fact. We would
not detrac,. for the world. one iota from
the fame that he may have acquired; nor
do wepropose to whitewasE him. He has
made what we might call fair repre-
sentative, but nothing remarkable. We
have honored him twice by election to
Congress; that he did not get his seat
the first time is no fault of ours. There
are a number of talented men whose
claims upon us arc quite as great as his.
The time has come for some Just recog-
milton of his merits, and for our part we
90 in tooth and nail for Dan" There is a
very important sense in which he is head
and shoulders above any man in the
district. 1t is fair to presume that our
old friend Charlie" is not asleep, and
if the candidates don't look out they
will find themselves very much in the
position of Mcclellan when Jackson's
guns opened on him in the peninsula.
Oar excellent State Senator says that
he is tired of politics, and we are not
disposed 10 thrust senatorial cares upon
his already over-burdened shoulders
Perhaps the contest for the two clerk
ships is the one which most nearly in
terests the people Of the county. We
presume, of course, that our old friend,
Tom Moore, will have a pleasant "walk
over" and we wish him well. As to
the candidates for the circuit court
clerkship, they are both such unexcep-
tionable gentlemen that We feel like ex-
claiming with the fellow who had two
sweethearts on his hands at the same
time: GLOW happy l could be with
either, were one or tother Of the dear
charmers away" Among the last words
of the late lamented Robert Brown,
(whoss name has become familiar to US
all as household words) he expressed
the wish that his trusted deputy should
fill his unexpired term-a wish, while
it embodes no legal reason, certainly
constitutes strong moral grounds why
Mr.. Lynch should have had the office.
The modest demeanor of the young
man, and the hearty petition gotten up
by his friends of the bar entirely unso-
licited by himself, are fatterlng testi-
monials to his efficiency and fidelity in
the position which he occupied. We
do not propose, of course, to impngn
any body's motives, but We do not think
that Mr.. Lynch was treated exactly
right in the matter, and as this is pub
lie election, in which every tub stands
on its own bottom, We call upon our
fellow citizens to see him righted.
The coming session of the legislature,
We are told, will be the most important,
perhaps, ever held since the introduc
tiou of West Virginia into the sister.
hood of States. In view of certain i'm
pending negotiations, nobody doubts
this. As to the selection of representa-
tives from this constituency, We have
Just word to say, and we are done.
There is a class of Office seekers and
political tricksters nosiEg around, who
affect an air of political sagacity aud i'm
por,anee that is positively overpower-
ing. We should like to see those fel-
lows most unceremoniously slaughtered
in the convention, and men put in NOM
inalion whose private characters will
bear scrutiny, and whose whole lives
have been such as TO give them posi-
ton ia the estimation of their fellow
citizens absolutely above suspicion.
From such men, and such alone, can We
hope aud reasonably expect a fair and
amicable settlement OF those delicate
questions growing out of the pecuniary
relations Of the two States.
Although not absolutely servile to
party behests, still if the party nomina-
tons are reasonably judicious, we shall
fall into line and mark time with the