The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-03
The Democratic County Ticket.

The Democracy held q very quiet Con
vention yesterday-tior them)- at thu
Court House, and nominated candidates
for the House OF Delegates, and for Count,
and Circuit Court Clerks. We presume
that their energies had 80 far exhausted
themselves at the primaries on Saturday
I f(Sunday happily intervening, and nobody
having any further interest in setting uE
the becr) that there was really, as 1t is said
in the Scriptures, mo more spirit left" in
them.
To this sober second thought we are
no doubt indebted for tolerably fair
ticket for the House Of Delegates. Two
Of the nominees, Ex-Governor Jacob and
Capt. Andrew Wilson, are experienced
and capable men in public affairs, and il
we are to elect Democrats to the Legisla-
ture this fall they are two Of the best men
who could have been put in nomination.
We hope the Republicans will select two
candidates us their vis.a.vis OF whom the
Democrats will be forced to say rs much.
II so, the selections will fortunately sup
plement what was left lacking in the re-
maindcr OF the Democratic Legislative
ticket yesterday, for even Democrats them
selves will not deny that as to the other
two candidates there is great need indeed
for supplement, and more particularly in
the case Of the Country delegate" Mr..
Mcneil is no doubt very worthy young
gentleman, and promising member Of
the waverIy Society, (for boys) but if We
are to have struggle OF any kind in the
legislature this winter he is hardly the
man to be OF much service to us. We
need older and wiser heads.
The gentleman from the country, Mr..
Hcimberger, or Limeberger, or whatever
his name is, is still more Objectionable on
this score OF lack OF the necessary prere-
quisites for the public service Mt time
like the present. lie is not understood to
have any qualifications whatever for a
legislator, so far as We can learn, and we
think it is about time that political par
ties should be rebuked for making such
for a position Of so much
As to Mr.. Hook'snomination for County
Clerk, he seems to have run away with the
opposition in his party at the primaries
to such m extent as to secure n nomina-
ton by acclamation as an opening over
ture to yesterdays business. Whether he
can thus distance competition at the polls
is further along. He is said to be o very
Competent man for the place to which he
aspircs, and, so far as We arc informed, has
a good record as public officer.
Asto the Circuit Court Clerkship, Barney
Galligan has concluded to try his luck
second time against Sam McCulloch for
the place, and whereas he missed it by an
inch before, he will, unless all signs shall
utterly fail, miss it by very long milo
this time. This is all that it is necessary
to say on that subject.
In general terms it may be said that the
ticket nominated by the Democratic broth
rem yesterday is rather better, save as to
the features we have particularized, than
their average nominations, take one cleo
ton with another, and we feel disposed to
them on this slight manifesto
ton Of a disposition to improve. Wherein,
they have failed to come up to
the necessities of the public interests at
time like this in their nominations, they
may expect to be Disseminated against at
the polls in October next by the indcpen-
dent voter, who is becoming every year
more and more OF an important and much
dreaded factor in election returns.