Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-01-17

shrusts us upon .Fsrr candidates from Guern
sey couasy,-Capt. Ress w. Anderson. DR.
). T. Mcpherson, DR.. c. r. simons. snt
Col. ]. d. Taylor. One Of these is to be th.
man. The Jefiersonian kindly suggests tbs
BY tie time tho Convention meets, the con
test viii be % narrowed down that probably
not more thaa two Of these names viii bs
presented TO il.
| After reading the JeEersoaisns long arti-
ticls carefully through, we sre compelled tc
the conclusion that il thrsws but little light
on the interesting problem with It undertakes
to solve. But We must not pass it by without
copying from it paragraph or two relating
TO Harrison county. It has considerable to
ssy in regard 10 Mr.. Knox and Ms. Bingham.
and concludes this part Of It's article IS fol.
! lows:
'.Wkiist Mr. Riagham's name Is nou sug-
gested it is oniy for the purpose Of keeping
him in remembrance fof use In new district
when made. Mr.. Knox had the imprudence
r. RELY upon an admitted personal popularity
In q Senatorial District which is ever growing
| more Democratic 10 its votes. Hsd he staid
next nominee. His unexpected defsst wss
crushing to ali his Congressional prospects.
The Democrats OF this District still have q
drr-e of bingham. They want il 20 he de1
s;teiy understood thss he Ia not to 6e can6i-
-te again. They reHaember the old contests
another with him. so, aiso. they wsu, it to
ts understood chat Mr.. Knox is not to be q
candidate. snd commence early 20 c"uut Lin
nut with all th. toroc they can muster. The
maize saieniid Ds.rrocrstic Candidate, hot
withstsnding Lis terrible defext in The Dis
trict 4. the last Congressional election; bat
that Knox would not do for the Republicans,
because Of hr defeat by small n.sjority,
tho1lgh running largely ahead OF his ticket in
bc.h counties, one Of which is the only Dem
ocratic county in the Congressional Distriat.
But the Jeifersonian's dispossl of Mr.. DAN
ford is tie thinpsst part Of the article Dan
ford was never more popular In the District
than be Is at the present time. There is not
Repabl;can member in the House Of Repre-
sentatives in whose judgment on all political
questions tho people of the District, or the
people Of the State, have greater confidence
than they have in Mr. Danford's. He is one
Of the few men who can always be relied
upon never to do foolish thing, and always
to have . reason for every vote he casts.
There is no safer Or better man in Coagress
than My. Danford. We do not offer any sug-
gestions as to his candidacy, next fall, but
We have very positive opinions as to his abil'
ity. and his efficiency. and bis fitness for his
present position, and also of the esteem in
which he is held by the Republicans Of the
District. There is no doubt on any of these
peints.
As for jefferson county being foreign
territory In the District, it is only necessary
to remind the Jeffersosian that Harrison and
Jeferaan we're fer many years in each others
warm embrace in the old 21E District, and
taas the Harrison county members of the
Legislature fought lopg and hard to get JEFF
fsrson made part of the 18th in place of Tus-
carawss, rejected. The affection between
Harrison snd Jefferson counties, at least, is
one of the things that our Democratic friends
may rely upon. 1t a tried and true.
Meantime, whether the next Republican
nominee shali onme from Guernsey, or Noble,
or Belmont, or Harrison, or Jefferson, we
sincerely trust that the Democratic nominee
may be William Lawrence of Guernsey.