The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-07-11
POLITICS.

Who didn't like The way the recent State
eonTention was run.
csndidstea on the Democratic State
tiekstIn IndiIna h1ve to-coue down With
the st1mp.B The nominee for State
Treasure, which ofBee Pays about SIS.
900 = year, hAs been assessed 5000, and
Others In the sane proportion.
Butler has ordered . large edition Of
bis speech, made The lat night Of The ses.
sion Of coDgrss. against the payment Of
the Halifax fishery award, to Be distrib-
uted in Massachusetts.
The contest for the election Of sne
cessor TO the late Mayor Kane Of Baiti.
more will Be between the Democrats and
the Greenbaek men, the Republican. and
Temperance men having decided not %
make any nominations.
AT the convention Of GreenbAek men OF
the Fifth Cosgres.ionsl District Of Maine
the other day candidate vas nominated
Who boosted in speech that be had not
been in 4 school house since be vas boy,
that be Va, no. = speaker, and that be
took pride IN declaring that be va Anot
worth a dollar in The world"
At college commencement in Indian
ola, Ia, The other day, clergyman who
vas called upon for prayer startled his
hearers Sith these words 20, Lord,
blsss the Presidsut. We believe in B. B.
H.yss-bh head, kis heart, his eon-
science, his courage, his principles add
hi. policy. And, o Lord, We believe that
you believe in him and his policy, and
endorse them"
congressnln Hunton. Of virginia,
doesn't ind his service on the Potter
committee : good eleetiOneerins argu-
pepL The primaries at Alexandra
have been carried sgAinst him, on the
disttne. ground Of his proninsnee In the
FrAud bn.iDess to the neglect of lsgi.lA-
ton that the people Of the State de.ire.
The Louisville C5rri1-JoErai keeps
this s.aDdipg announcement At the head
of ia columns: HAll articles in favor OF
suy particular individuals a. candidates
for of5ee, or matter either directly or In
directly intended to personally beneh!
any candidate, must Be paid Tor lin id.
vAneel TO secure insertion in the Coarl1-
Journal. This rule il necessity, 70 pro.
tee. ourselves and our readers, and will
be irasribly observed"
The i.ct il, there is DO other name I'M
der heaven that seems 70 carry With It
the sign and sound Of victory for our
aide. And the sooner the necessity Of
nominating Grant Is generally recogniz.
ed, and the event il accepted As 4 fore
gone conclusion, the better will be that
prospect Of harmony and united action
In which Is discovered our only chance
20 carry the day in lsso.-BEfaiO n. z.
RrprsGs
The argument from dsfsultipg county
treasurers is being used With effect By the
Ohio Republicans. OF the 50 counties
| in the State IS are usually Democratic,
and Of the - Democratic tre.surers 10
have within 8 few years been guilty Of
dedication, while Of the 10 Republican
counties only three have had deiaulting
trsasurers in the same length Of time.
Weber puts his market value rather
high. BE cold out 10 the Democrats
while . member Of the Packard Senate
for $500. and then uss bought back BY
The Republicans to help elect kellogg
Senator for $4,000. He il said TO have
70, 5000 from ; New Orleans broker
for his recent testimony, and then gone
to Washington ready to sell out TO sher'
man II be got higher bid.
The Boston HrCld, which supported
Tilden add talks fraud, says:
GEveybody Who knows anything Ibout
The administration Of The government tol
the past ten yeArs knows that Hayes hsl
no. made one bad appointment Whers
Grant made tEo, and il il . matter With
in the observation Of all that the admin
istration Of national Affairs 10 all the eI
scatiTe departments Wss never NOR,
faithfully OF ef5eieutly conducted, and
never attended With less scandal. Tbeft
il VASTLY more reason for every good citi
zen to Be proud Of the business suoces,
and moral tope OF the executive depart
meat OF public stflirs than the legislA.
tive. II the Senators and Representatives
would oonhoe themselves a strictly u
the legitimate sphere in the government
- The President does 10 his, the country
would Be better ssti6ed with them.'
The bsrbafie yssp now going up il
behalf Of Grant evidently proceeds from
the inpIseabIes who are disSttirhsd With
The only portion Of the present admins
nation policy that had any good in 1t
viz: the Southern policy" 1t will b
pleasant 70 obserSe the CONSERVATION o.
that eIass when they bNye nominated
Grant, and they End out a. can easily Be
shown, that be insngurated that policy
in advance Of Hayes BY refusing the sup.
port Of The troops 10 Packard, and that
be vAs wiling and ready 10 do every.
thing that Hayes subsequently did, pro.
yidsd the Democratic legislature would
elect his brother.in.laS, james F. Casey,
10 the United States Senate. Grant.
sudden change Of front in those days ha.
never been fully explained, bat It will Be
If be agsins becomes candidGlte.-HeH
Orleans Tina.
The 'last North Carolina Legislature
passed Law which was evidently framed
with considerable ingenuity, TO enable
the Democratic election officials 70 gel
rid Of counting Republican votes when
there threaten 70 Be too many Of them.
It provides that the vote Of any citizen
may Be challenged By any person who
places himself At the polls for that pur-
po.e, aud being 80 challenged, the law sp.
parently presumes that the citizen il not
entitled TO vote, and not only in its spirit,
bot almost in the letter, assumes that be
ia attempting to commit h fraud. To over.
come such challenge almost unheard-oi
difficulties are thrown in the way Of the
voter. In the frst place, he is obliged TO
nrnva his IDENTITY and IN shnw his nm