The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-10-05
TO the Voters ofthc 10th Scma TO.
rial District.

At n very unexpected moment |
find myself nominated for a seat in
the Senate of West Virginia, for the
10th Senatorial District.
appreciate highly every manites-
tation of confidence on the part of my
fellow-citizens, yet the honor confer
red by the convention which met Mt
Morgantown on the 10th inst, is doub-
lv gratifying from the fact that it
came to me unsought and unasked,
Believing as | do, that every man
owes something to the community,
county and district in which he lives;
and that it is his duty to render them
any service he reasonably can when
called upon, l cannot do otherwise
than accept the nomination.
In accepting the nomination | do
so with feelings Of distrust as to any
eminent qualifications for so honora-
bic position, but respond TO the voice
of so respectable body of the repre-
sentative men of my district seeking
the material interest of the producing
classes of labor, and in opposition to
the tyranny of capitalists and bond
holders-embracing among its num-
Der so many of the intelligent and re-
spectacle farmers and laborers of
Monongalia and Preston counties.
Although / was born and raised in
Monongalia county, yet there are
many of my fellow citizens to whom |
am personally unknown; the bust
ness to which my life has been de-
voted-that of farming and grazing
has not led me into all parts of the
Senatorial Dis triet. The election is
now near at hand, and as it will be
impossible for me to see you all in
person, l avail myself of the only
other means of reaching you-that of
addressing you by circular.
Questions of national character do
not properly enter into q canvass for
State officers, and are only admissible
as rejecting the opinions of its citi-
zens. A reference at this time to the
financial policy and legislation of
the country for the past fifteen years,
it seems to me is expected more than
would be on ordinary occasions, since
it is patent to all, that are not will
fully blind, that this legislation has
been procured in the interest of CAPT
talists and bondholders and has been
of such character as to cripple the en-
ergies of the farming and laboring
classes, and has shattered the fort
unes Of many thousands of deserving
people.
In regard to matters of State poll
cy, | am in favor Of such laws rs will
meet az nearly as possible the wishes
and interests Of the whole people; |
would favor any system of courts that
will secure the cheapest and spcedi-
est administration of justice. | care
not whether it be an improvement of
the present county court or the estab
lishment Of another in its place. |
would preserve nothing simply as a
relict of the past, neither would | ia
vor any new system unless it be IN
improvement upon the old.
AS regards Virginias claim Of debt
against West Virginia, l do not think
it ever has been, or that it ever will
be shown that we owe her anything,
and it will be soon enough to pay it
when it is clearly proven that the OBJ
legation rests upon us. l have re-
ferred especially to the question Of
paying the old Virginia State debt in
asmuch as it has been declared in the
interest of my opponent, that it was
Reputation not to pay it.
In conclusion / would say, that
whatever would promote your happi-
ness and posperity would promote
mine; in common with you, cherish
the true honor and dignity Of our
State, and whatever is calculated to
advance that dignity and honor and
bring to the greatest number of my
fellow citizens the greatest amount of
good, shall always receive from me
helping hand.
Should | be elected, ] will be a nov
ice in the halls of Legislation and /
will promise you no great things on
ly this, that whatever ability or infiu-
ence / possess, shall be exerted in the
promotion of such measures as shall
believe the interest of the State and
people demand.
Respectfully,
Wy