The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-08-06

atall other times for job printing,
give IL their advertising, and sub
scribe for IT,. With a majority Of
Democrats in this State, the case is
different. Itseems that they would
just as soon patronize a Republican
newspaper as any other kind and d
little'sooneb
II q Republican is elected to Office,
his Official patronage goes exclusive
lly to Republican institutions and
journals, IIe,does not ask the price.
He gives tie oflicial business to po-
litical friends, and pays the price
that is charged. With a Democratic
official as d rule is different. He
wants to keep on the good side of
Republican Journal and gives it as
many, if not more, fayors than he
does the Democratic journal, to
which he owes his political prefer
ment, or he wants to boast of how
cheap he can dothe public business,
or see how much he can make out of
the office himself, and he sets the
opposition organs to bidding and
thereby cuts down the price until
the work is worth nothing to the
man that gets it. The Democratic
Sheriff Of this county is a striking
illustration Of this class of Demo
cratic officials
Again Democratic officials have.
public place 10 fill, tits not always
certain that a useful and efficient
Democrat is going to be appointed. g.
A Republican is about as likely to
get the place as Democrat, and as
sure as Republican does get it he
runs it in the interest of his party.
We have an illustration of this fact
in the two clerks Offices here.
These things have a tendency to
break down Democratic newspapers,
disorganize the party and discourage
its best workers. The only way for
a party to preserve its ascendency is
for its members to be true to its prin-
ciples, patronize its institutions and
remember all the year round that
they are party men, To temporize,
to try Cancellation on the opposition,
or compromise with it, is death. If
so many Democrats would not forget
these things the party would be from
10000 to $4,000 stronger than it
now is"
The following is the result of the
vote in this district:
County JUDGE olsloy lis; Timms
1919; Fisher 4. For Adoption 50; A.
gainst ia. For Commissioners
Clendinen 1874; Hanna 1871; Smith
1874; Clarke 119. Superintendent of
Free schools-Guthrie lis; Kincade
1856. Board of Educatioh-Pre President
-Capehart 107; Menager 132-Com-
Observation-Disclosures 100, Tippett
119, Kincade 80, Smith 1877, Couch
Al, Bright 165, McCombs 1876.
The Board elected is James D. Me-
mayer, President; and VIM. Smith, E.
S. Bright Thos. A. Lemaster, James
McCombs, Commissioners.
Representative A. II. Stephens ad-
dressed the Georgia Legislature on
Monday on political affairs. In his
remarks he said:
ave made an appropriation for
the marshals, giving them the means
to carry on their office as the law d.
reefs, but declaring that neither they
nor their deputies should use one
cent of it at elections. The President
vetoed that, and on this issue we
stand before the country to-day. l
will take this issue and go before the
people in any part Of this country to
justify ourselves. There are two
great questions before this people,
namely, finance and taxation. As
to finance, l must say that we are
poorer than we have been for fifty
years, and there are good reasons for
it. The present depression dates
back to the crash Of 1873. What
caused that crash? The demonetiza.
ton of silver"
The great enterprise of widening
the mouth of the Mississippi is at
last recognized as accomplished by
the engineers VITO have examined
the work, and Captain Eads has just
been paid another installmeht ofhalf
a million of dollars out of the treasu-
ry. A million more is still to his
credit, which will not be paid for ten
years, though he will be paid inter-
est, provided the channel he has con-
structed does not fill up. The Cap.