Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1880-07-10
CO,lMUNICATER,


This VIII be- fhe largest crowd eve,
collected in West Virginia. 1t will be
a splendid opportunity for our people r.,
get acquainted with the rest Of the
State. We wsnt the other oountie, -.
See US snd we want TO see them. h i
only two hours ride to hsrtmssrrp ana
we can attend this convention withon,
expense. Every Democrat in Jefferson
ought 10 be presents it VIII be . grand
holiday, full Of excitement and plessurr.
This is the only State convention ever
held in our neighborhood and it is no,
probable, this:generat;on will have q
chance 20 sstend smother nnde, c..h
favorable circumstances.
There were 5000 men in the Parkea
burg Convention OF 1872; there wsre
upwards of 5000 in The Charleston con.
vention of 1876 and according to eyery
indication this win be q monster meet.
ing. Every county, as far as heard
from, will send very large delegations
Wheeling will be represented by al
lesst 800 men; Lewis county has ap.
pointed every Democrat delegate; We
think Barbour appointed 100 or $50;
Berkeley and Morgan will elee. every
Democrat, and Jeffeysob, with her 2OOJ
Democratic votes, ought TO have at has,
500 tfen in that convention.
The vote OF each county will be dis.
tributed among the delegates represent.
lug the several districts. For example:
This county will have 20O0 votes; Of
which Shepherd district will east tsay)
200; hence the delegates appointed b.
Shepherd will represent 100000, OF
Ito O: the Jefferson vote. Again.
Charlestowp has 800 votes, hence her
delegates will represent 5OO-20Ooi OF
IA our strcbgth. Aud SO WIKI tho
other districts.
1t is perfectly manifest that it don't
matter 10 Charlestown whether Shep-
herd is represented by one man or by
ffty;-fity men would only cas-, Ii,
| 10 allotted 10 Shepherd.
II is evident therefore, each district
should be lett free TO decide for itself
how many delegates it will send TO
Martiusburg: Heretofore, this waiter
has always been left 10 the pleasure Of
the several primaries. In 1876, the
CALI of the Executive Committee was
in these words:
"Resoiued, That the Democratic voters
be requested to NEE, ut their respective
voting places, on May ~, 1876, at 3
l.. NJ. and select delegates to represent
them in the State Convention 90 be held
at Charleston OIL the Sth of June"
The Gait for 1872, was the same.
There war not oiic word about the mum
Der OF delegates; that matter was left
entirely to the pleasure OF the several
primaries. Nobody ever dreamed lha,
the committee lad authority TO do any
thing mvte, than TO Fix the DAY for hold
ing the meeting. No committee ever
attempted to dictate the number OF men
the primary should elect to represent liz
district. The wtitef is NJ well posted
ih party usage Is any man IL this coun.
", and hc asserts that it has been the
invariable custom, in Jefferson and
throughout the State, for each district
TO determine for itself hon many men
should cast its vote.
Ii is a matter Of great surprise there.
fore, TO find that the present committed
has gone out side of its duty aud be
youd lis authority in tliis mailer. We
presume majority Of the committee
were misead and misiniormed as Ia
their duty. Tut be this ~ il may, tho
people are not bound in the slightest
degree, to regard that par. OF the CALI
which attempts TO limit the number oi
delegates. That par, Of the CALL ought
to be, and certainly will be disreg irdod
by the primaries Each district ought
to send, ard we confidently believe each
district will send 10 Mariinsburg ~
many delegates rs there are democrats
who want The pleasure Of the trip.
No man Of any spirit or selfrespeci,
will attend that convention unless he il
entitled to a. many privileges ~ his
neighbor: II he is TO be excluded itold
seat in crowd Of 5000, ne will stay
ut home, very few citizens Of Jefferson
care to play the part Of the poor boy at
q frolic.
We urge nPon the people to turn out
and attend the primaries 10 select dele,
gates to MartiDsburg: il is time machine
politics should stop attending the pr
maries for the State convention, docs
not commit man 10 o county convsn
ton. County affairs aud State business
are separate and distinct.
We are informed by q gentleman
Of Charlestowp, that that distric,
will most certainly disregard 80
much Of the CALI is Is Q usurpation OF
authority and violates every well estab.
lished party usage. Charlestown will
elect, at least, 100 delegates and we ven
ture to predict all tho other district will
do the same. DEMOCRAT.