The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-09-29
THE snERIFFALTY.
no tIlc People az Mason (,oun

Frankly aud honestly said to the ,
people that I desired thcD Democrat. Z
ic nomination for Sheriff. With
out any opposition, | was nomina.
tedby one Of the largest CopSen-
ltions ever held in the county.
Beginning life as a laborer Tor
eleven dollars per monthinthe SER
vice awellknown citizen of this
county, | have BY my own exert
ions, acquired some substantial bus
mess interests in the county. No
such sudden prosperity or possess
Jon of business has fallen to my lot
as to destroy my desire for this of
flee, or to prevent me from person
ally attending to itsdnties, if elected.
While it is impossible to see per-
sonally, THE people of so popu-
lous a county as this, Ihad not en-
peeted 70 address them in print,
and would not have done so, had
not my competitor,Mr B. j. Red
Emond, sent TO almost every house
hold an address that insidiously
seeksstoiniur me, while pleading
for himself.
/ am no politician, have no OLD
and experienced friend or reldtire to
dictate or suggest to me in the
matter; neither have | by nature,
that kind of inclination which
would make me declare that | had
neither time nor inclination to per-
form the duties of an office, while
quietly and secretly using all my
powers to secure it, nor yet am |
such a politician, surrounded by
such aspiring friends, as to induce
me to seek a business office which
I had no desire to fill, simply for
the purpose of securing political
tpreferment for myself or Others.
Mr.. Redmond insinuates that |
am the nominee ofas"Court House
Ring and Clique" which is not only
false, but an insult to the citizens Of
the county who placed me in nom
nation, in the same manner in
which he himself was nominated.
My place of business is some six.
teen miles from the Court House,
and | am seldom at Point Pleasant,
except when my presence is legally
required; and / have only to say
that if | am the nominee of any
Ring its circumference is common
surate with the county of Mason; if
| am the nominee of any Clique,
that Clique is the time-honored De-
mocracy of our glorious old county.
They have circulated reports that
in certain sections there was disaf-
fections towards me, transferring
the exact locality, from one place
to another, as fast as the falsity Of
the report became apparent.
Now, fellow-citizens, ! appeal to
you whether do not stand in q
better light before you than the
man and his friends who arc seek
ing to iniure me in this manner. l
desired the nomination, and said SO;
believe / possess the capacity and
have my time under such control
that | can attend personally to the
duties of the Office, if elected, and
have always SO declared. / am not
so well TO do in life that / do not
need the legitimate proceeds of the
office. IhdUe no other object IN uicls
than simply. to become the Sheriff Of
the county, for I am no politician
Mr.. Redmond said he did not de-
sire the nomination, but took it;
he said he would not even have
time to see the people before the
election, yet he is making can
yass both on paper and in person.
Being a man of great and sudden
wealth, before the nomination he
feared his extensive business would
not allow him to attend to the du-
ties Of the Office, while now, before
the election, he promises to give
his personal attention, if elected.
| appeal to fair-minded citizens
whether there has not been such
Inconsistency in Mr.. Redmond's
course as toindicate that he is seek
ing the Office for political purposes,
rather than for the pecuniary re-
suits of the Office?
BE assured, gentlemen, that a
man who has no more mind Of his
own, or no higher order ofintellect
for argument, than simply to cry
out about rings and cliques, to Gre
ate prejudice against his opponent,
would simply use the Office for po-
litical purposes and not for legitl-
1 mate businpSs