The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-01-07
The New York Sun thus pointedly

The New York Sun thus pointedly
puts il in regard to Grant:
The public know what Grant did
when President for eight years. The
public know by who Grant was sur
rounded during his two terms. The
public know that Landaplet VIII
liams, after being caught with his
arms in the Treasury, was nomina-
ted by Grant for Chief Justice; that
Delano was retained in the Cabinet
long after his corruption was notori-
GUS; that Robson, though proved to
have been tratficker in jobs, was
still kept at the head Of the navy;
that he parted with Belknap with ex-
pressions of regret when he was a
self-confessed seller of post trade
ships; that Chorpenning Creswell
was protected while the beneficiary
of straw bids in the Post Office; that
Babcock was saved from the peniten-
tiary by an open prostitution of Elk
ecutive power; that Boss Shepard
was nominated as Commissioner for
the District right in the teeth,o of the
investigation by joint committee
of Congress in 1874.
The Democratic Executive COM
mittee should be taking some steps
towards thoroughly organizing the:
party in the county, and cutting
ready for the great fight in october
next. This will be one, Of the most
important elections held for years,
nearly ever officer in the State
and county is TO be voted for, besides
the members of Congress, Senators,
and judges are to be elected. Organ
ize for the battle, and the sooner the
better.
While the people in some parts of
this country are anxious to make a
King ont of Grant, in the Old World
they are trying to kill their Kings.
Attempts have been made on the
lives of the Gar of Russia, the EN-
peror of Germany, the King Of Italy,
and, but last week, on the young
King Of Spain. 1t is not healthy to
be a king in Europe now.
When the Maine Republicans'pass-
ed the election law in that State to
catch the unwary democrats, they
did not dream that they ever would
be caught in their own snare, and
yet, at the present time they have
gotten pretty snugly in the tolls
and they squirm as though the stu
alton was anything but comfortable.
According to Gen. Walkers esti-
mates, three Western States, Kansas,
Iowa and Minnesota, will increase
their Congressional delegation; and
also four Southern States, Texas,
Missouri, Tennessee and Alabama.
1t is thought that no State in the
Union has ostany numerical strength
since the last census.
Hon. j. NJ. Bigger, was elected
Speaker of the House of Representa-.
tives in the kentucky legislature,
last week, and Hon. T. D. Marcum,
Editor of the Kentucky Democrat,
published at Catlettsburg, KY, was
elected Sergeant-at-Arms of the Sen
ave. That editor must be a popular
man.
Religion must be at a low cbb in
Maine, when Ministers of the Gospel,
on a Sabbath day, counsel their hear
ers to mob violence and riotous con-
duct, against the Constitutional au-
thorities of the State, but such is the
Republican ministers idea of relig-
ion in that State.
A young girl in Boston, II years
old, the only daughter of a widowed
mother, became engaged to a young
man who boarded with them, and
becoming jealous of her mother, shot
her to death last Wednesday morn
ing about 4 o'clock.
In Maine the Governor and Coun-
Gil threw out several Democratic
precincts, in conformity to the law.
Did any one ever hear of a Republi-
can returning board throwing out
Republican precinct2 We would be
glad to have an instance cited.
Since the facts have. been brought