The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-07-26

marleS IN tnlS CITY last week. WheIeH
u votes for seat in the highest council G
the nation were notoriously traded 70
: money and liquor, then We know not +
what sort OF q spectacle 1t woul'
apply. What sort Of ian odious mixtur'
OF ideas OF turpitude and power, unworth
iness and success, utility and dishonor'
must have been made on the young mint
OF this city by such spectacle as that o
last week. We do not hesitateto say tha
It was to the least degree demoralizing.
And further, we do not hesitate To say
that the respectable people OF this city
onght to rise up with unanimity end vote
down party that demoralizes and de
grades politics to this low standard.
II
Tho MartInsburg Democratic Conyen
tion.
The Democratic State Convention meets
at tMartinsburg on Wednesday. A number
oil delegates will leave this end OF the
State to-day for the scene Of contest. II
is expected that large number Of dele
gates will be present The Offices are not
numerous but the candidates are many,
and every candidate will have following
Of friends who will be on hands To pull
wires and solicit votes.
OF course the chief interest centres in
the nominee for Governor. For this posi-
ton there are three candidates-viz-Hon.
O. ]. Faulkner, Col. Jake Jackson and ex-
Mayor Jeffers OF this city. The con-
test lies between the two first named. The
Ex.Mayor has simply remote chance to
be struck by lightning; that is all. He
will get, as matter Of compliment, the
support OF this county, and perhaps Of the
Panhandle, and few other outside votes,
but he is not seriously thought Of as a
candidate.
Mr.. Faulkner appears TO be the coming
man, although Jackson has many very
warm friends. Jackson is really pop
ular man, and will be warmly supported
by many friends in this and the Third
district, especially after Mr.. Jeffers is
dropped. Nobody doubts that Mr.. Faulk-
ner is personally well qualified to gil the
place, but he is such an ancient and per-
sistent seeker after office that a good
many people think that he ought to be
put on the retired list as a purely orna-
mental'featnre of the'nartv.
However, Mr.. Faulkner has so many
Establishments, and such an extensive &C.
quaintauce, and withal is man OF SO
m uch capacity, that we expect to see him
nominated. Say what We may, his ex-
pertness as dispenser Of tatfy has It's ei-
feet on those who come within the range
Of his influence, and it is hard for the av-
erage delegate to say him, nay. Good
manners have always stood him well in
hand, and they are more than likely
to avail him in this contest
The other nominations are variously
competed for by all sorts OF people from
all parts OF the State. Some hearts will
ache when that convention adIourns, and
some heads also will be very sore. Audi
tor Joo Miller will make his calling pretty
sure, even II be daRG miss his election
at the polls. He has really no
opposition within the fold, and this is
high compliment To bis recognized good
qualities as man aud an officer. For all
the other positions there will be antiye
competition. As to who will succeed will
depend on ithe selection Of Governor.
II he does not come from the Esst new
geographical distribution will be necess-
sry, Geography has grsst weight in
parceling out the spoils.
The question arises, what ia Ohio county
the great tax payer-toget2 Thlsqn
ton suggests the proper answer. AS she
furnishes 80 much money to the treasury
she ought, in accordance with the fitness
Of things, to have the Chancellor Of the
Exchequer. Por thislposition therefore Col
Tom O'Brien has been named. lie would
all. the bill certainly. He is man OF
sense, and OF careful business methods,
and has been TIE successful architect OF
bis own fortunes in life, Moreover he Is
au IrEslman, and inasmnch as the Democ.
racy seem INCLINED to shake their old
allies hereabouts, aiey might hope to
recover little Of their lost ground by the
nomination OF Colonel Tom.
As for the other candidates, they are,
like the household and kitchen furniture
at country vendue, too numerous to be
mentioned. There will be pile Of their
slaughtered corpses at Martinsburg-so
much OF q one rs to endanger the sanitary
condition Of Martinsburg during these
heated dog days. We expect to furnish
our readers with a list Of the dead, Uonnd-
ed and missing when the battle is over,
and shall defer further comment until we
chronicle their obituaries.