The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1880-02-14
TO THE
Democratic and Conservative
VOTERS OF WEST VA.
A Card from the Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee of w. Va.
WAKE UP, DEMOCRATS!
AND ORGANIZED

1 Ae heetiuS otftHe iJemOcraClc
State Executive Committee of West
Virginia, held at Parkersburg, on
the 7th day of January, 1880, the
following address and plan of organ
ization was adopted:
In the fall Of this year the most
important election that has occurred
since the political redemption of the
State from Radical misrule, will be
held. The voters of the State will be
called upon to choose: Electors to
vote for President and Vice President
of the United States; Governor of
the State; Judge of the Supreme
Court of Appeals; a Treasurer of the
State; an Auditor of State; an At
torney General; member of Con
gress in each of the Congressional
districts of the State full House of
Delegates; together with one men,
Der of the State Senate from each
1
Senatorial district; upon which Leg
islature, when assembled, the i'm
portant duty will devolve of electing
United States Senator, to represent
West Virginia in the higher branch
of Congress for six years; in each
| Judicial district Of the State Judge,
who shall hold his Office for the term
of eight years. 2a
In each county Of the State the
voters will be called on to choose.
One President Of the County Court;
One Prosecuting Attorney;
One County Surveyor;
One or more Assessors.
LII each Magisterial district Of
each county: Two Justices Of
I flfSe D. - : 81 49, $500 - -
1t is clearly within the power of
the Democratic party to choose the
Electors for President and Vice Pres
| ident, to fill all the State offices, the
Judicial Offices, to elect the members
of Congress, a majority OF both
branches Of the Legislature, and to
fill large majority of the minor Of
fees.
In view of the fact that great dan
ger to the form of government estab-
lished by our fathers exists, as evil
denced by the efforts of the Republic
can partyto centralize power in one
/ man-carried so far "a to threaten
the country with a third term candi-
date for President Of the United
States, thereby establish danger
Eous precedent, one which in the opin-
ion of our wisest and best statesmen,
will ultimately lead to the abolish
ment of the Presidential election, and
result in Imperialism; and in order
that the Democracy of West Virgin
la may effectually cooperate with
their fellow Democrats in other
States, to prevent the contamination
of this great conspiracy against our
present form Of representative gov
erument, we recommend a thorough
4 organization of all the voters in the
State opposed to it, and to that end
we urge that the County Executive
Committees in each county proceed
at once to organize their several coun-
ties by magisterial, school and elcc-
ton districts, to fill all vacancies that
may exist in working committees
with active, Jealous and pcrseyerine
Young men allied to our cause. We
need them to aid the veterans who
have stood by our cause in the dark
struggles of the past. The member
of the State Executive Committee fol
each Senatorial district is authorized
in counties where there is no County
, Executive Committee in existence, t.
. appoint one for said counties, who
shall be appointed by the Democrat
% ic voters of said county in Count,
Convention assembled or otherwise
That the County Executive Com
, mittees when fully organized, pro
i coed to appoint an active COMMITTEES
of five in each magisterial district
whose duty it shall be to organize
their several districts by school ant
election district, provide for tn
. formation Of clubs, the listing Of al
the voters in said districts, with thu
+ politics Of each voter designated, ant
giving their postofiice address.
We believe this preliminary organ
ization will be beneficial in awaken