Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1880-07-03
Omen Letter from Hon. Z. -
Faulkner.
A emphaficnHy Disciainls any KnO'0t
edge Of Combination.
Al ,pT1SsRI-RG. Nav ii. 1850.

He emphafiealiy Diseiain's any Kn0'0E
edge ola Combination.
MARrlNsBURG, May IA, 1880.
Hon. Hayas Ferguson:
DEAR Sln:-Your kind and friendly
letter of the 10th Instant has this morn
ing reached me. You say there is re-
port in your section OF the State that
combination has been formed by Cam
den. Davis and myself, by which l am
to be nominated for Governor, aud Cam
den is to be supported for United States
Senator, aud you enquire OF HE bow
much of truth, if any, there IS in thisre-
port l suppose such an idle and men
dacious rumor could only have orlglna-
ted with some of those sensational letter
writer's who hang about and invest the
purlieus of our National capital, proba-
bly, deriving its inspiration elsewhere
from some scheming and ambitious pol
itician. have never heard OF any such
report in this section of the State, where
If true, it ought fr,t to be known. You
may confidently state on my behalf that
it is an arrant and reckless talsehood,
without the slightest foundation, in fact
10 rest upon. All who know me in this
State know that never in my lite made
a combination of any kind with any
faction, interest, ring or prominent IN
dividual, with view to political sup
mort Whenever have been a candl-
date for office, it has been so exclusive
ly upon my own merits and the polite
al faith in ME, without seeking any sup
port except from the great mass OF the
constituent body. You were yourself
n member OF the Legislature i'll January,
1877, when | stood before the State as
a candidate for what, to me, was the
most attractive of all political positions,
a seat in the Senate of the United States
and as one of my friends you must
have seen and known with what firm.
ness | resisted every suggestion made OF
any combination with view 10 my sue
cess. That election has history that
may some day be written, and when 1t
is it will award TO me 4 prompt r,Jcc-
ton of every suggestion looking TO my
alliances, Democratic or Republican. l
never asked prominent individual in
this State to support me for any posi-
ton; far less have | ever entered into
any combination with him for his sup
port. Now, if such has been my inva.
riahle course where positions were be
fore me that l ardently desired, and be-
lieved that my Legislative experience
qualified me to discharge with credit to
myself and the State, can 1t be tor once
supposed that | would enter into COM
bination for the nomination OF Governor
of West Virginia-an office which,
however honorable and elevated, every
man in this section OF the country
knows / have never sought; which in
some respects would not suit me, and
which | shall only accept If conferred
upon me by the free and unsolicited
voice of the Democratic party Of this
State. Brand the statement, then, Of
any combination by me with Camden,
Davis, or any other prominent pollLl.
clan of this STATE as ga lie cut from the
whole cloth" Party intrigues and po-
litical alliances are foreign TO my ma
ture. Whether Mr.. Camden has been,
during the past few months, a candi-
date for the office of Governor or not,
and If SO what motive impellcd him to
withdraw from the contest | do not
know, and have 10 means OF knowing.
| simply know the fact, as the public
at large know the fact, that he is not at
this time candidate. | have not seen
Mr.. Camden since January 1879, except
for one instant, and that in the pres.
ence of Mr.. Hereford. Nor have |
seen MIR. Davis, so far as l can recol-
lect, for certainly more than one year.
l am very truly and sincerely your
friend, CHAS. J. FAULKNER.