Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-07-15

said: By the usuages ana customs
of our party our end Of the district
is entitled to the nomination. You
have been leading Mr.. Lucas on
every ballot. You are the choice OF
our side of the mountain. We will
make no trade or bargain with any
body, and especially with Mr.. Lu-
cas-. lie can't afford to transfer his
strength to anybody else. We came
here to nominate you upon your mer-
its. If we can't do it in this way
we will 70 down with our flags fly
ing" Judge Hoqe could not and
did not make any such bargain
against the indignant protest OF his
best and most earnest personal and
political friends. He says he did
not and his word is sufficient for any
man who knows him.
Mr.. Lucas has been here working
up his own interest. If the people
Of these eastern counties Of the dis
trict are 50 terribly anxious to have
Mr.. Lucas in Congress, why is it
necessary for him to be going about
urging and almost begging them for
their support He has been in all
these counties. Has sent his ennis
sariee into them. Has them in some
of them now. Now, if the people
want him badly why do this ? He
carried about up here with him the
memorandum of Mr.. Payne, made
four or five weeks, he says himself,
after the Fairmont convention, and
letter of Judge Hoge's to Mr..
Payne, written last November or
December, asking for copy of the
memorandum and saying he bad
confidence in Mr.. Payne. Mr.. Payne
refused to give Hoge copy of the
memorandum. He did not refuse
Mr.. Lucas when he called for it.
Mr.. Lucas reads these papers to the
people and says "Judge Hoge can t
be a candidate against me if he is an
honorable man." But says friend
of Hoge: Gle says he made no such
bargain as Mr.. Payne says he did. !"
"Oh, " says Mr.. Lucas, "Mr. Payne
is man Of great honor and truth
fulness and he would not say this if it
was not So" But says Hoge's friend
"do you think Judge Hoge would
say he made no such bargain if he
did % eyes | do" says Mr.. Lucas,
"you may think you know Hoge but
you don't know him as well as | do, "
This sort of electioneering up here
against such q man as Judge HOge,
won't do. We know the man too
well tie believe he would deliberately
lie fora denomination to Congress, or
for any other purpose. 1t WiIl.not do
for Mr., Lucas to attack the honesty
and truthfulness Of Judge Hoge up
here in these mountains. As be-
tween him and Mr.. Payne we shall
not be long in making up our minds.
But the very fact of Mr.. Lucas
using such means as this to get into
Congress, even if true, is enough to
kill him with any fair and honest
people. 1t shows him to be trad
ing, bargaining politician, ready to
make any trade possible to enhance
and further his own aims and ends.
We should not say much as to his
qualities as q statesman and high
toned man, after exhibiting these
papers as he has been doing. What
right had he or any Of his friends to
make or attempt to make any such
bargain as this ? 1t shows clearly
the manner of man Mr. d. b. l.. is.
We don't want any such to repre-
sent this district in Congress. Mr..
Lucas has done some service for the
democratic party-We have many
such i'm this district but we cannot
send them all to Congress, and none
of them want to get there as badly
as Mr.. Lucas does | heard a gem
tleman in speaking Of him the other
day, use this expression. 1.-The man
has the worst case Of Congressional
itch ever saw or heard Of" Now
let Mr.. Lucas wait a while. lie is a
Young man. He will keep, provided
he don't spoil with the "Congress-
ional itch. - lie can't be nominated
noW-we don't want him just yet.
We do not want to do such rank,
base injustice to UOge as Lucas asks
us to do. Lucas said when here that
Hoge should not be nominated BY
what right or authority does he say
this ? Does he own the democratic
party If majority OF the dele
gates to the convention are in favor
of IIoge how does he propose to pre-
vent his nomination. He did not
say how, but be did say IIoge should
not be nominated TO what great
ness our Daniel has grown And
this is a beautiful way for so good a
democrat to talk.
Just one question and then | will
close. If the people Of the eastern
counties are so anxious for Mr.. l..
to go to Congress, why is it neces-
sary for him to run all over the
district working up sentiment in
his own favor ? Win he or some Of
his friends answer this ? Judge
Hoge has not done this-he has been
attending TO his business in Wash
ington, whilst Lucas has been run
ming all over the district with John
Payne's memorandum, attacking
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