The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-26
UPDEGRArF's sUCCESsOE.
Republicans should lIarmonixe and

l,ublicanx should Harmonic AMI Ga
H.g III to Win. ,t
Tothe Editor Of the lnlelligencer.
stR-The election OF a Republican succes.
sor 10 the Hon. J. r. Updegraff Is by no
means certainty. There are several points
In which the Democrats have the advantage.
Their candidate IL personally popular, what.
ever may have been his position twenty years
ago; he Is now seemingly In accord with the
liberal men Of bis party. He goes so far as to
Intimate that lie Is favorable 10 a tariff pro.
tactive OF the productive interest OF this dis.
trlct. He Is. atlable, can be approached By
the voters and will take pains to see that the :
have the opportunity. This has been his
habit aud Ii Il lie has an advantage over any
candidate likely to be named against him.
Anather fact In his favor Is that he Is we'll
known to his party. The CANVASS OF last fall
gave him prominence superior 10 that OF
any. possible nominee OF the Republican
party.
The Democratic party realizes that there is
Il chance to elect md will bring out It's full
vote. Confident IN the flush Of victory The
party leaders believe that the current started
ut the last election Is still heading toward
the final aunihilation Of l.epublicanism.
The Republicans generally, ure OF course
anxious to elect their candidate; but with o
number sufficient 10 give the district 10 The
Democrats, there Is Il feeling OF Indifference
as to the result. They say the House Is largely
Democratic; one more to the helpless minor.
lily isn niutter OF no consequence. Unless
there Is q waking up and falling into line,
greater than cali DO hoped for without ener.
getic agitation, there will not be more than
fifty per cent OF the Republican vote polled.
In lace OF the apparent unpromising out.
look the candidates for nomination, att
worthy gentlemen, arc striving and working
as u there were sure to be q Republican
mis- 0rity Of three Northumberland that the
naming OF the Convention OH the 10Th Inst Is
equivalent to an election.
The contest for delegates SO far Is friendly,
but that such contests can be made without
weakening tho party is preposterous; we have
bad too much OF II. The aspirans and their
friends should know that the Republican
party Of this district can not sacrifice the
work OF three decades at this critica! juno
ture to personal strife Or ambition. 1t Is eul-
phatically no time for factions.
The WOOL iron, glass and pottery interests
OF this section need a man 10 speak and vote
for them; a man of the party who has TO-.
vored professionalism wages Tor lAbor-ad.
vocated the rights OF manhood as against
class-und the American idea 10 advance our
citizens TO the highest degree of civilization
as individuals instead OF maintaining level
with the pauper population of Europe.
We want representative who II he fol.
lows leader in Congress Is more likely to 70
in the procession with W. D. Kelly than
with Frank Hurd, Carlisle ct al. Enyeloped
in the smoke OF the furnaces and within
hearing distance Of the hum OF our mills, the
Democratic candidate may at times feel a lit.
tie favorable to protection. But should lie
be elected and In the caucus OF his party lis.
ten to the dulcet strains OF the free traders
he would be like Prince and Beauty in the
fable the old Bourbon cat would deyelop,
and he would DO the Bourbon he was In
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It Is safer and better to elect Republican.
and It can be done. The convention can in.
innate to all. II there be- any, who propose to
make a spirited contest for their man, that
this Is no time for either bitterness or fool
ishness. Develop by preliminary canvass
the strongest man; nominate him on the first
ballot; adjourn, 20 home and see that every
Republican vote Is at the polls on the day oil
the election
The Democratic hopes will recede as rap.
idly as the harmony OF the Republican party
Is shown. The former will realize that Us
heretofore 1t cannot meet living issues or
party that is awake in this district. d,
Martins Ferry, O., December %, 1882.