Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-03-21
,.s,t the Honest YsOmanry who
" Dwell on the MOuntain-tOps
will do.
,r,,ledoed. Unpurchased, Unintimi-
''' dated Patriots who will 90
for the Best Man.
r,oriru for a Start---Full List OF
the Entries as far as
Heard From.
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.,......,x,.rpx March O.-"SOmebody will
-, rai, II the plan OF endeayOring to elect
=, rs-s of your Legislature merely as
.,rror> OF United States senators is Perse-
- in remarked a former resident of
W.,t Virginia to your correspondent to-
a,v The speaker used to have the rePuta-
-, of icing 4 shrewd politician, and IS
., close observer Of men and things,
.fIa,ked him what the immediate dan
-..f the indefinite person being permit
=, ~ remain behind consisted in.
.Weu. said he 'the people are getting
.,sj OF having men set up for them to
-.. so- merely 70 register the desires OF
avn. aspirant for political preferment.
-a,. :.r 4 what members OF the Legislature
o.-s Intended for solely. and when chosen
hat purpose alone they are generally
.-.,.v .orgh citizens 4 man who amounts
ANYTHING considerable won, allow him.
.ss q, be used in that way, and the
..or,. arr tired OF seeing Irresponsible
zen pu, in as responsible aPlace as that
~ -, rpsenlatiye in the Legislature and
.s a.niic interests thereby imperiled.
ya. marx my words, now, and notice how
-anv candidates for the next Legislature
nh, a-s recognized rs standing for par
ocular senatorial aSpirant, get in.
Those are the very fellows who will not
q -rco.uized, Colonel, suggested the R2s-
.,-ra. ., commissioner.
.uh. YES they will, was the reply. This
-sy, -are il not -oing 70 be Gllei up with
snown nags without record or pedigree.
The entries are so we'll known-moSt OF
.sam q, lrast-that they cant be dOCtored
.a with shaved names and tails and run in
m vou ike theOId horses under anew name
,..r are occasionally showed in at county
lair, 90 take first money away from coun-
;:y n,ug,.
Everybody knows them.andevcry body
SHOWS their hackers. This may be too
EQUINE .n be iutelligiblr. What mean, is
IA, in this contest man who StandS for
particular candidate cannot hope to have
Ills obi .ation remain unknown, His past
Fnuy h!, present associations, will betray
him and there is no news in the world
Aha, travels faster and with less regard for
Obstacles than that kind Of news. 1t gets
over the hills and through the hollows,
and up the creeks of a rural neigh borhOOd
pretty nearly as rapidly q, it does over the
wires and through the n newspapers OF
l0pu,uuS cities.
suppose it does. Suppose the utter or
sensational chatel-mortSase condition OF a
Particular candidate for the Legislature is
made known, what will happen? What
will the honest yeomanry who dwell on
Ihe mountain tops dOahOut it,
They will beat him with some man who
has independence enough to 20 into leg
,latiye body untrammeled, if he goes at
al You think am talking ideal instead
oipractical politics. but YOU are mistaken.
Auow something Of the temper OF West
Virginia people ON this subject
Then youthink that the next Legislature
will consist of unpledged, unpurchased
and uuin,imidaJcd patriots, who will 90
Tor the best man, regardless OF cOnse-
Q.encsS.
That is the idea, somewhat dipplntlyeN-
pressed There will at least be enough Of
that kind in it TO see to it that the most
deserving and useful candidate is elected
WHO'S the most useful and deserving
candidate"
Il don't know that can answer that
question. OF those who have been
be prominently mentioned. prefer Hen
~ G. Davis because he has done as much,
and is in position t. do as much, for the
party and State as any man in it,"
But Davis is set down as out Of thc.race
by his own authority"
That needn't make any difference. In
some respects his withdrawal makes him
even stronger. lie is out Ui the way ola
at,sck from his opponents, and the public
has chance 10 reflect on his virtues. This
IS going to BE- a hot light with good many
engaged in it, and when the controversy
sets unpleasantly warm there is nothing
IN the world to prevent some man from
getting up and saying: Gentlemen, there
is no use in this disturbance which We
never can settle amicably. There is 3 very
good man in the place now. Let US send
him back for another term
Wasn't the understanding clear when
Senator Camden was elected that Davis
would not be before the Legislature again"
Il don't know anything about that. 1t is
his understanding now, as evidenced by his
declaration that he will not be before that
body as candidate. Still that need not
prevent the Legislature from electing him
IN the contingency referred 10, and proba.
bly will not"
Well, II Davis isn't candidate, tell me
something about somebody who is"
No trouble about that Take Frank
Hereford, for instance. There is no doubt
about hiScandidacy He isn't afraid 10 tell
II IN Gath and whisper it in the streets of
ASkeIon. He don't mind asking for what
he wants, either. Ii he finds he cannot .rt
man first choice he asks for his second.
anu 50 on down as far as there is any pros
Pect IN the progressive. When he was here
'ne last time he had just finished canvass
OI The holding over and likely.to-be-return.
tu members Of the Legislature now sitting
~ " heeIlng, and if he was not encouraged
" was at least not discouraged. He is
S'Ou worker industrious and tireless and
Ias "ad considerable experience as a candi-
o4'e' When he wants vote he does not
eon'ent himself with sitting down and
"''Ong a few letters to the prominent peo-
t's C' a county asking for their support
~ ~ ue takes advantage of a quarterly meet
% Ut county court to slide over and see
| 4'' the Lord is doing for the brethren.
Iu who would be the best man to run.
Aad the Third district pretty solid last