Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1882-03-28
TUESDAY MORNING. MARCH Is, 1882.
"WHo IS TO BE OUR NEXT CON-
GRESHAM 2"

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In tho last issue of the Martinsburg
Statesman it is asked: "Who is to be our
next Congressman 2" Immediately upon
reading this question the name of Hon.
DANIEL B Lucas is doubtless suggested to
the mind of every voter in the district, and
we can hear the empha,ic response resouud-
ing on all sides "In the name of justice
and fairness, and in the interes. of true
Democracy and of, not only our own district,
but of the entire State of West Virginia. let
US hsve Hon. Daniel B. Lucas to represent
MS in the halls of Congress J" No one can
be so little acquainted with the prominent
men of our State as to ask, why send him to
Congress and certainly there is no one who
attended the Fairmont Convention in july.
1880. that will not rise up and demand that
Mr.. Lucas go to Congress. Where will you
find a man who has performed so much of
the labor, that has given West Virginia a
place of prominence as a democratic State,
and who has reaped so little of the rewards?
When the Republican party had its foot upon
our necks, and when it was at the peril of
his natural rights, aud almost at the peril of
lis life, that any man spoke the word Dem
oerat without preGxing q curse, did not Mr.
Lucas go over the mountain, and barring his
breast. cry aloud for Democracy and freedom;
stumping the entire district and making
Democrats of many even against their Wills ?
And in every campaign since has he not To-
bored with %untiriEg energy for the cause of
Democracy, making her popular and swelling
her ranks by his forcible and clear prescnta>
tion of her grand old principles, and by his
eloquent appeals in behalf of the work of our
fnrefathers in Philadelphia, in 1899? Again.
although the choice of a large number of
voters in 1876. did he not decline to CONS
pete for the nomination and give Mr.. Martin
his warmest support, simply because he
thought it right and proper that Mr.. Martin
should havO the seat in Congress to which he
had been elected by the people. and out of
which he had been cheated by Marshall
Hagaus in 1872? We will withhold any
upon Mr.. Martia's subsequent
treatment of him, because the public are we'll
acquainted with all the facts and can Judge
for themselves. Again, the Allegheny
mountains divide our district into abou,
equal halves in point of population. but in
point of wealth AID Democratic votes, our
eastern division is largely ahead still for
twelve out of eighteen years that We have
had representatives in Congress, tho western
end of the district has furnished the Cons
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all fairness We are entitled to furnish the
man this time, aud we doubt not that our
friends on the west side of the mountains
will conoeds US this point. Again. old JEFF
fsrson county gives the largest Democratic
vote in the district, and as far as our recol>
lec,ion serves US, is the onl y county in the
district that held her own and gave Hancock
rs large q vote in 1880 as Tilden received in
1876, pet her proportion Of officers has been
exceedingly small.
We feel no hesitancy in saying that there
3 not a man in the district whose personal
qualifications render him more fit for the po>
sition. An eminent lawyer, q man OF untir-
ing energy and marked industry, active and
aggressive, with a character spotless and
questioned by none, a powerful and cult
waited mind, and a most extensive and pol
ished education !; as an orator, ready, eloquent
and clear; in manner, most pleasing and at
t~ractive !; wrapped up in the cause of DEM
ocracy, and in the political, educational,
agricultural and mechanical interests of his
district. Thus stands Mr.. Lucas before the
people to day, and a most enviable position
does he occupy, and justly occupy, in their
estimation.
Considering, then, the just claims of our
eastern panhandle, the claims of Jefferson
county, the fact that Mr. Hoge will not be a
candidate for reelection, and Mi. Lucas
past record as a Democrat, and his eminent
fitness for the position, will not Brother
Eichelberger and every man in this Con-
gressional district agree with US that we have
answered the question correctly, and that we
must send Mr.. Lucas to Congress, and for
once do credit to our State and show fairness
to a Jealous. deser"ing Democrat.
SENATORIAL CANDIDATES.
A Washington corrcspo rdent furnishes the