The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-08-17
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Ah!-What have we here? Let US see.
A CORRESPONDENT OF the esteemed Regtaer,
writing from Buckhannon, forwards the
following, which We do not hesitate to say
is interesting:
what do you think OF the political situa-
ton in our State? This time the query was y
applied to an "0ld Guard" Democrat, one OF
r~nsual Intelligence and who is an observer
Of events. ,,u..
at N more critical than would like to see
H. But It will be all right II we do riGbt," "
was the reply.
10 doT' 80,
doings of Democratic officials. II is now con:
Cedei that re. assessment and the botch OF
euualiz atom has done US q great deal oil BARN
The failure on the part OF the Legislature 70
perform a plain constitutional REQ 1irement
10 making appropriations TO meet me casual
deficits In the revenue, IS one OF tns naIu
of our officials Is not paIpable [palatableg to
many old.fashioned Democrats who believe
thnt public officers should be the servants
and not the masters OF the people: 80 upon
The whole the proper thing for the party "
do Ia 10 construct a State ticket for the next
canvass composed OF new men-men who
have no connection With any OF the unpopu'
lar features OF past or present adminissra'
tions, and men who are not identified win
apy Of the factions In our party. A clear
HEADED business man, who Is ident ned Win
the developments OF the State and VINO uh-
derstauds and Is In sympathy with the tafm-
lug interests, Is the kind oil man 10 leu Tue
ticket"
Republicans have been saying that the
situation from Democratic point oil view
is critical-more critical than Democrats
would like to see ii; but the Democratic
press has declared that it wasn't 80, and
the Democratic managers have said 1t
would blow over. Everybody in authority
on that side OF the house has been apollo
giving "for the wrong doings OF Democratic
officials; very few have been willing to adj
NIT in public that "re-assessment and the
botch Of equalization" have done the party
any harm or given taxpayers anything to
get mad about.
Republicans have declared, and cited the
Constitution in support Of the declaration,
that the Democratic Legislature had treat
ed with contempt plain constitutional re-
quirements in the matter OF the State debt.
Republicans have agreed that these would
be "hard features to explain" butthe DEM
ocratic press assured US that when the tax
payers got little used to this way Of doing
things they would rather like 1t than other
wise. Well, here is Democrat and an
sold Guard" at that, who doesn't like it
fr himself and thinks 1t will be "hard 10
explain" And then there are the "old
fashioned Democrats" who don't like the
Boss methods Of politics and don't want to
be bossed. 1t seems that there is an auto
cracy-a very bad thing in its way-and
that also does not fill the party with in
tense pleasure.
Observe the remedy! The party must put
up other men who can make lair promises
and-iool the people again. Policy Is
to be inferentially repudiated by repu-
dating men who have adhered to the party
policy. This is base ingratitude-but the
people needn't bother about that. 1t is a
game that has been played before, but the
people are getting their eyes open and
there is an audible murmur" that sounds
like the approaching hurricane.
It is overwhelmingly sad, this condition
Of the Democratic party in West Virginia
critical situation, hard things to explain,
servants become masters, factions, wrong
doings OF Democratic officials-itis "a time
for memory aud for tears" The campaign
is progressing. Shall we turn the rascals
OUT?